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Does this image [1] from that article purport to depict landing gear down... with afterburners? 1 = https://the-drive.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fs3-us-west-2.amaz

• ceejayoz 7y ago
  What's wrong with that? That's how you'd typically take off from a carrier. For example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afterburner#/media/File:FA18_on_afterburner.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afterburner#/media/File:FA18_o... As long as you don't exceed the max speed for the gear, no problem.
  • groby_b 7y ago
    Let's just say that at that attitude and height, it's an unusual configuration.
    • wavefunction 7y ago
      They're also posing for a picture.
  • carbocation 7y ago
    Along the lines of `groby_b's comment - the elevation and orientation didn't make me think of a carrier takeoff. Rather, at a quick glance this looked like a photoshop. Although there is something about the F22's and F35's coatings that often make me think they look photoshopped.
    • tatersolid 7y ago
      Those coatings are designed to absorb radar, and as a side effect absorb visual frequencies “differently” than “normal” objects we’re used to seeing. Taken to the next level, anything coated with something like Vantablack [1] “looks phtotoshopped” based on our previous visual experiences with everyday materials. [1] https://www.bmwblog.com/2019/08/27/bmw-vbx6-vantablack-the-worlds-blackest-black/ https://www.bmwblog.com/2019/08/27/bmw-vbx6-vantablack-the-w...