On The Deck

[Lucky13]

 

[Njaco]

Holy cr@p, that first Phantom pic is LOW!!!!!

And thanks for the second pic of that Harvard. Proves it wasn't photoshopped.

Great pics!!

 

[Lucky13]

I you look closely Chris, you can see that it's actually three(!) Hravards!

 

[Matt308]

Oh no $hit completely missed that!

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Dangerous but cool stuff.

 

[Gnomey]

8)

I you look closely Chris, you can see that it's actually three(!) Hravards!

Think there is 4 actually, the one in the foreground and 3 behind - one directly behind and the closest of the others. The other 2 are off to the left and the right of rear one (one on the dune/rock line the other on the wave line).

 

[Njaco]

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[T Bolt]

Wow!

 

[Gnomey]

8)

 

[Njaco]

Thanks to Aaron for this one....

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[rochie]

now that is awsome, amazing bit of flying !!!

 

[Matt308]

Good thing the guy went prone

 

[Gnomey]

Yep! Just as well he did. 8)

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

I'm not quite sure the photo is real. The tree line in the background repeats itself from (facing the aircraft) left wingtip to back of right drop tank. The blend areas are under both drop tanks. I notice this last night after posting it on FB.

 

[GrauGeist]

I noticed that last night as well, but considering this is a cold-war era photo...there was most likely something censored in the photo

 

[Matt308]

Interesting! Now that you blokes have pointed that out the exhaust doesn't look right either. I would expect it to be clear (or more transparent) the closer to the exhaust nozzle. Hmmmm.... Airframes, what are your thoughts? The plane contrast looks different than the inside of the hanger too. Did someone photo shop out something in the hanger and put the airplane in and thus, to maximize background realism, reused a section of the treeline?

 

[Airframes]

I'm not sure on this one, and the pic is a bit small to examine closely. I see what is meant by the tree line, but this might just be coincidence. I remember reading about a Hunter being flown through a hangar, but I understood this to be a 'J' Type hangar, or a similar large hangar. I also vaguely recall seeing a photo of the real event, which might or might not have been similar to this one.
I don't think it's been 'Photoshopped', but it may be montage, or a re-touched version of the original, or possibly a 'dodged' reconstruction of the actual event.

 

[Matt308]

Certainly not untouched.

 

[Njaco]

Check Jan's first pic on the last page. Is this the same jet?

 

[Matt308]

If it is, it way away from the hanger on the other side of the aerodrome.