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rain on window?

CupCrusher40
Frequent Flyer B

sun melt, or on takeoff, or neveR?

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Re: rain on window?

SoCalFlyer97
Frequent Flyer A

@CupCrusher40 wrote:

sun melt, or on takeoff, or neveR?


 

Hello @CupCrusher40 

 

I assume you're asking what happens to the rain water on a the aircraft's windows when it rains. The speed of the plane typically is fast enough to completely air-dry the raindrops on the windows with no traces of them once the plane goes above the storm. Here's a few shots from a descent into a rainy SMF last from March toward the close of the wet 2022-2023 winter season:

 

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The sun shines above the rainstorm at 39k feet. Looks like a giant glass of milk out there!

 

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