New google images
 

Just checked Google Earth and found new imagery of Lincolnshire. Work in my garden suggests less than a year old and lack of work in a neighbours suggests about March 06. Coningsby is clear with the old ATC in the process of demolition but no aircraft on the disperal. The Wash ranges now stand out clearly with the tide out.

Work around my area, would indicate that the photos are about 2 years old.

First time I have seen an image of 'Chez Glide' Lack of neighbours conservatory leads me to March/April 06

Conningsby isn't on Google Maps But Cranditz is

- who parked all those cars on the No 1 Mess parade ground. They'd have had a hissy fit in my day!

Mind you, I did drive across the front of CHOM parade ground one night, four up, after we had been sent to polish Whittle Hall

- and what are all those cars doing parked within 25m of a building? Don't they know there's a war on?

STANDTO
Coningsby is as clear as a bell on my Google, as is Waddo, Scampton and Cranners, so not sure whats up with your kit?

I think it must have been mid 2005, and probably during the Lincs show (check out the show ground)

Either way, some great images

Just found this 'pair' around East Midlands

52°48'52.40"N, 1°22'36.03"W

Navy Chaps,
If it's not giving too much away, could someone take the time and tell me what this is please? thanks
50°48'16.42"N, 1° 5'48.40"W
TSM

last one tonight....promise!

Crikey, the image of my house must be less than a week old. We only moved in last November and the image shows my car on the drive but with my neighbours Parasol out in the garden which I don't recall seeing until last weekend, because I had remarked about what a gopping colour it was (Orange).

Swinging Monkey, it's this I believe.

http://www.naval-technology.com/proj...html#trimaran8

And I thought it was for the new wider, fatter navy:}

The picture of my house on the north side of Lincoln shows the kids trampoline in our back garden, and we got rid of that in September 05. Best guess for the photos is summer 05.

Y_G

The work on the power lines that cross the A15 is going on. That dates those images from summer 05

Bear

Murmansk
 

Anyone checked out the Typhoon-Class and Akulas alongside in Murmansk and PJ inlet?

Good KUSNETSOV too!

I would go for the first week in Jul 05. The grass at RAF Waddington shows the airshow had taken place (2/3 Jul 05) and only one marquee left - they had gone by the end of the week (8 Jul 05).
Pie

Leaning Tower of Portsmouth
 

Further to TSMs last set of LL, the join in the photo tiles makes it look like this tower is seriously out of kilter and either the CVS or the ship to the S of her has a serious list!

50°48'30.04"N 1° 5'39.82"W

Or have I just not been drinking enough?

GPMG
Thanks for that.
TSM

Pie Man,

The Lincolnshire Show is full flow, which normally happens on the Wed-Fri before the Waddo Air Show, which IIRC was 2/3 Jul in 2005, therefore photos taken 29 Jun -1 Jul 05 (assuming that all the photo that make up the composite were taken on the same day!)

Daf

Daf,

You are quite right, failed to look at the Lincs Showground. As the display markers went out at about 1100 on the Thu before the airshow and they are not visible, with your info on the Lincs Show it narrows down times to before 1100 on the 30th June or the 29th June.

Pie

When was the old tower demolished at Coningsby?, as the Coningsby photo show it being demolished.

Just to add my 2p worth. I'd say the jul 2005 is correct.

Nothing special, just my recce is a bit rusty. Can anyone tell me what these are?



32°08'50.30''N 110°51'18''.00W

Looks like an E-1 Tracer, predecessor to the Hawkeye also known as the Stoof with a Roof.

Is this what I think it is in Singapore 1°21'12.87"N 103°54'14.76"E ?

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

HLV,

It's not often I'm right.........but I'm wrong again!:{

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LIFE!:eek:

The trampoline in my old MQ is still there - therefore mid 2005

If its 2005 why is concorde not at filton it was taken there in 2003 and if you drive up the A38 you can see it by the runway.

Proff Stude,
My old Mum used to say, that if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all.
Alternately you could just butt out, nobody has forced you to read this thread!
Daf

Looks more like a jigsaw of many different photo runs taken at different times! Didn't realise rapeseed crops were only local to the Bourne area!!

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!

Re: 53 34 33.18N 1 02 17.76W

According to 'google earth community' it may be an old explosives storage facility for the mining industry.

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.

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!!

Bing, could be, and a T* too?

Jiz, interesting markings.

Have a look at the old RAF Misson; Bloodhound site a few miles east of Finningley. More kit there than in Aldershot.:uhoh:

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

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

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.

Aahhhhhhhhhh the "big bucket of sunshine" storage/refurb centres. http://209.85.48.8/html/emoticons/unsure.gif