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News: Fox vs Boeing 757

Posted: 21 Jun 2012, 06:40
by FlyTexas
A Boeing 757 screaming along at 500 mph down the runway at Manchester no less. 8) The fox doesn't look too worried. Hardly breaking a sweat. :lol:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... rport.html

Brian

Re: News: Fox vs Boeing 757

Posted: 21 Jun 2012, 07:35
by airboatr
Hey! What the hellkindashow you guys running over there ...taking off at 500 MPH ?? .... I mean really, 8)


:doh:

Re: News: Fox vs Boeing 757

Posted: 21 Jun 2012, 08:40
by WhisperJet
Uh, "Atlas Jet" sounds very heavy (too heavy indeed for a 500mph take-off) -
but they operate scheduled passenger services and regular charter flights - not cargo flights.

Re: News: Fox vs Boeing 757

Posted: 21 Jun 2012, 08:54
by speedbird591
It's obviously photoshopped. It just doesn't look realistic and is performing an impossible manoeuvre. No, that aircraft has obviously been pasted on to a rather boring photo of a fox to make it look interesting.

Ian :)

Re: News: Fox vs Boeing 757

Posted: 21 Jun 2012, 09:18
by Garry Russell
It refers to the 757 as being a 500mph cargo jet but it doesn't say it was travelling at 500mph :lol:

No different to calling Concorde a MACH 2 airliner on pictures of that landing and taking off.

Given the telephoto foreshortening the fox is probably nowhere near the aeroplane. *-)

Re: News: Fox vs Boeing 757

Posted: 21 Jun 2012, 09:25
by DaveB
I think the fox was fully aware of where and when the 757 would rotate and knew it was in no danger :lol: I'm surprised the Mail didn't print 'Airliner seconds away from disaster'! :lol:

ATB
DaveB B)smk

Re: News: Fox vs Boeing 757

Posted: 21 Jun 2012, 13:34
by Garry Russell
I wonder if they've covered this on Fox News??? *-)

I can just imagine the Sun headline if it had been injested into the engine

"Take Off Incident, Fox Up Engine" :-O :$

Re: News: Fox vs Boeing 757

Posted: 21 Jun 2012, 14:14
by Airspeed
speedbird591 wrote:It's obviously photoshopped. It just doesn't look realistic and is performing an impossible manoeuvre. No, that aircraft has obviously been pasted on to a rather boring photo of a fox to make it look interesting.

Ian :)


Oh, ye of little faith! :-O
Weren't you taught to believe everything you read? :|
If they printed stuff they weren't supposed to, you'd soon hear about it in the courts, I'm sure. And how long since you heard such a thing? :dunno:
OK, you can see the mounting screw holes in its feet when you zoom in, but it probably escaped from the taxidermist while he was drilling it. :agree:

Re: News: Fox vs Boeing 757

Posted: 21 Jun 2012, 15:11
by DaveB
Weren't you taught to believe everything you read?
If it's in colour, yes :lol: One may only question B&W :cpu:
ATB
DaveB B)smk

Re: News: Fox vs Boeing 757

Posted: 21 Jun 2012, 16:11
by airboatr
Brian - They ain't buying it. :|






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