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To: JoeProBono
TOTALLY diggin' the Mach 1 vapor trails!


16 posted on 05/11/2010 11:04:08 AM PDT by Lazamataz ("We beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them." -- Lazamataz, 2005)
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To: Lazamataz

Check the alpha. He’s loaded up in slow flight. Nowhere near mach 1. The vapor trails from the wing tips come from high induced drag, as a result of slow flight or pulling G. You can see them frequently where you watch jetliners land, and it’s wet enough to see the condensation caused by the wingtip vortices.


26 posted on 05/11/2010 11:17:56 AM PDT by Gulf War One
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