Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:2 x Saab JAS-39 Gripen and 2 x Aero L-159 of the Czech Air Force, based at AFB Čáslav, inflight.jpg

File:2 x Saab JAS-39 Gripen and 2 x Aero L-159 of the Czech Air Force, based at AFB Čáslav, inflight.jpg, featured

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Info created by Milan Nykodym - uploaded by Russavia - nominated by Russavia -- russavia (talk) 19:07, 20 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- russavia (talk) 19:07, 20 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support --King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 20:10, 20 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
~~Support~~ --Mathieudu68 (talk) 20:40, 20 October 2013 (UTC) Only registered contributors whose Commons accounts have at least 10 days and 50 edits can vote. J Kadavoor J e e 05:35, 21 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I have a hard time believing that this isn't fake. The planes do not fly in parallel, so they would move relative to each other rather quickly. But everything is totally sharp, even though the exposure time is only 1/250. Plus I see no heat blur behind the engines, and, judging by the angle, they are just about to collide. --Kabelleger (talk) 19:54, 24 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- I disagree. They might very well fly in parallel to each other, a Gripen has to fly at a far higher angle of attack than a L-159 at low speed. For this photo flight, the speed was probably near the bottom of the Gripen's flight envelope. Slat and canard position also indicate a high AOA. — Julian H.^✈(talk/files) 08:56, 25 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Surely looks a bit odd. But have a look at this shot, taken 2 seconds later: The two L-159 were indeed coming very close (probably in order to get a good shot) and then broke off to avoid collision. Still looks "wrong", so even though I don't think it's a fake I won't give a support. --El Grafo (talk) 09:12, 25 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
There's nothing fake about these photos. One look at his Flickr stream will tell you that he is just an amazing photographer. As noted by El Grafo, here is another photo 2 seconds later, and if one looks the photographer states how it is he got these photos. russavia (talk) 03:07, 27 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support —Mono 20:28, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support Michael Barera (talk) 00:15, 27 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Steinsplitter (talk) 10:05, 27 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Julian H.^✈(talk/files) 10:44, 27 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support although I have a difficulty to choose which is the best. Most frames look competitive to each other. J Kadavoor J e e 15:57, 27 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed results:

Result: 7 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /J Kadavoor J e e 02:48, 30 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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