Google Earth and MAM

I think it is the effect you get where the edges of two of the hig res aerial photos are joined, the use a ‘feathered’ blurry edge so the line does not seem too sharp, which mans that things along the line can appear a bit odd, especially at a place like a museum where large outdoor exhibits may have moved in between the pictures being taken.

Yeah I thought the Brooklands museum on Google Earth looked a bit ghostly. I think there are 2 Varsity’s and Merchantman’s in that pic, where they only have 1 of each :confused:

James B

In the pic of MAM have they painted the F4C as last time i went it was white (see pic).

curlyboy

Here’s the image of the northern end of the Brooklands site. I’m not sure what’s going on here, there seem to be a couple of ghosts in the picture :confused:

Pounds yard Portsmouth

Hi
Here is a shot of Pound’s scrapyard now cleared. Once the grass area was filled with ww2 armour 50ft high in places. Find I spend time virtually searching out airfields or in many cases the ghosts of them. One site that I really want to check up on used to contain tons of forgotten aircraft spares but the resolution drops about 1/2 a mile from it. I will keep an eye on it. With areas of south west Wales covered in high res are there any wreck sites that might be visible in the hills. Virtual prize for the first one spotted.

Cheers
Phil

Yes quite a dated pic ! How alot has changed since ! NF14 now in 64 markings, Sea Vixens wings been lowered and repaint in process, Canberra ben brought back to life and painted as has the hunter thanks to Malcom ! Doves been repainted in dunlop colours by me and others and of course the Sabre, Hind, Iskra are missing !
Cheers Scott

Not to forget the following changed since then……lol

Vulcan repaint, Voodoo repaint, Whirlwind repaint, SHAR arrival, Prentice refurb, Gannet work in progress, F6 Lightning work in progress, Beaver work in progress, T33 repaint, HS125 repaint (think it’s in old colours in that pic), BP111 possibly refurbed since that shot (I think), Gnat moved and repainted (it’s tucked in bottom left corner next to Sea Hawk in that shot – wingless), Javelin repaint finished, and so the list might go on if my memory wasn’t so fogged….lol The MAM never rests on it’s laurels…. always plenty of projects on the go to catch visitors out between visits – that’s part of the buzz of working there as a volunteer!!! (I should know 😉 )

Knowing my lack of time off, for all I know the whole site will have been tarmaced and a proper flight line display introduced before my next visit……lol

One thing concerns me about the shot in general… it’s broad daylight and yet the car park is empty and the only life to be seen inside the site are a couple of moles 😮 😮 What time of day was this shot taken I wonder???
Only closed on Xmas day, so can’t quite understand why it appears closed??

Yes quite a dated pic ! How alot has changed since ! NF14 now in 64 markings, Sea Vixens wings been lowered and repaint in process, Canberra ben brought back to life and painted as has the hunter thanks to Malcom ! Doves been repainted in dunlop colours by me and others and of course the Sabre, Hind, Iskra are missing !
Cheers Scott

The aerial image of Baginton looks to have been taken in 2000/2001 ish, judging by the amount of Dakotas parked over at Air Atlantique, many have which have since found homes in museums, Shawbury Horsa Project, Elvington, Leystadt etc..

The electras you can see at the bottom of this image have now been replaced by another warehouse building.

Yeah was looking at it the other day, and noticing how different the motor museum in the centre of Coventry looks, so was trying to put a date on it. Are the two large white four engined transports bottom right the Air Atlantique Lockheed Electras? Remember seeing them there when I was little and thinking they were Vickers Viscounts