When conditions are right they leave a "contrail" of vaporized lube in the air. From Wordnik.com. [The Truth About High Velocity Hunting Bullets] Reference
Then your "contrail" becomes some kind of Care Bears inspired James Bond-esque defensive countermeasure. From Wordnik.com. [BSNYC Friday Fun Quiz!] Reference
Chemtrails - Are humans dependant on even man made "contrail" particulate?. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to U.S. faith in climate science hits new low] Reference
The term "contrail" was adopted for convenience in identifying the visible powder trail of this invention. From Wordnik.com. [DaddyBlogger.com] Reference
"contrail" with sufficient visibility to aid in visual acquisition of an aircraft target vehicle and the like. From Wordnik.com. [DaddyBlogger.com] Reference
Above me, the single contrail of an F16 trailed south. From Wordnik.com. [ZEN AND THE SUNDAY MORNING RIDE] Reference
Here's what America thinks caused the enormous contrail. www. From Wordnik.com. [Lee Camp: REVEALED: The Cause of the Mysterious Missile Trail Over California] Reference
It went up and and up leaving a curly white contrail behind it. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-09-01] Reference
My only guess is, you know, a passenger jet with a large contrail. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 1, 2003] Reference
When we stepped out, there was a very prominent contrail behind it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 1, 2003] Reference
I mean, usually an airplane, you know, you see a straight contrail. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 29, 2003] Reference
Not just a frantic mother, but the whole world hot on his contrail. From Wordnik.com. [Rob Fishman: Here We Wild Things Are] Reference
It jetted into the air, leaving a trail of sparks and a contrail of vapor. From Wordnik.com. [The Color of Her Panties]
But it was a deadly splinter, a contrail marking its course through the air. From Wordnik.com. [Hellfire]
One astronomer suggests it might be ice contrail or something from an airliner. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 15, 2007] Reference
Would these things be so big that they would create their own separate contrail?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 1, 2003] Reference
Something bright seemed to stab upward from the east, and the second contrail died. From Wordnik.com. [I Don’t Understand ?] Reference
After a moment he waved an all-clear and underscored the rocket's contrail with his own. From Wordnik.com. [Sun of Suns] Reference
I was in West Texas and I heard a sonic boom and I saw it pass over with the one contrail. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 1, 2003] Reference
A thin contrail of bubbles streaks from Caraco to monster, connecting the two in an instant. From Wordnik.com. [Starfish] Reference
Ross watched with horrified fascination as the contrail merged with one of the distant Hueys. From Wordnik.com. [Carrie]
Once in a while some of our pilots got a look at MiG-21s when they flew at contrail altitudes. From Wordnik.com. [On Yankee Station]
Is this a contrail where condensation occurs in a clear sky and produces a line of “cloud”. From Wordnik.com. [The Glory - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
He saw a deadly white line drawing itself across the sky, the contrail of a radar-homing missile. From Wordnik.com. [Carrie]
Interesting that 'Max 'Q' and contrail generation occurred at approx. the same time…Correlation?. From Wordnik.com. [The Solar Dynamics Observatory Soars to Study the Sun | Universe Today] Reference
One fragment of cloud tore free at the last moment and scudded away, its contrail between its legs. From Wordnik.com. [Dragon on a Pedestal]
But, as Bush's father learned, wartime support can be as evanescent as the contrail of a fighter jet. From Wordnik.com. [Now, Yalta On The Fly] Reference
NICKELL: Well, the video sequence I saw just looked like a contrail, the vapor trail from an airplane. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 6, 2007] Reference
A ruler-straight contrail climbed above the mountain-rimmed desert basin accompanied by screams of "Yeah!". From Wordnik.com. [SpaceShipOne Wins the X Prize] Reference
Captain Mitchell saw the white contrail crawl across the sky toward him and knew immediately what it meant. From Wordnik.com. [Joint Operations]
A contrail tumbled behind it, stark and startling against the clear night sky, illuminated by the full moon. From Wordnik.com. [Terror At Dawn]
The younger fish guy points to a disintegrating contrail in the sky, and announces "Now that's worth a picture.". From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
Ken Dunn was walking out of a convenience store in Mina, S.D., last Monday afternoon when he saw the contrail up in the sky. From Wordnik.com. [A Learjet's Tragic Flight] Reference
Scintillations from the tenuous impact dripped from its trailing edge, leaving a weak contrail of fluorescence through the empty gulf. From Wordnik.com. [The Dreaming Void]
B-52 coming out of Diego Garcia, over flying us, leaving a contrail, make three or four sweeps, over flying us, dropping no bombs here. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 29, 2001] Reference
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