Frontiercpt From Australia, joined Jun 2004, 973 posts, RR: 8 Posted (7 years 9 months 3 weeks 1 day ago) and read 19298 times:
Hey everyone, I was just looking around Frank Stewards website, and discovered this picture, and I wanted to know if it is really a real picture.
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Northwest717 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 2, posted (7 years 9 months 3 weeks 1 day ago) and read 19242 times:
What they did was they cropped and combined pictures from both a landing AC jet and an ex-AF jet that was having testing done (i.e. what happens when a bomb goes off in a pressurized cargo bay).
Frontiercpt From Australia, joined Jun 2004, 973 posts, RR: 8 Reply 4, posted (7 years 9 months 3 weeks 1 day ago) and read 19225 times:
Aviance, ya, I was like, uhm, riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight...... Can that even happen? Oh, by the way, if anyone wants to see the website, it is www.franksteward.com
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Backfire From Germany, joined Oct 2006, 0 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (7 years 9 months 3 weeks 1 day ago) and read 19223 times:
No - it's been kicking around for a long time. It's a composite of Air Canada 747 and photographs of luggage-hold explosion tests on a 747 airframe in the UK.
KC135TopBoom From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 11711 posts, RR: 52 Reply 6, posted (7 years 9 months 3 weeks 1 day ago) and read 19203 times:
No, it is not real. It is trying to look like either an explosion of the aft cargo compartment, or a very bad tail strike on landing (the spoilers are deploying). Either way, the main deck is buckling and frames deformed, but the (very thinned skinned) upper section of the fuselarge/emmpenarge and tail is still straight and function (look at the elevators).
SevenHeavy From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2004, 1126 posts, RR: 10 Reply 7, posted (7 years 9 months 3 weeks 1 day ago) and read 19080 times:
Yes, that picture is indeed real.
In fact this is the reason that AC stopped serving curry in Y class - it was playing havoc with their operation while they patched up the damaged aircraft
BoeingFever777 From United States of America, joined Jul 2009, 409 posts, RR: 56 Reply 10, posted (7 years 9 months 3 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 18789 times:
Jetdeltamsy From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 2984 posts, RR: 8 Reply 11, posted (7 years 9 months 3 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 18713 times:
it was an experimental flight and expected to blow up. i can't remember the details, but i've seen it brought up in the forum before. the a/c was white with no markings and touched up.
Worked for too many airlines to list. Banktupcy after bankruptcy after bankruptcy.
CORULEZ05 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 12, posted (7 years 9 months 3 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 18698 times:
I actually was asking the same question regarding that pic. It was a topic of conversation at the YYZ meet. Turns out it is a fake!!!! I was gonna say, for that much damage to occur...must of been one really hard landing!
MATURRO727 From Colombia, joined Apr 2004, 297 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (7 years 9 months 3 weeks 22 hours ago) and read 18644 times:
Also you can see its fake because in the front section of the fuselage the airplane is what we can call clean, but the blown section is completely dirty.
EMBQA From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 9286 posts, RR: 13 Reply 14, posted (7 years 9 months 3 weeks 22 hours ago) and read 18536 times:
Hey everyone, I was just looking around Frank Stewards website, and discovered this picture, and I wanted to know if it is really a real picture.
Here's a question..? What do you think...? Since there is no record of an Air Canada Boeing 747 expoloding on landing, I'd say no.
"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog"
JeffSFO From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 820 posts, RR: 5 Reply 15, posted (7 years 9 months 3 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 18292 times:
It's a very nice fake adapted from that photo series. I had to make the following diagram to convince my father (a retired airline pilot) that image was just a fancy composite job:
Canon 5D Mark II, 5D + EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS + EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L II + Tamron AF28-75mm f/2.8
Grimey From Ireland, joined Jun 2005, 434 posts, RR: 5 Reply 16, posted (7 years 9 months 3 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 18236 times:
Quoting Frontiercpt (Reply 4): Aviance, ya, I was like, uhm, riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight...... Can that even happen? Oh, by the way, if anyone wants to see the website, it is www.franksteward.com
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Yeh, there are some other good fakes on his website.
Smcmac32msn From United States of America, joined May 2004, 2211 posts, RR: 5 Reply 19, posted (7 years 9 months 3 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 15240 times:
I like the idea that it was an AF plane more than a British plane... look at how dirty it is.... speaking of dirty... when is NW going to get rid of the DC-9s???
JUST KIDDING!!! That is a well done crop job.
Hey Obama, keep the change! I want my dollar back.
Hpnonrev99 From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 65 posts, RR: 1 Reply 20, posted (7 years 9 months 3 weeks 16 hours ago) and read 14436 times:
Quoting EMBQA (Reply 14): Here's a question..? What do you think...? Since there is no record of an Air Canada Boeing 747 expoloding on landing, I'd say no.
Way to pic on somebody who is only 14-ish. I hope for your sake you don't have kids. Maybe next time instead of being an a$$, you can see who is asking the question!!!
We're Nuts From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 5705 posts, RR: 22 Reply 21, posted (7 years 9 months 3 weeks 16 hours ago) and read 14363 times:
How many times can Airliners.net members say "no"?
Positiverate From United States of America, joined May 2005, 1590 posts, RR: 9 Reply 22, posted (7 years 9 months 3 weeks 16 hours ago) and read 14063 times:
Quoting JeffSFO (Reply 15): had to make the following diagram to convince my father (a retired airline pilot) that image was just a fancy composite job
Wukka From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 1013 posts, RR: 17 Reply 23, posted (7 years 9 months 3 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 11737 times:
Positiverate From United States of America, joined May 2005, 1590 posts, RR: 9 Reply 24, posted (7 years 9 months 3 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 11586 times:
Quoting Wukka (Reply 23): And, by photo alone, you could tell that this was an obvious fake how? I'd really like to know so that I can make better photoshops in the future.
"I know that AC never had a 74 explode on touchdown" isn't an answer.
By photo alone.
Knowing that AC never had a structural failure of a 747 like that on touchdown is enough of a reason. But since you asked, the first thing I looked at was compression in the struts. Seeing none, combined with the above mentioned fact, was enough for me. By photo alone, db.
And I'm not even an airline pilot...
25 Gasman: It is completely real, and shame on all the cynical & sacrcastic ignoramuses on this website claiming otherwise. Unbenownst to most aviation enthusias
26 Wukka: Hey... It wasn't a shot at you. No harm. I was just curious about what made it look fake to you. The lack of compression could be argued, though... a
27 JeffSFO: Evidently not. That's why I told him he should stick to flying the planes and I should stick to computer graphics (which is what I do). He won't list
28 Squirrel83: This would be a very hard picture to fake! - -
29 AirWillie6475: I'm pretty sure that photo is real.
30 Silver1SWA: Question to those who thought this might be a real photo... What did you think was happening in the picture? You wondering if it was a tail strike? O
31 Wukka: I know that it's a manipulated image. Where did I say that it was real? ...and if not, why are you quoting me? I was, however, as a Photoshop enthusi
32 Fixplanes2: In the digital photo age, now....you can only trust the photo you took yourself. No others.
33 Silver1SWA: I used your quote because while you might not have believed it was real, there are some that do. My response was directed towards those that shared y
34 Wukka: Did you miss reading the rest of my post, which included, "I'd really like to know so that I can make better photoshops in the future. "I know that A
35 We're Nuts: A much more bewildering question, perhaps even the proverbial elephant-in-the-room that we are all ignoring, is how the hell this thread has gone on s
36 SATX: Fair enough. Now explain CORULEZ05's post. There's no better way to bash an ass than to act like one yourself? Oh well. Go back to your bickering the
37 Silver1SWA: Dude, get off the quote. My reply was not directed at you. I know I quoted you but I used it to bring up my own point concerning how "real-or-fake?"
38 SevenHeavy: There is nothing to debate here - this picture is definately real. The aircraft is a victim of spontaneous anal combustion in the economy cabin. 200 a
39 Aogdesk: I have firsthand knowledge that this picture is indeed real. In fact, after the aircraft taxied/dragged itself to the gate, the flight crew did their
40 IwantaBBJ: If that were for real, we would have heard 'bout it! Mike
41 Granite: Hi all The guy sounds a right big fanny. Of course my BA 757 shot is real. Regards Gary
42 Henpol747: Nowadays with all the technology in digital imagery and photo edition tools we have in computers, it´s really hard to distinguish the fake pics from
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