Author Topic: Origin of photo? (Read 835 times)

Chairboy · « **on:** May 29, 2005, 07:53:36 PM »

Anyone know where this is from? Also, uh, caption this.

eskimo2 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 29, 2005, 07:55:15 PM »

For some reason I recall Central or South America.

I love that picture.

eskimo

Chairboy · « **Reply #2 on:** May 29, 2005, 09:34:11 PM »

You know, I've had that photo for a while, but I never noticed something.

It appears to have an astromech droid installed!

So far, the consensus here and on another board I posted it is that it appears to be south of the US border.

Octavius · « **Reply #3 on:** May 29, 2005, 09:38:50 PM »

This takes place in antarctica. Penguins disguised as drug smugglers. They couldn't figure out how to reach the rudder pedals and groundlooped... pendejo penguins.

Lizking · « **Reply #4 on:** May 29, 2005, 09:48:43 PM »

Pedro's flight training school comes to an untimely end.

Nefarious · « **Reply #5 on:** May 29, 2005, 10:07:10 PM »

I believe its from an old 70's/80's Action Flick. The Stunt went bad.

Caption:

American Minutemen have started using new tactics in the fight against illegal aliens.

SFRT - Frenchy · « **Reply #6 on:** May 30, 2005, 01:23:32 AM »

Whoever thinks this picture is real has issues.

The plane is HUGE
The elevator is all the way in the down position
The Oil door is fully down
Thw cowling/spiner is intact

moot · « **Reply #7 on:** May 30, 2005, 01:55:01 AM »

1. Compared to ?
2+3. Which makes sense if the pilot also crashes the plane.
4. Chance?

SirLoin · « **Reply #8 on:** May 30, 2005, 02:27:50 AM »

Looks like another one of DsrtRat's famous landings..lol:rofl

Rino · « **Reply #9 on:** May 30, 2005, 02:38:51 AM »

Quote

Originally posted by SFRT - Frenchy
Whoever thinks this picture is real has issues.

The plane is HUGE
The elevator is all the way in the down position
The Oil door is fully down
Thw cowling/spiner is intact

Well it's entirely possible that the pilot was shoved forward
by the impact, thus shoving the yoke forward. The aircraft is
obviously just hitting the truck as the other prop blade is still
straight. The latch holding the oil door is not exactly a bank
vault.

Raider179 · « **Reply #10 on:** May 30, 2005, 02:52:37 AM »

I've seen the footage. I want to say it was on something about bush pilots and possibly alaska.

eskimo2 · « **Reply #11 on:** May 30, 2005, 07:17:42 AM »

Quote

Originally posted by SFRT - Frenchy
Whoever thinks this picture is real has issues.

The plane is HUGE
The elevator is all the way in the down position
The Oil door is fully down
Thw cowling/spiner is intact

A lot of early foreign pick-ups were very small.

Ditto what Rino said about the pilot slamming forward into the stick.

The spinner hit above the hood and in front of the cab/windshield.

eskimo

SunTracker · « **Reply #12 on:** May 30, 2005, 07:22:15 AM »

It was a stunt for a movie.

eskimo2 · « **Reply #13 on:** May 30, 2005, 07:37:19 AM »

(TRULY AN AMAZING "right place, right time" PICTURE - Story according to National Geographic - "Buffeted by crosswinds, a rescue plane crashes into a truck, while trying to land on a mountain highway near Sanarate, Guatemala. Miraculously no one suffered serious injury. The photograph was first published in the June 1976 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC article on Guatemala. The photo was taken by staff photographer Robert Madden. Madden has landed on the same road only moments earlier, and took this photo through the window of his plane. The photo also appeared in our 1994 book National Geographic: The Photographs.")*

http://skysoaring.com/modules/gallery/album01

eskimo

eskimo2 · « **Reply #14 on:** May 30, 2005, 07:46:40 AM »

Yup, I just dug though our old stash of National Geographics; it’s on pages 820 & 821 (June 1976 ).

eskimo