Awesome selfie of Israeli fighter pilot
Mar 31, 2014 22:14:51 GMT -5
Post by bloodbought on Mar 31, 2014 22:14:51 GMT -5
Israeli Fighter Pilot Captures Awesome Photo While Flying Upside Down
Mar. 31, 2014 8:23am Sharona Schwartz
An Israeli Air Force (IAF) fighter pilot captured a photo of himself while flying upside down over Tel Aviv, a breathtaking selfie that’s now going viral in Israel and beyond.
The IAF posted the photo on its social media pages and as of this writing, the mind-blowing image has received more than 10,000 likes on Facebook.
The Air Force described the photo on Instagram writing, “T-6 Texan || pilot taking an amazing #selfie above Tel-Aviv.”
The image has elicited awed reactions ranging from “badass” to “insane” and criticism about why the pilot was capturing a selfie while at the controls of an aircraft. This in turn prompted the Israeli Air Force to post a clarification on Facebook.
“Shalom, we would like to clarify that in the aircraft’s cockpit there are two pilots, and the pilot who appears in the picture is not the pilot who flew the plane. There was no danger posed to either of the pilots during the flight,” the IAF wrote Sunday evening.
And on Monday, a spokeswoman for the Israel Defense Forces told TheBlaze, “The selfie was taken with a GoPro camera which was fastened on to the cockpit.”
Other comments on the IAF’s Facebook page included:
“Now that’s a selfie.”
“May God always be at your back.”
“Nesher [Eagle] 1, this is Nesher 2. Starting my attack run, over. But first……let me take a selfie.”
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Mar. 31, 2014 8:23am Sharona Schwartz
An Israeli Air Force (IAF) fighter pilot captured a photo of himself while flying upside down over Tel Aviv, a breathtaking selfie that’s now going viral in Israel and beyond.
The IAF posted the photo on its social media pages and as of this writing, the mind-blowing image has received more than 10,000 likes on Facebook.
The Air Force described the photo on Instagram writing, “T-6 Texan || pilot taking an amazing #selfie above Tel-Aviv.”
The image has elicited awed reactions ranging from “badass” to “insane” and criticism about why the pilot was capturing a selfie while at the controls of an aircraft. This in turn prompted the Israeli Air Force to post a clarification on Facebook.
“Shalom, we would like to clarify that in the aircraft’s cockpit there are two pilots, and the pilot who appears in the picture is not the pilot who flew the plane. There was no danger posed to either of the pilots during the flight,” the IAF wrote Sunday evening.
And on Monday, a spokeswoman for the Israel Defense Forces told TheBlaze, “The selfie was taken with a GoPro camera which was fastened on to the cockpit.”
Other comments on the IAF’s Facebook page included:
“Now that’s a selfie.”
“May God always be at your back.”
“Nesher [Eagle] 1, this is Nesher 2. Starting my attack run, over. But first……let me take a selfie.”
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