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Forum: Rumours & News
29th Mar 2014, 14:05
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,295,691
Posted By Little cloud

Backoffice, this was discussed some time ago when...

Backoffice, this was discussed some time ago when I posted a link to the raw 250m resolution images. For the search areas the time stamps were around 3-4 hours after the final 'ping'. Tim Vasquez...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
22nd Mar 2014, 16:16
Replies: 7
Views: 2,792
Posted By Little cloud

Ab, you could well be right. I've had another...

Ab, you could well be right. I've had another look at Bing Maps, guesstimating Richard's route towards Tokyo. There's a mixture of straight line features, a few which are 'healing over' and could...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Mar 2014, 10:35
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,295,691
Posted By Little cloud

Satellite images and persistent contrails

Yesterday (17th) Tim Vasquez provided links to weather satellite imagery of the SE Indian Ocean area on the 8th March.

http://www.pprune.org/8382068-post4888.html

His images are from around...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
16th Mar 2014, 19:14
Replies: 7
Views: 2,792
Posted By Little cloud

Richard I'd hazard a guess that you might...

Richard


I'd hazard a guess that you might be seeing power line routes. From 35,000 feet or so you might not see the line itself but the cleared corridor and tracks made by construction and...
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Dec 2013, 21:00
Replies: 2,934
Views: 2,222,165
Posted By Little cloud

For anyone following CJ Romeo's description of...

For anyone following CJ Romeo's description of the area, Bing Maps gives a good overview; zoom into Glasgow and along the river, select 'bird's eye' for an oblique view from the SE,


Bing Maps -...
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Nov 2013, 18:44
Replies: 1,224
Views: 764,843
Posted By Little cloud

A couple, short n' sweet from Alaska, ...

A couple, short n' sweet from Alaska,


October 19 on Vimeo


A few clips. on Vimeo


And another...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Sep 2013, 21:26
Replies: 2
Views: 1,085
Posted By Little cloud

Hmm... strange, working ok for me at the moment. ...

Hmm... strange, working ok for me at the moment.

You could try this link to the forum, then just scroll down to the 'Giant arrows' thread.

http://surveyorconnect.com/
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Sep 2013, 18:43
Replies: 2
Views: 1,085
Posted By Little cloud

US Transcontinental air mail route

Interesting first post in this forum thread on the visual aids along the route from the 1920's:

http://surveyorconnect.com/index.php?mode=thread&id=225689
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Aug 2013, 18:12
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,611
Posted By Little cloud

Reported on Radio Shetland that the search...

Reported on Radio Shetland that the search continues for the tail section 'containing the black box'. Certainly looks from the Marinetraffic plot that the Bibby Polaris is conducting a slow and...
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Aug 2013, 09:24
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,611
Posted By Little cloud

Bibby Polaris, dive support/heavy lift ship still...

Bibby Polaris, dive support/heavy lift ship still on site but has moved to a location south of Grut Ness which suggests they are possibly now recovering the tail section and searching for any other...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th May 2013, 08:00
Replies: 34
Views: 19,852
Posted By Little cloud

For anyone in the UK most planned GPS jamming by...

For anyone in the UK most planned GPS jamming by the military is notified here:

Ofcom | GPS jamming exercises (http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/spectrum/gps-jamming-exercises/)

Usually short...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Apr 2013, 19:05
Replies: 30
Views: 6,210
Posted By Little cloud

Shelby, this solitary farm on the remote cliff...

Shelby, this solitary farm on the remote cliff encircled island of Stora Dimun in the Faeroe Islands probably wouldn't exist without the helicopter, nearly everything goes in and out with it. The...
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Apr 2012, 09:53
Replies: 46
Views: 11,583
Posted By Little cloud

Shytorque, locals up there are getting behind...

Shytorque, locals up there are getting behind him:

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/save-the-shetland-coastguards-pilots-job/

Not sure if these things help by extending the publicity and...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Jun 2011, 08:54
Replies: 73
Views: 34,706
Posted By Little cloud

I recall a while back a youtube cockpit video,...

I recall a while back a youtube cockpit video, possibly eastern Europe or the Balkans and possibly a cargo DC9 - an instrument approach where the crew were all smoking and the talk, according to...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Mar 2011, 20:32
Replies: 5,917
Views: 812,266
Posted By Little cloud

The colour scheme looks Indian and the vegetation...

The colour scheme looks Indian and the vegetation suggests tropical and wet. Almost art deco, the lower part of the tower - late colonial era, with an addition on top?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Mar 2011, 17:52
Replies: 5,917
Views: 812,266
Posted By Little cloud

Skitten/Skitton it is cgb, well done. Some...

Skitten/Skitton it is cgb, well done.

Some background on Operation Freshman here:

Operation Freshman Report (http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/fman_report.htm)
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Mar 2011, 16:36
Replies: 5,917
Views: 812,266
Posted By Little cloud

Not Northumberland Mr G. It was a satellite of a...

Not Northumberland Mr G. It was a satellite of a nearby larger airfield which in civilian use today. The view is looking SW and the coast is 'behind'.

Played it's part in the War in Norway in...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Mar 2011, 10:14
Replies: 5,917
Views: 812,266
Posted By Little cloud

Thanks Mr G, UK, WW2, long abandoned, RAF: ...

Thanks Mr G,

UK, WW2, long abandoned, RAF:

http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l517/littlecloud1/abc.jpg
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Mar 2011, 20:05
Replies: 5,917
Views: 812,266
Posted By Little cloud

Mr G, I'm nigh on 99% certain it's Angelholm in...

Mr G, I'm nigh on 99% certain it's Angelholm in SW Sweden, that is unless it has a doppelganger! Looks like the main north south road in the background.

I recall watching an impromptu single mil...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jan 2011, 22:14
Replies: 14
Views: 3,407
Posted By Little cloud

Prestwick eh? Anyone spotted Elvis?

Prestwick eh? Anyone spotted Elvis?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Jan 2011, 22:03
Replies: 5,917
Views: 812,266
Posted By Little cloud

RegDep, no doubt about it, it's Flores, the town...

RegDep, no doubt about it, it's Flores, the town of Santa Cruz on the right. Runway 36, notoriously turbulent approach, the land on the left rises steeply to 3000'

Corvo lies a few miles to the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
22nd Dec 2010, 10:17
Replies: 5,917
Views: 812,266
Posted By Little cloud

All the best Mr G, and well done. I was Google...

All the best Mr G, and well done. I was Google Earthing Norway before the Finland clue! At least I correctly deduced 'coniferous', 'Scandinavian' and 'formerly military'.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Dec 2010, 18:46
Replies: 5,917
Views: 812,266
Posted By Little cloud

Hmm, the surrounding trees look coniferous, the...

Hmm, the surrounding trees look coniferous, the barn? at the bottom of the picture looks Scandinavian - red/brown walls. there's cultivated fields at the top right, so not so far north. Could be...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Nov 2010, 12:38
Replies: 5,917
Views: 812,266
Posted By Little cloud

Don't know whether I had a subliminal memory of...

Don't know whether I had a subliminal memory of that image, but looked at it and thought 'USA', might have been the impressive array of fighters and bombers though. After a bit of research:
...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
19th Oct 2010, 20:30
Replies: 7
Views: 1,061
Posted By Little cloud

Summary of the fun and games in the flying brick...

Summary of the fun and games in the flying brick here!

Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander (http://www.dh82.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=157:bn-2-islander&catid=52:cowboyguides)
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Oct 2010, 20:27
Replies: 5,917
Views: 812,266
Posted By Little cloud

Larnaca 1970's? Bit of a guess based on the...

Larnaca 1970's? Bit of a guess based on the background hills, surrounding district and approach road.
Forum: Tech Log
29th Jul 2010, 20:46
Replies: 13
Views: 1,948
Posted By Little cloud

Number 5, or even number 6, here? ...

Number 5, or even number 6, here?

http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/dailywxmap/gifimages/clouds3_1.gif

That would make the stylized V to be lying on it's side though.
Forum: Questions
29th May 2010, 16:00
Replies: 2
Views: 947
Posted By Little cloud

Discussions - uk.sci.weather | Google Groups...

Discussions - uk.sci.weather | Google Groups (http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.sci.weather/topics?lnk=srg&hl=en)

As with any forum there are the usual self selecting nutters who won't shut up,...
Forum: Questions
20th May 2010, 18:02
Replies: 9
Views: 2,145
Posted By Little cloud

Corsair, soundings data here for Valentia,...

Corsair, soundings data here for Valentia, day/night/day around the night of 12/13 May. Nothing as extreme as you mention. Perhaps too far from your location to be representative.

University of...
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Nov 2009, 15:32
Replies: 52
Views: 26,798
Posted By Little cloud

An update on 'progress' of the investigation...

An update on 'progress' of the investigation here:

Robert Mansell Family's Plea For Body Of British Hero Pilot 'Killed' In Caribbean Island Of Bonaire | World News | Sky News...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Apr 2009, 14:43
Replies: 5,750
Views: 817,407
Posted By Little cloud

Thanks S'land. I've nothing to hand, so Open...

Thanks S'land. I've nothing to hand, so Open House.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Apr 2009, 12:21
Replies: 5,750
Views: 817,407
Posted By Little cloud

That looks like a pre-oil era Scatsta, in...

That looks like a pre-oil era Scatsta, in Shetland, UK, from the east. Certainly looks barren enough. If so, is the photo of WW2 vintage?
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