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    NASA Boeing 747SP Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy - GIF

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    The size, stability and dependability of an aircraft design in service for 55 years is a testament of how aircraft were once built a few of the earliest 747s are still in service around the world
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    Is this a photoshop job, or is there a large spacial distortion? A 747 flying that close to the ground and no-one in the crowd looks up at it?
    I would be jumping, screaming, and pointing!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Karl_H View Post
    Is this a photoshop job, or is there a large spacial distortion? A 747 flying that close to the ground and no-one in the crowd looks up at it?
    I would be jumping, screaming, and pointing!
    I was thinking the same thing at first, but I watched it slow and yes the people in the foreground seem un-interested but when I seeing it frame by frame, there are a lot of people closer to the fly past at the four second and then the eleven second marks that appear to be very focused!

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    The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy last flew in 2022 https://vintageaviationnews.com/warb...etirement.html The imagery on the ground is of the Pima Air and Space Museum which is a mile or more from where it landed at DMAFB. So sadly it appears this is Yet Another AI Slop post.

    This kind of ******** is going to screw up the historical record for a long long time.

    Just the way they want it...2+2=5 is not just fiction anymore.

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    I just realized it IS possible they overflew the PASM on the way to landing at DM...so is possible to be real?

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    It seems awfully close to show center for a plane that size but it's a big plane. Freeze at :14. Everyone in the crowd is looking up and watching in that direction including the camera operator on the platform.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hoosiersmoker View Post
    It seems awfully close to show center for a plane that size but it's a big plane. Freeze at :14. Everyone in the crowd is looking up and watching in that direction including the camera operator on the platform.
    Camera angles don't often show the full picture though.



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