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What produces those color smoke trails behind fighter jets?

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When these jets perform what is used to produce those amazing colored smoke trails? If you don't know that i mean here's a picture ..

http://www.airliners.net/photo/UK---Air/British-Aerospace-Hawk/1376095/L/

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  1. Smoke generator.  Here's a link to describe:

    http://www.sandersaircraft.com/generator...


  2. These are produced by smoke canisters usually mounted on the wings, tailplane and fuselage and triggered from the cockpit.

  3. Dyed diesel fuel.  

  4. One way is food coloring in water.

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