Aircraft photo opportunity

[Swoop]

A Jet fighter pilot flys his Typhoon aircraft towards the cargo ramp of a C-130 Hercules for a photo op.
He radios: "How close do you want me?"222513222515222514



"Close Enough?"

[marty]

you'd think with a camera like that the quality of photo would be a little better

[Winston001]

Hair-raising stuff, good find.


Which reminds me, there is a pic of two F14s passing a destroyer with sonic boom rings of spray behind them. It always impressed me but can't find it. Anyone?

[Drunken Monkey]

Hair-raising stuff, good find.


Which reminds me, there is a pic of two F14s passing a destroyer with sonic boom rings of spray behind them. It always impressed me but can't find it. Anyone?

Not this one?

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:F-14_Tomcat_sonic_boom.ogg

[Big Dave]

you'd think with a camera like that the quality of photo would be a little better

Barring smoke and mirrors, if the camera* is in the photo it's unlikely to be the source. :-)

* I was going to say 'or operator' but my thumb has featured in plenty.:facepalm:

[mashman]

if it had had a refueling nossel on the front he coulda tickled the blokes nads... that must take some skill to do.

[Swoop]

you'd think with a camera like that the quality of photo would be a little better
There was* a photo from that shoot on airliners.net.
It makes a good screensaver at home.






*Can't find it now though...:facepalm:

[jimbo600]

Not a bad effort from a Typhoon pilot. RNZAF kiwis did a similar shot in a C130.

[NighthawkNZ]

Hair-raising stuff, good find.


Which reminds me, there is a pic of two F14s passing a destroyer with sonic boom rings of spray behind them. It always impressed me but can't find it. Anyone?

Somewhere I have a photo of a RAAF F18 doing that past some of the RNZN frigates when I was in the Navy...


oh I did say somewhere...

[shrub]

Somewhere I have a photo of a RAAF F18 doing that past some of the RNZN frigates when I was in the Navy...


oh I did say somewhere...

And I have a similar photo taken from a P3 looking up at a French naval vessel. Scared the crap out of them because they weren't expecting us.

[Hopeful Bastard]

Hair-raising stuff, good find.


Which reminds me, there is a pic of two F14s passing a destroyer with sonic boom rings of spray behind them. It always impressed me but can't find it. Anyone?



Not 100% sure but is this what you were kinda looking for?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0RNZnTmKzg

[Winston001]

Not this one?

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:F-14_Tomcat_sonic_boom.ogg

Not the specific one but I did find this: http://www.licostars.com/pictures/military/06-f-14-tomcat.jpg



Not 100% sure but is this what you were kinda looking for?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0RNZnTmKzg

Excellent and there are others on youtube. Maybe its a vid I'm thinking of.

[Shadows]

Hehe fuck haven't they heard of telephoto lenses?

[EJK]

So thats how they filmed Top Gun...

[Swoop]

So thats how they filmed Top Gun...
You are not very far away from the truth EJ!
TOPGUN was filmed in pre-CGI days, so what you see on film is all real.
A lot of the actors were sent up in a Tom with cameras mounted in the cockpit.