NZFF

by **Charl** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 4:15 pm

Russian airshow rules are a little ... different from their Western counterparts.
So you get lots of close-up action.
Here's a couple of examples - Ilyushin and my current aviation pic of the year, the MiG-29

by **ZÃƒÂ¶ltuger** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 4:29 pm

oh man, that's some shot of the Mig 29, i've never seen heat blur like that before

by **Timmo** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 5:15 pm

Awesome!
Have you been to one Charl?....its one of the 'to do before I die' things i want to do

by **Charl** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 6:49 pm

No although I've had the privilege of seeing the Flanker fly a display - absolutely amazing.
And I came within a whisker of selling my house years ago, to buy a ride in a MiG-29

by **pois0n** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 7:33 pm

Charl wrote: No although I've had the privilege of seeing the Flanker fly a display - absolutely amazing.
And I came within a whisker of selling my house years ago, to buy a ride in a MiG-29

How much does it cost?

Time for me to start saving.

by **Charl** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 8:14 pm

Tell a lie - it was a Foxbat becaus it was a "flight to the edge of space " all for the meager price of US$20,000

by **chopper_nut** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 8:17 pm

My choice would be a 2 day course in flying the F4, $20000USD has got to be worth it.

by **victor_alpha_charlie** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 11:17 pm

Nope, beat this... wowaweewa! Notice no flaps or airbrakes...

by **deaneb** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 11:34 pm

victor_alpha_charlie wrote: Nope, beat this... wowaweewa! Notice no flaps or airbrakes...

Nice edit job of a taxiing aircraft. It is not real.

Deane

by **ZÃƒÂ¶ltuger** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 10:51 am

it does look fake, the shadow under the aircraft looks a little artificial

by **FlyingKiwi** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 1:31 pm

This photo has been discussed many times. There is another shot of the same display from a different angle by another photographer on Airliners.net. A.net screeners may not be perfect, but I find it very difficult to believe that two separate photos that had been edited so as to remove the gear from a taxiing aircraft (not exactly a minor edit) would have not only passed the airliners screening team, but also the no doubt countless people who have since examined the photos so far. Truth is, if that was fake it would not be on that site anymore; convincing fakes have been uploaded in the past and they rarely last more than a week on the site.

Edit - Here it is from another angle:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1027487/L/

Weimeng is a very well respected photographer on Airliners.net, I have no reason to believe he would collaborate with another photographer to produce a fake.

Edit 2 - In fact, here it is from a third photographer:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1032835/L/

by **h290master** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 2:21 pm

Russians are good/crazy pilots

by **Charl** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 4:10 pm

Well they have lost a few Flankers in the learning curve.
But they do provide the most amazing photo ops:

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by **Alex** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 4:39 pm

Like something out of Top Gun perhaps?

Alex

by **victor_alpha_charlie** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 7:14 pm

deaneb wrote:
victor_alpha_charlie wrote: Nope, beat this... wowaweewa! Notice no flaps or airbrakes...

Nice edit job of a taxiing aircraft. It is not real.

Deane

lol somebody looks silly now... Don't worry i checked it out to see if it was fake before i posted :lol:

I've seen videos...

NZFF

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