spokemd From United States of America, joined May 2005, 90 posts, RR: 0 Posted (1 year 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 11191 times:
Hi,
There is a picture used in a BBC online article showing a Virgin America jet parked near a line showing the border between the US and Canada. Where is this? Anyone have anymore info about the photo?
Tobias2702 From Germany, joined Sep 2008, 643 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (1 year 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 11102 times:
There are four cross-border airports:
North-South runways that cross the US-Canada border:
*Piney Pinecreek Border Airport --> asphalt runway,
*Avey Field State Airport --> rwy with gravel surface
East-West runways parallel to the border, with airport facilities on both sides:
*Coronach/Scobey Border Station Airport --> turf surface
*Coutts/Ross International Airport --> turf surface
So, the pic seems to have been taken at Piney Pinecreek.
[Edited 2012-05-17 07:22:30]
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atcsundevil From United States of America, joined Mar 2010, 667 posts, RR: 1 Reply 4, posted (1 year 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 10914 times:
It seems unlikely the airport is on an actual border. Having a large demarcated line between two friendly countries is fairly impractical. Probably just a marketing/media thing for VX.
nighthawk From UK - Scotland, joined Sep 2001, 4990 posts, RR: 38 Reply 6, posted (1 year 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 10746 times:
Quoting atcsundevil (Reply 4): It seems unlikely the airport is on an actual border. Having a large demarcated line between two friendly countries is fairly impractical. Probably just a marketing/media thing for VX.
Such a line does exist between the US/Canada, although not at an airport. The towns of Stanstead, Quebec and Derby Line, Vermont, are built right on the border, with numerous roads and buildings intersecting the border.
That clearly wasn't my point. Several US-Canada border towns do that for tourists, particularly before there were more official border crossings. An airport straddling an international border would create all sorts of legal issues, but even if it were done somehow, there would never be such a demarcated line -- mostly because it's pointless but also because there wouldn't be any tourists to impress.
What towns paint on streets for tourists is irrelevant compared to the markings permitted on an airport apron or taxiway, particularly when solid red lines like this are generally intended to demarcate the SIDA sterile area.
spokemd From United States of America, joined May 2005, 90 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (1 year 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 9884 times:
BBC changed the picture in the story. The old photo was of a Virgin Atlantic jet parked near a red line that said United States on one side of the line and Canada on the other. There were two RCMPs on the Canadian side of the line. With the information provided by SFOA380, I googled images for Virgin America and Toronto and several similar images showed up.
I asked because I though the photo had to be staged somehow.
ModernArt From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 12, posted (1 year 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 7766 times:
The image is stock editorial image sold by Getty Images marking the introduction of Virgin America service to YYZ. Picture was taken at YYZ - like already mentioned.
Tbone354 From United States of America, joined Sep 2010, 73 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (1 year 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 7395 times:
Curious? I notice the shadow cast by the Airbus is directly beneath the plane. However the shadow cast by the person standing off to the right casts a very long shadow. I suspect a Photoshop job. Anybody else notice this? I could be wrong. I thought I was wrong back in 1980 but I was wrong.
vikkyvik From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 8220 posts, RR: 28 Reply 14, posted (1 year 5 days 6 hours ago) and read 6415 times:
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Quoting Tbone354 (Reply 13): Curious? I notice the shadow cast by the Airbus is directly beneath the plane. However the shadow cast by the person standing off to the right casts a very long shadow. I suspect a Photoshop job.
The sun is also in the photo if you don't feel like comparing shadows...
Anyway, explained here:
Quoting ModernArt (Reply 12): The image is stock editorial image sold by Getty Images marking the introduction of Virgin America service to YYZ. Picture was taken at YYZ - like already mentioned.
"Two and a Half Men" was filmed in front of a live ostrich.
rampart From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 2851 posts, RR: 7 Reply 15, posted (1 year 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 6068 times:
Quoting Tbone354 (Reply 13): Curious? I notice the shadow cast by the Airbus is directly beneath the plane. However the shadow cast by the person standing off to the right casts a very long shadow. I suspect a Photoshop job. Anybody else notice this? I could be wrong
Here's another photo from NY TImes. Same "border", different photographer, different angle, shadows all in same direction.
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