Whats a wheel and aircraft debris doing in 1938 photo?

ThePilot · July 04, 2013, 06:09:42 AM

hullo

George Pachulski · July 04, 2013, 06:17:44 AM

Hard to clear see this is !?

More Enligthenment needed here .......

Ric Gillespie · July 04, 2013, 06:38:38 AM

Quote from: ThePilot on July 04, 2013, 06:09:42 AM
hullo

Nothing apparent in the contact print. We'll know if there's really anything there when we see the negative.

Monty Fowler · July 04, 2013, 12:26:22 PM

Exactly - playing photo expert with low resolution contact sheets is not going to get you anywhere except into The Land of I Think I See ...

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Oskar Erich Heinrich Haberlandt · July 04, 2013, 01:51:45 PM

Never seen this photo before...Bevington Object from above???

ThePilot · July 04, 2013, 03:38:16 PM

Rick has used the wrong contact sheet and a fuzzy one - download my image and blow it up on your own computer and it is perfectly obvious the wheel and landing gear are near the shore as well as what seems a debris field below.

richie conroy · July 04, 2013, 04:00:02 PM

I think Ric has used the right one but without dust on

Ric Gillespie · July 04, 2013, 05:41:22 PM

Quote from: ThePilot on July 04, 2013, 03:38:16 PM
Rick has used the wrong contact sheet and a fuzzy one - download my image and blow it up on your own computer and it is perfectly obvious the wheel and landing gear are near the shore as well as what seems a debris field below.

Let me try to straighten out the confusion. At this time we have two versions of that photograph. The one in which you see what you believe to be the wheel and landing gear is a scan of a print we've had for many years. We got it from the New Zealand National Archive in Auckland. The fuzzy image I posted is from the scan of the contact print I recently from the NZ Air Force Museum. When we get a good copy of the negative next week we'll know for sure what's dust and what's real. If your wheel and landing gear isn't there, please don't sue me.

Dale O. Beethe · July 04, 2013, 10:05:40 PM

Isn't that what people do when their pet theories don't pan out?!!! Seriously, I'm looking forward to what Jeff finds IS there, if indeed anything new shows up in the negatives. I'd say your chances of finding something well worth while are excellent!

Skip Daly · July 05, 2013, 08:18:25 AM

No cropping of photos this time. :) :) :)

Ric Gillespie · July 05, 2013, 08:20:16 AM

Quote from: Skip Daly on July 05, 2013, 08:18:25 AM
No cropping of photos this time. :) :) :)

Skip Daly · July 05, 2013, 09:40:06 AM

well-played sir! :)

matt john barth · July 07, 2013, 01:48:59 PM

No Doubt about it man,

I see the same thing also, save the pic and then zoom in and look down beech toward the NWC there is a big piece of what looks to be an aircraft wing on the beech and then some debris out from that possibly the strut in the Bevington photo. I posted this other places and no one has responded. Do you see it?

matt Barth