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Originally Posted by freebeard
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If you have a base operator at your local municipal airport you can probably look at a set of charts pilots use,for any geographic area in the states/world.
If so,you'll notice that there are actually highways in the sky that aircraft fly.
Depending on whether you're flying east-west,or north-south,there are established flight rules pilots must follow in order to maintain safe separation distances.You fly at odd or even altitudes above ground level.I think 500-feet is the minimum vertical separation.
There are classifications for different flight spaces,like Class-A,Class-B,Military,etc..
The FAA is trying to prevent mid-air collisions,as well as protect planes from wingtip vortices,which can send light aircraft into the ground.
We were making 'chemtrails' in the Southwest Airlines flight to and from Reno.
Perpendicular cross-traffic whizzed by making their own trails.We were at 33,000-feet.It's cold outside and the water vapor coming off the tailpipes turns to ice.