| Poster | Time | Map | Comment |
| kjfitz | 2008-04-16 22:29:06 | Unknown Agriculture | Banana plantation:
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| kjfitz | 2008-04-15 12:46:58 | Millau bridge | http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/04/09/le-viaduc-de-millau-the-millau-viaduct/ |
| kjfitz | 2008-04-13 10:22:10 | Richard Fain-CEO of Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines | Welcome to VGT! |
| kjfitz | 2008-04-11 18:01:46 | Ernst Happel Stadion | 2,008 nudists to pack Vienna soccer field for Euro 2008 tournament 'art'
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| kjfitz | 2008-04-10 14:57:37 | Satellite Photo Test Pattern | This is part of a larger aerial photography range that extends to the ENE and the WSW. There are other photometric targets and aircraft too. |
| kjfitz | 2008-04-09 22:31:14 | Former Nuclear Weapons Bunkers at Orlando International Airport | The fireworks storage that the previous commenter pointed out has already been submitted here:
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| kjfitz | 2008-04-08 15:37:01 | Las Vegas: The Strip - Google Earth | Welcome to VGT! |
| kjfitz | 2008-04-07 10:59:09 | FedEx DC-10 landing at San Antonio | Wow. Thats spectacular! |
| kjfitz | 2008-04-05 21:19:56 | 'Puppy' by Jeff Koons | I've always liked his works ever since he did "New Shelton Wet/Dry Doubledecker":
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| kjfitz | 2008-04-03 17:56:48 | P-3 Orion at NAS Whidbey Island | Here's one just up the apron a bit:
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| kjfitz | 2008-04-03 17:55:30 | P-3 Orion at NAS Whidbey Island | Whidbey has some EP-3Es but I think this one is just a regular old P-3. It lacks the ridge on top and the large bulb underneath. |
| kjfitz | 2008-03-29 14:30:55 | 'Unconditional Surrender' by J. Seward Johnson | Being moved to Sarasota, FL:
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| kjfitz | 2008-03-28 10:00:54 | London Borough of Barking & Dagenham Stadium | I've been waiting for years for someone to catch a soccer game at a stadium. Good catch! |
| kjfitz | 2008-03-27 10:09:18 | Door to Hell: The Burning Crater of Darvaza | More amazing photos here:
http://www.johnhbradley.com/pictures2.asp?var=070707darvaza |
| kjfitz | 2008-03-26 17:08:31 | Kunsthaus Graz | Very cool |
| kjfitz | 2008-03-24 18:01:20 | Tupolev Tu-144LL | The 'Small Concorde' is a Tupolev Tu-144LL
"Used in a joint project with NASA and wearing small Boeing titles":
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| kjfitz | 2008-03-24 13:58:13 | Tupolev Tu-144LL | Interestingly it looks like a US Air Force C-17 on the apron to the WSW. |
| kjfitz | 2008-03-20 20:57:32 | Rare 'Googie' styled Denny's | Saved from the wrecking ball:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080320/ap_on_re_us/saving_denny_s |
| kjfitz | 2008-03-19 20:18:00 | Great Lakes Ship | I think you just set a new record for time between two posts. welcome back! |
| kjfitz | 2008-03-18 13:19:10 | Sat Dish Farm at Trona | There are a few of these as well as air search radars all along the valley. While we were in Trona a B-52 came lumbering up the valley at relatively low altitude so I assume this is some form of... |
| kjfitz | 2008-03-18 13:16:55 | Trona California | I was through there a few weeks ago on my way to do the Death Valley Century bicycle race. The salt pan there has thousands of little mylar reflectors to scre the birds way from the salt pan. a... |
| kjfitz | 2008-03-18 10:31:45 | Circus in Paris 07 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirque_d%27hiver |
| kjfitz | 2008-03-18 00:43:08 | Carney Park | I lived in Arco Felice from '69 to '73. Our school bus stop was at the Piazza (a rubbish dump), spent endless summers climbing on the crater and taking the train into AFSOUTH for the double feature... |
| kjfitz | 2008-03-18 00:38:49 | Carney Park | I suggest all you military brats go to http://www.military-brats.com/ and register. Neat way to find old friends. |
| kjfitz | 2008-03-07 17:32:06 | 'The Shipyard" artist community built from shipping containers | Once again open!!!
http://www.theshipyard.org/ |
| kjfitz | 2008-03-05 09:58:38 | Hot air balloon | Good job. I've been wondering when someone would find one of these. |
| kjfitz | 2008-03-04 10:50:12 | Wayne Manor (Batman residence) | It does have a Bat Cave but it is way over here:
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/15713/ |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-28 15:07:55 | The White Dagoba | Welcome back! |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-28 12:14:42 | Giant Parade Balloons | OK, this goes on my ten all-time favorites list! |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-27 22:20:08 | Airborne Jump Towers | Now in BEV. Go north a bit and approach while facing east. |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-27 20:14:25 | Biltmore House | Now in BEV. The ultimate of ultimate of the celebrity homes! |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-27 19:03:02 | Wind farm | Video of a wind turbine failure:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nSB1SdVHqQ |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-27 13:20:29 | Neverland Ranch | To be put up for auction:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080227/ap_on_en_mu/people_michael_jackson_17 |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-27 12:19:40 | MS Xanadu / Faithful | It has been towed away to Rio Vista. The article mentions it may be reincarnated as a restaurant:
http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_8377111 |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-27 12:02:23 | Bombardier BD-700 Airborne Stand-Off Radar (ASTOR) | Also here:
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/43654/ |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-27 11:58:28 | Foreign Emergency Support Team (FEST) Boeing C-32B (757-23A) | Please test your URLs before you click submit. Most of yours have been way off this morning. I've fixed them. |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-27 10:43:37 | Airborne Tactical Advantage Company Israel IAI Kfir C2 | http://www.airliners.net/photo/ATAC-(Airborne-Tactical/ATAC-(Airborne-Tactical/0765057 |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-27 10:24:31 | Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 "Raptor" | Beautiful shot. Great find! |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-25 11:38:29 | A-4 Skyhawk at the side entrance to Alameda Naval Air Station | http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_8357921 |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-24 18:14:59 | A-4 Skyhawk at the side entrance to Alameda Naval Air Station | Last night (Feb 24, 2008) high winds blew the A-4 off of its mount. See the pics. |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-23 19:02:23 | 'Avilés' by Benjamín Menéndez | Cool! Thanks dda! |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-22 13:46:21 | Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet | Debate continues on what to do with the ships:
http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_8270169 |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-21 19:08:18 | Aeria, the (former East German Spy ship) | Named the Aeria:
http://www.seelowestoft.com/aeria.htm |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-21 19:03:01 | Aeria, the (former East German Spy ship) | Identified as a former East German Spy Ship here:
http://www.suffolkcam.co.uk/lowestoft_harbour10032002.htm |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-21 19:00:18 | Aeria, the (former East German Spy ship) | Anyone here read Korean?
http://kr.blog.yahoo.com/shinecommerce/12403 |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-21 17:50:48 | Edwards Air Force Base | To answer jbottero's question above... the shuttle can land at Edwards. It is the primary alternate landing location. Do you see how some of the marked out runways (the marks are 8 feet wide and... |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-21 17:01:50 | Scrapped 747 and Airbus 300 used for loading practice | I visited this location on 2/14/2008 and the 747 is no longer there. The A300 is still there but looks dis-used and may be in the process of being removed too. |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-13 10:21:56 | 'Chicago Spire' ground | Please don't mix thumbnail submissions for Street View (GM-SV) thumbs and other thumbs. For now GM-SV submissions should only have one thumbnail - the GM-SV thumb.
LL, BEV, GM and... |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-12 22:29:29 | Russia State Transport Company Ilyushin Il-62M at Andrews AFB | http://www.airliners.net/photo/UK---Air/UK---Air/1324835 |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-12 22:06:37 | Orbital 'Stargazer' Pegasus rocket launch platform | http://virtualglobetrotting.com/pic/2712/ |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-12 22:01:51 | Rotary Rocket Roton Atmospheric Test Vehicle (ATV) | http://virtualglobetrotting.com/pic/3043/ |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-12 21:57:44 | Rolls Royce's Boeing 747-200 'Trent 1000' testbed | http://www.airliners.net/photo/Rolls-Royce/Rolls-Royce/1291735 |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-12 21:50:51 | Lockheed EP-3E ARIES II | http://www.l-3com.com/is/waco/ep3e.html |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-12 18:00:26 | Pyramid Arena | Empty since 2004; they are now considering tearing it down:
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| kjfitz | 2008-02-12 17:33:39 | Predator drone at remote test strip | This is new imagery It is most similar to:
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/30652/
The other documents the airport... |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-12 16:40:21 | White F-117 Nighthawk | Note that they are doing some kind of evaluation with a sensor out front. Perhaps a mini-RCS measurement or something like that. |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-12 16:10:45 | Lockheed EC-130H Compass Call | http://www.l-3com.com/is/waco/ec130.html |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-12 14:48:22 | Remains of Naval Air Station Alameda | http://alameda.benpeoples.com/ |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-12 12:08:27 | Three D-21 drones | Probably these three from earlier imagery:
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/13346/ |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-12 12:00:44 | Lockheed C-141 Starlifter | Probably the "Golden Bear" that was on static display but is not located at the same intersection in this set of images.
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| kjfitz | 2008-02-12 10:31:41 | Monorail filmed in "Farenheit 451" | It is the abandoned 1960's Aérotrain mag lev test track.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C3%A9rotrain
Click "Works" and... |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-12 10:06:46 | Transport Allianz Transall C-160 | http://www.airliners.net/photo/Germany---Air/Germany---Air/0966482 |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-12 10:05:45 | United Nations Transport Allianz Transall C-160 | http://www.airliners.net/photo/Germany---Air/Transall-C-160D/0835666/M/ |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-11 10:24:58 | Stealth prototype undergoing radar cross-section testing | I'm wondering if the delta shaped object isn't a seam artifact. If you look at the lines along the tarmac to the east you'll see a shif there. I think the bottom tip of the square at the base of... |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-10 16:04:58 | Frunze Central Airport | All cleared out in the latest GM images. :( |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-09 20:11:33 | USS Bonhomme Richard | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphibious_Assault_Ship |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-09 20:06:01 | USS Bonhomme Richard | By your own comment it isn't an Aircraft Carrier. It is an Amphibious Assault Ship. |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-08 22:53:51 | Win Sein Taw Ya reclining Buddha | Welcome to VGT! Great first post, too. |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-07 12:11:16 | Disappearing Airport | Yes. It is an alignment problem. Google did not align low res images with the hi res correctly. |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-07 11:09:51 | Sunk military ship | AMS-218 Class Motor Minesweeper:
Laid down as AMS-220 by the Bellingham Shipyards Co., Bellingham, WA; Reclassified as a Coastal Minesweeper, MSC-220, 7 February 1955; Completed 4... |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-07 11:00:03 | Giant fortified tunnel entrances | Now in BEV |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-06 11:21:37 | Painting on top of the trailer | Welcome to VGT! |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-05 18:05:58 | Buquebus Incat HSC catamaran ferry | Underway here:
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| kjfitz | 2008-02-04 18:29:57 | Blackdown Cadet Training Centre | Welcome to VGT! Good first post. Good description and more info link. Good job. |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-04 14:39:25 | 'Broken Angel House' by Arthur Wood | here's an interesting Flickr photoset by the son of the artist. he grew up in the house.
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| kjfitz | 2008-02-02 09:59:15 | Myasishchev VM-T Heavy lift aircraft | Welcome back. This is interesting. I hadn't ever heard of it before. It looks so precariously attached.
You don't post often but when you do they are usually very interesting. ... |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-02 09:53:39 | Ark of the Covenant | Welcome to the 1000 club! Your maps of Italy have always been high quality and well documented. Way to go! |
| kjfitz | 2008-02-01 16:57:33 | Hawker Hunter (Hillsboro Air Show Crash) | Chilling! Excellent post, thanks. |
| kjfitz | 2008-01-31 21:54:02 | Concert in Seattle | Good job! Thanks. |
| kjfitz | 2008-01-30 16:06:52 | Orange Submarine | probably this one:
http://www.sadkosub.com/ |
| kjfitz | 2008-01-29 16:25:20 | De Havilland Canada DHC-4A Caribou | http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=0773534&size=M |
| kjfitz | 2008-01-29 16:07:33 | Former Pan Am DC-3 | http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?regsearch=N600NA&distinct_entry=true |
| kjfitz | 2008-01-29 15:26:20 | Spirit Airlines Airbus A319 | http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=1238347&size=M |
| kjfitz | 2008-01-29 12:28:31 | Boeing E4-B 'Nightwatch' Advanced Airborne Command Post | Yep, same plane. |
| kjfitz | 2008-01-29 11:44:00 | 'Hammond Rotunda' by David Black | Now in BEV |
| kjfitz | 2008-01-29 11:42:07 | Boeing VC-25A in Air Force One Livery | It is a Boeing VC-25A. When the president is on board its call sign is Air Force One. It was in Wichita in 2006/2007 for maintenance. Wichita is where the original avionics and interior... |
| kjfitz | 2008-01-29 11:17:57 | Boeing E4-B 'Nightwatch' Advanced Airborne Command Post | http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?regsearch=74-0787&distinct_entry=true |
| kjfitz | 2008-01-28 18:43:57 | SS Meteor | Now in BEV too! |
| kjfitz | 2008-01-28 11:43:54 | Aircraft Carrier USS Oriskany (CV-34) | No longer in the new imagery. But... she's back in the ghost fleet basin in the imagery of Beaumont, TX. |
| kjfitz | 2008-01-28 10:16:20 | Rockwell X-30 Prototype | Here are photos of the X-30 prototype. It was built by students at Mississippi State University's Raspet Flight Research Lab:
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| kjfitz | 2008-01-28 10:11:20 | Rockwell X-30 Prototype | I called the US Rocket Center and spoke with someone who consulted a list of all the aircraft out there. He had also been assigned to Aviation Challenge at some point. He said that it is a... |
| kjfitz | 2008-01-27 16:57:16 | Milliam M Gwin Pyramid Mausoleum | http://mordred.punk.net/~jparzane/albums/oakland_pyramids/aai.sized.jpg |
| kjfitz | 2008-01-26 00:03:24 | America's Stonehenge | http://www.stonehengeusa.com/ |
| kjfitz | 2008-01-25 16:19:08 | Remains of The Haunted Mansion | I found it. These are the remains of a closed tourist attraction called "The Haunted mansion."
http://www.lostparks.com/hauntman.html |
| kjfitz | 2008-01-25 13:57:22 | Monte Carlo Hotel | Permanent link:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/25/vegas.fire/index.html |
| kjfitz | 2008-01-25 12:12:12 | Pic du Midi Observatory | http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080125.html |
| kjfitz | 2008-01-25 10:50:50 | Ghost Rider ad | http://dallasdailyphoto.blogspot.com/2007/02/ghost-rider.html |
| kjfitz | 2008-01-25 09:51:11 | Five Arleigh Burke class destroyers | These are probably five of the six FFs stationed in Pearl Harbor:
USS Russell, USS Paul Hamilton, USS Hopper, USS O'Kane, USS Chaffee, and the USS Chung-Hoon. |
| kjfitz | 2008-01-25 09:48:16 | Two Ticonderoga class cruisers | These are probably two of the three CGs stationed in Pearl Harbor: USS Chosin, USS Lake Erie, and the USS Port Royal. |
| kjfitz | 2008-01-24 17:33:46 | 'Serpentine Gallery 2002' by Toyo Ito | Here is the same gallery after it was replaced and moved:
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/33773/ |
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