Vortex wrapped around contrails

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04-05-2007, 03:28 AM

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Vortex wrapped around contrails

Thought this was a neat shot.

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04-05-2007, 07:36 AM

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Paddles: Thought this was a neat shot.
vagabond: Know this is a great shot. Thanks for sharing. Did you take it? How do you think it happened?

04-05-2007, 06:56 PM

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Nice shot...

04-06-2007, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by vagabond

Paddles: Thought this was a neat shot.
vagabond: Know this is a great shot. Thanks for sharing. Did you take it? How do you think it happened?

Wish I could claim it, but it wasn't my shot. I have seen this several times. Especially when heavy fighters (full of fuel) coming off the tanker at high altitude. The vortex is strong at heavy weights and with the aircraft slow with the flaps up. The vortex is a funny thing, especially a mile or so back, once it starts to go unstable and whip around like this. From the contrails, you can see that the air is not turbulent and very stable, it is just the vortex whipping around. Pretty fun to watch!