Thread: A plane?
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Old 21-07-2018, 07:05 PM
TheCrazedLog
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Didn't see it and the video is a little hard to make out, but this is what I make of it:
- Looks like a bog standard contrail.
- Remember the earth is a globe, so the higher something is, the further away you can see it.
- So we're looking (I guess) at a plane far away, high up.
- A plane coming into land at Richmond wouldn't cause a contrail, they generally only happen at higher altitude.
- Or if it does cause a contrail, he probably has a problem
- You'll often see contrails with wonky trails due to winds.

I believe aircraft (flying in certain airspace) are now required now to ADS-B compliant which means they broadcast their GPS coordinates. I'd look a little further afield in your FlightRadar search.
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