Unfortunately the resolution varies in different parts of the UK & USA let alone other parts of the world, but you can make out aircraft types in the higher resolution areas. So what can you find ?
Be warned , it can be addictive
Google Earth
By: Slipstream - 20th February 2006 at 19:36
God knows what this is a few hundred feet above Rugeley, a small town in Staffordshire.
By: ZRX61 - 20th February 2006 at 18:02
A few local aircraft….. including a Cessna struck in the roof of a local bar….There’s also a lump of X15 stuck to the wall inside the place.. & the patio cover out back of the place is covered in pilot signatures. Hundreds of them from many air forces…
The bar is between Edwards AFB & Plant 42 & the other pics are all Plant 42.
By: DTJJ - 20th February 2006 at 17:29
OK, I was being super-thick. It’s a DC-3 minus wings and tail
By: DTJJ - 20th February 2006 at 17:12
Can anyone tell me what this is?
35°02’10.50″N 106°37’14.96″W
I’m probably being super-thick but I haven’t a clue!
By: DaveF68 - 20th February 2006 at 16:27
Surprisingly enough “Area 51” is there!
And there is a skin you can get that points out all the features.
Found this, thought I’d found a UK Ekranoplan! (St Athan)
And the others are not for VC-10 fans!
By: peppermint_jam - 20th February 2006 at 15:50
and another thing..
Surprisingly enough “Area 51” is there!
By: peppermint_jam - 20th February 2006 at 15:48
Also found both Southend’s, Manchester’s and Blackpool’s Vulcans. I have spotted about 16 Vulcans.
I would love to see Newark, Flixton, Cosford and Fleet Air Arm Museums from the air but they are all not clear yet.
I went on a Vulcan hunt and could only find the 8 below, and the blackpool one is no longer with us! what others did you find? Enlighten me!!
Rob
By: MrB.175 - 20th February 2006 at 12:48
Somewhere in the UK…..
FAIRFORD…!!!
By: DTJJ - 20th February 2006 at 12:24
(What’s that white a/c just above them?)
I think it’s the HIDEC F-15, parked next to the HARV F/A-18. Down on South Base there’s the Scaled Composites AT-3, among many, many others.
By: Pte1643 - 19th February 2006 at 22:50
A couple of SR71’s at Edwards AFB (What’s that white a/c just above them?)
B1 at hill AFB
Harry S Truman at port Norfolk, Virginia
By: Tillerman - 20th December 2005 at 09:33
Pearce Airport, just north of Perth, Western Australia. Looks like they are breaking up a DC-10 or a L-1011 or something like that. It’s hard to see what type exactly.
Tillerman.
By: SOC - 18th December 2005 at 21:37
Yup, that’s it right there. Not something you see everyday!
By: TonyA - 17th December 2005 at 17:23
This, maybe.
Hint: switch off things like Terrain
Tony Andrews
By: Thunderbird167 - 17th December 2005 at 16:27
Try 38 53′ 13.79 N 9 01′ 59.34 W its in Portugal and has lots of interest.
Southend Airport is also good with the Vulcan & L29 Delphin. Viscount on the far side along with what looks like a nose section on its side.
There is a C130 on the runway at Warton, Concorde at Heathrow
Canberra on the dump at Filton
Something more modern look at Basra in Iraq and Bagram in Afghanistan
By: Jagan - 17th December 2005 at 15:47
Canberra’s yes but I didn’t know of the B-57 variety, what are the single engined planes just a couple of hardstandings E of my pic ? ( I don’t know), also did you find the F-86 there.
P.S. I found the base just by looking in hi res areas not by any placemark, would that be in one of the layers ? I was ‘in the area’ looking at Poona/Pune, couldnt find any B-24’s their 😉
No idea on the single engine planes.. Yes I saw the Sabre. There is also another preserved B-57 on SE portion of the airfield. . There is also a Starfighter that can be seen pole mounted.
Reg Poona, LOL, lot of dissapointed folks there.. No B-24s, No Connies and No Tempests either.. though you can catch the Canberra (ramp guardian) and the MiG21 (on gateguardian duties)
By: SOC - 17th December 2005 at 05:02
Well I plotted that & thought Oh.. hes taken me to Duxford (it was in USA at start) & then it stopped & I thought a housing estate ! TYPO.
So I zoomed in just in case & WTF 😮 how did anybody find that, yep that’s a good one ,thanks Sean
I used to live right up the road in Alconbury in 1990-1991, that Lancaster is flying over nearby Huntingdon. Somebody posted this on the Google Earth forums and I thought you old guys over here might get a charge out of it 😀
By: Flat 12x2 - 17th December 2005 at 02:36
Martin B57 Canberras, in the northern part of Masroor Airfield, W of Karachi…
(guess who posted the placemark on keyholebbs… :diablo: )
Canberra’s yes but I didn’t know of the B-57 variety, what are the single engined planes just a couple of hardstandings E of my pic ? ( I don’t know), also did you find the F-86 there.
P.S. I found the base just by looking in hi res areas not by any placemark, would that be in one of the layers ? I was ‘in the area’ looking at Poona/Pune, couldnt find any B-24’s their 😉
By: Flat 12x2 - 17th December 2005 at 02:22
For those that dont frequent the modern military forum, I recommend perusing this thread..
Thanks for that, 3 hrs later I get back to here 😀
By: Flat 12x2 - 17th December 2005 at 02:19
I was just going to point that out myself 😀
You historic guys (forgot you lived here too 😀 ) should get a royal charge out of this:
52 20′ 11.00″ N 000 11′ 43.25″ W
Now tell me that’s not really damn cool 😎
Well I plotted that & thought Oh.. hes taken me to Duxford (it was in USA at start) & then it stopped & I thought a housing estate ! TYPO.
So I zoomed in just in case & WTF 😮 how did anybody find that, yep that’s a good one ,thanks Sean
By: SOC - 16th December 2005 at 20:17
I was just going to point that out myself 😀
You historic guys (forgot you lived here too 😀 ) should get a royal charge out of this:
52 20′ 11.00″ N 000 11′ 43.25″ W
Now tell me that’s not really damn cool 😎
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