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Spotting with Google Earth...

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Thought it might be fun if we would share interesting aviation related "discoveries" we made with google earth...

First one: I think I saw what looks like a Sabena Avrojet parked at a gate in Birmingham. Here are the coördinates:
N: 52 27 11 32
W: 01 44 14 32

I'm not too sure about it though, but it does look like an Avro in the "ghost" livery...

Also, lots of Germany is in very high detail. Have a look at the Frankfurt airport... the level of detail is astonishing!

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CDG and JFK are pretty detailed as well. In fact, most US major airports are pretty detailed.

Cheers,

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unfortunately, most pictures on google earth are older then 4years. :evil:

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Gott wrote:unfortunately, most pictures on google earth are older then 4years. :evil:
U mean what we see is 4 years old :roll:
Aum Sweet Aum.

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Doesn't Google give you more up-to-date imagery if you get one of those subscription versions of Google Earth?

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b-west wrote:I think I saw what looks like a Sabena Avrojet parked at a gate in Birmingham (...) I'm not too sure about it though, but it does look like an Avro in the "ghost" livery...
I think you're right indeed. Though, in 2002 SNBA still operated 2 or 3 Avro's in the former Sabena ghost-livery (but with the bold blue Sabena titles removed). As the jetway is parked against the front, this is not visible.
b-west wrote:Also, lots of Germany is in very high detail. Have a look at the Frankfurt airport... the level of detail is astonishing!
Indeed ! Already spotted the B-2450 at Cargo City Nord ? The details are so fine that you can even read the reg on the upper side of the wing. Astonishing indeed !

At LHR, you can see the VG Airlines A330 in Delsey c/s parked at the gate.

N 51° 28' 26.01"
W 0° 27' 44.68"

I did some research and in 2002 it was operating for MEA during a week on their BEY-LHR flight.

Regards, Robin Bamps.

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Robin_Bamps wrote:
At LHR, you can see the VG Airlines A330 in Delsey c/s parked at the gate.

N 51° 28' 26.01"
W 0° 27' 44.68"

I did some research and in 2002 it was operating for MEA during a week on their BEY-LHR flight.
Nice catch! :)

Stij wrote:CDG and JFK are pretty detailed as well. In fact, most US major airports are pretty detailed.

Cheers,

Stij
Still, get the impression that Germany hast the biggest resolution... you can even see people walking around on the tarmac.

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The biggest drawback is when you tick the Google Earth Community Box, some placemarks are outdated and there are lots of duplications.

The funniest thing is to see three times the same plane on the runway or airborne because they were moving when the pictures were taken.

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if you look on BRU you can see the Sabena's

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in ATL you can see an SAA 747-400

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and at Diego Garcia you see the B-52's and Lancers.

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Have you allready noticed the glitch in the middle of BRU's 02/20?Apparently the runway broke into two pieces :lol:

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Pictures of Brussels airport seem to be about 2 years old (summer 2004) (based on the progress of the new control tower and other Belgocontrol buildings).

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Anyone been to Berbera HCMI? There's a twin parked, I wonder much what type of plane. Antonov? But I think it is a smaller plane, perhaps an Islander or Twin Otter?
N 10°23'47" E 44°57'10"

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An here's another little mistery, plucked from [url]news://uk.rec.aviation[/url]
While playing with Google Earth, i found a place with two planes
overlapping each other:
http://213.235.28.68/temp/TwoPlanes.kmz
It looks like it is 747, probably 747-400. But i am not sure why there
are two planes in such proximity. Could it be the shadow? But why is it
in colour then? Or could it be the reflection off the clouds? But how
could the while vapour trace also reflect off the clouds?
May be it is just the spot when two photos taken at different times
been merged together, so these are two different planes (or the same
plane at different times)? But you usually clearly see such a boundary
between two photos in Google Earth. This is different. Plus chance of
taking two photos and catching a plane in almost exactly the same spot
on both of them must be rather slim
To me it looks like 2 planes at different altitudes, even so it is a funny coincidence...

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Post by jan_olieslagers »

And for a very special runway layout, have a look at the 02L at Abakan (UNAA)

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jan_olieslagers wrote:And for a very special runway layout, have a look at the 02L at Abakan (UNAA)
Looks like a corkscrew design, my pointer at 53° 44'56.78"N, 91°23'14.47"

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Can somebody tell me what this sign is, the Lufthansa symbol in a corn field?
near Mitsiwa , Eritrea.
15°40'17.52'' N
3926'34.91'' E
There is not yet a message on google about it, quite extrordinary!

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Well, that's an innovative way to communicate your brand: fly over it!

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A cropfield circle by aviation loving aliens?

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