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MrSalts

Joined Apr 2, 2020
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If a D-Notice is enough to confirm it is a real photo, could someone please explain why...
1) there is a weird halo around the plane and the pilot/parachute (zoom in all the way).
2) how did the pilot eject, with a deployed parachute and the parachute had less drag than the body of the pilot? That is, how is the parachute further from the plane than the body of the pilot? Note that the pilot did not swing back and forth during his decent because the chute is not even open.
I'd say, the photo is faked and the "D-Notice" is not proof that the photo is "real".
 

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cmartinez

Joined Jan 17, 2007
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If a D-Notice is enough to confirm it is a real photo, could someone please explain why...
1) there is a weird halo around the plane and the pilot/parachute (zoom in all the way).
2) how did the pilot eject, with a deployed parachute and the parachute had less drag than the body of the pilot? That is, how is the parachute further from the plane than the body of the pilot? Note that the pilot did not swing back and forth during his decent because the chute is not even open.
I'd say, the photo is faked and the "D-Notice" is not proof that the photo is "real".
the photo is real because I was there ...


just kidding .. :p
 

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cmartinez

Joined Jan 17, 2007
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The airplane was taxied onto the runway at Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport and made no contact with the air traffic control tower of the airport. The aircraft had its lights off and departed the airport heading southwest over the Atlantic Ocean. The transponder was also off, which would have identified the airplane with altitude and position information. The plane had been filled with 14,000 gallons of fuel, enabling it to be flown up to 1,500 miles. The aircraft mysteriously disappeared, and no debris or trace of N844AA, or the two men, were ever found.
 
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