Author: Virtual Globetrotting

Wallace Neff was a famous Southern Californian architect. The houses he designed are still among the most coveted and appreciated houses in Los Angeles by celebrities and architectural connoisseurs alike. The distinct style he worked in is called the California style.

It’s been two years and two months since the last blog post on this beautiful aircraft, so let’s do a refresher.

The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy.

What?: large military transport aircraft built by Lockheed.
Who?: United States Air Force (USAF)
How many?: 131 (C-5A: 81, C-5B: 50)
Maximum speed: Mach 0.79 (503 kn, 579 mph, 932 km/h)
Crew: 7 typical (aircraft commander, pilot, two flight engineers, three loadmasters)
4 minimum (pilot, copilot, two flight engineers)
Payload: 270,000 lb (122,470 kg)
Range: 2,400 nmi (2,760 mi, 4,440 km) with a 263,200 lb (119,400 kg) payload
Length: 247 ft 1 in (75.31 m)
Wingspan: 222 ft 9 in (67.89 m)
Height: 65 ft 1 in (19.84 m)
Max. takeoff weight: 840,000 lb (381,000 kg)
Related: C-141 Starlifter (predecessor) and C-17 Globemaster.

Continue reading “Lockheed C-5 Galaxy – Round 2”

The Boeing 747 is a wide-body commercial airliner and cargo transport aircraft, often called a Jumbo Jet. One of the world’s most recognizable aircraft, first flown commercially in 1970 with Pan Am, the 747 held the passenger capacity record for 37 years. The 747-400 passenger version can accommodate between 416 (three classes) and 660 (one class) passengers.

1458 of these planes have been built as of Dec 2012 and are in use with over 20 different airlines.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_747

© Google Maps Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747–400 Landing	© Google Maps Boeing 747-400 Pokemon
© Google Maps British Airways Boeing 747-400 Landing	© Google Maps Landing KLM Boeing 747
© Bing Maps VC-25A / 747-200B (Air Force One)	© Google Maps Boeing 747-212B converted to Jumbo Stay Hotel
© Bing Maps "City of Everett" Boeing 747 prototype	© Google Maps Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747–400 Landing

The Airbus A380 is the world’s largest passenger airliner, fitting 525 people (in 3 classes) or up to 853 people (all economy class). The A380 made its first flight on 27 April 2005 (however, the aircraft was introduced until 25 October 2007) and as of 2012 is in service with 10 different airlines.

© Google Maps Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 Landing	© Google Maps Emirates' A380 model
© Google Maps Emirates Airbus A380-800 Landing	© Google Maps Emirates Airbus A380-800 Landing @ Heathrow
© Google Maps A380 horizontal stabilizer	© Bing Maps Airbus A-380 SuperJumbo
© Google Maps A380 fuselage components	© Google Maps Legoland Billund: Airbus A380

FIFA World Cup Final Stadiums

1930 – Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay

1934 – Stadio Flaminio (Stadio Nazionale PNF), Rome, Italy

1938 – Stade Olympique de Colombes, Paris, France

1950 – Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1954 – Wankdorf Stadium, Bern, Switzerland

1958 – Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden

1962 – Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile

1966 – Wembley Stadium , London, England

1970 – Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico

1974 – Olympiastadion , Munich, West Germany

1978 – Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1982 – Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain

1986 – Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico

1990 – Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy

1994 – Rose Bowl , Pasadena, California, United States

1998 – Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France

2002 – International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan

2006 – Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany

2010 – Soccer City, Johannesburg, South Africa

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There have been many posts on this website showing airplanes in flight in Streetview. Finally, I present to you this collection, one which puts every single one of these finds, be it airplanes, helicopters, or aerostats, into one organized place. Each find is coded by color and icon type.

Each find can be viewed directly within Google Earth (version 6+) or viewed in Google Maps with a direct link from within the placemark. The placemark also includes the original finder and a link to where that find came from (various different websites).

Note: Google Earth, so far, does not save the zoom level of a street view find, so some finds may need to be zoomed in on Google Earth. Their proper zoom level is saved on Google Maps, so if you cannot see it on Google Earth, it should be visible on Google Maps. If not; the image is outdated, and it would be awesome if you could inform me of it.

The file, as of this original release (7/10/2012) contains the following:
-35 countries, including 44 USA states + D.C.
-706 airplanes (638 civilian, 68 military), 103 helicopters
(69 civilian, 34 military), and 22 aerostats (831 total)

NOTE to MODERATORS: I’d ideally like to upload a KML Network Link, is there any way this is possible on this website? Since it’s a big collection on Google Earth that opens the finds within both GE and GM, it would be ideal if there was a download link for the network link.
The network link can be found here: https://gec-transportation-a-googleprodu…t_NL.kmz?part=4
Or the original file can be found here: http://www.gearthhacks.com/dlfile35747/Streetview-in-Flight.htm

You can download the network link from the Google Earth Community (first link) (or I can send you the network link via email) and upload it here manually so people don’t need to connect through an external website

Google Street View Online:

<a href="http://www.itpro.co.uk/609417/google-street-view-uk-to-get-spring-release-date
“>UK in the Spring

Taiwan in the second half of 2009

Here is a very cool resource for viewing topographic contours of any location within the U.S.. It easily toggles between satellite and topographic. In topographic mode, the more you zoom in, the more detail is revealed. Give it a try:

http://terraserver-usa.com/cmap.aspx?PPD=1&R=4&C=4&W=1

New high resolution:
Americas:
– Canada: Significant amount of British Columbia, Oxford County (Ontario)
– USA: Madera (CA), Fernly (NV), Silver Springs (NV), Yerington (NV),
Cambria (CA), Creston (CA), Delaware, Connecticut

EMEA:
– Spain: Avila, Burgos, San Sebastian
– Portugal: Lisbon

– South Africa: 2.5m imagery for western half of the country

Asia & Oceania:
– New Zealand: Auckland, Wanganui Province, Tararua Province
– Australia: Sydney, Newcastle

Updated Imagery:
Americas:
– Canada: Vancouver
– USA: Portland (OR), Bay Area (SF, Oakland, Peninsula), San Simeon (CA),
Morro Bay (CA), Garden Farms (CA), San Louis Obispo (CA), Arroyo
Grande (CA), Nipomo (CA), Santa Maria (CA), California City (CA),
San Bernardino County (CA), Riverside County (CA), Salt Lake City (UT),
Denver (CO), Kalamazoo (MI), Detroit (MI), Hardee County (FL),
Martin County (FL), Tampa (FL), Philadelphia (PA), Boston (MA)
Onodaga County (NY), Norfolk (VA), Island County (WA), the state of
Hawaii, the state of Ohio, the state of Louisiana, the state of Virginia,
and the state New Jersey.
– Cuba: Havana – Brazil: Sao Paolo EMEA:
– France: Tours – Italy: Torino
– Spain: Almeria, Logrono, Pamplona, Santander, Segovia, Valladolid, Alicante,
Bilbao, Castellon, Cordoba, Coruna, Costa Blanca, Elche, Gijon, Huelva,
Leon, Oviedo, Salamanca, Vigo, Vitoria, Catalunya, Andalucia
– UK: Kent, Norfolk
– Switzerland: Zimmerburg, Pfannenstiel
– Denmark: Copenhagen
– Finland: Helsinki
– Norway: Oslo
– Iceland: Reykijavik
– Ukraine: Kiev
– Latvia: Riga
– Serbia: Belgrade
– Kenya: Nairobi
– Senegal: Dakar

Asia:
– Turkmenistan: Ashkhabad
– Kyrgyzstan: Bishkek
– Myanmar: Rangoon

Updated Terrain:
State of Arkansas

Now in Hi-res in GoogleEarth and GoogleMaps :

Lyon
Arras
Reims
Limoges
Le Mans
Lourdes
Nîmes
Arles
Nancy

A large zone in the north of the country :

Lille
Tourcoing
Douai
Arras