This is Plane Scary!
Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:26 am
not my headline 
heard about this on the Today Show on NBC this morning and googled it to see what was the deal.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/07132009/ne ... 178937.htm
heard about this on the Today Show on NBC this morning and googled it to see what was the deal.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/07132009/ne ... 178937.htm
Re: This is Plane Scary!
Mon Jul 13, 2009 8:17 am
DaveG wrote:not my headline
heard about this on the Today Show on NBC this morning and googled it to see what was the deal.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/07132009/ne ... 178937.htm
Not all that scary really. It's the camera range. He's down in the marbles but well clear. In fact, judging from the shot and the amount of strake trail, he's in a left turn with the jet loaded just a bit.
Nice curved and low "let um see the bird up close" taxpayer pass
)
I had a shot of me making one of these once taken by a fan. He had me UNDER the bleachers at the show where in actuality I was well clear. I explained later on that the airplane didn't fly all that well going under the bleachers
)
Dudley Henriques
Mon Jul 13, 2009 8:18 am
I'd be willing to pay extra rent to live in that building if a Hornet would do that everyday. 
Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:15 am
This is typical over the top news reporting crap. Anybody that knows anything about photography and a telephoto lens or Photoshop can explain this. What bothers me is that a lot of people will see this and believe it was actually that close.
Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:31 am
Now if the shot was looking DOWN at the aircraft instead of UP at it, I would be a bit concerned. The compression of depth of field by long lens can make things look very close together when in fact there may be a LOT of distance. I too saw that on the "News" this morning and was thinking to myself.....Slow news day huh!?!
Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:42 am
Super Hornet ?
Mon Jul 13, 2009 3:32 pm
Dan Newcomb wrote:This is typical over the top news reporting crap. Anybody that knows anything about photography and a telephoto lens or Photoshop can explain this. What bothers me is that a lot of people will see this and believe it was actually that close.
I'm not a photographer, but I believe that is known as long lens (telephoto lens) compression.
Airplanes don't fly this close to the moon either.
Mon Jul 13, 2009 3:53 pm
aseanaero wrote:Super Hornet ?
Yep, from VFA-106. He was doing the demo at the Detroit APBA Gold Cup races this past weekend. He put on a great demo!
Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:00 pm
Heck, I thought the military was practicing for Red Bull downtown somewhere....
Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:53 pm
Holedigger wrote:Now if the shot was looking DOWN at the aircraft instead of UP at it, I would be a bit concerned. The compression of depth of field by long lens can make things look very close together when in fact there may be a LOT of distance. I too saw that on the "News" this morning and was thinking to myself.....Slow news day huh!?!
Kirk Brimmer (T38 Thunderbird solo discussing the solo takeoff roll with a pilot select );
""You rotate off the deck to about 5 feet raising the gear as the struts
extend, then you let the airplane descend on DOWN to a comfortable altitude above
the runway before the pull."
God I miss those FUN days!!
))))))
Dudley Henriques
Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:59 pm
I saw that photo and report on Today this morning...and couldn't stifle my urge to audibly yell, "oh, give me a break!"
Typical media incorrect interpretation of what they see in a photo. Standard ignorance, really.
Typical media incorrect interpretation of what they see in a photo. Standard ignorance, really.
Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:13 pm
I'm like TAdan, I could watch that everyday. Shake my martini for me.
All I see around here are a few Bus-Jets and a lot of Cessnas..
All I see around here are a few Bus-Jets and a lot of Cessnas..
Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:19 pm
Yup I'd live there
Mon Jul 13, 2009 8:47 pm
Really guys!!!!, This is called perspective compression of the subject. The further away the camera is from the subject with a................aw never mind.