Anybody know the story behind this?

[Paul Tomblin]

http://www.pibmug.com/files/wrongbutton1.jpg
http://www.pibmug.com/files/wrongbutton2.jpg

It looks like a F-18 trapped on a carrier but the Sidewinder kept going.
Anybody know why?

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[Dale]

In article >,
"Morgans" > wrote:


> >
> Looks like good photo editing. Why would someone be taking a picture
> forward, (second shot) and happen to get a perfectly framed sidewinder in
> the shot, and second, how would they get it in the perfect shot. Also,
> where is the fire coming out of the missile?

If I got a chance to get on the flightdeck you can bet I'd be burning
some film up.

As for fire coming out of the missle....it hasn't been fired, it just
came off on landing. This isn't the first time ordinance or fuel tanks
have come unglued on an arrested landing and won't be the last.

It might be fake but looks legit to me.

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as simply messing around with airplanes.

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[Morgans]

"Paul Tomblin" > wrote in message
...
>
> http://www.pibmug.com/files/wrongbutton1.jpg
> http://www.pibmug.com/files/wrongbutton2.jpg
>
> It looks like a F-18 trapped on a carrier but the Sidewinder kept going.
> Anybody know why?
>
Looks like good photo editing. Why would someone be taking a picture
forward, (second shot) and happen to get a perfectly framed sidewinder in
the shot, and second, how would they get it in the perfect shot. Also,
where is the fire coming out of the missile?
--
Jim in NC

[Dan Luke]

"Morgans" wrote:
> Looks like good photo editing.

If it is, it's some of the best I've ever seen - I think it's for real.

(A Sidewinder costs about $84K:
http://people.howstuffworks.com/sidewinder1.htm )
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[Dan Luke]

"Paul Tomblin" wrote:

Oops! Looks like someone took his eye off the ball. Wonder what the
passengers thought of that maneuver.

Very cool site, Paul. Thanks.
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[Dan Luke]

Oops! misposted.

[James M. Knox]

"G.R. Patterson III" > wrote in
:

>> Also, where is the fire coming out of the missile?
>
> It very obviously didn't fire. It appears that the missile broke loose
> when the aircraft stopped and skipped down the deck.

Yeah, I think the thing that is "fake" is the label for the pictures, i.e.
"wrong button". Looks like what happened is that the F-18 landed hard
(which is saying something for a carrier landing anyway) and the release
bolts broke. The missile simply skidded across the deck, while the plane
stopped as it was supposed to do.

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[G.R. Patterson III]

Morgans wrote:
>
> Looks like good photo editing. Why would someone be taking a picture
> forward, (second shot) and happen to get a perfectly framed sidewinder in
> the shot, and second, how would they get it in the perfect shot.

Any decent autofocus 35mm (such as my Nikon N6006). You could probably get one
that would take those shots for about $300 at the PX. Any mediocre or better
photographer can "pan" the shots and get those results.

> Also, where is the fire coming out of the missile?

It very obviously didn't fire. It appears that the missile broke loose when the
aircraft stopped and skipped down the deck.

George Patterson
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