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Why do military aircraft not have contrails?
Posted on 9/9/24 at 7:03 pm
Posted on 9/9/24 at 7:03 pm
Is it just an altitude thing? Are commercial airliners more efficient at altitudes that leave them?
I just saw a big 4 engine plane that I could hear for quite awhile before I finally spotted it. No contrail, not on flight radar. It was headed towards Chennault.
I just saw a big 4 engine plane that I could hear for quite awhile before I finally spotted it. No contrail, not on flight radar. It was headed towards Chennault.
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Posted on 9/9/24 at 7:04 pm to Kingpenm3
Because of chem trails
Posted on 9/9/24 at 7:04 pm to Kingpenm3
Altitude thing
Posted on 9/9/24 at 7:04 pm to Kingpenm3
Probably designed to not have them so the enemy can't follow them as easily.
Posted on 9/9/24 at 7:06 pm to Kingpenm3
They do. Contrails are a function of temperature and moisture content of the air.
This post was edited on 9/9/24 at 7:07 pm
Posted on 9/9/24 at 7:08 pm to Kingpenm3
They do have them. But the version of autism they spray is invisible
Posted on 9/9/24 at 7:09 pm to Kingpenm3
Whether an aircraft causes a contrail depends on a combination of altitude, airspeed, humidity, and temperature. Military aircraft try to avoid that combination because contrails give away their position. Civilian aircraft have no such concerns.
Posted on 9/9/24 at 7:10 pm to Psych23
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They do. Contrails are a function of temperature and moisture content of the air.
So do they leave them just so high in the sky that they aren't visible?
Posted on 9/9/24 at 7:11 pm to Kingpenm3
They do but their camouflaged.
Posted on 9/9/24 at 7:13 pm to Kingpenm3
As a former fighter pilot, all aircraft potentially leave contrails. As we're flying along in formation, if we notice we are leaving contrails we will use the term "Marking" to denote that we're making it easy for the enemy to see us.
It's pretty much exclusively a function of temperature at altitude, which changes day to day and affects the altitude at which contrails will form.
It's pretty much exclusively a function of temperature at altitude, which changes day to day and affects the altitude at which contrails will form.
Posted on 9/9/24 at 7:33 pm to Kingpenm3
I grew up on various Air Force Bases throughout the US and Europe.
Military aircraft most certainly have contrails. I saw them everyday.
Military aircraft most certainly have contrails. I saw them everyday.
Posted on 9/9/24 at 7:47 pm to Kingpenm3
Posted on 9/9/24 at 7:52 pm to Kingpenm3
Photo of contrails from dogfights over London during Battle of Britain, 1940.
Photo of B-17 bombing raid contrails. WWII
Posted on 9/9/24 at 7:53 pm to Kingpenm3
Do most military aircraft fly above 30k feet... I don't know...
Posted on 9/9/24 at 8:28 pm to Kingpenm3
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So do they leave them just so high in the sky that they aren't visible?
You realize the atmosphere changes right?
Posted on 9/9/24 at 8:31 pm to Kingpenm3
they do, posting on ipad, wish I could post the Growler dick pic from a few years ago 
Posted on 9/9/24 at 8:41 pm to Kingpenm3
Paging yogagirl in 3,2,1…
Posted on 9/9/24 at 8:42 pm to Kingpenm3
Hmmm. I’ve seen commercial airliners going over that had trails and suddenly quit producing them. It looked as if they’d shutdown the engines.
I just figured it was weather related.
I just figured it was weather related.
Posted on 9/9/24 at 8:44 pm to Tempratt
as previous posters have said, temp and moisture factor in
Posted on 9/9/24 at 8:46 pm to Kingpenm3
The military uses filters on their aircraft. Civilians like to go unfiltered.
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