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Do Commercial Aircraft Have Contrails?

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Do Commercial Aircraft Have Contrails? Contrails Precipitation cloud? No Why do military jets not leave contrails? Why do some jets not leave contrails? Contrails form when jet exhaust emits water vapor that condenses and freezes. Contrails don’t form for every airplane. The atmosphere where the plane is flying needs to have low vapor pressure and

Do Fighter Jets Leave Contrails?

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Do Fighter Jets Leave Contrails? Do fighter jets leave contrails? Jets leave white trails, or contrails, in their wakes for the same reason you can sometimes see your breath. The hot, humid exhaust from jet engines mixes with the atmosphere, which at high altitude is of much lower vapor pressure and temperature than the exhaust