Fake picture?

[Typhoon1244]

Ahhh, I see you got lost, like the rest of us...

Remember, a precision approach is one where you find the airport on the first try. A non-precision approach is where you have to go inside the FBO and ask where you are...

P.S. I gotta admit,my avatar's a fake too. That's actually a Photoshop'ed picture of Ed Meese drinking a glass of Metamucil.

 

[310]

Look really close at the nose wheel of the american jet(second pic) --looks to me that it was cropped across the bottom.

 

[Slye]

Look really close at the nose wheel of the american jet(second pic) --looks to me that it was cropped across the bottom.

Isn't that just the MD80 nose gear spray deflector? Comes standard on most models I believe...

 

[CFI'er]

The guy is just trying to make a little smack. He will contact all of you that used the picture without prior authorization.

"This photo is copyright protected and may not be used in any way without proper permission. More info."


BUSTED!!!!!!!

 

[low-n-slow]

Look at the two white antennae on the bottom of the MD80 in relation to the MD80s shadow on the ground. Seems to me like they should also be shadowed by the fuselage instead of shining bright by what is obvious sunlight.

Ground shadows on both pics looks to be painted in, shouldn't be that dark IMO.

I don't see any spray booms either.

 

[CFI'er]

I would say doctored pictures. What is unreal about the pictures is the shadow of both aircraft. You should still see some form of ground cover just by reflective light off the ground and plant life.

 

[bigD]

I was just looking at the Tucson picture last night and wondering the same thing. It *does* look a little strange to me, but I've been into Tucson before and looked down on an airliner just like what you see in the picture, although from a greater distance. So with a nice lens, I can see you getting a good shot of an airliner right over the desert like that.

I guess my thought is that they're real, if only because they're not particularly remarkable enough to justify spending the time to fake them.

 

[Gulfstream 200]

they are real, but doctored in photoshop. (my opinion)

does that make them real??

 

[SkyWestCRJPilot]

They are real. The backgrounds look too close but that's because they were taken with a zoom lense. Zoom lenses compress the background and foreground of pictures.

 

[skyking1976]

I gotta admit,my avatar's a fake too. That's actually a Photoshop'ed picture of Ed Meese drinking a glass of Metamucil.

LOL!!!!!!! Ed looks like he lost a few pounds. How is the little fella anyway? Probably not so little anymore.

 

[Dave Benjamin]

The shadow is very large and very dark. that means he'd be pretty close to the deck. Unless the pilot was way offf the normal climb profile I don't see how it would be a real photo.

 

[Skyboss]

Is there that much ground cover (shrubs) off the end of runways at LAX?

 

[JBcrjca]

Yep, those pics are the real thing. As English and njcapt stated, those hills just west of LAX are covered with scrub brush and overgrown remains of streets and house foundations. Easily photographed from the VFR corridor with a good lens...on almost every departure from LAX, you can look up and see Cessnas, Pipers, etc buzzing along just over the shoreline. Some heavily loaded 747s don't clear the hills by much when they're headed across the Pacific. But what do I know, I've only flown into LAX a few thousand times.

The TUS pic...that sand/scrub is just east of the threshold of 29R, again easily photographed from a Cessna on final to 29L. The threshold of 29L is displaced, so naturally the Cessna would be higher, and in a good spot for photos.