At 09:26 AM 12/17/01, Bill_T_Bard@raytheon.com wrote: >The only time you would see a contrail would be if they fire the thrusters. I thought they came in dead-stick? I don't think they use the thrusters in the atmosphere, but I could be wrong. But isn't there sometimes a contrail from the high-speed passage pressurizing the air and moisture condensing or something like that? I seem to recall seeing some intermittant contrails on previous landings (but then, I haven't had my coffee this am, so I may be mistaken). Scott ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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