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Old 3rd Nov 2017, 09:02
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Broken Biscuits
 
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Now visible in Google Earth

Google Earth has recently updated its images for St Helena and it now shows the completed airport and access road in some detail. The image date is given as 7th April 2017.

Unfortunately, there seems to be a discrepancy between the image and the underlying terrain model, with the result that the runway appears anything but straight! A similar problem affects the new Ruperts Bay Wharf structure.

However, the terminal buildings etc appear reasonably as you'd expect. You can even see the windsock positions at each end of the runway, although I'm not sure I believe what direction they appear to be streaming in.

You can also see the various nav-aids. To the east of the runway is the NDB and various white blobs which I take to be the GBAS GPS receiving positions.

To the west of the runway you can see the relocated VOR and Localizer antennas. Both of these had to be repositioned to avoid them illuminating the ocean which caused bad multipath problems when the first calibrations were attempted.
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