Object/trail out to sea clip

Hi all,

I have seen a lot of unusual activty out to sea over the last few years here in Sydney, although it's usually too far away to get any decent movie shots.

Here's an attempt I made back in '04 lying on the sand at Palm Beach using a telescope/tripod attached to the front of my Hitachi DV camera. I guess the magnification would be around 2000mm....

www.surfin.com.au...

...chris

It looks a lot like an RAAF F-111 doing a "dump and burn"
www.metacafe.com...

The second half is where it gets good.

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Hi Phage,

Thanks for your response. I have managed to get some still pics in the past, so here's a filtered image of the same kind of activity, and the object does not appear to have wings or tail section...chris

www.surfin.com.au...

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Interesting. With the dump (I understand the RAAF pilots call it a "zippo"), the fuel doesn't ignite until it's a few meters behind the plane. Perhaps due to the brightness of the flame and the distance from the camera, the aircraft fades into the darkness. In the video I linked the action is a lot closer than in yours.


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