Originally Posted by XL5
No prop wash, shouldn't there be?
That's what I find strange about the pictures, the only effect the planes seem to be having on the surface of the lake is where the wheels are touching. In the first photo the plane appears to have skipped momentarily out of the water, and the surface is remarkably undisturbed. No ripples from prop wash or aerodynamic effects. I totally believe a practiced pilot can do this, but that doesn't mean to say these actual photos are real, but it seems like enough people have seen them do at that location and on that day, so they are real. I guess I overestimated the effects of propwash/vortices when that close to the surface.