Marko's passion for aviation takes flight both in the air and through the viewfinder. As a flyer and photographer, he brings a unique blend of aviation expertise and visual storytelling to explore the fascinating and often surprising aspects of flight and aviation in general.
When and where did that happen? Any background information to that picture?
I actually think this crashed off of the coast of southeast Florida. Nice ditching though. I bet the people on the beach were c***ping themselves.
Photoshop ahhbar! 🙂
I initially thought ..Photoshop too, but the water breaking over the stbd wing looks too real. Hmmmmmm!
The guy has a boner !
Photoshop erection.
This is a real one! Ditched at Miami Beach a couple a years ago – in 2004! Was a Convair coming from the Bahamas…
There is the story:
http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20041204-0
Cheers
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VERTICAL GYRO ERECTED
Norbert, this one is clearly not a Convair CV 340. The engine looks like it could be a CV 580, leave that to the experts…
The event you linked is nothing similar. It was actually a lake.
http://www.airdisaster.com/photos/n41626/2.shtml
Everyone, who thinks this photo is real: go and get some education.