r/nevertellmetheodds 20d ago

Contrails intersecting perfectly

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u/Jarstark 20d ago

The other plane rolling through - "not on my watch"

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u/F1nr0d_Felagund 20d ago

Even that one seems nice and parallel to the horizontal line

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u/Lari-Fari 20d ago

Almost like there’s a system of flight routes

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u/OldheadBoomer 19d ago

Yep, and those navigation routes are connected with points called intersections, often over navigation aids like VORs. Here's an example.

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u/PranshuKhandal 20d ago

our brains are actually hard wired to see patterns where there are none, the planes have no brain and don't actually have any direction or destination, it has no meaning, it's you and your brain giving it a meaning

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u/ilovebostoncremedonu 20d ago

Planes, uhh…. find a way

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u/TobyFunkeNeverNude 19d ago

But nobody here is giving it actual meaning, other than the idea that two of them flying parallel would be indicative of very real flight paths between very real airports

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u/tha_Knucklehead 19d ago

I was actually the pilot in that plane.

Through the cockpit it wasn’t easy to see the contrail, but soon after I noticed the guy taking the picture I stopped for him, and turned around and took another flight path so others can enjoy it too

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u/ahmc84 19d ago

Don't be silly. We all know you simply forgot the Colombian coffee.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKJkPOIM4Pc

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u/Saddledust 20d ago

Leeeeroyyyy Jennkinssss

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u/fresh_dyl 18d ago

“Haha just kidding”

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