Truck

Right Seat Captain · Post by **Right Seat Captain** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 9:10 pm

Probably fake, but thought this picture was worth showing:

oldtimer · Post by **oldtimer** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 9:21 pm

It's probibaly either a fake or a movie stunt of some sort. Looks like an early Cessna 182. But who can guess what that roundish lump is on the turtledeck just behind the cabin. Cat Driver - your disqualified.

cyyz · Post by **cyyz** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 9:23 pm

Drug smugglers heading to mexico.. Obviously on drugs at time of incident..

and yes. it's fake or a movie stunt.. Whats the chance someone would have had a camera there that day for that picture?

bigsky · Post by **bigsky** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 9:29 pm

The roundish lump is an Loop ADF antenna

ahramin · Post by **ahramin** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 9:45 pm

It is easily a fake. There are no propeller marks on the cab of the truck, the oil inspection door is open, and the size of the airplane is disproportionate to the size of the truck. Not to mention the amount of damage to the truck vs the plane.

And yeah the lump is a DF loop.

r22captain · Post by **r22captain** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 5:08 am

I've seen this before.....can't pinpoint where.....my gut feeling tells me it was from a movie....

kapaii · Post by **kapaii** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 5:54 am

Could you imagine the luck of... being there.... having a polaroid... it being open... you not running away... pointing in the right direction... Focus set... and clicking at the exact right moment you have to!!!

God I'd buy a lottery ticket after that!

... · Post by **...** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 6:09 am

Did that truck have a Hemi?

OW · Post by OW » Thu Mar 25, 2004 6:43 am

Check the propellor. It is stopped and not damaged. Unless the engine siezed it would likely be windmilling. It is possible that the first blade strike may have stopped it, but I doubt it.

Beaver Driver · Post by **Beaver Driver** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 7:37 am

I was going to post how it could be possible, however unlikely, then I noticed the elevator. Full nose down, just like when they are parked on the ramp.

jimmyjazz · Post by **jimmyjazz** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 8:38 am

The wind shield of the truck smashed like tempered glass they are made of laminated, years ago some were made of annealed but that would have broken into shards not the the small fractures you get with tempered.

. . · Post by **. .** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 9:19 am

I'm sure I'm gonna take a good flaming on this one. That pic is indeed real. From my understanding it was taken while the plane was landing. Either for some national geographic vid, or cessna promotion I can't remember which. The picture is a frame from the actual video. I'll do some google searching and see if I can find more on it. Anyone ever see the video of the beaver cartwheeling? I imagine a still from that video would look pretty fake too.

. . · Post by **. .** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 9:35 am

alright found it. here's the pastings of what I found. Don't suppose anyone actually has one of the issues this picture would have been in?

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This picture was taken in Sanarate, Guatemala in 1976 by Robert W. Madden.

It was posted in the National Geographic. I have the NG picture book (Hebrew version). It's the book with the picture of the Afghan girl with the amazing eyes on the cover. The picture is printed on page 50 of this book. I'll try to translate from Hebrew:

====quote====
Sanarate, Guatemala ,1976

Robert W. Madden (Name of the photographer)

A plane that was on a rescue mission after an earth quake encounters cross wind on landing and crashes. Only moments before the crash Robert W. Madden landed on the same dirt road and he took the picture from his airplane window.
====end quote====

I sent a copy of the photo to an FAQ at National Geographic.

Here is the response:

Dear (Braindead)

Thank you for contacting the National Geographic Society.

The photo you sent us actually was first published in a June 1976 National
Geographic article on Guatemala. NGS Photographer Robert Madden took the
shot of a rescue plane that crashed into a truck while trying to land on a
mountain highway near Sanarate. Fortunately, no one was seriously injured
in the crash. This photo was also published on page 51 of our 1994 book
National Geographic: The Photographs.

I hope this information proves helpful.

Sincerely,

Lisa Walker
Research Correspondence

. . · Post by **. .** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 9:43 am

anyone still in doubt can check national geographics website, I found the pic on there too. You can be sure if national geographic is posting the picture it is authentic.

http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/cgi- ... 08&year=01

r22captain · Post by **r22captain** » Fri Mar 26, 2004 7:43 am

wow.....that's aweosme.......one hell of a pic

Intentional Left Bank · Fri Mar 26, 2004 10:05 am

Anyone know where to get a clip of the Beaver accident in "Mother Lode"?

co-joe · Post by **co-joe** » Fri Mar 26, 2004 6:24 pm

Gosh there are some neat pictures on that site.

SplitS · Post by **SplitS** » Sat Mar 27, 2004 5:10 pm

Sweet.....

Nice one co-joe