Originally Posted by Flapping_Madly
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Is the Google image 5 years out of date as usual? or has a further length of blast barrier been built?
Considering that currently google earth images show at least two A380 standing in the open (besides several A340/A330 and countless A320-series), and that the (c) notice says "2007", it can't be more than a few months old.
For scale: the aircraft on forget's screenshots in the top left corner is a "Beluga" Super Transporter.
The plane has hit a short section with a long section on its left hand side.
No. That's the kind of perspective illusion that a long telephoto lens produces. It has hit a long section, with a short section to its left. The long section appears short because it is photographed almost edge-on.
Here's my best estimate as to the photographer's location, this corresponds to a field-of-view of about 2.2 degrees, at a distance of about 1.45 km.
Bernd