National Geographic

Did you guys see last months National Geographic? There is a disturbing photo of a white shark launching out of the water getting ready to snatch a navy PD off a ladder from under a blackhawk(?) in San Francisco Bay. The photo is a hoaxed composite of two seperate shots but the diorama possibilities are staggering.

What sort of helo is used for navy air/sea rescue operations? I gotta do this diorama!

Mike

Mike,
It’s a great pic and I’d love to see it as a diorama.
Don’t the Navy use Seahawks? It’s the naval version of the Blackhawk.

Cheers,
Lee Tree

A useless piece of trivia, the shot is composed of the blackhawk imposed over a scene from the 1966 Batman movie based on the tv series.
Lee

Yes, the Navy uses Seahawks for almost all helo OPs, rescue, ASW, etc. The Sea King is retired for the most part.

Hey guys,

Yeah, I saw that photo too… Its clearly a fake, but cool lookin nonetheless. The helo is an MH-60G Pave Hawk in USAF colors. Its not Navy. The Navy has several different versions of the Seahawk though. SH-60B/F were the first variants. Not sure what they’re up to now. The Coast Guard operates the HH-60J Jayhawk.

Yeah the magazine shows the two photos it was composited from. It gave me the heebiest of jeebies regardless.[;)]

R model is the latest.
A link to more info on the Seahawk:
http://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/sh-60.htm

You mean this???

http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/therealsnacko/vwp2?.tok=bcVmtmRBKaD9EG2S&.dir=/Net+Pics&.dnm=Fish+out+of+water.jpg&.src=ph

Speaking of funny pics - here’s one for the helo section!

http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/therealsnacko/vwp?.dir=/Net+Pics&.dnm=speed_enforcement.jpg&.src=ph&.view=t&.hires=t

More stealth choppers I see.LOL
Lee

Are those pics of the first aid kits?[:p]

Snacko, your second link doesn’t work.
Lee

Hmm. Please double check. I just clicked on them and they both took me to my Yahoo page where I posted the pics.

Thanks,

  • Snacko

yep