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Re: WAY OT, but HOLY SOCKS, BATMAN!
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2008, 03:11:24 PM »
OH WOW !!!!  That's some incredible flying.
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Re: WAY OT, but HOLY SOCKS, BATMAN!
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2008, 05:08:00 PM »
Yes this is way off topic and I should delete it, but it is so incredible, I can't!  That is an incredible bit of flying.

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Re: WAY OT, but HOLY SOCKS, BATMAN!
« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2008, 06:20:10 PM »
Yes this is way off topic and I should delete it, but it is so incredible, I can't!  That is an incredible bit of flying.

 I suppose it's possible that a B/P cannon was responsible for blowing the wing off.
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Re: WAY OT, but HOLY SOCKS, BATMAN!
« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2008, 06:28:47 PM »
Well, if you correct me and say that he had big BRONZE ones, does that kind of bring it on topic?
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Re: WAY OT, but HOLY SOCKS, BATMAN!
« Reply #5 on: October 30, 2008, 08:29:03 PM »
I hope he was wearing his brown pants. I wonder what happened to the wing that fell off.
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Re: WAY OT, but HOLY SOCKS, BATMAN!
« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2008, 01:22:54 AM »
Did he EVER get into another plane?
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Re: WAY OT, but HOLY SOCKS, BATMAN!
« Reply #7 on: October 31, 2008, 01:35:08 AM »
THAT IS WHAT WE OLD AVIATORS CALL FLYING ON A "WING AND A PRAYER".  ;D
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Re: WAY OT, but HOLY SOCKS, BATMAN!
« Reply #8 on: October 31, 2008, 01:46:40 AM »
What a pilot!  That's what I call a well designed aircraft too.  To have responsive control [less one wing] and lots of horsepower.  I think most other planes would have crashed in that situation.

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Re: WAY OT, but HOLY SOCKS, BATMAN!
« Reply #9 on: October 31, 2008, 02:03:20 AM »
Hate to burst your bubble, but that's a clip of footage from a computer flight simulator.  The last 15 or so seconds really gives it away.  Also as you can see there are no numbers on the tail of the plane, so it wouldn't be legal.

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Re: WAY OT, but HOLY SOCKS, BATMAN!
« Reply #10 on: October 31, 2008, 04:52:18 AM »
Hate to burst your bubble, but that's a clip of footage from a computer flight simulator.  The last 15 or so seconds really gives it away.  Also as you can see there are no numbers on the tail of the plane, so it wouldn't be legal.

 No way...
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Re: WAY OT, but HOLY SOCKS, BATMAN!
« Reply #11 on: October 31, 2008, 05:52:11 AM »
Hate to burst your bubble, but that's a clip of footage from a computer flight simulator.  The last 15 or so seconds really gives it away.  Also as you can see there are no numbers on the tail of the plane, so it wouldn't be legal.

 No way...

Kev,

 That plane looks to be purely an acrobatic or racing plane and I don't think any visible licencing numbers are required on them, but I'm not sure on this point.

Cpt Ed, It's great to see a post by you.
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Re: WAY OT, but HOLY SOCKS, BATMAN!
« Reply #12 on: October 31, 2008, 07:37:21 AM »
Re-watch the last 20 seconds of the video, pay special attention to the background and the camera when the plane lands.  This is from a computer game.

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Re: WAY OT, but HOLY SOCKS, BATMAN!
« Reply #13 on: October 31, 2008, 08:11:40 AM »
Actually, after watching it a few more times, and reading some of the comments, I'm inclined to agree it is faked. Maybe footage combined from a real plane, an RC plane, and some computer graphics. 

Oh well.  Sorry, I should have checked better. 
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Re: WAY OT, but HOLY SOCKS, BATMAN!
« Reply #14 on: October 31, 2008, 01:47:22 PM »
I prefer my illusion (or is it dillusion) of reality.   ;)
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Re: WAY OT, but HOLY SOCKS, BATMAN!
« Reply #15 on: October 31, 2008, 06:22:49 PM »
Actually, after watching it a few more times, and reading some of the comments, I'm inclined to agree it is faked. Maybe footage combined from a real plane, an RC plane, and some computer graphics. 

Oh well.  Sorry, I should have checked better. 
Nothing to be sorry about, I was fooled the first time I watched it.   :)

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Re: WAY OT, but HOLY SOCKS, BATMAN!
« Reply #16 on: November 01, 2008, 12:15:36 AM »
 Yup, it's fake. I knew right away... ;D

 (right away after I read about how it would be impossible in real life)

 
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Re: WAY OT, but HOLY SOCKS, BATMAN!
« Reply #17 on: November 01, 2008, 09:07:31 AM »
why would it be impossible ??
just looked at an you tube video where an israelian fighter pilot takes down an one winged F-15 after an mid air collision . I dont mean the wing tip is lost , all wing is gone .
what I could see with my limited experiance it seemed to be an airplane designed for aerobatic stunts ,
wouldnt be totaly impossible to do that for an extremely skilled pilote .
Ive seen such planes hanging in the propeller , almost howering like an helicopter .
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Re: WAY OT, but HOLY SOCKS, BATMAN!
« Reply #18 on: November 02, 2008, 11:26:55 PM »
why would it be impossible ??


 Dan, watch the last several seconds of the video; the guy with the camera somehow slides to the right at about 60 mph and keeps up with the airplane as it goes down the runway. How does can that be?

 Now this one - Who can deny that it's the real thing?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8eV0rUyumk&feature=related
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Re: WAY OT, but HOLY SOCKS, BATMAN!
« Reply #19 on: November 07, 2008, 04:34:50 AM »
The stunt pilot video is listed on Snopes.com as a hoax. 
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Re: WAY OT, but HOLY SOCKS, BATMAN!
« Reply #20 on: November 07, 2008, 04:54:11 AM »
 It's amazing to me that this technology is developing at a speed where an individual can now buy a program and instal it in his PC and produce almost better looking special effects than Hollywood or these game manufacturers were capable of producing not all that many years ago.
RIP John. While on vacation July 4th 2013 in northern Wisconsin, he was ATVing with family and pulled ahead of everyone and took off at break-neck speed without a helmet. He lost control.....hit a tree....and the tree won.  He died instantly.

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