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As always, dda, thanks for the link!

22 views in twenty minutes is pretty high above norms. Although, yesterday evening I had 200 hits in ten minutes—definitely beyond the norm until recently.

Unfortunately, without more conclusive evidence this is inflatable, we can't award points for this one. Good luck with the hunt!

This appears to be a permanent fixture. Do you have prior-knowledge that it is inflatable?

The link you provided describes the problem as "leaning to port." In the map and all its associated views, the port wing is barely off the ground.

This particular Boeing B-29A (G-BHDK / 44-61748 (cn 11225)) was rescued from the China Lake target range, where it survived three separate air-to-ground missile sorties with no damage. After recovering it from the desert and being made airworthy for a short flight to Tuscon, it underwent more comprehensive restoration. Upon completion, it was acquired by the Imperial War Museum in Duxford, England, where it was fully restored and is now on display as "It's Hawg Wild."

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6482 Bock Rd, Oxon Hill, MD 20745

Interesting map. The moderators will have to confer on this one. Because while you captured crews erecting grandstands for the Monaco GP, I'm not sure the viewing stands will qualify as a building. Moderators?

For this category, the submission has to be in Google Maps so we can measure the ships size. Also, this appears to be a cargo ship rather than a super tanker, which refers to an extra-large oil tanker. Good hunting!

Amazing! Ironically, the most identifiable piece remaining is the wing, which stores all the fuel.

From what I can tell, this is an agricultural area rather than something intentionally altered.

A casino, none the less. Good post! And good luck with your hunting!

Ah, Fouga Magisters on poles! Very cool. Thanks for the link, dda!

Thats hilarious! Not just a 747, but its shadow about three inches directly to the west!!

I think rather than oil, it is sediment being kicked up from the bottom of the harbor as the tugs maneuver the ship for its departure.

How things have changed in two years. The star-studded artwork is gone, and only an ugly building, nothing like the one in the thumbnail, remains.

The only other airworthy Lancaster resides in Canada.

http://www.bbmf.co.uk/bomber.html

Saddly, if it is indeed this one:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0459787/M/
it was the last airworthy example of its type. Unfortunately, it was destroyed during a crash July 10 ,2003 en route to an air show in Montana, killing both pilots.

Here's one of their MiG-29s

http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/24119/

Nellis is home to the 57th Adversary Tactics Group, whose main purpose is to simulate the aircraft and tactics of potential adversaries throughout the world. The 64th and 65th Aggressor Squadrons within the group fly F-15 Eagles and F-16 Fighting Falcons. The IMAX film, "Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag" provides an excellent look into just how closely the 57th mimics foreign threats, including their paint schemes.

I love this site! Not many mysteries go unsolved. Thanks kaiken!

My bad. From the side perspective, it's clear there are four stacked atop each other, rather than two with slots for a pair of engines.

Very cool find. The odd thing about them is they appear to have openings for a pair of engines stacked atop each other.

Thanks for the inside info! I'll update the map title with the new information.

Our judges have decided to award the points for this clearly censored area. However, at least one of them thinks that it is a case of someone photo-shopping in a bunch of military-related buildings to conceal one of the world's last untouched forests. ;0)

After long deliberations, our panel of accredited judges has come back with a narrow decision that we just can not award points for this "accident."

Looks like a desperate cry for scavenger points to me ;O). However if you look very closely into the rear window of that Cirrus Mini-van with the whitewall tires, it is quite clear the baby in the car seat next to the little blonde girl in ponytails has had an accident and is in need of changing ;0).

This has to rate up there with one of the better finds! Very cool.

Wow, talk about small world! I grew up in a house two blocks away adjacent to Canyon Creek Park. As a toddler I wondered out on the golf course and got hopelessly lost.

Thanks for posting it none the less. I've always kept my eye open for puffs of smoke while trotting over neighborhoods, but have never seen anything close. As far as I know this is the first of its type on VGT.

The really odd thing about this is that the pentagon-shaped building is clearly visible as a Howard Johnson's Hotel in BEV. There's been forum chatter over similar "intentionally altered" maps from NY that came to the conclusion that immediately following 9/11, the censors were a little heavy handed when it came to NY airports, and have since eased off a bit for the rest of the country.

Under the current format, we can't substitute submissions. However, since there are no additional points awarded for "composition," your first hang glider/parachute wins the same points this one would have. ;O)

Welcome to VGT!
Since it's your first map and I posted the original Dupe, I'll eliminate mine. Besides, your description is much more compelling than mine. ;0)

Does look like the driver's gotten into a bit of a predicament (if the cars are at highway speed). But I'll have to wait until more mods have weighed in before awarding the points.

If you think this category's tough, just wait until the next scavenger hunt. The challenges are even greater, but so are the rewards!

I had a hunch it was no accident you posted this particular map. ;0)

Perhaps the horse farm is being constructed rather than torn down; however, by the outlines of the pastures and roads in the "demolished" views, it looks like a perfectly good ranch was leveled.

Thanks for the great maps, scalpod! Unfortunately, posting Birds Eye View maps are a little more complicated than simply posting the "View Permalink" coordinates. A little "surgery" to the link is also involved.

Here is a Tutorial kjfitz devised that explains the whole process:


Here is a quick tutorial for getting the correct URLs for BEV. It looks complicated but is very quick and simple. Don't let the number of steps scare you away from trying it...

Thanks, kjfitz. I first was drawn to the horse-drawn carriage, but then discovered what it was there for after switching to a different view. Another one of those happy accidents.

If you are ever in Seattle, the Roosevelt's "Cloud Room" offers a great view of the city from up top. Also, not a bad cocktail in the place.

Be sure to enter maps like this into the scavenger hunt category. Moving trains are worth 1 point.

Take it from an addict, once it bites you can't shake it.

Nice first map! Welcome to VGT!

Also see maps:
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/31720/
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/15333/

Good catch on the ghost ship! The shipwreck next to it is actually a pier that serves as a bumper for the Washington State Ferries that dock at this landing.

Very cool effect. Nice catch!

While the thumbnail is of a post-Katrina French Quarter, the map it links to, like all the maps showing the hurricane devastation, has since been updated--or pre-dated-- to New Orleans during happier times.

Thanks Don, I've updated the link.

This is the "Piccadilly Lilly," B-17 44-83684 currently undergoing restoration at Chino's Planes of Fame Museum with with intention of returning her to flying status.
http://www.planesoffame.org/restorations.php?aircraft=b17flyingfortress

This map has changed quite a bit since its posting in 2005. The bomb craters have been filled in and a base has sprung up in their place. The bomb craters in the nearby maps "Baghdad Bomb Craters" I & II have also been filled in.

What a sad ending to a fine ship. Saddest of all is the fact the locomotives went down with it.

Here's the insignia in Baghdad:
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/15333/

Thanks for your Darfur posts, Don. With any luck, posts like yours will help the world finally take notice of such a time-sensitive tragedy. Here is a link to the Holocaust museum's effort to marry Google Earth satellite imagery with images of the atrocities on the ground:
http://www.ushmm.org/conscience/alert/darfur/contents/01-overview/

Darn, теперь мой секрет вне!

Ah, so that's where I left it! And left the keys in the helicopter on the bow, too! I'm getting so absent minded. ;0)

The big tent looks similar to one you'd find at a revival meeting.

The long-winged aircraft in this map is a Grob G-520 Strato (Egret), originally intended as a cheap alternative to the U-2. Of the six built, one flies for Australia, while four remain in service in the US, utilized by agencies like the CIA and DEA as a platform for ELINT and high-altitude radio relay, as well as atmospheric sciences.
http://www.spyflight.co.uk/grob%20new.htm
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This looks to be the B-25J "Executive Sweet" captured in this photo:
http://www.air-and-space.com/20020811%20Camarillo/5%2024%20B-25J%20N30801%20Executive%20Sweet%20P-51D%20N471R%20Huntress%20III%20left%20side%20in%20flight%20l.jpg

I think it is an SU-9
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/24327/

Ah, here it is. It's now on display at the Kenosha Military Museum in Racine:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0925819/M/

I think you're right. Seems most NASA aircraft are adorned with a similar blue stripe down their fuesealge

Or maybe an Antonov An-2:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1197252/M/

Possibly a Junkers JU-52:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1173208/M/

From back to front:

F-100 Super Sabre:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1185909/M/

Aero Vodochody L-39C Albatros:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1150234/M/

MiG-21 UM:
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http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1195819/M/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1193450/M/

I'm betting water droplets on the camera lens.

This fleet of helicopters has to rate among the cooler finds on VGT. Great Catch!!

Don't forget about these guys:
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/11035/

Still good to see. Chalk one up for the wingman ;0)

His wingman has to be out there also.

Now there's the proverbial needle in a haystack. Great catch!

Nice contrast!

Either way, they're loaded ;0)

Check out the loaded ship in her shadow.

Cool find. It looks to me like an oil barge that has run aground and split in two. The bow has moved perpendicularly to the rest of the wreck and the aft portion has come to rest over the top of it. The colorization makes me wonder if it caught fire at one point.

Thanks bigbri, you got it right on the nose!

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1180891/M/

It could be this one photographed in Berlin:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1182240/M/

Welcome to VGT!

It's interesting how in these satellite shots the plane's color seems to lead the actual aircraft by a few hundred yards, almost like you are seeing its undercoat.

Nice Catch!

Welcome to VGT!

Welcome to VGT! You're off to a nice start. Keep the maps coming!

Super! Thanks for the follow up.

I think my "doctors" are actually "vent pipes" from the adjacent building.

Thanks for the ID Gosell! I use the same MAC/Firefox combo you have. To capture my thumbnails, I use the "Grab" feature from my Applications menu and then convert to a Jpeg with Photoshop (after adjusting levels for a sharper image).

To grab the Live Local Birds Eye URL, I first start in Birds Eye View and copy the "view permalink" URL in the "SHARE" menu. In this case:
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Nice first submission!
Unfortunately, the process for submitting Live Local Birds Eye View maps has a few more steps than just entering the share this map coordinates. Here is a link to a tutorial Kjfitz created that should simplify the process:
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/2253/an/0/page/0#2253

Kjfitz, super sleuth, gets the scoop again! Great first-hand account. I've read a lot of F-14 parts from militarized F-14s have been making their way to Iran's aging fleet of Tomcats.

It's refering to the elongated truck and this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppler_effect

Great sleuthing, you guys! And even better photos!! Thanks Kjfitz!

What a sad ending to a cool plane. Thanks for the link.

Either Wilma or a tornado. You can see the roof panels from the hangar directly in front of the plane scattered behind it. And many of the aircraft beside it are missing tail planes after apparently being clipped by the flying panels.

Thanks for the link. Sadly, one of the examples they show of a sub being scrapped is the USS Narwhal, my uncle's first boat. May she rest in pieces.

Here's a view from the other side.
http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=39.927053~-74.297067&style=o&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=8542181

I think Hinkkanen could be right. It does look Texan-ish, except for the canopy, which is smaller and farther back than on a standard Texan, and I think the wings have been...

Boeing Chinooks
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1168261/M/

You're right, it does look a little radial-ish. If not the Skyraider, how about a P-47 Thunderbolt?
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0855542/M/

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0500668/M/

These KC-97 Stratotankers are part of the Hawkins and Power's firefighting fleet stationed at South Big Horn County Airport. Here are photos of some of the planes visible on the strip:
http://www.tctwest.net/%7eflight/photo.html

That's gotta be the fanciest flying I've ever seen. I bet the folks in the C-130 were more than a little concerned.

Lol. Other things I'd like to catch in the act are firefighters actually practicing on one of those scorched planes you always see next to fire stations on airfields. And I have yet to come across a building fire or structure fire , but know somewhere out there there's a map of one. Or two. (kjfitz's exploding tanker car would've counted had it not been a movie set)

Cool catch! Like go-carts on steroids.

Great find! You always get the cool ones.