Trailspotter
Senior Member.
Earlier this week, on Monday, January 2, 2016, I took this short video of a private jet and its contrail:
Source: https://youtu.be/I0kCYGinf-4
The aircraft details were not available on FR24:
![Screen Shot 2017-01-04 at 20.29.12.png Screen Shot 2017-01-04 at 20.29.12.png](https://www.metabunk.org/attachments/screen-shot-2017-01-04-at-20-29-12-png.23742/)
The callsign and a distinct livery helped me to identify it as Dassault Falcon 900LX LX-LXL:
by Andy Stevens, on Flickr
This identification, however, has resulted in a conundrum: there are only two trails forming behind this three-engine plane.
![Screen Shot 2017-01-04 at 21.12.34.png Screen Shot 2017-01-04 at 21.12.34.png](https://www.metabunk.org/attachments/screen-shot-2017-01-04-at-21-12-34-png.23743/)
Where did the trail of the tail engine go? Or could this engine have been switched off just before I took the video, as the aircraft began its descent from 40,000 ft?
Source: https://youtu.be/I0kCYGinf-4
The aircraft details were not available on FR24:
The callsign and a distinct livery helped me to identify it as Dassault Falcon 900LX LX-LXL:
![](https://www.metabunk.org/data/MetaMirrorCache/6bb5ff29c2f1cc7f9b475d08b3aabfb7.jpg)
This identification, however, has resulted in a conundrum: there are only two trails forming behind this three-engine plane.
Where did the trail of the tail engine go? Or could this engine have been switched off just before I took the video, as the aircraft began its descent from 40,000 ft?
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