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From: North of Watford Gap
Pie Man,
The date of the photos will be a week earlier than you have estimated, making it on 22 or 23 Jun 05.
While Daf is correct about 2/3 Jul being the date of the 2005 Waddo Air Show, they normally start putting the marquees up a good week ahead of the event. With so little in the way of tentage etc erected when the photo was taken there would not be sufficient time to get the rest up before the ac arrived to populate the static, and the photo sessions etc began. In 2005 the Lincolnshire Show was 22/23 Jun and the shadows suggest a time around the middle of the day.
HLV
The date of the photos will be a week earlier than you have estimated, making it on 22 or 23 Jun 05.
While Daf is correct about 2/3 Jul being the date of the 2005 Waddo Air Show, they normally start putting the marquees up a good week ahead of the event. With so little in the way of tentage etc erected when the photo was taken there would not be sufficient time to get the rest up before the ac arrived to populate the static, and the photo sessions etc began. In 2005 the Lincolnshire Show was 22/23 Jun and the shadows suggest a time around the middle of the day.
HLV
Nixor ut Ledo
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From: In a Beaut of a State
So, anybody got a clue as to the use of this place? 53 34 33.18N 1 02 17.76W
It's in the middle of the industrial north, in a mining area and didn't have bugger all to do with RAF Finningley (that I am aware of).
At least the men in black will have a hard time finding me in my present location!
It's in the middle of the industrial north, in a mining area and didn't have bugger all to do with RAF Finningley (that I am aware of).
At least the men in black will have a hard time finding me in my present location!
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From: at the end of the bar
They gradually replace imagery as more up to date or detailed stuff becomes available - the U2 has gone from Fairford for example. And some of the 'more sensitive' locations are fuzzed over now, whereas they weren't on first issue.
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From: Kent
Hi all, just found something pretty cool to the west of Huntingdon but can't work out how to get the exact point. The best I can do is - Search this (Haweswater, Huntingdon) and see how long it takes to see it!!
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I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
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From: Lincolnshire
Bing, could be, and a T* too?
Jiz, interesting markings.
Jiz, interesting markings.
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From: UK
Date of G Earth pictures.
There is an option to turn on the date of the pictures in Google Earth - Within layers right at the bottom of the list tick digital global coverage and you will get an overlay with all the recent pictures. If you click on the + it will list all the years for which there is info.
TC
TC
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From: The Road to Nowhere
Well what's this about then?
53 21 08.42 N 000 27 39.04 W
A similar layout in Anglia too?
52 23 08.03 N 000 43 10.84 E
Don't worry about the black Omega's either, there is open-source info available on both sites.
And no, I don't have a life!
STH
53 21 08.42 N 000 27 39.04 W
A similar layout in Anglia too?
52 23 08.03 N 000 43 10.84 E
Don't worry about the black Omega's either, there is open-source info available on both sites.
And no, I don't have a life!
STH
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I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
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From: Lincolnshire
STH, in the early days there was a presumption of hazard. Rather than risk the aircraft on a main base the storage facilities were located a few miles away. In the USSR it was normally 5 miles away from the base.
