closecall

T-bird close call. Undoctored

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on 2004-Apr-06 00:15:09 Anonymous coward said

TM
"yeah, its close... but can you guys get a little closer next show? we had a few spectators tell us they could see blue sky between the airplanes, and they didnt like that"
LOL
GO BLUE ANGELS!
on 2004-May-01 02:50:06 Anonymous coward said

matt
Does anyone know the story on this one? Maybe its not as bad as it looks...
on 2004-May-03 05:42:09 Anonymous coward said

bill
I wonder what the flightsuit pants looked like after that one!!
on 2004-May-04 17:18:42 Anonymous coward said

Matt
Someone doctored this photo, I found the original on the t-bird website at http://www.airforce.com/thunderbirds/imagefiles/libraryimages/25high.jpg

Not that they aren't close in this doctored shot but this clearly shows they weren't that close.
on 2004-May-22 03:01:32 Anonymous coward said

Skibo777
Matt your wrong. Check your photo again, look at the speed brakes on the Falcon on the left and compare with this photo. Different pictures.
on 2004-May-22 15:00:37 Anonymous coward said

rollintoyboxes
look a little closer and you can see that the top plane is already in front of and higher than the bottom one
on 2004-Jun-01 03:46:04 Anonymous coward said

TM
yeah yeah, nice photoshop work, but they should post the original on here instead of making you click a link to it!
on 2004-Jun-01 11:22:23 Anonymous coward said

MB
my call on this, different photos, different days...
on 2004-Jun-05 04:42:37 Anonymous coward said

Goibneu@AOL.com
"NO NO NO...not THAT right, the OTHER
right!!!
on 2004-Jun-08 03:20:48 Anonymous coward said

TM
nope, this pic was actually made from a single photo. the original can be viewed above (under the picture there is a link to the "undoctored" image) or found on the thunderbirds website!
on 2004-Jun-22 15:55:13 Anonymous coward said

TM
ok i take back my last comment. Skibo777 is right about the speedbrakes. most definitely a composite image
on 2004-Aug-12 20:19:28 Anonymous coward said

DRH
This is what's commonly known as a Pucker Factor of +12!
on 2004-Sep-09 14:36:49 Anonymous coward said

roman dude
blue angels can kiss my @$$- air force all the way
on 2004-Oct-19 11:43:27 Anonymous coward said

Marauder61
I am the photographer of this photo and it is untouched NO photoshop work!!! I have the original neg to prove it. Some jack@ss has removed my name and copyright information which is in violation of the Federial Copyright Law. The other "undoctored" photo does not belong to me.
on 2004-Oct-19 17:44:02 Matt Bailey said

So whats the story behind the photo? By the way, no copy rights have ever been removed from any photos prior to placing them on this album.
on 2005-Jan-16 21:13:45 Anonymous coward said

Ender
Definitely different photos - the airbrakes for one thing, then compare the shadows: they are completely different! Smoke trails are different, too, and the reflection on the tailcone of the plane on the left....
on 2005-Mar-07 10:36:27 Anonymous coward said

MADDOG2840
The Story: This is a near miss. the solo on the right has deployed the speeb brakes and nosed his acft down to avoid the hit. It a great picture showing ecactly how small the margin of error is.
on 2005-Apr-06 09:47:46 Anonymous coward said

rebel
different photos. the plane on the right is at a different angle in this picture.look closer
on 2005-Apr-26 16:55:42 Anonymous coward said

Dave
ahhhhh shit
on 2005-Jun-15 17:57:52 Anonymous coward said

Ted
I think we'd better practice this cross-over pattern some more...
on 2005-Sep-28 12:10:56 Anonymous coward said

FFR-31_Driver
As the Thunderbirds have kindly demonstrated, it is very important for one to be able to discern "Left" from "Right".
on 2006-Feb-07 14:24:32 Anonymous coward said

pretty
america F-16 plane is so pretty plane,,keep up and be safe air show every year,,
on 2006-Feb-15 02:12:56 Anonymous coward said

Bambino
Yeah, yeah, I know, doctored. Just notice the shadows the right plane casts onto the left plane... NONE!

But what about this:

-Hey Robert! Let's try and switch planes!
on 2006-Mar-01 04:21:44 Anonymous coward said

Pulse
No, this isn't a doctored photo. This is what the cross-over looks like close up. Especially through a zoom lens. Have any of you seen an airshow before?
on 2006-Mar-23 22:59:32 Anonymous coward said

eman_woods
i thought you said to go left!!
on 2006-Apr-23 02:43:14 Anonymous coward said

sed6
Notice the tail of thebird on the left covers the canopy of the bird on the right, and its wing tip covers the canopy of the one on the left. It's a doctored pic, or they hit a nano second later!
on 2006-May-26 18:16:47 Anonymous coward said

DJ
I told those guys not to eat those bean burritos!!
on 2006-Jun-01 18:17:19 Anonymous coward said

lol
some1 betta call the fire dpt. theres gonna b some fire 2nite!
on 2006-Jun-07 00:12:05 Anonymous coward said

Senora
Is this Aero love
on 2006-Jun-08 01:30:12 Anonymous coward said

ss
this was a miscue on the switchblade break manuever the plane on left had to hit his speedbrakes, throttle back, and dive to maintain separation - check the difference in smoke trails
on 2006-Aug-02 21:34:21 Anonymous coward said

Spity
Hey! lets try some paint swapping!
on 2006-Aug-03 21:51:49 Anonymous coward said

titan
first pilot:dude what does my helmet say. 2nd pilot dudde. first pilot:no what does it say dude: 2nd pilot: dude what does mine say: sweet
on 2007-Feb-15 00:22:47 Anonymous coward said

Conor
Now left no not right left left!
on 2007-Mar-14 14:03:25 Anonymous coward said

Jeeprex
Its clearly an un-doctored picture. Its just a matter of perspective. The plane on the left is lower and behind the other plane. The sun which is to the right, creates an optical illusion that the planes are on the same path.
on 2007-Apr-10 11:49:39 Anonymous coward said

Jammy
I wonder what happened after this, if its real though.... is it?
on 2007-May-04 14:35:21 Anonymous coward said

PENIX
It looks like they got closer than they wanted to be.
on 2007-May-04 15:31:32 Anonymous coward said

flyboy282
Actually the top aircraft is above and 100 feet past the bottom. They both have different angles of attack and of course there is the angle of the camera that took this picture.
on 2007-May-04 21:25:05 Anonymous coward said

hafetysazard
This is clearly a trick of perspective. I have little doubt that this photo is real.
on 2007-Jun-20 14:01:41 Anonymous coward said

A-10 dude
no i believe this photo is undoctered because you can see the shadow from the plane with the flaps or something on the other plane but they arent so close as you think.
on 2007-Jul-23 08:17:41 Anonymous coward said

Nile
Try to get a little bit closer in a minute but if we don,t just...
BOMBS AWAY
on 2007-Jul-28 04:13:46 Anonymous coward said

schwambly
There are probably many feet between these two aircraft. It's all very well set up as they approach the point where these opposing breaks are made. You're all falling for the illusion, which is the whole idea behind the maneuver.
on 2007-Jul-28 05:27:27 Anonymous coward said

schwambly
A long camera lens will give two objects the appearance of being closer than they really are. This undoctored photo might help explain
http://w1.rob.com/pix/oops/196_G
on 2007-Aug-18 18:01:28 Anonymous coward said

Rich
to all you dumbasses who insist this is a doctored image cuz who think your so damn smart that you can tell the difference, consider this, the shadows make sence, the reflections make sence, the fact that the closer plane (on the left) has its airbrakes deployed and its smoke trail is disrupted show
on 2007-Oct-05 20:02:42 Anonymous coward said

widey
Lets TANGO!
on 2007-Oct-30 04:27:45 Anonymous coward said

PDelta41
Must've been one helluva lucky shot with a zoom lens. Makes the planes look much closer than they are, especially as the wing on the further one looks like it's on the other side of the cockpit, but that's just timing.
on 2007-Nov-12 12:00:24 Anonymous coward said

Me
Jason,can you see the Quarter I dropped?
on 2007-Nov-19 11:45:21 Anonymous coward said

Hey Joe, whach out you'r to fast for me
Hey Joe, whach out, you are to fast for me
on 2007-Nov-30 16:22:28 Anonymous coward said

tchimbe raid
"Regarde moi ce c...!!! Va encore rayer ma peinture !!!"
on 2008-Jan-12 11:08:40 Anonymous coward said

nice flying mom
nice flying mom
on 2008-Jan-12 11:11:34 Anonymous coward said

aerial tankers suck
seatbelt men
on 2008-Jan-24 21:11:59 Anonymous coward said

Scott
Its a real pic. we have a bunch of them at the T-Birds shop. it is all perspective. The aircraft in trail is just that. the speed brakes are deployed durring the bank to incress the distance durring the turn. one jet is pitched up slightly and the other down.
on 2008-Mar-24 02:00:47 Anonymous coward said

jj
BREAK RIGHT!!!!....Nooooo, your other right.
on 2008-Jun-09 08:25:51 Anonymous coward said

metalmorgan
This photo IS UN-DOCTORED. The plane on the right is way-ahead of the plane on the left. They look closer together than they actually are.
on 2008-Sep-14 04:37:04 Anonymous coward said

Copperbelt Jack
Somewhere along the time leading to this pass, the left soloist decided he/she wasn't gonna die that day and deployed their brakes.
on 2010-Jul-20 12:49:10 Anonymous coward said

DrTracy
Hey Fred! Yeah John? A little close on that one. Ya think?
on 2010-Aug-03 19:39:27 Anonymous coward said

nick
If i am not mistaken the plane on the right lost a missle rail on the canopy of the plane on the left - for those of you that think these jets are 100's of feet apart you are wrong
on 2010-Aug-13 17:35:11 Anonymous coward said

Homeslice
In order for a LAU-7 (Sidewinder launcher) to be taken off by the canopy, there's be a hell of a lot of debris. And no canopy. It's shot from behind, and the perspective gives the impression of a near-collision.
on 2011-Jul-29 18:13:28 randomanonamous said

omg what if the wing really smashed into the pilots cockpit 0.0
on 2012-Aug-29 15:56:43 DrTracy said

Jack? Yeah, Frank? What did I tell you about reading Penthouse during the show? I don't remember Frank, brief me again, will you?

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