| Poster | Time | Map | Comment |
| kjfitz | 2007-10-07 20:37:18 | S. S. Atlantus | http://www.roadsideamerica.com/sights/sightstory.php?tip_AttrId=%3D6838 |
| kjfitz | 2007-10-05 12:29:27 | USS Ohio (SSGN-726) nuclear submarine returning to Puget Sound | earthgoogler makes this comment on the GE Forum:
This image was taken on October 23rd, 2006 (DigitalGlobe image). SSGN-726 Ohio was returned to service in Febuary 2006 while the other... |
| kjfitz | 2007-10-04 13:33:38 | Troll Airfield | The thumbnail and GM map look the same to me. |
| kjfitz | 2007-10-02 17:08:05 | Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Dolan family | Gross. They made no attempt to fit the house in with the rest of the neighborhood. Pull out and look at how this infill McMansion stands out like a sore thumb.
In its early days the... |
| kjfitz | 2007-10-02 13:19:20 | Location of 87,500 sq ft KFC Logo | The KFC logo is now visible in GE. |
| kjfitz | 2007-10-02 13:00:31 | National Radio Cross Section (RCS) Test Facility | Now in hi res in GE. |
| kjfitz | 2007-10-02 12:56:17 | Northrop "Secret" Research Facility | Very good view in GE now. Looks like they are setting up for a test on one of the pylons too. |
| kjfitz | 2007-10-02 12:51:16 | Trinity Atomic Test Site | Now in hi res in GE. GM soon. |
| kjfitz | 2007-10-02 12:23:10 | RAF Barford St John (closed) | Annex of the 442d Air Base Squadron at RAF Croughton:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:422_CS.jpg |
| kjfitz | 2007-10-02 12:19:57 | RAF Barford St John (closed) | Looks like the field is covered with antennae now. At first it looked like abandoned tank farm but on closer inspection each circle has an antenna. Some sort of military comms site now. |
| kjfitz | 2007-09-30 00:49:25 | Sellafield nuclear power plant | The four cooling towers of Calder Hall unit were dynamited today:
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| kjfitz | 2007-09-28 17:08:11 | Fenced area | Pig farms often look like this. All the pens can be fed from one spot in the middle. Saves time hauling feed. |
| kjfitz | 2007-09-27 14:15:48 | Ohio Class Submarine returning to King's Bay | Awesome! |
| kjfitz | 2007-09-27 12:19:33 | US Air Force E-3C Sentry AWACS in Japan | http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1253554/M/ |
| kjfitz | 2007-09-27 11:54:16 | Douglas C-124A Globemaster II | http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0957729/M/ |
| kjfitz | 2007-09-26 13:55:31 | Strange Circles | Excellent detective work. This is my favorite thing about this web site. Thanks! |
| kjfitz | 2007-09-25 15:58:14 | Ministry of Defense vehicle proving ground and test track | A special effects technician working on the new Batman film at this test track was killed when a vehicle he was in (thought to be the Batmobile) crashed while on a stunt test run.
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| kjfitz | 2007-09-25 11:17:21 | Old P-3 Orion | Over the last two weekends this plane was broken up and hauled away. |
| kjfitz | 2007-09-24 13:20:51 | Science Central | There's a triceratops by the front door. |
| kjfitz | 2007-09-24 11:49:43 | Thousand Steps Beach | Appropriate post. Welcome to the 1000 club! |
| kjfitz | 2007-09-22 18:11:39 | Stadio di Baseball di Serravalle | 37,000th submission! |
| kjfitz | 2007-09-21 13:50:04 | Giant octopi kites | http://www.highlinekites.com/Berkeley_Kite_Festival/FestPics/2003/P7262276.JPG |
| kjfitz | 2007-09-20 17:30:08 | Interesting landscaping | Good research. Thanks! |
| kjfitz | 2007-09-20 17:02:26 | Mig-21s, Mil Mi-14PL, and other aircraft | http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0287883/M/
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| kjfitz | 2007-09-14 13:49:20 | Girls bathing in the sun | Alternate view here:
http://tinyurl.com/2vz5kz |
| kjfitz | 2007-09-14 13:46:31 | 'Concert II' by Alexander Liberman | I'm still enjoying all the art. Keep up the good work and thanks for the on going effort on these. You are now the pseudo-official VGT Art God. |
| kjfitz | 2007-09-13 19:18:59 | Unusual three-way arch | http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/21478/ |
| kjfitz | 2007-09-12 10:51:20 | Helicopter static display | It is part of the Beverly Municipal Airport War Memorial:
http://www.beverlyairport.com/memorial.php |
| kjfitz | 2007-09-12 10:50:32 | Black PZL-Mielec SBLim-2 (MiG-15UTI) | http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1190918/M/ |
| kjfitz | 2007-09-11 15:25:20 | SR-71 | If you look closely you'll see this is an SR-71B with the raised second cockpit behind the pilot. It was a trainer version of the SR-71. Only two were built. The first crashed and the second last... |
| kjfitz | 2007-09-09 20:05:10 | USS Sailfish (SSR-572) | http://www.ussvi.org/mempics/572-03.jpg |
| kjfitz | 2007-09-07 18:02:36 | Censorsed or Imaging Error? | I vote for swamp thing, too. |
| kjfitz | 2007-09-07 14:21:51 | Object off coast of Florida | Here's another:
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| kjfitz | 2007-09-06 22:25:47 | Possible P-51 Mustang in flight | Awesome catch! I love your airplane finds. I just I don't have the patience to hunt for airplanes in flight like you do. |
| kjfitz | 2007-09-06 09:59:50 | Wooden sailing ship "Neptune" | Thanks, mlc1us. That one had me stumped. |
| kjfitz | 2007-09-05 17:33:52 | General Cargo Carrier 'Westwood Victoria' | http://www.worldshipsocietyvan.ca/section004/gallery001details.php?details=154
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| kjfitz | 2007-09-05 17:21:52 | From Barge to Ship | The ship is the Rickmers Singapore:
(PDF) http://rickmers-linie.de/fleet/RS_SINGAPORE.pdf
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| kjfitz | 2007-09-04 18:14:02 | Noah's Ark | Noah's Ark bites the dust:
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| kjfitz | 2007-09-04 13:19:43 | Jack Nicholson's Home | Is it this one or the one next door?
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/38331/ |
| kjfitz | 2007-09-04 13:19:23 | Jack Nicholson's Home | Is it this one or the one next door:
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/38332/ |
| kjfitz | 2007-09-03 20:49:19 | Jet double image | Welcome back! We've missed you. |
| kjfitz | 2007-09-03 16:26:00 | hydrogen refueling station for fuel cell-powered submarines | It is a hydrogen refueling station for fuel cell-powered submarines.
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| kjfitz | 2007-09-03 15:51:18 | Censored Airfield Geilenkirchen | Not censored in LL. There are five E-3 Sentry aircraft on the apron. |
| kjfitz | 2007-09-03 06:16:28 | Secret Propellers | Great find!
http://cnair.top81.cn/sub/039.jpg |
| kjfitz | 2007-09-02 10:36:16 | Pentagon shaped water well station | Thanks dda! |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-31 22:59:51 | C-130A (57-0477) used as a ground trainer at Savannah/Hiltonhead International | It is a C-130A (57-0477) used as a ground trainer:
http://www.61tcs.org/c-130_inventory.htm
The paint job... |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-31 22:51:27 | Martin CGM-13B Mace missile at Savannah - Hilton Head International Airport (SAV) | Here's an article that mentions this one.
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| kjfitz | 2007-08-31 22:29:50 | Martin CGM-13B Mace missile at Savannah - Hilton Head International Airport (SAV) | I think it is a Mace missile.
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34271/ |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-31 10:28:25 | Five Egyptian submarines in the Port of Alexandria | Now there are seven subs here. |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-31 09:47:37 | 'Free Stamp' by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen | http://www.oldenburgvanbruggen.com/freestamp.htm |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-30 11:13:37 | Hurel-Dubois HD 34 | http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0652947/M/ |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-29 17:48:04 | BeachVolley in Paris | Now there is a more recent year's images in LL with two sand covered areas. |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-27 17:54:16 | Oberes Schloss | If you cut and paste info from a web site also put that web site in the More Info link. |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-26 21:04:45 | Hannover Rolls Out The Red Carpet | http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?regsearch=TC-ANA&distinct_entry=true |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-26 13:49:13 | Renault Megane Coupe-Cabriolet | Welcome back! |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-24 18:16:27 | B-1B Bomber at Andersen Air Force Base | By bunkers I think volude123 was referring to these weapons storage "igloos" which are earth covered similar to bunkers.
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| kjfitz | 2007-08-24 18:12:45 | B-1B Bomber at Andersen Air Force Base | B-2 bombers have Low Observable — or stealth — coatings. They degrade when exposed to weather. Most places they are deployed have B-2 Shelter Systems (B2SS)
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| kjfitz | 2007-08-24 13:21:54 | Oilfield & Forestry | It's been a long time. Welcome back! |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-24 13:18:58 | Fighter Lineup | The wings are not narrow enough to be a MiG-29 so it's either a MiG-25 or MiG-31. Some discussions on GE forum stated that the MiG-31s were based elsewhere in Russia so that would make these... |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-23 12:59:14 | (Former) General Motors Assembly Plant | Welcome to VGT!
Be sure to do a bit more research and add a link in the More Info field. |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-22 17:09:52 | Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center | US Military to leave the complex - Why does this sound like one of those potential "Well, who could have anticipated that?" situations a few years later after Peterson gets blown away by man or... |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-22 16:07:18 | Sculpture | When you leave a comment with a More Info link to a reference we'll add back the scavenger hunt category to this map. |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-22 15:43:20 | Grand Floral Parade | This one goes on my list of all-time favorites. Good find! |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-22 15:41:08 | Sculpture | See the (1) note on this category in the rules. You'll need to provide a More Info link to info identifying the sculpture. |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-22 11:30:39 | Two Beech C-45 Expeditors | http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1031080/M/
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| kjfitz | 2007-08-22 11:15:25 | Grumman HU-16B Albatross | http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1020770/M/ |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-22 09:17:43 | 2 US Flags | Welcome to VGT! |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-21 14:20:02 | Monkey World | Welcome back! |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-21 13:44:34 | F-16 at Full Throttle | Map #900! |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-21 13:30:05 | 'The Executioner' airplane cutting crane | I looked for it in BEV but couldn't find it. |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-21 11:40:17 | Former second largest home in US before it burned down | The lot has been cleared in LL. |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-21 10:07:36 | Cement Plant | http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/mlw/mining/largemine/fortknox/index.htm |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-20 16:00:41 | Pumpkin Trebuchet Target | Thanks. I saw that but it didn't match the pictures of it that I could find. but I still thought it might be it. "Packed up" makes sense tough. |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-20 12:57:06 | Pan Am Airlines & Airliner | http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0163661/M/ |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-20 10:08:56 | "Pink House" by the Latvian artists Aigars Bikše and Kristaps Gulbis and the MMIC | Found it. It was an art installation. |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-19 19:17:14 | Three Phoners | Of all the places in GM-SV you submitted the one scene that I happened across that sparked the idea for this category. Good job! |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-19 15:04:34 | Fruitvale Avenue Railroad Bridge | Note that the bridge is half up. It still works but they rarely move it. It is kept in that position as a compromise to (1) having it out of the way so boats can go under but (2) not having the... |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-18 11:33:56 | 118 Wallypower | http://hotnews.pl/zdjecia/Technika/lll.jpg |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-18 09:51:42 | Leschi Town - Complete fake city used for urban military training | http://www.metavr.com/casestudies/ftlewis-stryker.html |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-17 17:18:00 | Avtek-400 at Camarillo Airport | It looks like a variant of the Piaggio P180 Avanti. Maybe a prototype. The body, nose, and main wings are the same but the tail and position of the canards are different. But the wings and pusher... |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-17 16:21:17 | Urban Warfare Training Area | Now in BEV. |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-17 16:20:04 | What Is It? | It's in BEV now. looks like a trench system. Perhaps used for something similar to MOUT training. It would be useful simulator of clearing tunnel and trench systems. |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-17 16:04:11 | Enjoying the view | Welcome back. Its been a while. |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-16 14:02:32 | Lockheed F-104 on static display | Welcome to VGT! |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-15 16:46:51 | Urban Assault Course (MOUT) at Fort jackson | In September [2006], the Army approved a contract for the construction of an Urban Assault Course at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Since this one is either new or under construction I assume that... |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-14 18:30:21 | Boeing E-4B (747-200B) | Great find. I've been searching for her myself. |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-13 08:56:37 | Someone holding a sign | Go one jump past him and look back at him and their is an airplane in the air above his head too. |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-12 10:58:40 | 'Double Ascension' by Herbert Bayer | Cool post. Welcome to VGT! |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-10 22:04:27 | Southwest Airlines 'New Mexico One' in flight | Wow, great catch! |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-10 16:55:46 | Vice President House | Welcome back! |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-10 16:54:53 | Intrepid Carrier | Welcome to VGT! |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-10 16:53:51 | US Flag | Welcome to VGT! |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-10 12:57:06 | Vulcan Bomber | In BEV now. |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-10 12:43:26 | Douglas A-1 Skyraider and DeHavilland DH-110 Sea Vixen | It is a De Havilland DH-110 Sea Vixen:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0957380/M/ |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-10 11:56:10 | Shipwreck of destroyer USS Thompson (DD-305) in San Francisco Bay | http://gotoes.org/kayaktours/20060715_SouthBayWreck/ |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-09 16:59:38 | Scale B-2 Stealth Bomber at Northrop Grumman | The proportions are all wrong for the X-45. If you look at it from the opposite direction it (at least to me) is clear that it is a B-2 scale model:
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| kjfitz | 2007-08-06 11:50:43 | 'Children' by Meg Saligman (largest mural on the east coast) | http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1649278_1421155,00.html |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-04 23:29:37 | Hoover Dam | http://www.abandonedbutnotforgotten.com/the_hoover_dam.htm |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-02 11:14:23 | Big Cross, The | ... |
| kjfitz | 2007-08-01 13:24:01 | KC-135 with engines open | Another on the pad to the SW. |
