How low can you go?

[Weaver]

Found this pic of a Rhodesian Canberra allegedly being flown through a hangar here: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/petert.pandm/

Note that I say "allegedly" because even the source site doesn't seem sure whether it's genuine or not. I have my doubts...

[kerick]

The aircraft seems in pretty sharp focus, odd for something that close going that fast. Does anyone more familiar with Canberras know if it should be leaving a smoke trail? Plus this looks like a suicidal thing to do.

[Mr.Creak]

According to Prune http://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/276943-raaf-canberra-low-flying-did-happen.html it's airbrushed-out jacks...
And someone else pointed out the lack of occupant in the cockpit.

[PR19_Kit]

A finer piece of PhotoShop work I've yet to see......

[Weaver]

According to Prune http://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/276943-raaf-canberra-low-flying-did-happen.html it's airbrushed-out jacks...
And someone else pointed out the lack of occupant in the cockpit.

Airbrushed-out jacks also occurred to me after I'd posted....

[Weaver]

Found this thread on pprune about the Good Old Days of Jag flying in Oman:

http://www.pprune.org/military-aviation/81053-low-level-omani-jags-6.html

Most of the pics don't work now, but these ones do:









This is apparently a hand rail from the steps of a range safety officer's cabin:



The caption to this one says the car was hit by both strakes, but other accounts of the incident says it was a centreline tank that the pilot of the buzzing Jag forgot he had on:

[PR19_Kit]

Ref. the Jaguar pics, see post #9 of the thread for a vid of them, very blurred but awesome nonetheless.

[Captain Canada]

Wow. And they look so good in that sand scheme.

[kerick]

You can always tell which pilots aren't married!

[rickshaw]

I'm impressed by the head on Hunter shot.  Not many people would have the balls to stand there and take it, while a jet fighter is rushing at them, head high!   

[Alvis 3.14159]

A tripod and a long air release can do wonders to improve your courage!



Alvis Pi

[Mossie]

PZL Iskra:
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Poland---Air/PZL-Mielec-TS-11-Iskra/1393541/L/

[Captain Canada]

That pic just looks wrong ! I don't believe it's photo shopped but it sure looks weird. Even the shadow looks red ? Weird. And the pilot looks shocked 

[PR19_Kit]

Weird. And the pilot looks shocked 

I bet he's not half as shocked as the photog who's about to get splattered by the Iskra! 

But I reckon that's photshopped actually, the red 'smoke' looks as if it's airbrushed, the density's not varied enough for reality, and you can see a reflection of a marshaller on the nose, with his bats upward. I think it was shot  as the Iskra was taxiing to a stop and they 'brushed the wheels out and lifted it up a tad, then added the smoke.

[Mossie]

Weird. And the pilot looks shocked 

I bet he's not half as shocked as the photog who's about to get splattered by the Iskra! 

But I reckon that's photshopped actually, the red 'smoke' looks as if it's airbrushed, the density's not varied enough for reality, and you can see a reflection of a marshaller on the nose, with his bats upward. I think it was shot  as the Iskra was taxiing to a stop and they 'brushed the wheels out and lifted it up a tad, then added the smoke.

There's a discussion on this in the comments, one poster gives this explanation:

Guys, the marshaller some of you see is the reflection of the plane's shadow. The two red dots on the end are cones/pylons/intakes located on the plane's nose. The RWY numbers are around the tip of the nose, check the geometry of the centerline in relation to the shadow.

Another couple of the same subject from the same photographer:
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Poland---Air/PZL-Mielec-TS-11-Iskra/0305067/L/
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Poland---Air/PZL-Mielec-TS-11-Iskra/0305067/L/