Official Cool Picture - Video Thread.

[wakosama]

 

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In 1990, a USAF B-52 was five miles out from USS Ranger and asked permission to do a fly-by. The carrier granted the request, but said they had no visual on the plane. The B-52 told them to look down, and then flew past the Ranger below the flight deck level.

curious that someone was in position to get the top picture.

 

[wakosama]

Carriers steam with a group. Probably a cameraman on a destroyer

 

[msharley]

curious that someone was in position to get the top picture.

Rescue chopper?

 

[Sasquatch]

Carriers steam with a group. Probably a cameraman on a destroyer

You can see a dark dot off in the distance in the first pic, most likely the aircraft that the photographer for number two was in.

 

[General Zod]

From what I've read, the flyby wasn't a surprise. The altitude was. Nobody expected a B-52 to fly below the level of the flight deck...other than the crew of the BUFF.

Also, although the B-52 looks like it's pointed downward, they just fly nose-low. A quirk of the design.

 

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curious that someone was in position to get the top picture.

You can see the helicopter in the second picture.

 

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