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South American oddity
HI all - I'm much intrigued by all this Observer Corps-type stuff ; so can anyone guess at the types of the larger a/c at Moron Apt - there's what appears to be a Lincoln (!) at S 34.40.33 W 058.38.20.
Anybody been there lately ??
Anybody been there lately ??
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Originally Posted by rafloo
a bit of history here
21°21'53.36"N 157°57'00.10"W
In fact, if you wander around within 10 nmsof that L/L you'll notice its like a recognition test....
The airfield is flippin enormous
21°19'13.76"N 157°55'34.11"W
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swastika type building
if you look at ' lamer ' s post, i was a bit suprised to see a building shaped like a swastika!! would be interested to know when that was built??
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It was built as a Naval Barracks sometime just after WW2 by an American Architect called Mansard Roo'f. The American government wanted it built to show the Nazi's that they couldn't be defeated.
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i can understand the motive behind it being built! but unless i'm missing something, it doesn't strike me as a 'two fingured' gesture, more a 'we think you are ace, so here's a monument to prove it!' sort of gesture.... 
all the same, cheers 'ratty'
J6T
all the same, cheers 'ratty'
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Lincoln Mk II, RE408, Coded as B-010 for the Argentinian Air Force was handed over to the National Museum at Aeroparque in Beunos Aires, in 1968, and was restored by 1975.
Rumour had it that there may be a second Lincoln preserved at an Argentinian base in the south of the country, can anyone confirm this and if so, which one.
Moron is just outside Beunos Aires. Perhaps the spanish speaking world is full of Moron's.
Rumour had it that there may be a second Lincoln preserved at an Argentinian base in the south of the country, can anyone confirm this and if so, which one.
Moron is just outside Beunos Aires. Perhaps the spanish speaking world is full of Moron's.
Originally Posted by ant1
Only God knows what this is (best viewed at FL400): 16 20 35 S 71 57 44 W
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This is quite a good collection of Aircraft, ships and interesting places in Google Earth.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10...ition_results/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10...ition_results/
Have a look at these three hardened shelters at Ahmed Al Jaber air base, one shows a double LGB hit, one is untouched and another looks as if it didn't penetrate. Another shelter also took a double hit. Wonder if these were planned as such or was it confusion in the "heat of the battle"? Several are untouched, so how was the targeting selection done, active intelligence or pot luck?
Co-ords are : 28 56 46N, 47 47 31E
Co-ords are : 28 56 46N, 47 47 31E
