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March 7th 06, 12:09 PM
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What's this green thing at London City Airport?
John Rowland wrote:
http://maps.google.com/?ll=51.506086...1,0.002494&t=k Heathrow has one too: http://maps.google.com/?t=k&ll=51.47...9,0.009495&t=k |
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March 7th 06, 08:06 PM
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What's this green thing at London City Airport?
"peter" wrote in message
oups.com... John Rowland wrote: http://maps.google.com/?ll=51.506086...1,0.002494&t=k Heathrow has one too: http://maps.google.com/?t=k&ll=51.47...9,0.009495&t=k As has Stansted: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...0.001786&t= k |
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March 7th 06, 09:21 PM
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What's this green thing at London City Airport?
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"Colin" wrote: "peter" wrote in message oups.com... John Rowland wrote: http://maps.google.com/?ll=51.506086...1,0.002494&t=k Heathrow has one too: http://maps.google.com/?t=k&ll=51.47...9,0.009495&t=k As has Stansted: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...0.001786&t= k I was to;d the reason for using the green machines was because the sight of a real burnt out airframe was considered upsetting for nervous passengers. -- Graeme Wall This address is not read, substitute trains for rail. Transport Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail/index.html |
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March 8th 06, 06:56 AM
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What's this green thing at London City Airport?
"Colin" wrote in message ... "peter" wrote in message oups.com... John Rowland wrote: http://maps.google.com/?ll=51.506086...1,0.002494&t=k Heathrow has one too: http://maps.google.com/?t=k&ll=51.47...9,0.009495&t=k As has Stansted: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...0.001786&t= k That's a LOT of plumbing. :-) -- Brian "Fight like the Devil, die like a gentleman." |
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March 8th 06, 09:09 AM
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What's this green thing at London City Airport?
On Tue, 7 Mar 2006 21:06:32 -0000, "Colin"
wrote: "peter" wrote in message roups.com... John Rowland wrote: http://maps.google.com/?ll=51.506086...1,0.002494&t=k Heathrow has one too: http://maps.google.com/?t=k&ll=51.47...9,0.009495&t=k As has Stansted: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...0.001786&t= k The one at Stansted is an eerie find if you're just driving around & it appears out of the woods at about 9 at night! N |
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March 9th 06, 06:56 PM
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What's this green thing at London City Airport?
Voice wrote:
The one at Stansted is an eerie find if you're just driving around & it appears out of the woods at about 9 at night! So if you happen to own a green aeroplane about the size of a 737 with stubby little wings, be careful where you park it, or the firemen might set fire to it ;-) -- Simon Hewison |
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March 8th 06, 08:55 AM
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What's this green thing at London City Airport?
peter wrote:
John Rowland wrote: http://maps.google.com/?ll=51.506086...1,0.002494&t=k Heathrow has one too: http://maps.google.com/?t=k&ll=51.47...9,0.009495&t=k As well as a moving Concorde it would seem |
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March 8th 06, 09:22 AM
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What's this green thing at London City Airport?
Stuart wrote:
peter wrote: John Rowland wrote: http://maps.google.com/?ll=51.506086...1,0.002494&t=k Heathrow has one too: http://maps.google.com/?t=k&ll=51.47...9,0.009495&t=k As well as a moving Concorde it would seem What makes you think it's moving? -- Richard J. (to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address) |
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March 8th 06, 10:31 AM
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What's this green thing at London City Airport?
"Richard J." wrote in message
. uk Stuart wrote: peter wrote: John Rowland wrote: http://maps.google.com/?ll=51.506086...1,0.002494&t=k Heathrow has one too: http://maps.google.com/?t=k&ll=51.47...9,0.009495&t=k As well as a moving Concorde it would seem What makes you think it's moving? Unfortunately, I don't think that Concorde (or any other?) has moved in a couple of years, but I wonder how they keep it so clean? Do they sneak out at night and tidy it up, or even tow it back into the hangars occasionally? It amuses me that Google has stitched together images of varying vintages in the Heathrow area (and elsewhere, of course). So, not only do you see the retired Concorde parked just off runway 23, but you also see two in-service Concordes at Terminal 4 gates: http://maps.google.com/?t=k&ll=51.46...3,0.013475&t=k The latter image must be at least a few months older than the former. |
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March 8th 06, 11:22 AM
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What's this green thing at London City Airport?
Nigel Pendse wrote:
It amuses me that Google has stitched together images of varying vintages in the Heathrow area (and elsewhere, of course). So, not only do you see the retired Concorde parked just off runway 23, but you also see two in-service Concordes at Terminal 4 gates: http://maps.google.com/?t=k&ll=51.46...3,0.013475&t=k The latter image must be at least a few months older than the former. The image that includes the two Concordes at T4 and the plane about to land on runway 09L is the one that Google Earth currently uses for the whole airport. T5 is at an early stage of development and there's no Concorde by runway 23. The plane about to land on 09L actually appears three more times as it makes its way down the runway! Google Maps has updated the central part with a later image showing some T5 buildings and the Concorde on 23, but the stitching together is very inaccurate at the western end of 09L. -- Richard J. (to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address) |
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