>>22588302 (pb)
The aircraft spraying the vapor trails wouldn't be passenger planes. The pumping systems, which pictures have floated through here and made notables, takes up a ton of room. The amount of potable water is so heavy, the first thing a pilot does after takeoff is hit a tanker to refill on fuel. I just can't see trying to sneak that much water onto a commercial plane, the crew would definitely notice.
I'm not saying they couldn't have tiny, unknown remote systems hidden on airliners. I am saying, you can drive by most military bases and see the planes w/your own eyes. They're huge, all white, no tail numbers, most were old evergreen style 747's w/refueling doors like AF1 has. I don't know what the newer ones are, but unlike the previous, which were repurposed from the bone yards, these are 'new' planes. Same scheme, all white, no tail numbers.
I'm sorry, had anon known this was going to be a hot topic in the future, I would have taken pictures. It wasn't my job to work on them, it was 'extra duty/bitch work', you'd have to go babysit the potable water truck because it took forever to fill the damn things up. It's the only reason Anon recognized that picture of Trump being shown a plane set up for 'weight and balance' was a sprayer, I've been up in one 'once'.
Like I said, wasn't my job, I was only there if civilians had a manning shortage. Since we weren't qualified on their plane, they had a union agreement, only NCO's w/7-levels would be supplied because we know not to push buttons/flip switches. So no matter how mundane/petty the task, we had to go do it vs sending some young newbie.