Great shot of the Thunderbird F-16 Ejection

"Jay Honeck" wrote

Over on "alt.binaries.pictures.aviation" someone has posted a terrific,
high resolution, nearly head-on shot of the Air Force Thunderbird F-16
ejection sequence from the crash in Idaho a few months ago. It REALLY
shows how close the pilot came to hitting the deck before ejecting.

Jay, ever since "Photoshop", I believe very little of what I see in
these sensational pictures. Although this photo may be genuine, the
first thing that I asked myself was "where was the photographer standing
and why he hadn't dropped his camera and run?"

Captain Chris Stricklin has been in the Air Force since 1994 and flew
with the Thunderbirds since their first season.

Hardly....The Thunderbirds have been around long before 1994. Perhaps
they meant to say "since the first of THIS season.


He has logged a total of 15,000+ flight hours

I find that REAL hard to believe.

Bob Moore