Steam from air con?
Jun 16, 2019, 9:55 am
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Keep an eye out window and you might see "steam" flowing across the top of the wings.
Jun 16, 2019, 10:05 am
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It's the same reason that you sometimes see condensation on the top of aircraft wings. As the air passes over the wing, its pressure reduces and so does the temperature - if the temperature goes below the dew point, then condensation will occur.
Jun 16, 2019, 10:10 am
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I was on an Air Vietnam TU 134A from Ho Chi Minh to Bangkok almost 30 years ago. When the engines throttled up so much condensation came out of the a/c that I couldn't see across the aisle. God knows what it was like in the cockpit. I can't remember much from 30 years ago but that flight sticks in my memory. It was a year after this and we landed in a thunderstorm.
Last edited by SteveF; Jun 16, 2019 at 10:26 am
Jun 16, 2019, 1:31 pm
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Jun 16, 2019, 1:36 pm
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Jun 16, 2019, 2:08 pm
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I;ve seen it bigly this year a couple of times, especially leaving Austin a few weeks ago, but also here in Boston. Much more foggy than ever before. Both on B6, FWIW
Jun 16, 2019, 2:27 pm
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