eli5 Why don’t planes leave a hole in clouds when they fly through them?

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In: Physics

Answer 1

To make the hole the plane would have to be scooping up all the cloud it touches and take it away with it. That certainly is not happening. Basically what happens is the cloud separates and moves out of the way as the plane flies through it and then the cloud moves back again. The cloud is effectively no different from air (except that you can see a cloud) so it behaves exactly how air would.