The seaplane at Prestwick was almost certainly G-SEAI, now based on Loch Lomond. It was based there for a while.

The C5s were all there together. Carrying out logistics flights during some conflict or other. Bosnia maybe.

The Prestwick images are all around 6 or more years old. The evidence being the non existence of the Polar Air Cargo hangar which was constructed in 2000.

The other runways were the remains of RAF Ayr (Heathfield), also known as HMS Wagtail for a period during it's life.

More info here:

RAF Ayr/Heathfield

AIR2KML
 

I throw over the transom for general amusement a small program I have written. It converts text files of geo coordinates to KML files which Google Earth plots. This is really a DOS program, though I developed it on a Windows XP Home system. I've never had problems running "DOS" programs on XP, even large ones like dBase and Borland C compiler.

The text file name must be of the form NAME.TXT, where the NAME must be 8 or fewer characters.

The text file can contain many points each on its own line.
Each must be latitude longitude title with no punctuation between fields.
Coordinates may be either dd mm ss.ssN or ddd.ddddW format. Negative values are NOT accepted. The title of the point may be any reasonable length.

The program AIR2KML.EXE and a sample AIRPINS.TXT file and the resulting AIRPINS.KML file may be downloaded from http://users.erols.com/rcarpen/ It is the AIR2KML.ZIP file. Don't confuse it with the similarly-titled TXT2KML program. One executes an EXE file by double-left-clicking on it ... or you can create a shortcut on your desktop.

Just double-left-click on any KML file and Google Earth will start and display that file. These points will be shown in addition to any already shown if G-E is already running.

You may want to un-tick the name of the file in the Google "Places" box when you get close to a point since the push-pin may obscure what you seek.

seacue

Terrific resolution at Frankfurt Main airport. Have a look at the Cathay Pacific 747 at 50.03.05.39N 8.35.27.03E, four men up doing something at the starboard wing root - any idea what?

No idea at all but I can tell that the fifth one that you forgot to mention is the boss as he is standing up (see his shadow), supervising them most probably.

I guess the planes to the west have just been washed as the tarmac looks wet below the wings and the stab. Lots of them actually - or is it de-incing ?? (although the turf isn't that winter-looking and we seem to have CAVOK)

Did you notice the dozen C17s on the south part of the airport (plus 2 C5s)

M. Bre, the others might be standing as well, just so close to the fuselage that they were in its shadow so their shadows aren't visible.

A thought, anyhow.

Notice over by the 10 fuel reservoirs what looks like a Viscount with "Lufthansa Training" writting on the sides.

Toward the bottom of G-E's "Layers" pane there are places you can tick to find each year's photo coverage. It looks like that one was June 28, 2005.

sc

No one's mentioned the B2 parked outside the hangar - are they that common?

Look at the Gibraltar runway where the road crosses and there's a Tornado or some such (can't quite make it out) being attended by the AFS.

Lets hope they got it shifted quick as there's a 737 a few miles to the East lined up with the runway.........

ImageGear

what are the coordinates of the B2 that you are talking about?

L J

Here's always a couple of cool areas to have a look around...

Palmdale and Edwards.

34 37 24.62N 118 05 29.60W F117
34 56 25.68N 117 53 25.02W F22
34 57 11.41N 117 53 02.84W SR71
34 54 10.77N 117 52 31.63W B1
34 38 14.70N 118 04 55.44W B2
34 37 08.82N 118 05 03.10W Boeings JSF candidate.
34 36 10.09N 118 05 09.65W SR71's, U2, some strange stealth aircraft.
34 57 07.09N 117 53 19.61W X-29

Tuscon aircraft graveyard,

32 09 58.15N 110 51 46.60W

Mojave Boneyard

35 03 50.69N 118 09 46.64W

Neverland :-)

34 44 46.50N 120 05 16.66W

Nuclear test sites,

37 01 27.22N 116 01 26.56W

Vulcan B2 at Woodford nr Manchester. Last one preserved in white.

Cairo International and the nearby Almaza airbase are also worth a look - lots of interesting stuff parked around.