Parabellum: Comments

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/oh/erie/postcards/ppcs-erie.html

The entrance gates still stand, locked, due west.
http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=41.4042548138184~-82.81012499400108&style=a&lvl=19

This is apparently the original Blue Hole. See postcard and article here: http://www.ubuprojex.net/archives/bluehole.html

Fantastic. Switch to North to see the aftermath.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgYUc4JPDsw

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=433+W.+Murray+Ave,+Durham,+North+Carolina&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=31.839416,59.238281&ie=UTF8&ll=36.031453,-78.898466&spn=0.005241,0.010793&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=36.028822,-78.898953&cbp=2,316.3092677368236,,0,-21.496710088086885

From their website, mon:

THINGS YOU SHOULD BRING WITH YOU:
your own soap & shampoo
small gifts (to the locals)
ziploc bags
magazines (HT, CC, PB, ECT)
frisbee
condoms
rolling papers & pipe
lighters

{8^)

Technically these are Feral Rock Pigeons: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_pigeon

El Mirage Airport: http://www.fltplan.com/AirportInformation/99CL.htm

Brady Bunch House: http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/8346/

No map of Gilligan's Island yet...

Anybody got a spare two million bucks? I gotta get me one of these!

Great find, Rene.

San Francisco Water Department: http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=q8px854t069d&style=o&lvl=1&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=13300174&ss=yp.water%20department~pg.1~sst.0&encType=1

Well, that's handy.

So to speak. {8^)

Great detective work.

I was just about to comment "I love the digital/pixilated livery" but you beat me to it. Still cool looking, though. {8^)

X-43? But the nose isn't quite right...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-43A

LL BEV URL: http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=qr7gd189z8wn&style=o&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=23878498&encType=1

Weird NJ Tours "Mary's Tower":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TV2VupQVvs

Yes, but not the tube socks.

As soon as I saw this I thought to myself "Ozymandias in Tube Socks?"

Then I clicked the More Info link. {8^0

Same sub? http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=q4vvvr8n4yh0&style=o&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=7289989&encType=1

I'd guess this is related to the nearby Verona Test Site:

http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Number/1028624

Warren Grove Bombing Range.

I saw that a few days ago. Wondered what the heck it was.

Good diggin'!

It starts with the letter "C", so it must be a Canadian plane.

{ ;^)

Going, going... http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/05/nyregion/05asylum.html?_r=2&ref=nyregion&oref=login&oref=slogin

You're right, those are Hueys. Maybe they keep a few old ones around for when the president of Burkina-Faso or Outer Mongolia comes to visit.

I'd say they're HMX-1's VH-60 models that are standing by for the POTUS or VIPs.

They're based at Quantico, and often operate out of Anacostia, but that doesn't mean they can't use Andrews as a handy base to keep a few birds close to town.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMX-1
https://www.hmx-1.usmc.mil/

It's the SNPE - Société Nationale de Propulsants et Explosifs.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xpnc1_snpe-the-end_creation

Holy Trinity Church: http://picture.stockton.gov.uk/photos/t6372.aspx

Piper L-18 Grasshopper?

http://www.warbirdalley.com/l4.htm

That's an Indian. The bike is anyway, not sure about the skeleton.

"Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world"

Coff coff...

VariViggen perhaps?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutan_VariViggen

It's for sale:

RN201 is a high-back Mk XIV with Rolls Royce Griffon power. It was built at the Keevil dispersal factory in early 1945 and delivered to No. 9 MU at Cosford on 22 February that year.

Once the war in Europe was over, RN201 emerged from store and was allocated to No 83 Group Support Unit in July and stayed with this unit until December 1945 when it was allocated to 350 (Belgian) Squadron at Fassberg. In May 1946 it was transferred back to the UK to No...

Just goes to show it pays to re-visit areas you thought were played out.

Now there's something you don't see every day. Nice find.

Karl Richter plays Bach's Tocatta and Fuge in D Minor on the basilica's pipe organ here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd_oIFy1mxM

No new imagery that I'm aware of. I has showing a co-worker the four Hornets in formation yesterday and decided to take a few more passes down the runway, and voila!

Any idea why they're calling this a C-47 (military) rather than a DC-3 or 4 (civilian)? It's got the small side door that's indicative of a DC versus a C-47, which has double doors.

It uses lake water for cooling. No need for the big cooling towers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGuire_Nuclear_Generating_Station

I agree, but it's not called Marine One unless the POTUS is aboard. There's also more than one VH-60 with this paint scheme.

More info in the comments here: http://www.aero-web.org/specs/sikorsky/vh-60n.htm

Lockheed only built 170* L-188 Electra airliners.

757* P-3 Orions were built for naval patrol service.

This is a US Navy installation.

I'm betting that these are P-3s.

*Production numbers from Wikipedia

Almost certainly a C-54. Certainly a DC-4/6 variant.

"(O)n Thursday 18 October the only airworthy Vulcan Bomber in the world returned to the skies over Leicestershire."

http://www.tvoc.co.uk/

Google Maps now in high res.

Aviation Week: U.S. Electronic Surveillance Monitored Israeli Attack On Syria: ...

A BBC Documentary clip celebrating the Hammond organ's 70th birthday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ck__wghRww

Jimmy Smith Trio - The Sermon (1965): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=495K7ACPd8o

Very Hot Stuff - Barbara Dennerlein: ...

Nice 'Airplane In Flight' series. Cows are always good too.

"The streets are safe in Philadelphia -- it's only the people that make them unsafe." Frank Rizzo.

Bridge Collapses, Freight Train Dangles Into D.C. River
Friday, November 09, 2007

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,310319,00.html

You would think the big brains at MIT would know better than to pay Gehry big bucks to design such a wacky building for them. Of course there are going to be problems with a building like that.

Levels, squares and plumb bobs exist for very good reasons.

Great job on these case study houses. Thanks

I'm sure it's just coincidence, but the closest nearby map is titled "Accident Waiting To Happen?"!

Great find, and thanks for the info. I had no idea it was open to the public.

Art at the farmer's market or a market at the art museum?

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&t=k&q=United+States&ie=UTF8&ll=41.897549,-87.621699&spn=0.000912,0.002688&z=19&om=1&layer=c&cbll=41.897085,-87.62182&cbp=2,422.11184254333545,,1,7.090876806179297

The building the RV is parked next to appears to be a repair barn for Chicago's Metra light rail system.

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=qz9rcw7px3bz&style=o&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=11386374&encType=1

Across the street there's a supermarket. I don't see any decent sized manufacturing facilities...

Update based on info from Digital Globe via The New York Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/26/world/middleeast/26syria.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2007/10/25/world/middleeast/20071026_WEAPONS_GRAPHIC.html...

Bell UH-1 Iroquois, better known as the Huey.

Most likely an Aeros. http://www.aerosml.com/company.asp

(LL BEV Update) The new owner is totally rebuilding the entire property.

The nearby fountains are spectacular!

Now in Google Maps: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&t=k&q=United+States&ie=UTF8&ll=48.22785,-123.595446&spn=0.001633,0.005375&z=18&om=1

Fascinating stuff: http://books.google.com/books?id=A6GK1IFA3K8C&pg=PA100&lpg=PA100&dq=rixford+pa+tidewater+pipeline&source=web&ots=TEZX2gjaNI&sig=0LSyWB6CUyU8YwtM_SEwRZAYnb0#PPT1,M1

I lived in that part of NJ for 20 years and had no clue this ever existed.

If you had posted this a few months ago I could have hopped on my bike and ridden over to find out what the heck they are. Now I live 700 miles away. Too far to bike. {8^)

I know they are not visible from Asbury/Anderson road.

Natalie Imbruglia's House (0.2km)
Lori Loughlin's house (0.2km)
Christina Aguilera's House (0.4km)
Jennifer Aniston's House (0.5km)

That's it, I'm moving!

Here's where the scenes for Dirty Dancing were filmed.
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&t=k&q=United+States&ie=UTF8&ll=35.43861,-82.223906&spn=0.001997,0.005375&z=18&om=1

It's an abandoned boy's camp now being developed with McMansions.

Alaska Ends Plan for `bridge to Nowhere'

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-bridge-to-nowhere,0,2610473.story

Alt spelling of town is Dayr Az Zawr.

Nice digs. Can somebody loan me 6 Million?

I've seen a very similar three legged arch/antenna at a US Navy installation here on VGT before. I thought it was at Carderock ( http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/5317/ ) but it's not.

Anyone got a better memory than me?

So that would make it Serial Number 64-17956

http://www.sr-71.org/photogallery/blackbird/17956/

Great Western Soaring School at Crystal Airport: http://www.greatwesternsoaring.com/index.htm

http://www.airnav.com/airport/46CN

Iran's claiming they have some flying: http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htairfo/articles/20070902.aspx

USGS Topo shows this as "LLANO RACETRACK"

...

GE describes this 'mountain' as "Black Butte". And you'd be hard pressed to find a swamp anywhere near Palmdale, CA.

I know, I'm no fun at all. {8^(

I suspect it's not disappearing, but appearing. In other words, being built.

Nearby maps show lots of military R&D sites.

Torrejon air base / airport. TOJ / LETO

Great first map!

Welcome to Virtual Globetrotting.

School bus figure eight racing? Now that's just nuts!

I love it. {8^)

Gone.

http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=qv2kks7wqtz3&style=o&lvl=1&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=13526364&encType=1

"The Snyderman House was a single family residence in Fort Wayne, Indiana designed and built for Sanford and Joy Snyderman in 1972 by architect Michael Graves. It was celebrated among architects...

http://www.strategypage.com/military_photos/2005101721.aspx

All sorts of interesting planes in Omaha, ain't there?

That is one tricked out plane.

http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?album=5179&thumbnails=&page_limit=15&album_name=USAF+E-4B&album_creator=cbb1228&disp_order=desc

Wow.

747 Landing - St. Maarten...very low plane.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8ea_1186767369

Wikipedia: 911 Carrera S MSRP $89,600

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_997

Absolutely beautiful!

Nice catch!

Great catch, by the way. Kind of amusing how the camera car made a little detour through the parking lot to get a shot of a Blackbird. {8^)

I would have too!

Museum website says it's an A-12, and yes I know I'm splitting hairs here.

http://www.aerospacemuseum.org/collections/

Gone or moved: http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/36248/

Killer confesses: http://www.insidebayarea.com/trivalleyherald/ci_6544153

Finally in high res!

Let me find my pics now...

Where the actual Band of Brothers trained: http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/25818/

A definitve answer from my bro: "M-8 motor carriage I think. M24 Chaffee maybe. Or a Russki T-60."

Rumor has it that this was a group of SpecOps trainees from a "friendly nation" on a training jump. Apparently someone said "GO" too soon and since two guys were already out the door, everybody went with them. Gotta keep together.

Note that their I.D. cards showed them as DOD employees, not soldiers or marines.

I emailed my brother the tank nut. If he emails me back (which is rare) I'll post the ID here.

Rock crusher or sorter of some sort.

http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=44.459638~12.281363&style=h&lvl=19&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=10571392&encType=1

http://www.world-heritage-tour.org/asia/kh/angkor/map.html

Click on the thumbnails for 360 views.

Sun glare off of glass greenhouses.

http://www.world-heritage-tour.org/europe/fr/paris/laConcorde/fontaine.html

Pan around for the obelisk.