T_J wrote:Easy money if he got paid for this story! You can go onto Planefinder flight tracking software and replay this non-event from August 15th at 3pm over Byfleet, Surrey.
The lower airliner is Virgin Atlantic Airbus A340 Flight VS42 at 9,150 feet
The upper airliner is British Airways Boeing 777 Flight BA272 at 10,850 feet
The photographer got the identity of this airliner wrong when he described it as a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. It is clearly a Boeing 777.
CJS wrote:Did this make it into the print edition? If not it's indicative of how the (occasionally excellent and certainly extraordinary) online reporting of the news is clearly on a dumbing downward spiral.
As for misidentifying the 777, let's be very honest here - how many of us would make similar mistakes if we didn't spend a lot of time gazing skyward?
And I would venture that 90% or more of Joe Public wouldn't have identified the 340 either - a 4 engined airliner is probably still a Jumbo Jet to most people!
Finningley Boy wrote:RIGHT! That's enough of the DM bashing, I read the Daily Mail and find it a very stimulating and informative read. You Bleedin' 'eart, lefty, liberal, pinko, oooh I've got a hole in me' tights, Corbynite, McDonnellite, Abbotite, labour voting, green voting, remoaners..... should give it a try some time!Who knows, yeh might learm summik!
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PS Give the Daily Express a bash an' all!
parsley wrote:The Mail is also very absorbent if required
Passengers scream in terror as pilot performs incredibly low stunt when Air Berlin flight lands for the last time
Brevet Cable wrote:And it's the turn of the Daily Mail again.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5028853/Incredible-pictures-iconic-British-fighter-jet.html
Whilst the article is their usual wibble, the big problem is the video of (sic)"Havilland Vampire jet flying above clouds in the sky"
Now presumably a 6 year old with English as their second language came up with that title, but the real problem is the aircraft depicted in the video![]()
Berf wrote:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5051269/Just-eight-pilots-remain-Battle-Britain-Few.html
Love the 'The Battle of Britain was crucial in preventing a Nazi invasion. Pictured: RAF De Havilland Chipmunk's' picture.
Brevet Cable wrote:.....it's a shame that the media still concentrate on the BofB pilots in particular and the RAF in general, yet ignore anyone who saw service in any other branch of the military during WW2.
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