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To: melancholy
Airliners don't have after-burners, right? Then, what was that flame on top, albeit bright or not?

Airliners do reflect the sunlight very well. You'll notice that in the first part of the video there is no "flame" visible. The "flame" only shows up later when the sky color has deepened to orange and the angle of the sun would have been better for reflecting off the undersides of big aluminium tubes.

67 posted on 11/13/2010 2:34:37 PM PST by Dan Cooper
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To: Dan Cooper

Thanks, Dan.

I thought I saw just one flame (reflection), shouldn’t it be more than one, up to four, depending on the jet?


129 posted on 11/13/2010 3:40:23 PM PST by melancholy (It ain't Camelot, it's Scam-a-lot!)
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