Explain this picture to me.

Aero_Engineer · April 2nd, 2006, 16:38

This is wierd man, I have been to airshows, heck I have seen Blue Angels and their lead solo do some great stuff but this is just near impossible for me to believe:

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=1025605

Doug Taylor · April 2nd, 2006, 16:42

Someone could have photoshopped the wheels away from a static display.

It might be real, but very doofus.

FlyNavy · April 2nd, 2006, 16:42

See, there's this thing called Photoshop, and yesterday being 1 April

Looks like they just photoshopped the landing gear out!

casey · April 2nd, 2006, 16:42

it just looks like an airplane doing a very low pass, photoshopped or not its not an impossible thing to do, just not neccesarily the smartest. If you want to see stuff you would think is impossible, go look for some of bob hoovers videos of him doing aero in the twin commander, including doing manuevers with both engines shutdown and feathered.

Aero_Engineer · April 2nd, 2006, 17:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by casey

it just looks like an airplane doing a very low pass, photoshopped or not its not an impossible thing to do, just not neccesarily the smartest. If you want to see stuff you would think is impossible, go look for some of bob hoovers videos of him doing aero in the twin commander, including doing manuevers with both engines shutdown and feathered.

I have seen those videos and that is why I am not ruling out the fact that this may have been actually done.

SierraPilot123 · April 2nd, 2006, 17:19

I hear they are just great pilots:

BCTAv8r · April 2nd, 2006, 17:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by SierraPilot123

I hear they are just great pilots:

Did the photographer survive?

SierraPilot123 · April 2nd, 2006, 17:23

Ya. I heard he walked away.

Chris_Ford · April 2nd, 2006, 17:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by FlyNavy

See, there's this thing called Photoshop, and yesterday being 1 April

Looks like they just photoshopped the landing gear out!

Looks to me like that'd put the plane dangerously close to the grass.

I'm fairly sure this is legit. The people at a.net are photogs themselves who often are fairly good at spotting fakes.

Doug Taylor · April 2nd, 2006, 18:19

Nice intake plugs.

bob loblaw · April 2nd, 2006, 20:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by casey

it just looks like an airplane doing a very low pass, photoshopped or not its not an impossible thing to do, just not neccesarily the smartest. If you want to see stuff you would think is impossible, go look for some of bob hoovers videos of him doing aero in the twin commander, including doing manuevers with both engines shutdown and feathered.

I saw Hoover in person at Martin State in Baltimore. Hoover did some incredible photoshop work with his Shrike Commander.

Bigey · April 2nd, 2006, 20:42

Wouldnt there be exhaust gasses coming from the back?

CapnJim · April 2nd, 2006, 21:14

Verical stab is a too crisp, just dosen't fit. Looks bad. Good job on the shadow, too bad the guy that PS'd it has the plane flying down the right edge of the runway, and half in the grass. Two feet from the ground and he can't maintain centerline? Unlikely. Sierrapilot's flik was way more convincing.

Timbuff10 · April 2nd, 2006, 21:29

Yeah, that has got to be real or the screeners there would have caught it. Trust me, they look very closely at the photos they get submitted.

Also with the photo in question, not only is he straddling the grass and taxiway, he is a tad higher above the ground than he would be if he was taxiing. The gear was not photoshopped out, the only other explanation would be that the plane is hooked to a crane and just hanging there but I doubt that.

CapnJim · April 2nd, 2006, 21:55

If the screeners didn't catch that nonsense, they suck. That Su was dropped in from another pic after the gear was p-shopped out. The focus and light on the jet isn't even close to the foreground or the background, the vertical stab is way, way too sharp.
Not a bad job, but still a job.

Nick · April 2nd, 2006, 21:59

It is real.

http://app.newsgd.com/NewsGD/UI/News...aspx?camid=275

Timbuff10 · April 2nd, 2006, 22:22

Good find Nick. I was waiting for another view of it to show up. I do give credit to the photog for getting a really sharp image on a day where the wx looked like that in the photo above there. Looks like a pretty hazy OVC kinda day they had for the show.

The thing that kinda had me wondering was why the refueling probe was extended?

Aero_Engineer · April 2nd, 2006, 22:50

Nice, nice. finally cleared it. Whover the pilot is I am giving him/her two thumbs up.

Aero_Engineer · April 6th, 2006, 14:18

This is also a nice pic:

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=1027487

April 2nd, 2006, 16:38	#1
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Timbuff10 Old Skool Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Coloradan in Orange County, CA Posts: 3,235	Yeah, that has got to be real or the screeners there would have caught it. Trust me, they look very closely at the photos they get submitted. Also with the photo in question, not only is he straddling the grass and taxiway, he is a tad higher above the ground than he would be if he was taxiing. The gear was not photoshopped out, the only other explanation would be that the plane is hooked to a crane and just hanging there but I doubt that. __________________ My Photography My Airliners.net photos

April 2nd, 2006, 16:42	#3
FlyNavy Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Charlottesville, VA Posts: 255	See, there's this thing called Photoshop, and yesterday being 1 April Looks like they just photoshopped the landing gear out!

April 2nd, 2006, 16:42	#4
casey Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: abe Posts: 868	it just looks like an airplane doing a very low pass, photoshopped or not its not an impossible thing to do, just not neccesarily the smartest. If you want to see stuff you would think is impossible, go look for some of bob hoovers videos of him doing aero in the twin commander, including doing manuevers with both engines shutdown and feathered.

April 2nd, 2006, 17:19	#6
SierraPilot123 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bay Area Posts: 384	I hear they are just great pilots:

April 2nd, 2006, 17:23	#8
SierraPilot123 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bay Area Posts: 384	Ya. I heard he walked away.

April 2nd, 2006, 21:14	#13
CapnJim Old Skool Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: G-town, Near D-town. In T-state... er... whatever Posts: 4,499	Verical stab is a too crisp, just dosen't fit. Looks bad. Good job on the shadow, too bad the guy that PS'd it has the plane flying down the right edge of the runway, and half in the grass. Two feet from the ground and he can't maintain centerline? Unlikely. Sierrapilot's flik was way more convincing.

April 2nd, 2006, 21:55	#15
CapnJim Old Skool Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: G-town, Near D-town. In T-state... er... whatever Posts: 4,499	If the screeners didn't catch that nonsense, they suck. That Su was dropped in from another pic after the gear was p-shopped out. The focus and light on the jet isn't even close to the foreground or the background, the vertical stab is way, way too sharp. Not a bad job, but still a job.

April 2nd, 2006, 21:59	#16
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April 2nd, 2006, 22:22	#17
Timbuff10 Old Skool Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Coloradan in Orange County, CA Posts: 3,235	Good find Nick. I was waiting for another view of it to show up. I do give credit to the photog for getting a really sharp image on a day where the wx looked like that in the photo above there. Looks like a pretty hazy OVC kinda day they had for the show. The thing that kinda had me wondering was why the refueling probe was extended? __________________ My Photography My Airliners.net photos

April 2nd, 2006, 22:50	#18
Aero_Engineer Old Skool Join Date: May 2005 Location: California, USA Posts: 2,043	Nice, nice. finally cleared it. Whover the pilot is I am giving him/her two thumbs up.

April 6th, 2006, 14:18	#19
Aero_Engineer Old Skool Join Date: May 2005 Location: California, USA Posts: 2,043	This is also a nice pic: http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=1027487

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