Real photos that look fake - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

veggihatetank · #1 01-05-2010, 03:21 AM

There are 166 so be ready to kill some time.

http://www.fox13now.com/kdvr-cool-photos-pg,0,5434516.photogallery

Mr.Kenny · #2 01-05-2010, 12:17 PM

These are so cool! Thanx!

cmac2012 · #3 01-05-2010, 12:43 PM

Some wild stuff. Holy cow, batman, that driveway in #3 needs a switchback. Or maybe a code violation.

dynalow · #4 01-05-2010, 01:19 PM

The picture is real. The caption is incorrect. The carrier is the USS America, not the USS Stennis.

Here is the info on the actual event.

The pilot was Capt Dale "Snort" Snodgrass, at the time Executive Officer of VF-33 with more than 4,800 hours in the F-14, currently Director of Congression- al Liasion, US House of Representatives.

The photo from the USS America in the summer of 1989 is widely seen, and most folks think it was either an edited photo, a risky maneuver, or a crash in progress. However, Snodgrass explained: "It's not risky at all with practice. It was my opening pass in a Tomcat tactical demonstration at sea. I started from the starboard rear quarter of the carrier, slightly below flight deck level. Airspeed was about 270 kts with the wings swept forward. I selected afterburner at about a half-mile out, and the aircraft accelerated to about 315 kts. As I approached the fantail, I rolled into an 85-degree bank and did a hard 5-6G turn, finishing about 10-20 degrees off of the boat's axis. Microseconds after this photo was taken, after rolling wings-level at an altitude slightly above the flight deck, I pulled vertical with a quarter-roll to the left, ending with an Immelman roll-out 90 degrees and continued with the remainder of the demo. It was a dramatic and, in my opinion, a very cool way to start a carrier demo as first performed by a great fighter pilot, Ed "Hunack" Andrews, who commanded VF-84 in 1980-1988.

The photo was taken by a Petty Officer who worked the flight deck. The individual with his arms behind his back was Admiral Jay Johnson, immediate past Chief of Naval Operations for the USN."
http://aerofiles.com/f14flyby.html

Fly Navy

MS Fowler · #5 01-05-2010, 03:02 PM

If a telephoto, or long-focus lens was used for that photo, remember that they tend to "compress" space, making the aircraft appear closer to the deck than was actually the case.

Mistress · #6 01-05-2010, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by dynalow

The picture is real. The caption is incorrect. The carrier is the USS America, not the USS Stennis.

Here is the info on the actual event.

The pilot was Capt Dale "Snort" Snodgrass, at the time Executive Officer of VF-33 with more than 4,800 hours in the F-14, currently Director of Congression- al Liasion, US House of Representatives.

The photo from the USS America in the summer of 1989 is widely seen, and most folks think it was either an edited photo, a risky maneuver, or a crash in progress. However, Snodgrass explained: "It's not risky at all with practice. It was my opening pass in a Tomcat tactical demonstration at sea. I started from the starboard rear quarter of the carrier, slightly below flight deck level. Airspeed was about 270 kts with the wings swept forward. I selected afterburner at about a half-mile out, and the aircraft accelerated to about 315 kts. As I approached the fantail, I rolled into an 85-degree bank and did a hard 5-6G turn, finishing about 10-20 degrees off of the boat's axis. Microseconds after this photo was taken, after rolling wings-level at an altitude slightly above the flight deck, I pulled vertical with a quarter-roll to the left, ending with an Immelman roll-out 90 degrees and continued with the remainder of the demo. It was a dramatic and, in my opinion, a very cool way to start a carrier demo as first performed by a great fighter pilot, Ed "Hunack" Andrews, who commanded VF-84 in 1980-1988.

The photo was taken by a Petty Officer who worked the flight deck. The individual with his arms behind his back was Admiral Jay Johnson, immediate past Chief of Naval Operations for the USN."
http://aerofiles.com/f14flyby.html

Fly Navy

Always a hot dogger in the bunch somewhere...

dynalow · #7 01-05-2010, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Mistress

Always a hot dogger in the bunch somewhere...

Great stuff! They always hot dog it at demo's like that. Been there. Seen that

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Igy_MYJpVcQ&NR=1&feature=fvwp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXK1M7GGpxE

Course, there's always the unexpected

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUDzHOxs0tg

cmac2012 · #8 01-06-2010, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by dynalow

The picture is real. The caption is incorrect. The carrier is the USS America, not the USS Stennis.

Here is the info on the actual event.

The pilot was Capt Dale "Snort" Snodgrass, at the time Executive Officer of VF-33 with more than 4,800 hours in the F-14, currently Director of Congression- al Liasion, US House of Representatives.

I'm not impressed with that any more than I would be if someone brushed by me a few feet away at 100 mph plus in a Ferrari cuz he thought it would be a rush. Stuff goes wrong with mechanical objects. I refer you to the Thunderbird "diamond crash" in 1982 in which 4 pilots died in a collision with the ground. I forget, 25 or so Blue Angels pilots have also been killed in accidents over the years. The whole thing is one big hot dogging fest and if the least little thing had gone wrong in the fly by in question, a multi hundred $million dollar ship would have been imperiled along with many servicemen's lives.

Kuan · #9 01-06-2010, 02:23 PM

Someone explain this one?

cmac2012 · #10 01-06-2010, 02:26 PM

Whoa. I didn't get that far. That IS weird.

Colorado220 · #11 01-06-2010, 02:32 PM

Some pretty sweet pics there!

G-Benz · #12 01-06-2010, 03:20 PM

What kind of dog chow is in THIS dog's diet!!?????

#13 01-06-2010, 03:21 PM

I think someone needs to check that dog for steroids.

BodhiBenz1987 · #14 01-06-2010, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by G-Benz

What kind of dog chow is in THIS dog's diet!!?????

Myostatin deletion or deficiency. Myostatin limits the development of muscle tissue ... thus animals or people without it get huge muscles. That's where those supercow pictures that float around come from. Some animals are genetically manipulated to delete the protein so they develop ridiculous muscles. Kinda sad.

MBeige · #15 01-06-2010, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by BodhiBenz1987

Myostatin deletion or deficiency. Myostatin limits the development of muscle tissue ... thus animals or people without it get huge muscles. That's where those supercow pictures that float around come from. Some animals are genetically manipulated to delete the protein so they develop ridiculous muscles. Kinda sad.

Thanks for reminding me what that was. For some reason it escaped my mind. I had a project a few years ago that reported about "might mouse" same thing but in mice. They got muscular development despite not eating much. Protein growth is not limited.