Is this a real photo?

[Lucky13]

Found this while looking around for SAAB 37 Viggen stuff.....

You can see, Draken, Lansen, Viggen, Gripen and SK-60.....

 

[Njaco]

I would say no unless its a time-elasped pic.

 

[stona]

IMHO....no chance.
Steve

 

[Lucky13]

Had my suspicions too!
Imagine being in the middle, to keep steady....!

 

[Coors9]

Too perfect. Would be something with that many jets though.

 

[Airframes]

Montage, maybe from an advertising blurb ?

 

[Gnomey]

Looks fake, as has been said, it is too perfect. Looks like it was originally a 4 plane formation that has been copied and pasted a number of times to provide the picture observed.

 

[A4K]

Definitely photoshopped... would LOVE to see such a formation for real though!!!!

 

[GrauGeist]

I would say no unless its a time-elasped pic.

This is what it looks to be, actually...

There are slight variations between the 5 aircraft as the "parade" arcs to the upper right.
A precision flying team can hold an amazingly accurate line (Blue Angels, Thunderbirds and Snowbirds come to mind here) and this is a basic banking formation shot in time-lapse.

Very cool pic, though!

 

[vikingBerserker]

I agree, looks pretty dam cool!

 

[Wayne Little]

does look cool.....

 

[evangilder]

I have a friend that does photos like that stitching multiple exposures together to make it look a bunch of planes. Problem is that they all look the same, including registrations and other markings. Neat effect, but not real.

 

[ccheese]

Agree.... definately not the real thing.

Charles

 

[Matt308]

Lucky...

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]