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Show me something cool on google maps
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 5:45 am
by -Holiday
you can find really cool stuff on satelite view on google maps.
I remembered seeing a blackbird (plane) when i was in Manhattan last time, so it prompted me to look for this:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hl=en&q ... 3&t=k&om=1
its also pretty neat to see the big hole that used to be the world trade center:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hl=en&q ... 017381&t=k
what cool stuff can you find on google maps?
If you can, take a screen shot and post here. I'll do that with mine when I get back from lunch.
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 5:51 am
by CNF2002
Anyone else notice the boat under the battleship on the other side?
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 1:40 pm
by Shiv
No cool pictures but those aircraft carriers are amazing. There's a drydocked one down in Corpus Christi, the USS Lexington I believe, and back when I was in scouts we stayed over night on it there and took some tours on it (official and unofficial, easy to get 'lost'
in those things . Huge, HUGE ships. Incredible.
And the flight deck is even cooler since they still had some planes up there on display, that and the bridge = well worth it.
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 2:13 pm
by jonnythan
I never knew they flew SR-71s off aircraft carriers
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 4:19 pm
by rapidblue
there's website called "Google sightseeing" or something close. It's got lots of cool pics but be careful of some of the links. Norton caught a virus from a linked forum
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 4:23 pm
by Shorts
Shiv wrote:No cool pictures but those aircraft carriers are amazing. There's a drydocked one down in Corpus Christi, the USS Lexington I believe, and back when I was in scouts we stayed over night on it there and took some tours on it (official and unofficial, easy to get 'lost'
in those things . Huge, HUGE ships. Incredible.
And the flight deck is even cooler since they still had some planes up there on display, that and the bridge = well worth it.
When were you a scout? Are you from CC? Just curious, I am.
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 2:55 am
by Nibblet99
jonnythan wrote:I never knew they flew SR-71s off aircraft carriers
I'm not sure I'd quite fancy being on a functioning aircraft carrier, with one of those leaking on deck, although the idea of launching one off a steam cat is quite entertaining
Is that a museum per chance? Seems a very mix'n'match line of planes
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 10:53 am
by flynrider
Nibblet99 wrote:Is that a museum per chance? Seems a very mix'n'match line of planes
Yes. That's the USS Intrepid Museum.
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 11:02 am
by jstark47
Nibblet99 wrote:Is that a museum per chance? Seems a very mix'n'match line of planes
No kidding. Second plane behind the SR71 looks like a MiG-21!