The most impressively bizarre and *apparently* dangerous feat of 
flying that I've ever seen (photo only so far).

You'd have to think this photo was a makeup but odds are its real**.
Don't try this at home (even if you have a Sukhoi G-SIID).

        http://www.airsceneuk.org.uk/airshow05/riat05/partone/curtis.jpg

I suspect that the level of skill and / or bravery required by all 
concerned must be rather less than it appears.

Gargoyling on the tail number (G-SIID) for images finds it doing many 
interesting things (so somebody here has probably seen it), but none 
of its other feats seem to quite match this one for utter fine tuned 
death-to-everyone-if-any-of-slip-or-even-flinch derring do.

Just think what he could do if the engine was running! :-)


        Russell


Apparent motion blur of poles, if this is real, is caused by an 
impressive feat of camera focusing, a long lens at large aperture and 
more foreshortening than the brain suggests - just as well for all 
concerned.

** Even though there are a number of similar photos of this around 
it's still hard not to feel it's a makeup and the shadow looks strange 
compared to other shadows in the picture. But the sites where this 
appear lend credibility to it being real. 

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