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The Most Amazing Jet Picture - new details emerge on how it was taken
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| January 12th, 2008
| Gregory Wilson
Posted on 01/18/2008 5:06:07 PM PST by Mr_Moonlight
The Most Amazing Jet Picture - new details emerge on how it was taken
In September, 2003, the picture below showed up on several websites. I remember the day it came out because it was absolutely amazing, but it seemed to be an impossible shot. The aviation boards were full of rumors about the picture being fake but few days later, more details surfaced on the accident and how this REAL picture was captured.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: aerospace; airshow; aviation; eject; olddetails; thunderbirds; usaf
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To: Mr_Moonlight
Pilot survived. I doubt that his career did.
To: Mr_Moonlight
I thought they just get doing it over and over again till they got it right?
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posted on
01/18/2008 5:10:51 PM PST
by
IllumiNaughtyByNature
(To Err Is Human. To Arr is Pirate. To Unnngh! is Freeper.)
To: Mr_Moonlight
Thanks for the post. There’s a good little video over there that addresses this crash.
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posted on
01/18/2008 5:14:19 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(< fence >< sound immigration policies >< /weasles >< /RINOs >< /Reagan wannabees that are liberal >)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
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posted on
01/18/2008 5:15:34 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Only one consistent conservative in this race and his name is Hunter.)
To: cripplecreek
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Details, details, details.
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posted on
01/18/2008 5:17:47 PM PST
by
Ditto
(Global Warming: The 21st Century's Snake Oil)
To: Mr_Moonlight
Wow! Thanks. The video at the link is great!
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posted on
01/18/2008 5:19:34 PM PST
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: cripplecreek; Mr_Moonlight
LOL!.....what , no seat belt. :)
9
posted on
01/18/2008 5:21:12 PM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(just b/c your paranoid, doesn't mean they're NOT out to get you....Run, FRed, Run. :^)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
The photographers career might be doing better than the pilots.
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posted on
01/18/2008 5:22:10 PM PST
by
BallyBill
(Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
To: Mr_Moonlight
To: Mr_Moonlight
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posted on
01/18/2008 5:34:38 PM PST
by
sphinx
To: cripplecreek
YOUR SICK... BUT I CERTAINLY LIKE IT.
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posted on
01/18/2008 5:36:25 PM PST
by
Bubba
(IT'S NOT WHAT YOU GATHER... IT'S WHAT YOU SPREAD.)
To: Mr_Moonlight
You can find videos of this Thunderbird pilot on the 'net. From all angles, including in-cockpit. (I've posted links to them here before, in fact).
Story I heard goes as follows: pilot rolls-out, takes off, enters loop, hits the tarmac due to uncalibrated altimeter and high-altitude airport. Pilot survives.
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posted on
01/18/2008 5:42:02 PM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: 1rudeboy
Story I heard goes as follows: pilot rolls-out, takes off, enters loop, hits the tarmac due to uncalibrated altimeter and high-altitude airport. Pilot survives. .... leaving $20 million dollar hole in the ground.
To: Names Ash Housewares
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
01/18/2008 6:03:51 PM PST
by
sig226
(New additions to the list of democrat criminals - see my profile)
To: Mr_Moonlight
To: Mr_Moonlight
NOT the most amazing jet picture.
To: 1rudeboy
uncalibrated altimeter and high-altitude airport. Pilot survives. Career ends.
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