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  • 2021  edited: 11-03-2021
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  • F-111 Dump and burn during the Sydney Olympics
  • After getting special permission from a nervous civil aviation authority an RAAF F-111 was granted permission to fly at under 500 feet altitude - practically IN the stadium during the closing ceremony. As it passed over the flame the pilot engaged afterburner and then dumped fuel, resulting in the trademark 100 foot plus trail of fire - as if a chariot of the gods had picked up the flame on the way to Greece.
    As it flew 14 kilometres towards the Sydney Harbour Bridge it was accompanied by a sea of flame as the Parramatta River seemed to explode, with fireworks every 500 metres.
  • Australia  Australia
  • location_citySydney
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  • local_airportGeneral Dynamics F-111 Aardvark
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  • 2021  edited: 11-03-2021
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