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Old 25th Aug 2012, 16:49
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PAXboy
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It's a rainy Saturday afternoon, so I'll give you some clues grounded27.
  1. In the picture, the sun is high in the sky at '10 o'Clock', look at the shadow of the vertical stabiliser on the port horizontal, also the trees in the street below.
  2. Go to Google Earth and locate Adelaide. Once it has loaded on the city centre, zoom out steadily until you can see the airport.
  3. Switch back to this thread and zoom the picture in the thread and read the name of the street.
  4. Switch back to G Earth and search for that street in Adelaide.
  5. You will then see if the machine is on it's way to ADL or away from it. You will also be able to compare the direction of shadow with the compass and consider whether the 738 shadow is 'missing' or simply out of shot.
  6. Report back to this thread.
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