In a message dated 12/29/1999 5:10:44 PM EST, siddim01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> Could it also be water vaporization? Above the wing, air pressure is
> lower, so water "boils" at a lower temp, etc.
It IS water "vapor". ( a la: clouds) It is not water "vaporization" due to
heat. If that were true, and air over aircraft's wings were hot enough to
"vaporize" water, we wouldn't need to de-ice them in the winter.
George S.
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