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BigV · 05-20-2005, 03:38 PM

Recent "Wish I had a Video Camera Moment"

I was travelling toward the airport yesterday in my car on the highway along the path the airliners take on their final approach. As this Alaska Airlines jet began to descend toward the runway some ten miles away, he had to pass through some low light clouds. There was plenty of blue sky that day. When he came through the last cloud and into the clear, the edge of the cloud and the jetliner passed into blue sky. The tips of the wings seemed to pull the material of the cloud out after it, like threads being pulled from a knit shirt.

ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzziiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiipppp!

The pair of mini contrails stretched out from the cloud and connected to the trailing edges of the tips on the jet for 10 or 15 seconds and then broke off the wingtips. They stayed pointing toward the jet for another 10 to 15 seconds before dissolving. It was cool.

05-20-2005, 03:38 PM	#13
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Recent "Wish I had a Video Camera Moment" I was travelling toward the airport yesterday in my car on the highway along the path the airliners take on their final approach. As this Alaska Airlines jet began to descend toward the runway some ten miles away, he had to pass through some low light clouds. There was plenty of blue sky that day. When he came through the last cloud and into the clear, the edge of the cloud and the jetliner passed into blue sky. The tips of the wings seemed to pull the material of the cloud out after it, like threads being pulled from a knit shirt. ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzziiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiipppp! The pair of mini contrails stretched out from the cloud and connected to the trailing edges of the tips on the jet for 10 or 15 seconds and then broke off the wingtips. They stayed pointing toward the jet for another 10 to 15 seconds before dissolving. It was cool. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.