Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Is this Real, Fake or an Optical Illusion?

United 747 Buzzes the Golden Gate Bridge in San Fransisco as the pilot must have announced to his passengers: "on your right, you should see the Golden Gate Bridge. And further down on your right, the terrified faces of the drivers in their cars."

This video might help.

Update: CNN News: The plane, which was empty of passengers wasn't as close as the video makes it appear, and the flight was executed as planned along an air show flight path and under the direction of an air traffic controller, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said Tuesday.

The video, recorded during Fleet Week’s October 9-10 air show, may make a viewer believe the plane was banking over the bridge. But FAA spokesman Mike Fergus said Tuesday the radar track shows the plane’s closest proximity to the bridge was 1,200 feet (almost a mile), and no regulations were broken. The camera position and angle make the plane look closer than it was, he said

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

its real its at a air show they did a low flyover

Anonymous said...

fyi a mile is 5280 feet
a nautical mile is approximately 6080 feet

LkwdGuy said...

the plane’s closest proximity to the bridge was 1,200 feet (almost a mile)

1 mile = 5280 feet.

Anonymous said...

1200 feet is less than a quarter of a mile...

Lucky Wolf said...

i had just copied and pasted the text form CNN. but they have since fixed it themselves. i guess i'l go ahead and do the same.