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And yet the "airplane" disappeared from his view through his video camera even though he stayed on it for another 8-10 minutes.

He never did see the actual airplane except for the 30-45 seconds when it caught a glint off the sun. And my impression is that he stayed mostly on the main part of the contrail. His explanation for the small contrail made by the plane as it continues on is that it's actually the tip of the main part that somehow broke off and drifted away:

"The separate smaller trail that is separate from the main body of the plume and that was captured by Warren in his photos, which makes it seem as if the object continued in flight, appears in my video to possibly be the top portion of the plume that partly dissipates leaving a segment of the tip adrift - detached from the main body of the plume. (I highlight "possibly be" because during that portion of the video, I zoom in and out and pan off and back onto the plume, so I'm not sure if what we are seeing is a stage of separation like that of a missile or if it's the tip of the plume separating from the main portion). I did zoom into that portion to see if I could see a craft of some kind (at the time I thought that there was a chance the object was still making condensation/exhaust) but there was nothing there creating that segment. Had there been, I know I would have been able to see it with the high-powered lens I was using. Add to that - if it was traveling toward us, the closer it would come the easier it would be to see it, but there was nothing there. That's why I said it was merely the plume adrift and not anything continuously flying."

This is implausible to say the least and when you look at the pictures it's clear that he is mistaken.

And my impression is that he stayed mostly on the main part of the contrail.

The video was taken from so far away that if the vehicle was still coming towards him it would still be in the frame especially in the zoomed out portions. Even if the cameraman didn't see it his camera would have captured it. As he said, if it was getting closer it would get bigger. The same should hold true and be even more evident in Warren's time stamped pics which span a longer period of time. Yet the vehicle remains the same relative size and clarity.