Warbird Information Exchange

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

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I'd be willing to pay extra rent to live in that building if a Hornet would do that everyday.

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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.

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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!?!

Super Hornet ?

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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.

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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!

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Heck, I thought the military was practicing for Red Bull downtown somewhere....

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

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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.

Bigger picture here:
Daily Mail

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..

Yup I'd live there

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Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Director

Really guys!!!!, This is called perspective compression of the subject. The further away the camera is from the subject with a................aw never mind.