Bobbsy
As usual on this site you get no help, 4 replies of pathetic snipes, 'backslapping' one liners or irrelevance from the weak links in this industry.
Ask any pilot a met question or something 'hard' and you often get this result.
I would guess contrail.
The upper atmosphere was humid over South East Queensland with cirrus and there were contrails well west of Brisbane at sunset yesterday.
The best effect of what your son may have seen is when a short contrail is between you and the setting or rising sun that reflects off ice crystals in the contrail, making it look very much like flames.
Google contrail images.
Last edited by sagan; 4th Nov 2011 at 22:30.
Reason: Upgraded the number of rubbish replies