officials deny near miss - photo

[Counterfit]

Not really....I would guess the picture is entirely legitimate. There was a discussion about this same sort of scenario a couple of years ago here:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/87706/

regarding the attached picture, posted at:

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=652327&TopOfYest=yes

This picture is real, as far as I know.

If you look at the jet wash behind the right engine of the closer plane, you can see it disrupts the line of the lower rear of the 747. Also, look at their respective fuselage and tail heights, the 747 is much bigger than any 2 engine airliner in production. I say it's real.

 

[dobbin]

There is a link from the wikipedia page which shows an even better example of this effect.
linky

This example shows really well that a long lens can make things seem *much* closer together, which is what the first person who replied to my post said I think!



This is my 500th post

 

[aquajet]

There is a link from the wikipedia page which shows an even better example of this effect.
linky

This example shows really well that a long lens can make things seem *much* closer together, which is what the first person who replied to my post said I think!

Awesome link dobbin Thanks for that. Returning to the OP with the A300 and 330 -- the 330 is bigger than the 300, but not by much. There is at least a 1000 foot difference in cruise altitude between the two.

 

[wordmunger]

I just wanted to point out that the focal length of the camera is completely irrelevant: what matters is the distance of the photographer from the planes. You could use a different lens and the picture would be essentially identical -- just crop it down so the planes fill the same portion of the frame.

In case anyone missed my update to my original comment, assuming these planes are a 777 and an A300, and they are really 2.5 miles apart, the photographer would have to be 35 miles away to take this picture. Not bloody likely.

 

[aquajet]

In case anyone missed my update to my original comment, assuming these planes are a 777 and an A300, and they are really 2.5 miles apart, the photographer would have to be 35 miles away to take this picture. Not bloody likely.

Looks like you're right. JAL doesn't have any 330s so it must be a 777.

 

[emw]

This picture is real, as far as I know.

Now that's taking the whole "Star Alliance" thing a little too far.

 

[aloofman]

I can't believe this photo is getting so much attention. No wonder people think photos prove the moon landings were fake.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/airplane/closedhl.asp

As someone else said, it's not matter of focal length because the distance from the camera to the planes is so large, and there's no object behind them to compare to anyway. Zoomed in on a faraway object, almost any camera would be at "infinity" anyway, so most objects beyond that will seem to be in the same amount of focus.

I doubt that they're 2.5 miles apart unless it's the world's greatest zoom lens.

 

[IJ Reilly]

This picture is real, as far as I know.

That picture could be taken at any hour of any day at LAX, or any other major airport with parallel runways.

 

[MacNut]

If those planes were that close wouldn't they have major drafting problems.