I saw it, I saw it! [Archive]

Argonautical

5th Oct 2005, 15:10

Anyone with Google Earth, have a look at Pulkova airport, specifically 59:47:53 N and 30:12:58 E.

Is the Tu-154 low flying, parked on the grass or is it an error on the photograph?

Danmadole

5th Oct 2005, 15:54

Looks like its just taken off from the runway. You can see the shadow it casts on the ground just a little bit further north.

Nice spot!:ok:

Gary

brockenspectre

8th Oct 2005, 11:14

Rats!! I am on Win98 so see that I can't download GoogleEarth :mad: can you post a link to the pic? :ok:

aviate1138

8th Oct 2005, 12:01

Argonautical posted 5th October 2005 15:10
Strange Tu-154, Pulkova Airport, St Petersburg.
Anyone with Google Earth, have a look at Pulkova airport, specifically 59:47:53 N and 30:12:58 E.

Is the Tu-154 low flying, parked on the grass or is it an error on the photograph?

Aviate1138 thinks,
The satellite imaging system seems to produce a double image of highly reflective objects such as a Tu-154.

Some aircraft visible have greater separation between the 'real' aircraft and the bluer double image version.

EIDW has a twin on approach /threshold of runway 10

Greater image separation my be due to where the object is in relation to the lens centre. I think the closer to the centre point the closer the two images. More distortion at the lens edges. :)

Aviate 1138

Fake Sealion

2nd May 2006, 15:59

cavortingcheetah

2nd May 2006, 17:18

:hmm:

Perchance they have run out of grog by now?;)

LGS6753

2nd May 2006, 17:54

Also on Google earth, the same A320 (?) on approach to Heathrow appears three times at least.:confused:

In trim

2nd May 2006, 19:02

.....and last time I checked, AMS was missing a runway!

sparkymarky

2nd May 2006, 19:11

This is a very nice plug-in for Google earth...

http://www.fboweb.com/antest/ge/intro.aspx

pamann

2nd May 2006, 19:27

Enter: 51°34'37.76"N 0°41'50.53"W - for an impressive view of an Air Canada A340 I presume on approach to Heathrow.
But the best has to be 52 20 10.87N 0 11 43.34W - zoom in to 558ft or there abouts.
:D :D :D

the_fish@blueyonder.

2nd May 2006, 20:25

Also on Google earth, the same A320 (?) on approach to Heathrow appears three times at least.:confused:

I notcied this too, it appears 3 times on the runway, and then once just about to touch down.

There are also 2 aircraft facing one another with a very small gap inbetween them on a taxiway.

perkin

2nd May 2006, 22:45

I seem to recall an aircraft caught on short finals to MAN on google earth....you can also distinguish different aircraft types and liveries of those aircraft on stands, very high res images of MAN....

AlphaWhiskyRomeo

3rd May 2006, 09:18

I notcied this too, it appears 3 times on the runway, and then once just about to touch down.

There are also 2 aircraft facing one another with a very small gap inbetween them on a taxiway.

That's because several photos are taken to make up the overall picture and often capture the same aircraft more than once.

Groundloop

5th May 2006, 19:22

AWR has hit the nail on the head.

The images of LHR are aerial photos, not satellite images. The photo plane was probably flying along above the A320 so captured it on a series of consecutive photos which have been mosaiced together - but not very well. Have you seen the bend in the runway just after the threshold!

Eejit

6th May 2006, 19:39

Also, if you enter in 37 14'08N 115 47'47W, you can see that the Area 51/Groom Lake experimental airbase certainly doesn't exist, as the US Government continue to insist, what with all those hangars, craters nearby and very, very long runway.....
No aliens though, the resolution isnt THAT good:uhoh:

Seloco

7th May 2006, 09:21

Strangely, the googleearth photos of LHR have recently been changed from recent to less recent. Until a couple of weeks ago one could see the new control tower in place - now it is gone, along with a lot of the T5 works. The current pix are slightly higher resolution though!

The area around RAF Fairford has also been changed - one can no longer see the U2 parked there - I wonder why?

BIGBATMAN

7th May 2006, 13:41

I notcied this too, it appears 3 times on the runway, and then once just about to touch down.

There are also 2 aircraft facing one another with a very small gap inbetween them on a taxiway.

Hi the two planes i think you are looking at are on stands 161/162,

they appear to be a BA 777 and an Elal 777,

Which would suggest its taken on a Saturday.

Bat

the_fish@blueyonder.

7th May 2006, 23:03

Hi the two planes i think you are looking at are on stands 161/162,

they appear to be a BA 777 and an Elal 777,

Which would suggest its taken on a Saturday.

Bat

Oh right, thanks for that.

Has anyone notcied the Military aircraft at Prestwick Airport, on Runway 03?

It also appears in another remote part of the airport, I assume it's the same aircraft 3 times.

Also, at 55 56'03.04N 3 25'14.54W there is an aircraft on approach to Edinburgh with a very strange ghostly effect infront of it, and it's shaddow also visible.

57 11'36.44N 2 11'30.32W is a Helicopter leaving Aberdeen (also seen over the runway).

misd-agin

11th May 2006, 03:07

Just a bit of fun really, but I have spotted a large twin airliner clearly visible on Google Earth approching the island of Male maldives. The shadow it casts on the wonderfully blue ocean is almost directly below the aircraft.Indicating either A/The image was taken around noon or B/ It was flying Very Very Low! The former is obviously true BUT the LARGE SIZE of the shadow is odd!!! Take a look and give us your opinion!

To find it enter 4 18 17.67 N 73 27 27.67 E and "decend" to about 8000'

Hope you find it.!

Male airport looks kinda cool also!

Interesting to see them. Also makes me wonder what people are doing with their time...

I'm guessing it's an A320. Obvious Airbus product due to the number of 'canoe' fairings (flap track fairings) visible on the trailing edge of the wings.

The plane type can probably be identified by measuring the relationship between wingspan and fuselage length and then matching that up with known Airbus products.

r3500vdp

7th Jun 2006, 17:23

Southend (SEN) airport has been updated on google maps and now shows some nice detail. I am seeing an aircraft being broken up but cannot find what aircraft / airline that might be. Anybody willing to take a guess?
To see this, go to google earth and type in coordinates: 51 34 32N 0 41 42E. The aircraft has just got it's tail chopped.

julendiaz

7th Jun 2006, 18:27

I'd say it's a 727, probably belonging to TNT ( cargo ).
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?airlinesearch=TNT%20%28Sterling%20European%20Ai rlines%29&distinct_entry=true
Cheers.

LH2

7th Jun 2006, 18:34

Here's the Google Maps link (http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=51+34+32N+0+41+42E&ll=51.575586,0.694998&spn=0.000713,0.002661&t=k&om=1) for other lazy types like me.

EC Does It

7th Jun 2006, 18:44

I can't get to Southend to name the plane, can I try from here?

r3500vdp

7th Jun 2006, 18:54

Definately looks like it is the TNT 727, thanks julendiaz. Had no idea the satellite picture was that old (2003).

VP8

7th Jun 2006, 18:58

Along with GBEPS ex HLA Belsow:E

VEEPS

Barnaby the Bear

7th Jun 2006, 22:31

As I remember it, the ILS aerial has been moved away from the 06 Threshold to produce a RESA. That was done over a year ago. ....Very out dated pic.

Argonautical

8th Jun 2006, 12:34

More of a "why" question. Can anyone explain why the shadow is crisp and clear whilst the aeroplane itself is blurred. The plane actually appears to be in three places.

Rainboe

8th Jun 2006, 13:09

What plane- I don't see one. If you Google Google Earth, you will be able to read somewhere how the pictures were taken and why they appear as they do.

Argonautical

8th Jun 2006, 13:27

OOPs, forgot to put in the co-ords, so here they are....

52 10 17n, 4 25 42e

Liffy 1M

9th Jun 2006, 00:05

Isn't it the shadow of an aircraft just airborne, which is vaguely apparent over the runway itself?

vapilot2004

9th Jun 2006, 01:29

Much of the Hi-res photo collections available on Google Earth are taken from aircraft and not satellites. I think this shadow is from a photo recon aircraft (P3 , is it ?), while the blurry bit is someone on the runway. Given that, the recon ACs shadow would be more steady relative the camera than the landing or departing aircraft on the runway.

Coords I used for Google (decimal degrees):
52.1713N 4.4283E

If you punch in the DMS coors as decimal, Google earth shows a lovely
channel with great detail.

Anyone know to whom the boat shown belongs and where they are going ? :}
looks like fun to me.

plinkplanky

11th Jun 2006, 18:09

According to Google Earth picture, G-AOHL is still there too! If only........

BRISTOLRE

12th Jun 2006, 11:39

one of the OY-SEx batch, not many of those remain.

Tigger4Me

24th Dec 2006, 17:54

This (http://www.googleearthhacks.com/forums/downloads.php?do=file&act=down&id=23256) was posted on the Google Hacks forum suggesting that it was a plane down on the water. It looks more like it is in flight as is suggested by the shadow off to the right but what is the sticky-out bit looking like a slide at the front. Any ideas from the professionals please?

If the link does not work this can be found at 35°31'36.49" 133°16'00.00"E

Tigger4Me

25th Dec 2006, 07:39

The link will only work if you are a member of the Google Earth Hack forum. For those that are not members you can either sign up free here (http://www.googleearthhacks.com/) or just enter "35.527, 133.267" (without quotes) into the Google Earth search box.

FormerFlake

25th Dec 2006, 07:44

Looks like a flying aircraft to me. The bit stickING out the side is probably just a fault/glitch etc.

treadigraph

25th Dec 2006, 07:56

Agree with FormerFlake, looks like a 747 to me and is perhaps inbound/outbound the airfield to the southwest. I notice there are some Kawasaki C-1s there by the way...!

The "shadow" looks a bit odd, some sort of optical ghosting perhaps?

Mad (Flt) Scientist

25th Dec 2006, 16:17

If it were ditched on the water I suspect
(a)there'd be more than one slide deployed;
(b)there'd be some kind of wake from the ditching visible;
(c)the plane would NOT be structurally intact; and
(d)we'd have read about it in the papers.

That 'slide' must be some kind of optical artefact.

Itswindyout

26th Dec 2006, 04:56

However there appears to be no flaps extended, or leading edge devices, or Gear down.
The shadow is very close to the aircraft.
The rudder colour is either deep blue or black, (not very common), or is in deep shadow,
But the sun is very high, and from the south in this picture.
If it had ditched, and that was in fact a slide there might have been a dark patch above it.

The winglets are just visible too. B747-400 series. ?

There is no evidence of water disturbance in the local area.
So do suggest it is downwind left hand,high speed for Mino joint use airbase.
Re: read it in the news papers, how old is the image..???

Mark Kennedy

26th Dec 2006, 22:03

Thats Freaky! I have no clue how to explain it! is that a sea barrier that runs in front of the aircraft?

LTNman

29th Dec 2006, 06:51

Another aircraft in mid-flight at 43 38 14.48 N 79 50 05.93 W

BOAC

29th Dec 2006, 07:30

Further discussion of "I saw a double-decker bus on the moon on 'Google Moon' " - should take place on http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=221644.

This thread is for the discussion of the OP.

sniper9652

30th Dec 2006, 09:42

if you look further west you will see an airport called IZUMO (written on the ground in big white letters!) The aircraft looks as though she may be on approach to that field? :confused:

HH6702

21st Jan 2007, 15:34

Hi

Im after some help.
Just been looking at the above website and google earth. i belive this could help me with my spotting when im not able to get to the airport. I can see the planes coming over my head when in the house and also the flights going overhead towards the USA.

Does anybody on here use this method and if so how good.
Need good points and bad points before i pay money to upgrade my login.

HEATHROW DIRECTOR

21st Jan 2007, 17:36

Are you sure it will show flights in your area? Several similar sites only track aircraft in the USA and high level traffic over Newcastle (which I believe is where you live) might be going to Canada as well as the USA. I'd be very surprised it floweb would provide info on traffic to your loocal airport, but I could be wrong!

Have you tried www.openatc.com? It's quite interesting but mainly shows flight number rather than registrations...

barit1

28th Jan 2007, 21:42

Here's (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=9.523E,47.676N)a classic: Switch to Satellite, then zoom in. :)

There are a few more at: 84.39 W, 39.532N

stevef

29th Jan 2007, 15:33

I wonder if that's the Air Service Berlin C47 (hope my eyes aren't as worn out as the rest of me)? I knew the old girl well as G-AMPZ.

scudpilot

3rd Feb 2007, 15:56

Hi all, found this (http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2006/06/kc135_caught_re.html) on a Google Earth site, NOT sure that is Genuine, looks cool though!
My doubts are the blue "shadows", I know that there is an explanation, but I am not convinced.
Any thoughts people?

treadigraph

3rd Feb 2007, 20:37

Seems reasonable to me... I've seen some other satellite shots of aircraft that includes some ghosting, and I don't see why an air to air refueling exercise might not be captured by a satellite. Good post!

C152_driver

3rd Feb 2007, 20:43

Well, real or not, it's definitely there on Google Earth.

121°28'42.92"W
41°51'7.47"N

Hufty

4th Mar 2007, 14:16

I saw this interesting aeroplane on Google Earth. I can't figure out if it is on the ground, in the cruise or on the appraoch to somewhere! Any ideas??

52°48'51.00"N

1°22'37.27"W

:)

treadigraph

4th Mar 2007, 14:32

It's an RAF VC-10 just southwest of East Midlands Airport - definitely airborne (the blue image is an optical anomaly). Looks to be quite low, I would presume it's departed 09?