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Old 01-07-2016, 05:37 PM  
AdultKing
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These are barrels of ballast.

They're used to simulate real weight loading when testing airframes.

Conspiracy theorists say they are one of the causes of "chemtrails"

In reality the barrels are usually filled with water.

Those images are of different aircraft. The first one is an A380 upper deck, the second one I don't know.
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