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Double F111 Dump & Ignite Sightings

When the history books record the events of the 27th Olympic games, they will make mention of some incredible athletic feats. The history records will show that the city of Sydney did a fantsatic job hosting the games and that the Opening Ceremonies were a spectacle for the ages. When it comes times to record the closing ceremonies, history will make note of two spectacular events.

To put out the Olympic Cauldron, SOCOG made arrangements with the Australian Air Force to have an F-111 jet fly overhead at a height of only 300 meters, dump its fuel and ignite the stream. This was intended to produce a fireball from the back of the plane for a lenght of 300 meters. Frank and I heard rumors about this on the radio and wanted to find out more. In the local Sydney newspaper was printed a projected schedule of events for the closing ceremony routine. According to the paper, the schedule looked like so: