Airliner crashes in London square!

[Globalti]

Have a look on Goofle maps satellite view at Russell Square, London.

WTF?

 

[calibanzwei]

Wow, great timing.

 

[Theseus]

Point your mouse at the icon for the toilets and enjoy the hover description ...

 

[Arch]

Have a look on Goofle maps satellite view at Russell Square, London.

WTF?

Well yes, WFT is Goofle?

I'm more surprised that every tile in London doesn't have an airliner in it, given the rate they come into Heathrow...

 

[Globalti]

What is interesting is that the 'plane is in proper scale to the square, even though it is probably at a couple of thousand feet or could even be at 30,000 feet if it's overflying London N-S. It makes you realise how high the satellite must be!

 

[oliglynn]

Here's one in Tottenham

 

[dellzeqq]

is it the same plane?

 

[Bromptonaut]

Point your mouse at the icon for the toilets and enjoy the hover description ...

Britain's smallest airport?

I expected something racier considering Russell Square's (alledged) reputation for 'encounters'!!

 

[Arch]

Here's one in Tottenham

That's a biggun!

Aren't the better resolution shots aerial, rather than satellite?

Reminds me of a story I heard of a (fighter?) pilot practising low flying over a reservoir during the war. He looked down, just as a Lancaster, practising for the Dambusters, flew under him...

 

[Globalti]

is it the same plane?

Tottenham's has black walkways on the wings and a white tail with a red logo; Russell Square's has a red tail.

If you could find the shadows and measure their distance from the planes you could work out their altitude, by making some assumptions about the angle of the sun.

 

[Bromptonaut]

is it the same plane?

No I don't think so. The Tottenham one is almost certainly a widebody whereas the RS one is quite small, probably a 737 but could be one of those Embraer jobbies that FlyBe and BA both use.

 

[Melonfish]

AFAIK google maps actually uses an OS Plane, its a high altitude plane with some seriously nice cam kit. GE uses sat images for the really high altitude stuff.

 

[PpPete]

That's a biggun!

Aren't the better resolution shots aerial, rather than satellite?

Reminds me of a story I heard of a (fighter?) pilot practising low flying over a reservoir during the war. He looked down, just as a Lancaster, practising for the Dambusters, flew under him...

In a similar vein...
As you probably know the Lake District is used (and has long been used) for low-flying training....not only by our own forces but by some of our "allies" as well. You don't need to see the roundels or identify the aircraft to know who is flying. If you can see the underside of the aircraft he's not RAF.... simples.

 

[Archie_tect]

Why, do the RAF fly past upside down?
Looking down onto the planes flying through the valleys is a bit wierd mind.

 

[ohnovino]

If you're going to low-fly, do it in style.