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Old 9th Nov 2001, 02:49
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Young Paul
 
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At risk of establishing a reputation as a real saddo....

I spent an hour or so on a long charter working out what the density of a contrail is. I think it worked out at a weight of grams per metre. Obvious that it can't be much more than that, of course, because it stays up.
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