Nev25 Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Fact or Photoshop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 I would give it the benefit of the doubt. I have sees a crazy Russian go as close as that. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultralights Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 looks photoshoped, the image has a sharp line around the aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Good heat haze out the back of the engine. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgwilson Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Fact or Photoshop Dunno. It looks cool though & if it is fact, the pilot would need a wheelbarrow for a certain part of his anatomy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza 38 Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 I don't think it is real either. Military pilots get very low at times. But it would be impossible to roll the tonka like that with complete faith that you knew exactly where the wing tip is in relation to the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVOCET Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Look at the cones , the light comming from about 3oclock , it's quite bright on the wing top , but there's no shadow ?? photo shopped for sure Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zibi Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Quick google search and found this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo5NNEi9geQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Have a look at the starboard wing tip. There's a condensation trail there and it shows a vortex motion. The condensation trail from the port wing is expanding as the distance from the wing tip increases. The apparent closeness of the port wing tip to the ground could be an optical illusion due to the camera recording a 3d image on a 2d medium. I reckon it's a possibility. OME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planedriver Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 OMG you blokes are such a bloody suspicious bunch! Looks photoshop'd to me as well, but who am I stuff to stuff up a good post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexrbetter Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 It's odd, it's 100% photoshopped and a lazy one at that, yet that video suggests something similar happened - maybe they just created the picture to simulate the video event? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cscotthendry Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 I vote photoshopped. Given the lighting, I would have expected a larger stronger shadow from the plane. What little shadow I can see appears to be on the grass and reaches to nearly the wingtip. That makes it appear as though the plane is over the grass, but the wingtip vortice from the port wing appears to be in front of the markers beside the runway/road. Could be real, but I'm sceptical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgmwa Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 It looks to me from the attitude of the plane (not the wingtip vortex) that he's not even close to being lined up with the runway. If he was that low he would sure want to be flying along it, and not crossing it. If he was really flying down the runway, we'd see a lot more of the upper surfaces of the plane from that angle. My guess is that whoever photoshopped the still, also saw the video. rgmwa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deskpilot Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Sticking my neck out here. Photo is definitely NOT photo-shopped. Aircraft is this side of runway, hence no shadow. Look between the port wing vortex and and the engine heat haze, a clear section of the back-ground. A little detail that a "lazy photo-shopper" would probably miss. Hard to say what the ground clearance might be as there's a possible rise of ground level nearer the camera. Low flight, definitely, dangerous for sure, but as real as it gets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexrbetter Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Photo is definitely NOT photo-shopped. Left is the shot, see all the loose pixels up close, right is what it would look like if real or if the creator hadn't been so lazy, only needed 5 minutes more work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Golly don't criticise the "creator". All hell might break loose. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deskpilot Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 OK,OK,OK. I submit. I take it that you're one of those who we have to thank for making our world unreal these days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
River Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Hi gang... Checking out the photo history it appears to be a Argentenian Air Force Tornado and upon running the photo through some of my businesses forensic photo analysis software it scrubs up as a bona-fired photo. Though, jeez that wing is close to the deck Cheers, Rodger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza 38 Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Hi gang... Checking out the photo history it appears to be a Argentenian Air Force Tornado and upon running the photo through some of my businesses forensic photo analysis software it scrubs up as a bona-fired photo. Though, jeez that wing is close to the deck Cheers, Rodger It cannot be a Argentina Air force Tornado (unless they stole one). They have never operated the Tornado. The Royal Air Force, German Air Force, Italian Air Force and the Royal Saudi Air Force did however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sloper Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Flying like he stole it maybe. regards Bruce 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVOCET Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Hi gang... Checking out the photo history it appears to be a Argentenian Air Force Tornado and upon running the photo through some of my businesses forensic photo analysis software it scrubs up as a bona-fired photo. Though, jeez that wing is close to the deck Cheers, Rodger I think the crooks are one step ahead of you spy ware , Needs an upgrade maybe? If that's a genuine photo the guys in the wrong buissines , he should be making $ 50.00 notes ! Cheers Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexrbetter Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 10 minutes work just to show how easy it is (don't look too hard!) ... some kids will spend days on the details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
River Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 My apologies guy, too long at work and too late at night... Re details of the low level Tornado photo here are the correct details. How I got Argentina into the mind, only coffee knows as damm it's nice drink late at night "It depicts a Tornado, in a clean configuration, perfoming an aggressive left turn at ultra low level, most probably immediately after take-off. If you look closely to the picture (whose author is unknown), you’ll notice the aircraft wears the typical sharkmouth of the 155° Gruppo of the 50° Stormo of the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force, ItAF), based in Piacenza. Look at the following images I took on Mar. 11 at Pratica di Mare, where a Tornado ECR is currently involved in a testing campaign with the ItAF Flight Test Center, the RSV (Reparto Sperimentale Volo). Therefore, the aircraft is Tornado ECR, completely clean and without the refueling probe. That maneuver resembles the typical John Derry turn to the left performed at the beginning of each Tornado display by the 311° Gruppo Volo of the RSV. I analysed the EXIF of the image and I found that it was taken on Dec 18, 2008, at 14.09 LT, with a Canon EOS 350D, 234mm focal length, ISO400. On that day, Piacenza airbase was still closed (it reopened on Dec. 19) and the 155° was still operating from Cameri airbase (the deployment started at the beginning of Sept. 2008, even if the aircraft flew the first operative mission on Sept. 16, and ended on Feb 3, 2009, with a ceremony for the farewell to the Tonkas). Maybe the maneuver was performed at Cameri, perhaps by a test pilot of the RSV involved in some kind of testing activity, or simply by a pilot of the 50° Stormo during a test/acceptance sortie. For sure, it is not a normal take off or flyby." Cheers gang Rodger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgwilson Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 For sure, it is not a normal take off or flyby." Cheers gang Rodger Well that's a relief. I thought they might be doing this on a daily basis & keeping the mistakes secret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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