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Old 8th June 2013 | 15:12
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5LY
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Not all contrails are the same. Sometimes it's moisture in the fuel which gives you a trail behind each engine and sometimes it's aerodynamic. The pressure drop over the wing causes cooling and you get condensation of moisture into visible cloud. You've seen this on takeoff when you have a very small temp./dewpoint spread and you get a mist over the wing. That's what I suggest you were seeing.
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