Airliner over central London in Google satellite view
 

I noticed this:-

Google Maps

Airliner over central London in Google satellite view

Can anyone tell me what kind of aircraft it is?

Maybe someone more pprunish than me can post the image in the thread:-)

Definitely a jet:}

Airliner over central London in Google satellite view
 

Boeing 767 something...

Airliner over central London in Google satellite view
 

Looking at the wing tips, it looks like has winglets, so maybe a BA 321?

Its a BAW A320.

It's a BA A321.

It's a Messerschmitt...

It's an Heinkel....

It's a Messerschmitt....

It's an Heinkel I tell you

Yes, it's definitely an aircraft. :O

Any experts on GE know how to interrogate it to find the date/time a particular image was captured ?

Imagery Date 6/27/2010 or 7/30/10 at 5:49 PM
 

For more information you need to be in the Google Earth program rather than Google Maps. (Search on Russell Square London).

In the bottom LH corner on Google Earth you can see that this image acquisition date is given as 6/27/2010.

Clicking on the Clock & Sunshine images at the top for date and then the Spanner for time gives the date as 7/30/10 and time 5:49 PM.

There have been images taken of this area of London since 1945. You can see the historical imagery by using the time slider..

Interestingly there have been 4 later date images taken since. On 2/2011, 7/2011, 8/2011 & 8/2012.

Although 8/2011 looks like a clear day, the 6/2010 image showing the BA Airbus is still in current use on Google.

SJ

5:49 pm ? I don't think so.

Looking at the shadows of the trees and buildings, the sun is clearly in the east.

All the sunshine slider does is give you an indication of how bright sunlight would be at a particular time of day. If you move the slider to midnight the picture goes almost black! There is no information anywhere of the time an image was captured - only its date of capture.