Photo manipulations

[WeeJimmy]

Me thinks thou protest too much..  

[Ollie]

But Toad's comments remain.

They wouldn't be in a Vic that low.

Not a good idea at all.

Not a good idea.

Really bad idea.

Baddy bad.

Bad.

Just Bad.

Just plain bad.

Just so plain bad.

Just so plain bad my friend.

Just poor strategists those Luftwaffe guys.  No wonder they lost the war!

[WeeJimmy]

Ollie,

just to be clear


would a vic formation be a bad idea?   B)  

[Mairfrog]

The Luftwaffe wouldn't go faffing about with an outdated formation like the vic. It was only the RAF who were that daft! Even we learned that the finger four 'rotte' formation was far superior.

Mind you, bombers are a different can of fish, as it were. The USAAF flew in huge box formations, whilst RAF bombers flew in loose streams, to avoid collisions in the dark. Obviously no fighter escort could acciompany those bombers across the atlantic, so speed and altitude would be the tactics of choice.

However, that would make for a pretty crappy photograph. The 'New York' skyline with a few specks at 35000 feet hasn't the visual impact of Wooksta's pic. It must be a triumphant fly past over a conquered America!

[Ollie]

Well, it's still crap.

Want to fly low?

Get a B-24 and fly lower than power lines.  The Yanks did it.  But your German pilots seem to be to girlie to attempt such a feat.

             

[Ollie]

One more thing.  How are those things supposed to fly very far at such a low altitude?

It's a know thing that every engine consumes more fuel down low than up in the air.  And it's very very very true with a turbine, either a jet or a turboprop.

 

[nev]

Ollie, put DOWN the wooden spoon, mmm'kay?

 

[Captain Canada]

Either Sweden (it's just english with a thick accent, and they have an aircraft industry) or Canadia! I can already say 'eh!' at the end of every sentence, eh!.

D'ya think they'd have me? D'ya think they'd let me get in charge?

Come on down !

We'll be glad to have yoo !

Just be prepared to have NO MONEY left after taxes, and bring along a touque, mittens , snowmobile suit and a hockey stick !

Grab me a few tins of McEwens Export along the way, would ya ?

 

[Captain Canada]

Yep, it's behind allright !

When you said you recalled putting the buildings overtop of the a/c photo, I figured it must've been just a part of the burnt out building looking like the wingtip. It actually looks a bit darker than the a/c in the first photo.

And one of these days I'm gonna try and do a photo like that ! I've got to wait until all my Propwash '52 stuff is done first.

Cheers !

Toadman

[nev]

bring along a touque

Thats a bobble hat in English.

[Ollie]

Well, the last thing you want to do is go on autopilot at low altitudes.  Don't do that if you don't have a terrain-following radar.

Down low you have downdrafts and updrafts, thermals, birds, etc...  Keep your hands on the stick and look outside.