safe distance :: kuda.org
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Date: 23/07/2013

this video was recorded during NATO air strikes against former yugoslavia. videotape shows electronic cockpit of the US air force plane with basic graphical interface and voice communication between pilots before the airplane crashed. 

videotape is a regular document of flight used by command structures to analyze its efficiency and success after the mission. tape presents the last moments before plane crashed. interface of this cockpit is completely reduced, cold, black & white. cold electronic display is pixilated presentation of outside reality with basic position information (longitude & latitude). the first impression of video is that this is an excerpt from flight simulator, since we have learned to regard similar graphical interfaces as something that is basically virtual representation. comparing to contemporary popular simulation games the cockpit looks like an obsolete seventies style game. however, its graphical interface is the only connection pilot has with its surroundings; he is isolated from exterior, from reality that he produces below. subject is immersed in virtual presentation and he is completely dependent on technological superstructure. after very impact he is calm and alone. the only thing that shows us his personal drama is his breathing. 

there were 4 airplanes flying from NATO-base from Italy to destination in yugoslavia. mission objective was to bomb several targets in the area around city of novi sad. on the way back, after mission was completed, one plane was shot. tape was found near crashed plane in fruska gora mountain in srem region and postproduced by kuda.org. 

http://www.kuda.org/?q=en/node/564
introductory article (japanese): http://www.moriokas.com/20c/?p=23

original file (720x576, 245mb, avi, copyleft): https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwUr1b66EtOAWnBBYW5rOEs4R1E