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AgentJayZ lights up the night with a J79 afterburner

The week's only upload puts a purple-and-orange exhaust plume on screen, with shock diamonds visible in the flame.

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AgentJayZ Story of November 11, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

Night Time J79 Afterburner

No introduction, no voiceover, just the engine. AgentJayZ's "Night Time J79 Afterburner" points a test-rig-mounted turbojet out into the darkness, then lets the afterburner supply the light.

The flame stretches out in purple and orange. The camera briefly pans across the workshop floor before returning to the nozzle, where bright shock diamonds form within the plume. After half a minute, the flame cuts out and the nozzle closes down. It's a compact helping of the noise, heat and speed that AgentJayZ makes the channel's calling card.

The clip was the week's only new upload and has gathered about 7,600 views. It is also the channel's busiest video right now, attracting substantially more daily viewing than October's "Some People Have Very Strong Opinions" and "Reading a Long Time Fans Comments."

Viewers have questions to go with the spectacle: what creates those bright shapes in the flame, how old is this particular engine, and is a longer video available? Others recall watching Phantom jets depart on night missions. The J79 powered the F-4 Phantom II, so that connection goes beyond the glow.

Across the channel, weekly viewing reached roughly 24,000, while subscribers stayed unchanged. It was a modest week beside the millions of views added by aviation neighbors FarFlight and Taking Off. Here, the new attraction needed neither a presenter nor an explanation to get the turbine questions flowing.

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What viewers say

Mach diamonds! Awesome. Will there be a long video or is it old footage?
@pinkdispatcherSee it on YouTube
A giant torch for giant heatshrink tubing👍✌️☄️
@luemn7691See it on YouTube
Brings a bit of warmth on a cold night :-)
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3 more comments

Yo Jay have you ever done a video explaining why the after burner flame isn’t just 1 consistent flame and instead looks like it has bulbs of flames inside a cone of flame? I hope that makes sense
@HumanRoeSee it on YouTube
How old is this particular J79?
@markdavis2475See it on YouTube
Is that shock diamonds at the end?
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