VirtualGlobetrotting: Maps Submitted On: 2013-12-07

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Eike Batista's house
Alephs (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Alephs.
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Once Brazil's richest man, Eike Batista, who lost almost $20bn from 2012 to 2013, lives in this house in Rio.

Washington Umberto Cinel's House
Alephs (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Alephs.
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This house once belonged to the Brazilian billionaire Antônio Ermírio de Moraes, who sold it to Ricardo Mansur, the owner of Mappin and Mesbla.
Today it is owned by an Uruguayan business entity Compania Administradora de Valores and its resident is the entrepreneur Washington Cinel, the owner of the security firm Gocil.

Jorge Yunes's House
Alephs (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Alephs.
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Lawyer and businessman Jorge Yunes, owner of the publishing house IBEP, lives in this house in the São Paulo neighbourhood of Jardim Europa.

Paulo Maluf's House
The former prefect and former governor of São Paulo, politician Paulo Maluf lives here. He bought the lot in the 1950s, demolished the existing house and built a new one around 1965. It boasts a garage for Maluf's luxurious cars and a wine cellar with wines brought from France in the 1970s.

Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental (Lufthansa)
Rene73 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Rene73.
New Google Earth Imagery - December 6, 2013

Unrestored B-17E Swamp Ghost
kjfitz (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kjfitz.
The Swamp Ghost is a Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress piloted by Captain Frederick 'Fred' C. Eaton, Jr, that crashed in Papua New Guinea during the Second World War in 1942, during America's first mission there. Whilst flying over Rabaul, it was intercepted and it had to force-land.
The aircraft was rediscovered in 1972 in Agaiambo swamp, where it earned the nickname Swamp Ghost. It was salvaged in 2006.
The Swamp Ghost was received by the Pacific Aviation Museum in Pearl Harbor on April 10, 2013.As of August 2013, the museum plans to restore the aircraft for static display in Hangar 79 on Ford Island.

João Doria Jr.'s House
Brazilian journalist and entrepreneur, owner of the Doria Associados group, lives in this house in the neighbourhood of Jardim Europa in São Paulo.

German Jadgpanzer Elefant tank destroyer
Rene73 (VirtualGlobetrotting)

Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion
kjfitz (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kjfitz.
The CH-53 Sea Stallion is the most common name for the Sikorsky S-65 family of heavy-lift transport helicopters. Originally developed for use by the United States Marine Corps, it is also in service with Germany, Iran, Israel, and Mexico. The United States Air Force operated the HH-53 "Super Jolly Green Giant" during the late- and post-Vietnam War era, updating most of them as the MH-53 Pave Low.
The dimensionally-similar CH-53E Super Stallion is a heavier-lifting, improved version designated S-80E by Sikorsky. Its third engine makes it more powerful than the Sea Stallion, which it has replaced in the heavy-lift mission.

Douglas SBD Dauntless
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By: kjfitz.
The Douglas SBD Dauntless was a World War II American naval scout plane and dive bomber that was manufactured by Douglas Aircraft from 1940 through 1944. The SBD ("Scout Bomber Douglas") was the U.S. Navy's main carrier-borne scout plane and dive bomber from mid-1940 through mid-1944. The SBD was also flown by the U.S. Marine Corps, both from land air bases and aircraft carriers. The SBD is best remembered as the bomber that delivered the fatal blows to the Japanese carriers at the Battle of Midway in June 1942.

On-board the USS Bowfin
USS Bowfin (SS/AGSS-287), a Balao-class submarine, was a boat of the United States Navy named for the bowfin. Since 1981, she has been open to public tours at the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, next to the USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center.

French ship Dixmude (L9015)
Rene73 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Rene73.

Curtiss P-40E Warhawk
The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk was an American single-engined, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground-attack aircraft that first flew in 1938. The P-40 design was a modification of the previous Curtiss P-36 Hawk which reduced development time and enabled a rapid entry into production and operational service. The Warhawk was used by most Allied powers during World War II, and remained in frontline service until the end of the war. It was the third most-produced American fighter, after the P-51 and P-47; by November 1944, when production of the P-40 ceased, 13,738 had been built, all at Curtiss-Wright Corporation's main production facilities at Buffalo, New York.

Anzio Annie (Krupp 28-cm-Kanone 5 (E) -railway car gun-mount)
By: Rene73.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krupp_K5

Fort Frederick
Fort Frederick was built in 1756-57 by the colony of Maryland. During the French and Indian War in 1756 a £6000 appropriation was authorized by the Maryland Legislature at the request of Governor Horatio Sharpe to build a fortification on the frontier. The fort, named after Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore, was completed the following year. "The fort's design, which was developed by Sebastian Vauban, a French engineer, is a large square with four diamond-shaped bastions. This is typical of 18th century fortifications. The fort is built of native sandstone."
The large stone fort was designed primarily as a place of refuge for area settlers. Between 1757 and 1758, small raids by Indians in nearby settlements, caused settlers in the surrounding countryside to flee eastward. At the same time men of the 60th Regiment of Foot and local militia soldiers garrisoned the fort. Ranging parties were sent from the fort to patrol the area and to deter if not prevent Indian raids.

Convair F-102A Delta Dagger
The Convair F-102 Delta Dagger was an American interceptor aircraft that was built as part of the backbone of the United States Air Force's air defenses in the late 1950s. Entering service in 1956, its main purpose was to intercept invading Soviet bomber fleets during the Cold War. Designed and manufactured by Convair, 1,000 F-102s were built.

Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk
New Google Earth Imagery - December 6, 2013

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Two Northwestern Trailways buses slid down the snow-covered cobblestones of East Thomas on Capitol Hill and smashed into each other, careening through a guardrail on Melrose Avenue East, 20 to 30 feet above Interstate 5.

Boeing 787 - Thomson Airways
New Google Earth Imagery - December 6 (still not to be seen in Google Maps)

USS Iowa (BB-61)
New Google Earth Imagery - December 6, 2013

Boeing 787 - Norwegian Air Shuttle

Boeing 787 - China Southern Airlines

Russian KV-1 Heavy Tank

MIM-3 Nike Ajax

Boeing 727-264(Adv), Mexico Air Force

McDonnell F-4C Phantom II
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Sami Parliament of Norway
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