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I think that, so far as UKn's are concerned, "contrail" is a fairly technical term. I first heard it as a member of the Royal Observer Corps, back in the late 50s, and my wife was familiar with the term from her work for BOAC (the direct descendant of Imperial Airways!) so it was well understood in our household. However, I have had to explain the word to other people from time to time, whereas "vapour trails" is reasonably self-explanatory.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted contrails WhitmanO'Neill 08/09/02 04:09 AM Re: contrails sjm 08/09/02 04:23 AM Re: contrails tsuwm 08/09/02 04:43 AM Re: contrails Faldage 08/09/02 10:36 AM Re: contrails FishonaBike 08/09/02 10:39 AM Re: contrails RhubarbCommando 08/09/02 10:57 AM Re: jetstream wwh 08/09/02 12:32 PM Re: contrails Buffalo Shrdlu 08/09/02 12:41 PM Re: contrails FishonaBike 08/09/02 01:26 PM Re: contrails WhitmanO'Neill 08/09/02 01:32 PM Re: contrails/jet streams Faldage 08/09/02 01:38 PM Re: contrails of troy 08/09/02 01:52 PM I found it! Jackie 08/10/02 03:07 PM Re: I found it! Buffalo Shrdlu 08/12/02 01:35 AM Re: I found it! Jackie 08/12/02 02:43 AM Re: I found it! Capital Kiwi 08/12/02 09:39 PM Re:Contrails - wind wow 08/13/02 06:30 PM Re:Contrails - wind RhubarbCommando 08/14/02 10:38 AM Re:Contrails - wind Capital Kiwi 08/16/02 10:23 PM Re:Contrails - prop planes wow 08/17/02 08:15 PM Re:Contrails - prop planes Wordwind 08/18/02 10:14 AM
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