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Aircraft propellers are airfoils which convert rotary motion from a piston or turbine engine into thrust suitable for propelling an aircraft.

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Do propeller planes give contrails like jets do?

The propeller tips are moving at nearly the speed of sound, their angle-of-attack relative to the air in front of them is such that they move a huge amount of air past them at a very high speed. … as vapor behind the propeller. …
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