Pilot Lands Plane With One Wing

1. MrPumpernickel
   April 12th, 2009 at 2:36 pm

   Even without looking at the flawed physics in this video the plane sticks out like a sore thumb. It's a rather crudely put together fake video..."amazingly" indeed.

2. Pi4noBl4ck
   April 12th, 2009 at 2:40 pm

   Fake as a 3 dollar bill.

3. Hole In The Donut
   April 12th, 2009 at 2:45 pm

   I watched this video perhaps a dozen times, trying to see any sign that it is fake. I'd love to hear details from those that think it s fake - please tell me what you see!

4. Steveo
   April 12th, 2009 at 2:49 pm

   Notice how the missing wing is away from the camera when the plane is stopped. Other shots look like a model... I've seen this in much higher resolution. Consensus: Fake!

5. Craig
   April 12th, 2009 at 2:50 pm

   this made the rounds a year ago. why is it still being posted? It was proved to be a hoax - it was a marketing stunt (with an RC airplane) for a german company. This is really old news...

6. Cordydan
   April 12th, 2009 at 2:51 pm

   All a y'all are party poopers.
   None the less...
   http://www.snopes.com/photos/airplane/onewing.asp

7. error404
   April 12th, 2009 at 2:56 pm

   the totally nonsensical physics would be the giveaway.

   Oh that and the snopes entry obviously.

8. MrPumpernickel
   April 12th, 2009 at 2:58 pm

   Hole In The Donut, notice for instance how the plane stops on a dime even though it has momentum enough to carry on for quite some distance? That's a telltale sign that it's extremely fake. It's like the plane has no mass whatsoever.

   Also, notice with what relative ease the pilot is controlling the plane the split second before it lands.

   When it lands you can see clearly that it's a 3d model, the compositing is not done convincingly, the lighting is off, the materials are off. Not to mention the out of focus parts doesn't look like camera blurryness, it looks like it was made in post.

   I could probably dissect it further, but I think you get the idea. It may be convincing to people who have no idea what they're looking at or who can't see the obvious telltale signs of something not being real.

9. doug
   April 12th, 2009 at 2:59 pm

   FAKE! you can see it's fake because the shadows are all wrong. but seriously, this is poor

10. Christophe
    April 12th, 2009 at 3:00 pm

    THIS made it to the front page? WTF?

    ...Anyway, THIS is the real mccoy:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk1KBQ96_DI

11. VonSkippy
    April 12th, 2009 at 3:01 pm

    "All a y'all are party poopers"

    Perhaps Snopes could figure out what language that is?

12. tomassino
    April 12th, 2009 at 3:02 pm

    fake, as a wooden coin

13. skidworth
    April 12th, 2009 at 3:12 pm

    craig is correct....a viral marketing campaign that uses both large scale r/c models and CG. notice how the camera pans along with the plane as it lands? that would only be possible if the cameraman could run 50 mph AND hold a camera relatively steady. nice try.

14. Josh
    April 12th, 2009 at 3:38 pm

    I believe the landing tells all.

15. SenorMysterioso
    April 12th, 2009 at 3:58 pm

    not neat

16. Jett
    April 12th, 2009 at 4:36 pm

    Failorama

17. keysmaker
    April 12th, 2009 at 5:51 pm

    Absolutely agree with you guys, FAKE!

18. Mouserz
    April 12th, 2009 at 6:49 pm

    they didn't even bother with it.

19. JMM
    April 12th, 2009 at 7:02 pm

    Whay can't fake be neat? I say it's fake and neat.

20. Ben Eshbach
    April 12th, 2009 at 7:53 pm

    Aside from the bad quality of the special effects, a real airplane, having lost its right wing, would spin in the opposite direction than the little plane in this video spins.

21. BillMcDavd
    April 12th, 2009 at 7:53 pm

    Fake
    http://www.snopes.com/photos/airplane/onewing.asp

22. Johnny Cat
    April 12th, 2009 at 8:02 pm

    Yeah, how did this relic fakeness get promoted to the front page?

23. Mr. Binky
    April 12th, 2009 at 8:15 pm

    I would say the "Where's his right wing?" acting also gave away the fakeness.

24. rute
    April 12th, 2009 at 8:24 pm

    Failorama, seconded.

25. DaveL
    April 12th, 2009 at 8:41 pm

    JMM... it's possible for fake to be neat... if we're talkin' about bewbies.

26. Vasu Srinivasan
    April 12th, 2009 at 9:35 pm

    This video is fake. See the response video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5uVaG9k6kw

27. ted
    April 12th, 2009 at 11:31 pm

    lol @ bewbies.

    When did Snopes start getting so many popups?

28. JamesM
    April 13th, 2009 at 12:24 am

    So fake that I'm embarrassed for even having seen it posted to this site.

29. Hole In The Donut
    April 13th, 2009 at 2:49 am

    Wow! You guys are rough. I was just trying to find some interesting stuff to post. Next time, I'll check Snopes first - probably should have thought of that before. Guess I'm just not as much of an expert on physics and video production as the rest of you. But at least it generated an interesting discussion. Thanks for all your comments and explanations.

30. K!P
    April 13th, 2009 at 7:59 am

    altough fake, those stunt planes have so much power that they can do helicoptor like tricks. havent seen it before, nice vid.

31. anavrintobin
    April 13th, 2009 at 8:15 am

    Not neat and a waste of 1.14.

32. mark r
    April 13th, 2009 at 10:46 am

    I like how the cameraman can't keep the thing in frame to save his life until the last 10 seconds. Righttt.

33. Tweeker
    April 13th, 2009 at 1:39 pm

    I was expecting a real Isreali F15 before I opened the flash.

34. Whatboy
    April 13th, 2009 at 8:40 pm

    Computer generated video... cool...

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