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The white trail you see forming at the tip of an aircraft's wings are called wingtip vortices. These vortices are caused by the pressure difference between the upper and lower surfaces of the wings as the aircraft generates lift. https://fullfact.org/online/wing-tip-vortices-contrails-chemtrails/ https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/14539/what-causes-a-planes-wing-tips-to-leave-a-small-white-vapor-trail https://askthepilot.com/questionanswers/vortices/
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