Huh???!!!! WTF??
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I'm buggered if I can see how such a contraption could even manage to fly in the first place
That's what Harry thought, too, before he met Hagrid . . . then everything changed!
madurobob
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Yupo - nailed it. That looks like a perfect fit.
I mean, except for the wings and engines being in the wrong place...
Daylightstar
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Could you post a link? Google image search from chrome doesn't find the image for me.
RussDill
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Reminds me a bit of a jet I've seen flying around with a engine mounted on the fuselage fore of the wings, used for flight testing of engines. Course, in that case, it has normal wings, and there is just one engine mounted on the fuselage.
http://www.air-and-space.com/20100326%20PHX/_BEL7830%20757-225%20N757HW%20Honeywell%20overhead%20in%20flight%20l.jpg
http://www.air-and-space.com/20100326%20PHX/_BEL7830%20757-225%20N757HW%20Honeywell%20overhead%20in%20flight%20l.jpg
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Changed hotlinked image to regular link. Please see Rule 5.
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macdoc
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From the OP
stay tuned.
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Those "engines" up front look more like rotatable nacelles...not main thrust and there does not appear to be any thrust from them.
There is a scram jet design about that uses regular jet engines up to speed and then the scram kicks in .....it's got a weird kind of contrail as well.
Hmmm - looking very similar
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/84863main_EC04-0325-37_lg.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/B-52B_with_X43.jpg
Maybe NASA is moving forward with a more critical wing design and those front engines are just to get up to speed for the scram jet to fire ( the way that engine is strapped on above for testing )
Clearly the NASA project is a work in progress.
stay tuned.
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Those "engines" up front look more like rotatable nacelles...not main thrust and there does not appear to be any thrust from them.
There is a scram jet design about that uses regular jet engines up to speed and then the scram kicks in .....it's got a weird kind of contrail as well.
Hmmm - looking very similar
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/84863main_EC04-0325-37_lg.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/B-52B_with_X43.jpg
Maybe NASA is moving forward with a more critical wing design and those front engines are just to get up to speed for the scram jet to fire ( the way that engine is strapped on above for testing )
Clearly the NASA project is a work in progress.
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PixyMisa
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That settles it. It's a fake.
Hecubas
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Not sure if this thing will work, but there is a very square looking chunk in the front end.
http://fotoforensics.com/analysis.php?id=9d9e490406ac470c921021264b5cf054e3c4b479.100415
http://fotoforensics.com/analysis.php?id=9d9e490406ac470c921021264b5cf054e3c4b479.100415
They look more like rotatable nacelles? How many rotatable nacelles can you point to as a comparison?
It looks to me like the engine and fuselage are original...traveling from right to left. Wings removed. Tail removed. Then wings from another perspective added to the "front" of the fuselage going to opposite direction.
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Olowkow
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The ELA image (Error Level) seems to clearly show twin contrails. Not sure I understand their explanation of ELA.
http://fotoforensics.com/tutorial-ela.php
dasmiller
Just the right amount of cowbell
Odd that there's a darker, smudgy area around the contrail, especially at the base of the contrail. I don't seem to see that in other pictures on contrails.
Is there a version of this picture that includes EXIF data? If I just do a Save Image, I'm not getting the EXIF data.
Is there a version of this picture that includes EXIF data? If I just do a Save Image, I'm not getting the EXIF data.
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smartcooky
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Many years ago (late 1980's) I remember seeing an MD-80 or MD-90 test A/C flying with a regular jet engine on one side and a prop-fan on the other. IIRC it was at the Farnborough Air Show, but I can't remember which year.
elipse
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I don't think that's what the ELA is showing. I think it's simply showing that the contrail is one area (along with the front of the plane) that's been shopped.
I actually have no experience with this at all, but the explanation seemed to be saying that the lighter areas just show you where the alterations may have been made, not that they can show you what used to be there.
...I think.
PixyMisa
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If someone says "It's not a fake, and I have evidence to prove it... Which I won't let you see.", it's a fake.
Kid Eager
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see my post and link a few posts up.
LTC8K6
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sir drinks-a-lot
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Maybe the aliens purposely made their ships look like Photoshopped fakes to decrease the chances of being detected. Seems to be working!
smartcooky
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Ah! The Unducted Fan / Ultra High Bypass engine. Very fuel efficient with a bypass ratio in excess of 1:20. Now it all comes back... thank you!
This idea led to very quiet, very economical engines, but the airline industry didn't seem to be all that interested. I wonder why?