> This has "graphic designer with alot of free time" written aaaalll 
> over it.  Fun image anyway.

I still think it's real.  A Sukhoi Su-26 is certainly capable of
doing this in the hands of a good pilot.

Search Google for "sukhoi g-siid" and you'll get lots and lots
of hits.  One is

    http://web2.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=517128

It appears to be the same event from a different camera location.

If the first image is faked, then someone repeated the process
and faked another one from a different angle of view.


> the red triangular objects protruding rearwards from the wing tips.

The triangular objects are visual gauges to aid the pilot.  In top
notch aerobatic competition, the aircraft has to be kept exactly
veritcal, horizontal, or on a 45 degree angle for maximum points.
The pilot uses various parts of the gauge in visual relationship
to the horizon to properly position the aircraft.

						Lee Jones

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