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 made by the exhaust of jet aircraft or wingtip vortices that precipitate a stream of tiny ice crystals in moist, frigid upper air
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