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TEB (tri-ethyl borane) is injected into the tailpipe to ignite the fuel.  Because of wind direction, space restrictions, and safety reasons I couldn't stand directly behind the engines.  If I had, I still might not have been lucky enough to get a shot like this one, taken by John Freedman in 1996.




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