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Cirrus (mares' tails). High cloud around 20,000 ft. which appears in detached and fibrous wisps. Usually dead white and silky looking.

Cirrus clouds are higher level clouds that develop in filaments or patches. They are virtually brilliant white attributed to their ice crystal composition. However, they lack in contrast between the top and base.

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Aerobatic pilots wear parachutes and the pilots of Cirrus airplanes bring a one-size-fits-all parachute along for everyone onboard. There's nothing crazy about this at all.

Contrails tend to form very high up in the atmosphere, and can cause the development of cirrus clouds. In some cases they can linger for hours. They linger longer when humidity levels are high.

An electrically charged aircraft (static electricity) can be detected by static VHF disturbances on the radio and or St Elmo's fire, at this point it is more prone to a lightning strike. Charging can also occur when flying in Cirrus clouds near ...

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