Badger Fly By

Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:08 pm

Is this what you call a dis-similar formation :?:

Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:33 pm

Really surprised they let that Badger get that close to the "Shitty Kitty"

Shay
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Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:21 am

Shay wrote::shock: Really surprised they let that Badger get that close to the "Shitty Kitty"

Shay
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Wow. I thought the same thing :shock:

Cool picture!

Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:31 am

Badgers? We don't need no steenkin' Badgers!!

Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:33 am

They let it that close only for the photo shoot

Thanks Jack for all the great pics! Mark

Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:41 am

I think all cameras were point in the same direction that day. Us taking pictures of them and them taking pictures of the Kitty

Shay
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Tue Jul 17, 2007 1:38 pm

Something doesn't look right about this... almost like the Badger and Phantoms were added in later. The carrier is in sharp focus, as is the water and rest of the background, but the aircraft are a bit blurry... sure, it could happen, but the lighting looks a bit off too.

I can't say with absolute certainty this has been manipulated, but it seems to be a little "off".

Lynn

Tue Jul 17, 2007 1:59 pm

That is a legitimate incident. It occurred in 1963 when F-4Bs from VF-114 deployed off of CVA-63 intercepted the Badger.

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Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:18 pm

Is it just me, or does the Badger look like a combination of the B-26, B-17 and B-47? All in all, a pretty sweet looking aircraft.

kevin

Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:23 pm

Thanks Ryan, I appreciate the info.

Lynn

Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:49 pm

yep it happened in 63, nope, not that close to the carrier, easy to see the manipulation.