 | WHere is this smoke coming from| Aviation Discuss WHere is this smoke coming from in the World War II - Aviation forums; It does not have to be. The engines will look larger depending on the alttitude of the aircraft over the ... |
|
01-29-2008, 07:27 AM
|
#16 | | Der Crewchief
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
Posts: 30,198
Country:  | It does not have to be. The engines will look larger depending on the alttitude of the aircraft over the train and the distance the picture taker was from the aircraft.
__________________  US Army Blackhawk Crewchief 2000-2006 Classic ww2aircraft.net quotes: fly boy said: "isn't that the first jet bomber? becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles" "wait what ok who made the b-2 crash come on people that messed up its a b-2" "ah yes the mistel those things are so annoying is games and in real life" | 
|  | |
01-29-2008, 08:14 AM
|
#17 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Victoria
Posts: 4,642
Country:  | as the others have stated its in the air. Give away is the tracks for my percepion of the pic. Assuming its in England the standard gauge of railway track is 4 foot 8 inch and if its on the ground they look like narrow gauge which of course is incorrect.
__________________  | |
| | |
01-29-2008, 08:25 AM
|
#18 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 4,954
| I don't believe the picture is a fake. The smoke is clearly from the train, that was clear to me from the very moment I saw the pic. Had the smoke come from the engine it would've been turbulent and wouldn't spread.
Large shadow on the ground is likely from a tower covered by the a/c. 
__________________  We have built a total of about 1250 of this aircraft (Me-262), but only fifty were allowed to be used as fighters - as interceptors. And out of this fifty, there were never more than 25 operational. So we had only a very, very few.
- Adolf Galland | |
| | |
01-30-2008, 03:55 PM
|
#19 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Tewksbury, New Jersey
Posts: 1,368
Country:  | I know it makes you think it real but when u take a second look something just doesn't seem right wether its the shadow or something it just looks a bit odd | |
| | |
01-30-2008, 06:31 PM
|
#20 | | Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 36
Country:  | It definitely looks odd, but cameras, especially the cameras and film from the '40s and earlier, were not as reliable for quality of picture as we would expect now. Things improved quite a bit after the war and in the '50s, but during wartime the film wasn't very good. The lenses at the time created horrible compression, the chemicals on the film weren't always homogeneous, so you'd get spots of crispness and spots of dullness and low or high contrast that shouldn't have been. I would trust it's a real photo, just not very well taken and with inferior equipment. | |
| | |
01-30-2008, 07:56 PM
|
#21 | | "Shooter"
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
Posts: 12,834
Country: | I would agree with that, Orion.
__________________  http://www.vg-photo.com Wherever their bones may lie, the courage of heroes is consecrated in the hearts and engraved in the history of the free. Lt Col Honner DSO MC, 39th Commander speaking of the dead from the battle of Kokoda. | |
| | |
01-31-2008, 08:02 AM
|
#22 | | Der Crewchief
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
Posts: 30,198
Country: | Quote:
Originally Posted by B-17engineer  I know it makes you think it real but when u take a second look something just doesn't seem right wether its the shadow or something it just looks a bit odd | Its real...
__________________ US Army Blackhawk Crewchief 2000-2006 Classic ww2aircraft.net quotes: fly boy said: "isn't that the first jet bomber? becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles" "wait what ok who made the b-2 crash come on people that messed up its a b-2" "ah yes the mistel those things are so annoying is games and in real life" | |
| | |
01-31-2008, 10:57 AM
|
#23 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Southern California
Posts: 1,206
Country: | Quote:
Originally Posted by Soren I don't believe the picture is a fake. The smoke is clearly from the train, that was clear to me from the very moment I saw the pic. Had the smoke come from the engine it would've been turbulent and wouldn't spread.
| Exactly! Smoke exposed to 250-300 mph wind does not billow for quite a while, certainly not in this frame. Also, I do not think the smoke would be white if it was coming from the aircraft. | 
| | |
01-31-2008, 12:21 PM
|
#24 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Escondido,Ca
Posts: 2,118
Country: | Its not smoke, its steam, its hanging there to long, if it was oil or coolant woundnt be all over the tail section? Plus the wing isnt cutting it in half, would the stream miss the tail completely?
__________________  Dont shoot him...... It will just make him angry. | |
| | |
01-31-2008, 02:44 PM
|
#25 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Zlin, Czech Republic
Posts: 1,456
Country:  | Quote:
Originally Posted by wilbur1 Its not smoke, its steam, its hanging there to long, if it was oil or coolant woundnt be all over the tail section? Plus the wing isnt cutting it in half, would the stream miss the tail completely? | ...think you got it right...
__________________ 
Roman Susil
Zlin, Czech Republic
...a friend of Joe Owsianik,So. Plainfield, NJ, a former left waist gunner from B-17G ''Tail End Charlie" from 2ndBG,20th Sqdn, that was forced to bail out on Aug. 29th, 1944 over my country. | |
| | |
01-31-2008, 02:55 PM
|
#26 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Tewksbury, New Jersey
Posts: 1,368
Country: | I know it real adler.......... | |
| | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off | | | All times are GMT -5. The time now is 09:32 AM. | | |
