Howard Winter wrote:

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

> The aircraft's shadows seem to be consistent with an aircraft flying low
> and inverted 

Several people have said this, but I don't get it.

In the picture, the shadow (from wing tip to wing tip) appears shorter than
a single wing from tip to body. 

The shadow should be about as wide as the plane -- when looking from
straight above (or at both from the same angle towards each). The angle
we're looking at the shadow is different from the angle we're looking at
the plane, but it is different in a way so that the shadow should appear
wider, not smaller (we're almost at the height of the plane, above the
ground). 

Gerhard

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