Is this picture fake???? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

bobby · 09-28-2007, 06:51 AM

.....................xoxoxoo

Dane Bramage · 09-28-2007, 10:37 AM

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

SSJTWIZTA · 09-28-2007, 10:37 AM

Woah!

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

Sion · 09-28-2007, 07:31 PM

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.

xxxafterglow · 09-28-2007, 07:42 PM

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?

JumpinJesus · 09-28-2007, 08:05 PM

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

pan6467 · 09-28-2007, 11:33 PM

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.

Daniel_ · 09-28-2007, 11:54 PM

They're not even very heavilly modified...

I think it's genuine.

catback · 09-29-2007, 04:17 AM

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 · 09-29-2007, 05:43 AM

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:

Quote:

Water-Skiing on Wheels

Rand Airport, South Africa – March 1, 2006 – Imagne seeing four North American T-6s flying in formation. Maybe you’ve seen that at an air show. But what if you saw four T-6s “water ski”?

Well if you wwere in SouthbAfrica recently you might have seen it live. Thanks to digital photography and the Internet, you can see this incredible feat.

The Flying Lions Aerobatic Team was practicing for the upcoming air show season and decided to demonstrate their precision flying by water skiing across the Klipdrift Dam near Johannesburg, South Africa. The team, made up of ten pilots, is featured on the new television program “Aviation Action Africa” which began airing on SuperSport and CSN on February 13.

This display team, made up of Arnie Meneghelli, Stewart Lithgow, Ellis Levin and lead by Scully Levin, took to the skies – and the water – to prepare the sequence they would later perform in front of the cameras.

“My team members have given me the feeling of safety. The discipline and level of professional skill that is practiced allows a sense of complete trust to engulf my senses, from our first briefing of the morning, to our de-brief after shows,” says Meneghelli on the Team’s Web site.

The show they will be featured on is a 26-minute monthly program focusing on aviation in South Africa and all over the world. It gives insight on all aspects of the Air Show South Africa (ASSA), including pilots, teams, personalities and the Air Show events.

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

Datalife2 · 09-29-2007, 01:07 PM

Thats crazy stuff!! and nutz..

candydman · 09-30-2007, 10:47 AM

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

YouTube

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Craven Morehead · 09-30-2007, 03:43 PM

very cool video

troit · 10-01-2007, 06:08 AM

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

Candyman - thanks for the info and video.

timbuch2 · 03-03-2010, 08:10 PM

Very cool

09-28-2007, 06:51 AM	#1 (permalink)
bobby Super Moderator Location: 18,000+ posts on TFP #1,2,3,4 and 5,but I'm not counting!	Is this picture fake???? .....................xoxoxoo __________________ "Life goes on,within you,and...with out you !" xoxoxoo

09-28-2007, 10:37 AM	#2 (permalink)
Dane Bramage Insane Location: Charlotte, NC	i'm gonna have to say yes. not because of any info about the image itself though. i just have to call bull shit. __________________ Every passing hour brings the Solar System forty-three thousand miles closer to Globular Cluster M13 in Hercules — and still there are some misfits who insist that there is no such thing as progress. Kurt Vonnegut - Sirens of Titan

09-28-2007, 10:37 AM	#3 (permalink)
SSJTWIZTA Master Thief. Master Criminal. Masturbator. Location: Windiwana	Woah! yeah, thats probably fake. if its not, kudos to those guys. __________________ First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the communists and I did not speak out because I was not a communist. Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist Then they came for me And there was no one left to speak out for me. -Pastor Martin Niemoller

09-28-2007, 07:31 PM	#4 (permalink)
Sion Dumb all over...a little ugly on the side Location: In the room where the giant fire puffer works, and the torture never stops.	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. __________________ He's the best, of course, of all the worst. Some wrong been done, he done it first. -fz I jus' want ta thank you...falettinme...be mice elf...agin...

09-28-2007, 07:42 PM	#5 (permalink)
xxxafterglow Crazy Location: Berlin	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? __________________ Uh huh her.

09-28-2007, 08:05 PM	#6 (permalink)
JumpinJesus Junkie Location: Chicago	that's a good question. If it is a fake, it's a damn good one, considering the reflections and the shadows. __________________ "I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am" - Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses

09-28-2007, 11:33 PM	#7 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	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. __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"

09-28-2007, 11:54 PM	#8 (permalink)
Daniel_ Evil Priest: The Devil Made Me Do It! Location: Southern England	They're not even very heavilly modified... I think it's genuine. __________________ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════╗ Overhead, the Albatross hangs motionless upon the air, And deep beneath the rolling waves, In labyrinths of Coral Caves, The Echo of a distant time Comes willowing across the sand; And everthing is Green and Submarine ╚═════════════════════════════════════════╝

09-29-2007, 04:17 AM	#9 (permalink)
catback Psycho Location: North America	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.

09-29-2007, 01:07 PM	#11 (permalink)
Datalife2 Insane	Thats crazy stuff!! and nutz.. __________________ where's my lighter?

09-30-2007, 03:43 PM	#13 (permalink)
Craven Morehead Custom User Title	very cool video

10-01-2007, 06:08 AM	#14 (permalink)
troit Transfer Agent Location: NYC	Very cool indeed - great find B(.)(.)by. Candyman - thanks for the info and video. __________________ I've yet to dephile myself...

03-03-2010, 08:10 PM	#15 (permalink)
timbuch2 Upright Location: Virginia	Very cool