Simviation Forum - lowest approach ever

Mar 22^nd, 2007 at 7:35pm

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i dont know where i should post this

this is the lowest approach ive ever seen at maho beach
http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=1126677&size=L&width=1200&height=812&sok=&...

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Reply #1 - Mar 22^nd, 2007 at 7:45pm

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If it's real, then yes, that's a low approach.. but somehow that shadow doesn't quite add up.
I may be wrong...

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Reply #2 - Mar 22^nd, 2007 at 8:06pm

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If it's real, then yes, that's a low approach.. but somehow that shadow doesn't quite add up.
I may be wrong...

Anet is never wrong. Wink

Seriously, the photographer is a regular contributor. http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?photographersearch=Rotate
I doubt he/she would bother with fakes.

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Reply #3 - Mar 22^nd, 2007 at 8:37pm

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Maybe I'm seeing things with this head cold, but I think it's real. The high angle of the sun fools you a little... but the foliage spilling over the wall in the background has the same sort of shadow. So does the couple with the dog by the water's edge.
High, attenuated shadows, with the sun behind the left shoulder of the photographer.
On the belly of the plane, I think I can see the distorted reflection of the couple on the blanket. Certainly the other colors, etc. match up.

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Reply #4 - Mar 22^nd, 2007 at 9:21pm

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I seriously doubt a fake would make it on A.net.

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Reply #5 - Mar 22^nd, 2007 at 10:25pm

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How much of the fence did the aircraft take with it when it crossed over?

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Reply #6 - Mar 22^nd, 2007 at 10:38pm

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It was discussed on another forum awhile back...its real Wink

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I seriously doubt a fake would make it on A.net.

Youd be surprised. Theres been a few, one even said in the description it was fake...and a pathetic one at that, yet the screeners allowed it...while some of us with decent REAL pics and sometimes rare pics get rejected for the dumbest details Angry

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Reply #7 - Mar 23^rd, 2007 at 1:51am

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We need a ruling from Dave "Fly2e", since he's been there and has first hand experience on this approach........

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Reply #8 - Mar 23^rd, 2007 at 4:46am

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If it's real, then yes, that's a low approach.. but somehow that shadow doesn't quite add up.
I may be wrong...

You mean too small?

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Reply #9 - Mar 23^rd, 2007 at 5:01am

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That shadow is real! A small part is hidden behind a sand bulge/bump/something so you cant see it.

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Reply #10 - Mar 23^rd, 2007 at 5:03am

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If it is a fake (I do not think so) then someone has gone to extreme lenghs to fake a photo for a website that has more St. Maarten approach pictures that is knows what to do with.

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Reply #11 - Mar 23^rd, 2007 at 5:06am

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Treu

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Reply #12 - Mar 23^rd, 2007 at 6:43am

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I stand corrected! Grin

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Reply #13 - Mar 23^rd, 2007 at 6:48pm

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The shadow may look incorrect from the angle the picture was taken at. But look at it more closely, the beach slopes away, this creates the distorted image.

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Reply #14 - Mar 23^rd, 2007 at 8:21pm

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I'm not sure if the plane is as low as the photo makes out. It appears that it's directly over the guy sat on the beach, and he could reach up and touch it. But with a long lens the view gets foreshortened, confusing depth and where things are in the picture.
The aircraft is probably half way between the photographer and the sunbather, and if you look at it with this in mind the plane doesent seem quite as low. (My theory anyway...)

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