Airplane(s)??

Found this near Coeur d'Alene Lake Idaho:

Is that two planes, or the same plane via an imagery optical illusion??

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Nov 5, 2015 18:41:10 GMT scraps said:

Found this near Coeur d'Alene Lake Idaho:

Is that two planes, or the same plane via an imagery optical illusion??

Hi there

Can you add a placemark for your find.. It will be added to the collection in due course

Nov 6, 2015 10:48:21 GMT NormB said:

Hi there

Can you add a placemark for your find.. It will be added to the collection in due course

Hi norm,

This placemark was included in the original post, however please advise if you need something else or done in a different manner...?
Airplanes.kmz (712 B)

Nov 6, 2015 14:19:17 GMT scraps said:

Nov 6, 2015 10:48:21 GMT NormB said:

Hi there

Can you add a placemark for your find.. It will be added to the collection in due course

Hi norm,

This placemark was included in the original post, however please advise if you need something else or done in a different manner...?

Now why didn't I see that in your first post.. :-)  I clicked the Image and looked around a bit.. Then I gave up :-)

Hi, Scraps,

I can see it fine.  It look like a DH Otter seaplane and, yes, it's the same aircraft. The reason you're seeing two of them is that this is an aerial photo, rather than satellite imagery in this area.  The seaplane is flying on an almost North-to-South course.  The photo aircraft is flying above it on a true North-to South course, so for a short while the seaplane was flying underneath the photo aircraft and in the same direction, so every time the camera fired, it took a picture of the seaplane.  In this case the courses of the aircraft weren't exactly the same so, after only two pictures, the seaplane had moved out of shot.  Sometimes you see as many as 4 or 5 multiple exposures like this - it's not uncommon.

Cheers

Frank

Nah, scratch the DH Otter - it's too small.  More like a Cessna 206.  I'd even go as far as to say that, from the livery, it's probably Cessna 206 #N9752Z of Brooks Seaplane, operating pleasure flights out of Coeur d'Alene on the north end of the lake.     










Cheers,

Frank