Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

All That For This: Flyover Photo Released (Pic)
wcbstv.com ^ | 5/8/2009 | Marcia Kramer

Posted on 05/08/2009 1:40:58 PM PDT by SonOfDarkSkies

President Barack Obama has accepted the resignation of an official who authorized the presidential aircraft flyover in lower Manhattan last month, CBS 2 has learned.

Louis Caldera, the director of the White House Military Office, handed in his resignation Friday. The news comes as Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the Air Force flyover that sparked a panic was not adequately reviewed and approved by senior service and department officials.

The flyover was arranged as part of a photo opportunity for White House records. The official photo was released along with Caldera's resignation and the official report on the flyover.

(Excerpt) Read more at wcbstv.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New Jersey; US: New York
KEYWORDS: af1; airforceone; bho44; bhoairforceone; flybye; scareforce1; terrforceone; usaf
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 61-8081-100101-120 ... 141-149 next last
To: SonOfDarkSkies
The shadows on the engine mounts and beneath the back control wing don't match the shadows on the ground
81 posted on 05/08/2009 2:34:07 PM PDT by UB355 (Slower traffic keep right)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SonOfDarkSkies

That makes two of us on who want to know who paid to fly on this plane because that photo-op is a very bad picture.


82 posted on 05/08/2009 2:34:20 PM PDT by PhiKapMom ( BOOMER SOONER! Mary Fallin for OK Governor in 2010!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 34 | View Replies]

To: Kirkwood
plus you can see the edge of the cockpit and the reflection off the inside of the canopy.

You're right. I see it.

83 posted on 05/08/2009 2:35:14 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 71 | View Replies]

To: LucyJo
FReepers did a much better job with their photoshop skills.

I never laughed so hard in my life.
84 posted on 05/08/2009 2:38:54 PM PDT by ZX12R
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: ZX12R

Same here. There are a lot of talented, and imaginative, folks around here.


85 posted on 05/08/2009 2:42:07 PM PDT by LucyJo ("Yep, son, we've met the enemy and he is us.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 84 | View Replies]

To: drpix

86 posted on 05/08/2009 2:48:31 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat (I'm SO glad I no longer belong to the party of Dependence on Government!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 61 | View Replies]

To: onedoug
Though not even a 400.

Both VC-25As are modified 747-200s. They first flew in 1990 (28000) and 1991 (29000).

According to Wikipedia, the RFP for the replacements has already gone out, with only Boeing responding. A 747-8 is currently envisioned as the replacement,

but a 787 Dreamliner is also possible.


87 posted on 05/08/2009 2:48:39 PM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 47 | View Replies]

To: Electric Graffiti
Looks to me as if it *was* taken from the F-16 in formation with AF-1. Canopy glare is showing (right above and in front of the 28000, and the out of focus top of the cockpit at the bottom of the picture, gives some idea of the "downlook" angle.

That conclusion makes me really wonder about the "photo op" nature of the mission. If you were doing a real photo shoot, you'd lay on a "chase"/photo aircraft that was equiped for air to air photography, without such artifacts.

88 posted on 05/08/2009 2:53:47 PM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 51 | View Replies]

To: SJSAMPLE

Brothers an' Ho's. This hyar is yer Cappain speakin'. We haf retched cruisin' altitude. Yer now free t'toke up! Fry mah hide!!

89 posted on 05/08/2009 2:54:22 PM PDT by skikvt (Palin 2012)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: SonOfDarkSkies

All the reports were the plane was much lower, than the plane in that picture is.


90 posted on 05/08/2009 2:57:32 PM PDT by razorback-bert (We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: El Gato
With a "professional" photo outfit/plane, you'd get something more like this:

That's the same aircraft, 28000.

"Original" Air Force high res version

91 posted on 05/08/2009 2:59:58 PM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 88 | View Replies]

To: SonOfDarkSkies
That could have been done much more cheaply on PhotoShop and, I suspect, it was done on PhotoShop. I doubt any such picture was taken during the flight. One was created after the fact to give a rationale for the flight after it got so much static.
92 posted on 05/08/2009 3:14:15 PM PDT by arthurus (ACORN + Amnesty = Venezuelan Democracy in the USSSA)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SonOfDarkSkies

The b@st@rds are still lying. It is a pathology.

If you ask him how his waffles taste, he will tell you he is eating fried eggs. It is a pathology.


93 posted on 05/08/2009 3:27:30 PM PDT by RobinOfKingston (Democrats, the party of evil. Republicans, the party of stupid.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SonOfDarkSkies

Does anyone think it’s interesting that almost no sky is included in this photo? Cropped out maybe? Thus, making comparisons about time of day, weather, cloud cover, etc. very difficult at best.


94 posted on 05/08/2009 3:34:16 PM PDT by Amanda King (Spending all my vacation dollars in red states where traditional marriage is upheld.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Electric Graffiti
That is a terrible picture, and on many levels. The worst of which is the reflection off what I suppose is the canopy of the plane the photographer is in and the black area at the bottom which is the inside of the cockpit.

When you would go to crop this photo it would be tough to get the composition to look good because one would need to crop part of the island off to eliminate the black area.

I have a hard time believing this was a professional who shot the photo.

I think the photo op. story is crumbling fast.

95 posted on 05/08/2009 3:36:57 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg (will work for bailout bonus.... Twitter: maddawggmorgan)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 51 | View Replies]

To: Finatic
Passenger manifest please....

Ditto.

96 posted on 05/08/2009 3:37:18 PM PDT by GOPJ (Pinch Sulzberger,it so predictably turns out,is only a liberal with other people's money.Howie Carr)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: socal_parrot

astute observation.


97 posted on 05/08/2009 3:38:22 PM PDT by tioga
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: Dacula
WHO WAS ON THE PLANE?

Why is that so vital?

98 posted on 05/08/2009 3:38:25 PM PDT by humblegunner (Where my PIE at, fool?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: BlueNgold
When President Bush famously landed on the CVN he did so on board “Navy One”.

That thought just brought a smile - thanks! As an aside - that event turned out to be so positive for President Bush that I said to myself at the time "the media will never let up on him after this". The images were just so postive they wouldnt be able to just let them go down in history as it happened.

99 posted on 05/08/2009 3:38:50 PM PDT by capydick (''Life's tough.......it's even tougher if you're stupid.'')
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 76 | View Replies]

To: SonOfDarkSkies

I posted in another thread that i was really pissed off that it took a suit under the FOI Act to get this released.

and the ONE pic they released is soooo out of perspective!!!


100 posted on 05/08/2009 3:39:13 PM PDT by KarenMarie (NEVER believe anything coming out of DC until it's been denied.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 61-8081-100101-120 ... 141-149 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson