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How to Take a Picture of a Stealth Bomber from Above
- grzm 9y agoThis is pretty impressive. Manipulating a Cessna at 100 mph while taking a photo of another aircraft traveling at 200 mph with the goal of framing it over an event unfolding at a fixed point on the ground. The article is tantalizing. I hope there's a more in-depth piece forthcoming describing in more detail how he's able to pull this off. He does have a co-pilot, but I imagine while the photo's actually being framed and taken he's in direct control of the aircraft: the latency communicating intent to the co-pilot while at the same framing the shot would make the endeavor infeasible.
- elygre 9y agoAmazing picture! And then I wonder: what the heck is a stealth bomber doing above the rose bowl game?
- grzm 9y agoI was thinking the same thing, but I'm wondering if it wasn't arranged as part of the Rose Bowl. The photographer was up there and expecting it, from my reading of the piece. It looks like this wasn't the first time B-2s have made an appearance at the Rose Bowl: http://onpurposemagazine.com/2013/01/03/pasadena-rose-parade-and-bowl-2013-dual-b2-bomber-fly-over-my-neighborhood/ http://onpurposemagazine.com/2013/01/03/pasadena-rose-parade...