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Dane Bramage

i'm gonna have to say yes. not because of any info about the image itself though. i just have to call bull shit.

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SSJTWIZTA

Woah!

yeah, thats probably fake. if its not, kudos to those guys.

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Sion

I'd want to know how deep that water is.

If it's only a few inches, then I'd say not fake.

If several feet (or more) then I'd question it.

Either way, it's pretty cool.

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xxxafterglow

Hard to say - my inner skeptic says there ought to be more disturbance on the water surface (e.g. near the propeller).

I agree though - it's a cool pic. Who doesn't love bright airplanes?

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JumpinJesus

that's a good question. If it is a fake, it's a damn good one, considering the reflections and the shadows.

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pan6467

I maybe wrong but those look like modified versions of WW2 Navy aircraft that would land on carriers, if so it is highly feasible that this picture is real as they were built to skim over water for short periods of time.

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Daniel_

They're not even very heavilly modified...

I think it's genuine.

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catback

Looks genuine, it's a good shot because it's hard to see that the planes are hopping in and out of the water and not holding a skim across the water.

tecoyah

Look at the left tire of the Furthest plane, it is not touching the water and if this were faked I would think the artist would have created a wake from that as well. Also, because of the speed of the plane the prop wash would not effect the water under the propeller. Or so it seems from other Photos taken in similar situations. Added to this , the spray behind the planes is absolutely right on ....This would be very hard to fake.

Then theres this:
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...%3Den%26sa%3DN

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Datalife2

Thats crazy stuff!! and nutz..

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candydman

Not fake at all. These are the Flying Lions, a South African team flying ex-SAAF AT-6 Harvards (USAF name was Texan and USN name was SNJ). I have sadly not seen them doing the waterskiing display but have seen them at an airshow where I took this photo.



There is a video of them doing the waterskiing demonstration on Youtube at .

Craven Morehead

very cool video

troit

Very cool indeed - great find B(.)(.)by.

Candyman - thanks for the info and video.

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timbuch2

Very cool