An artificial cloud made by the exhaust of jet aircraft or wingtip vortices that precipitate a stream of tiny ice crystals in moist, frigid upper air
Acronym for CONdensation TRAIL A cloud-like streamer or trail often seen behind aircraft flying in clear, cold, humid air A vapor trail is created when the water vapor from the engine exhaust gases are added to the atmosphere
an artificial cloud created by an aircraft; caused either by condensation due to the reduction in air pressure above the wing surface or by water vapor in the engine exhaust
Acroymn for CONdensation TRAIL A cloudlike streamer or trail often seen behind aircraft flying in clear, cold, humid air A vapor trail is created when the water vapor from the engine exhaust gases are added to the atmosphere Also called a vapor trail
(or Condensation Trail) streaks of condensed water vapor created in the air behind aircraft flying in clear, cold, humid air
A visible condensation of water droplets or ice crystals from the atmosphere, occurring in the wake of an aircraft, rocket, or missile under certain conditions