Russell,

On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:50:10 +1200, Russell McMahon wrote:

> 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).

That's not the model number - it's a UK civilian aircraft registration, so there is only one "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.

I disagree!  I suspect that some of them discovered during the event that adrenaline is brown!  :-)))

As for its authenticity, the movement/blurring looks about right for a well-panned photo (I've done similar things 
myself with showjumping horses, racing cars, and low aircraft flypasts) but the shadows are puzzling.  The person 
holding the closest pole doesn't seem to have a shadow, but the pole he's holding does!  The aircraft's shadows seem 
to be consistent with an aircraft flying low and inverted (and the lighting on the main undercarriage, and the position 
of the tailwheel seem to support this too) but there is a strange shadow on the fuselage behind the wing which is 
difficult to explain - it should be of the aileron, but the angle is far too shallow compared with the rest.

Ah well, we'll probably never know unless someone confesses...


Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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