We can all agree -- THIS is a great aviation video...
Note the time delay is just a few seconds as the airplane
passes overhead and the wake rocks the boat, that was not a
telephoto lens but a real close pass.
--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P
"Jose" wrote in message
.com...
| Filming a movie is not necessary, it is optional. There
may
| even be alternative ways to film the scene. Those are
| things that the FAA will consider before issuing a
waiver.
|
| Flying is not necessary either.
|
| It is possible that the scene was filmed in Mexico or
some
| other country, but that might make it legal, but it is
still
| unsafe.
|
| I do not agree that it is unsafe, except inasmuch as
breathing causes
| death. That's a very long lens on the camera; this
compresses
| perspective. Just like aerobatics demonstrations (which
are
| unnecessary), the visual tricks fool the viewer into
thinking things are
| a lot closer than they are.
|
| Jose
| --
| The monkey turns the crank and thinks he's making the
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