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The camera never lies (Read 220 times)
Jul 12th, 2004 at 4:20am

Hagar   Offline
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Digital image editing is so common these days that we all know this is no longer true - if it ever was. This series of shots I took on Saturday morning proves that what we see in those TV documentaries is not always what it seems. A documentary is being made about a German bomber pilot shot down by a RAF Beaufighter in 1942.* The German pilot flew over to Shoreham on Saturday to meet up with his old adversary. While he is a very experienced pilot & qualified flying instructor he is now in his late eighties. The Mooney he arrived in was actually flown by one of his ex-pupils, now a commercial pilot. With a little old-fashioned editing I suspect the documentary will show him piloting it. Just goes to prove what I always say - don't believe everything you see on TV. Wink

This first shot was taken soon after the party arrived from Germany.
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Now - this is what happened some time later. The shots are in sequence.
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*I posted more details of this fascinating story in the General forum.
http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=gen;action=display;num=108...
 

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Reply #1 - Jul 12th, 2004 at 4:58am

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Doug i am glad i got to see this before i left.
This looks to have been a great event to have attended and i am glad you could get some pictures of it. Added to the lessons you learn about good tv making:)Wink
 
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Reply #2 - Jul 12th, 2004 at 7:36am

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Lovely shots Hagar, I think we'll have to keep leaning on Exploder to keep us informed Wink
 

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