Disaster in mid-air: farewell flight gone terribly wrong photo

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01-SEP-2007

Disaster in mid-air: farewell flight gone terribly wrong

Unfortunately, this is not a Photoshop job...

Two pilots from a Polish aerobatic display team were killed when their planes collided
in mid air during the 2007 Radom Airshow, the largest airshow in the country.

One of the killed was the long-time leader of the Display Team Zelazny. This air display
was planned as his farewell public performance before retiring from active flying.

Nobody could have imagined how ‘final’ this performance would turn out to be...

Canon EOS 30D
1/800s f/9.0 at 200.0mm iso400 hide exif

Full EXIF Info
Date/Time	01-Sep-2007 15:52:47
Make	Canon
Model	Canon EOS 30D
Flash Used	No
Focal Length	200 mm
Exposure Time	1/800 sec
Aperture	f/9
ISO Equivalent	400
Exposure Bias	0.67
White Balance
Metering Mode	matrix (5)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Program	aperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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Guest		13-Aug-2015 14:24
Norma Struthers I admire your work. This is a once in a lifetime shot. as tragic as it was

Jake Jacobson		29-Oct-2014 16:59
Hard to look at and seldom seen. A Chance you take in close flying...Jake

Wintermeer		03-Oct-2014 19:00
Couldn't agree more, tragic story but a superb shot!

clickA SF		20-Oct-2013 21:33
Tragic story. Excellent picture! Vote Ted

Roland		27-Sep-2013 20:38
How tragic an event. A great photo of this mid-air ending. V

judithann		01-Mar-2011 17:32
My goodness! Such a sad occurrence...you must have been totally shocked.

Buba Jafarli		02-Feb-2009 13:18
Good shot and terrible story!

Dom Burke		28-Nov-2008 10:35
incredible

Zoltán Balogh		27-Oct-2008 07:53
God, poor guys in the planes...

Kasia Guess		23-Aug-2008 23:09
omg!!!

dazkeyte		09-Aug-2008 20:32
wow that is just stunning!!!!! A terrible accident but an excelllent photo. voted

Robyco		29-Jan-2008 10:57
And the one coming so close and he can see what is happening......... (V)

Guest		29-Oct-2007 00:25
Wow!! This is an excellent capture of sickening circumstances.

Guest		17-Sep-2007 06:11
well caught, so sad ... i haven't been there but heard about it a lot. nice shoot, nice timing but terrible meaning ... :( V~!

Joa		13-Sep-2007 14:59
...to sum up: tragic beauty... .....................sad.

zyziza		07-Sep-2007 10:44
A wiec byles tam !!! Fotka jednoczesnie wspaniala (uchwycenie kluczowego momentu) jak i przerazajaca !!! v

dane		07-Sep-2007 01:54
well done... terrible circumstances. Hope the news wire used your pic

Tomasz Dziubinski - Photography		06-Sep-2007 16:12
Excellent shot of this terrible and sad accident, Vote.

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