Fly home, virtually!

[HighFlyer]

Just resurrecting this old chesnut to save starting a new thread, but i hope some of you can help avert dullness in my office.

Seen as its a hot day and we have had our fill of ice-creams today, we are all on Google Earth and a colleague has spotted this at Heathrow. What is it?

Im guessing its the aircraft used for emergency evacuations and fire drills for crew, although some of my colleagues are convinced that its Thunderbird 2! Certainly does look like a huge aircraft from Google Earth

Thanks,
Sarah

God damn Sarah - dont tell everyone its Thunderbird 2 for heavens sake - I thought we were all sworn to secrecy!!!![V]

Originally posted by HighFlyer

Im guessing its the aircraft used for emergency evacuations and fire drills for crew, although some of my colleagues are convinced that its Thunderbird 2!

LOL, yeah its the Fire Services Training Rig. A stumpy green aircraft with an upper deck a la 747 and three engines a la MD-11.

Quite impressive to see it all on flames as you're coming into land!

There's also one by the runway at LGW

[HighFlyer]

Thanks Ben!

We are going to look for the LGW one now! Oh the hardships of a Monday

Thanks,
Sarah

I've posted some pictures of the latest training exercise.

[HighFlyer]

Originally posted by mavrick
I've posted some pictures of the latest training exercise.

Thank-you very much Mavrick! They are awesome!

... but its still Thunderbird 2!

Thanks,
Sarah

Stick these co-ordinates in and have a look...

52 20 10.87 N 0 11 43.34 W (Huntingdon)

It's amazing what you can stumble across!

Regards

John

Excellent find John, A dambuster classic:D

Iain

[HighFlyer]

Originally posted by JAT74L
Stick these co-ordinates in and have a look...

52 20 10.87 N 0 11 43.34 W (Huntingdon)

It's amazing what you can stumble across!

Regards

John

Oh my, great find - what on earth is that? I can only assume its a glitch? (not knowing the area)

There are loads of 'easter eggs' to find on Google Earth, like the colorful metaphors etched into the grass and the 'face'. Spent a good afternoon of my life looking for those sort of things [:I]

Thanks,
Sarah

Loads of RAF bases around that area, Alconbury being one of them, which led me on to looking at RAF Wittering, with all the (harriers I think) lined up nicely.

5236 45 95N 0 27 37 98W

Iain

Originally posted by HighFlyer

Originally posted by JAT74L
Stick these co-ordinates in and have a look...

52 20 10.87 N 0 11 43.34 W (Huntingdon)

It's amazing what you can stumble across!

Regards

John

Oh my, great find - what on earth is that? I can only assume its a glitch? (not knowing the area)

There are loads of 'easter eggs' to find on Google Earth, like the colorful metaphors etched into the grass and the 'face'. Spent a good afternoon of my life looking for those sort of things [:I]

Thanks,
Sarah

Sarah, that link is still Thunderbird 2.

And youreally do have too much time on your hands - colourful metaphors and "faces" - oh dear oh dear oh dear!!

[HighFlyer]

Originally posted by MarkJ
Sarah, that link is still Thunderbird 2.

And youreally do have too much time on your hands - colourful metaphors and "faces" - oh dear oh dear oh dear!!

No, should be Huntingdon ...

... and you think I have too much time on my hands?

Thanks,
Sarah

Thanks,
Sarah

[preiffer]

Anyone else notice some of the recent updates to the imagery?

Vegas seems to have been reflown for starters...


The only problem is they've COMPLETELY cocked up a join over the Strat tower. [n]

[Scrooge]

Yeah but the tower is still there.

Im watching my home being built,it's now up to a wood frame.

Interestingly I checked on http://www.live.local.com (ms) and they have more detail on their site,I can see my old home back in england where as on google it doesn't have a high enough res to do it.

Yeah there has been a fair bit of new imagery; they now have Benidorm much clearer than they used to

Dean