Old photo with a plane crash

[EddieWalker]

From reading the article, and also talking to a guy who's father was in the area at the time and a military photographer, I believe it to be a real picture. What's amazing is that I posted the story on my FB page and a friend forwarded it to his dad, who he thought might have heard of the story. He actually knew some of the people mentioned in it and started remember other stories from back then that he shared with my friend. Sometimes it's a small world!!!!

 

[Wild Bill the 2nd]

What you are seeing are artifacts from image compression such as what you get in JPEG images. It's not necessary evidence of image manipulation at all.

However if you modify an image using a high level of compression when saving it is a good way to hide the fact.

 

[techman]

A Brit co-worker identified the tractor as a Fordson Super Major.

We asked about the plane and he responded with the tractor.

Paul

 

[CobyRupert]

My immediate reaction was that the photo is of a plane that was parked on the ground inserted into a picture of a tractor.

A high shutter speed required to capture the plane (without blurring) would equal a low depth of focus. You can't have both. To have the the tractor and plane in such focus doesn't make sense. Plus the scale seems off, it seems that for the plane to be that size in the frame it would have to be fireball close to the tractor and photographer.

 

[techman]

After a discussion with a Brit co-worker, he indicated that the picture and event were in-fact true. It was even close to where he grew up. He referred me to:

Fear of Landing – The Story Behind an Unbelievable Photograph

ASN Aircraft accident 13-SEP-1962 English Electric Lightning F1 XG332

Paul

 

[k0ua]

One thing that I find interesting in modern times, is there is NO such thing as reality any more. Reality is what ever you wish to believe. Nothing is really real, as everything you may believe in, you will find someone else who believes just the opposite. There are many here that will never believe that this event and this photograph are real and actually happened as described.

You cannot just go to the encyclopedia any more to look something up like we used to do 40 years ago. It if was in the encyclopedia, you could be sure it was real. Or at least we thought that. Of course those articles were just written by people with possible agenda's but we did not think that way.

Of course now, our encyclopedia is the internet, And NOTHING on the internet is real, it is all contradicted by something else on the internet.

For every person that believes in the religion of global warming, I can show you another one that is a heretic. (or even a few apostates) Same for Christianity.

Perhaps our existence is not real either? Some believe it is not.

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

One thing that I find interesting in modern times, is there is NO such thing as reality any more. Reality is what ever you wish to believe. Nothing is really real, as everything you may believe in, you will find someone else who believes just the opposite. There are many here that will never believe that this event and this photograph are real and actually happened as described.

You cannot just go to the encyclopedia any more to look something up like we used to do 40 years ago. It if was in the encyclopedia, you could be sure it was real. Or at least we thought that. Of course those articles were just written by people with possible agenda's but we did not think that way.

Of course now, our encyclopedia is the internet, And NOTHING on the internet is real, it is all contradicted by something else on the internet.

For every person that believes in the religion of global warming, I can show you another one that is a heretic. (or even a few apostates) Same for Christianity.

Perhaps our existence is not real either? Some believe it is not.

Quit trying to force your reality on me!

 

[k0ua]

Quit trying to force your reality on me!

"I reject your reality and substitute my own"

Adam Savage.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Perception is reality. If you are perceived to be something, you might as well be it because that's the truth in people's minds. -- Steve Young

 

[ovrszd]

I have no doubt of the reality of the plane crashing. I have no doubt of the reality of the tractor mowing. I struggle greatly with those two things happening in conjunction with one another and being photographed as such. I have two issues that my pea size brain can't get around.

First, the odds of the camera being in exactly the correct position to catch the tractor perfectly in the frame and have the plane fly into the pic at exactly the correct time to correspond with the click of the shutter. I don't think it humanly possible to see what's about to happen, and hold the camera steady at a horizontal position and click the shutter when the plane appeared....

Second, the odds of having the shutter speed correctly set, if the camera even had adjustable shutter speed, to catch the plane sharply flying at what had to be an incredible speed while photographing a tractor....

But being from Missouri, I'll let someone show me.