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Old 09-07-2013, 09:15 AM
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I'm pretty sure it's faked. If you watch the airplane itself you will notice that it's making turns in EXACTLY the same place every time around. If this was powered by thermal updrafts you'd be seeing differences in the flight path each time.

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