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Originally Posted by SnowLeopard
>Here ya go
Bring tears to your eyes? Is it fake? Don't know but a couple of things.
Maybe it's the angle, but for something that intense, I would expect to see more of the elevators on the rear surfaces. Also, where's the aircraft's shadow? Finally, while it seems that the wings are reflected off the skin, it looks like it's a runway reflected under the nose, something constructed reflected off the skin at the level of the cockpit windows.
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(As AirWolf goes into a 90 degree power climb on turbos. "WOW! Look at that!"--Flight Baker (air intercept) pilot, (w,stte), AirWolf "Moffet's Ghost")
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Yah, there was a big discussion on this pic first time it was posted. Someone pointed out that you can easily read the signs on the runway, and the runway itself shows significant foreshortening. I believe the general opinion was that the high angle was an illusion formed by the unusual angle of the shot. Also possibly taken with a telephoto lens. Looks to me like it might be at a 30 or 40 degree climb, pretty steep but far from vertical. Amazing shot, though.