No, it's a visual illusion, the plane on the right is one or two lengths ahead of the one on the left. He verbally commands the maneuver and begins it, this minimizes substantially, the chance of a mishap.
Photoshopped...the depth of field of most lenses is sufficient for both the people and the planes to be in focus, especially in daylight. Why, then, are the people blurred out?
Nope, sorry. The maneuver is a regular part of the USAF Thunderbirds Show. As a former fighter pilot, I've sat up in the control tower for several shows which provides an entirely different vantage point. The maneuver is either performed directly toward the crowd or directly away from the crowd, so the horizontal displacement is not as apparent. However, from up above the crowd and displaced to the side, it is much more apparent how the maneuver is performed. Still looks cool though!
On reflection, I'll eat my hat and say that the photo is real - juvat is right, the starboard aircraft appears very slightly smaller than its partner. I doff my part eaten headgear to the skill of the USAF's finest. Not as good as the Reds though! :-)
Juvat is correct. These manouvres are choreographed in relation to the audience to allow safe passage while giving the audience the illusion of near misses. Usually one can best see this on footage shot from the cockpit of one of the aircraft. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYVYWbI4o2E
If it's Photoshopped it's not the aircraft in action but pasting in the audience. Doesn't look like a normal venue for a display team, and certainly not a correct place for placing spectators as displays are not supposed to feature overflights of the audience.
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Photoshopped.
No, it's a visual illusion, the plane on the right is one or two lengths ahead of the one on the left. He verbally commands the maneuver and begins it, this minimizes substantially, the chance of a mishap.
Photoshopped...the depth of field of most lenses is sufficient for both the people and the planes to be in focus, especially in daylight. Why, then, are the people blurred out?
Nope, sorry. The maneuver is a regular part of the USAF Thunderbirds Show. As a former fighter pilot, I've sat up in the control tower for several shows which provides an entirely different vantage point. The maneuver is either performed directly toward the crowd or directly away from the crowd, so the horizontal displacement is not as apparent. However, from up above the crowd and displaced to the side, it is much more apparent how the maneuver is performed. Still looks cool though!
On reflection, I'll eat my hat and say that the photo is real - juvat is right, the starboard aircraft appears very slightly smaller than its partner. I doff my part eaten headgear to the skill of the USAF's finest. Not as good as the Reds though! :-)
Could be photoshopped BUT...if it would be the "Snowbirds"...NO photoshoping involved !!
Real, baby, Real.
Juvat is correct. These manouvres are choreographed in relation to the audience to allow safe passage while giving the audience the illusion of near misses. Usually one can best see this on footage shot from the cockpit of one of the aircraft.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYVYWbI4o2E
Cheers
If it's Photoshopped it's not the aircraft in action but pasting in the audience. Doesn't look like a normal venue for a display team, and certainly not a correct place for placing spectators as displays are not supposed to feature overflights of the audience.
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