[Vocabulary] How do we call lines of smoke that airplanes left in sky?

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nuc134r

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Hello. My name is Sergio. I'm a Russian student. My hobby is photography. After learning English, of course. :)

Question is in title. Can I call it "airstroke" or "airline"?

 

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I call them vapour trails.
 

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Another name for vapor trails is contrails.
 

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At the moment, there is a lot of talk in the UK about "contrails" actually being "chemtrails/persistent contrails" - there is more than just vapour in those trails. I am expressing no opinion about the validity of the claims but the word "chemtrail" is becoming more and more prevalent thanks to site such as this.
 
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