britfrog 180 Posted March 9, 2013 Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 had a perusal of google earth as one idles the day away and looked at stansted and look at what is there on the runway Dont take my word for it look at google earth now how can you have 2 planes on the runway at the same time? in my life I have received the clearance "land after" but only because you could see the a/c ahead was approaching the high speed turn off in this case the following a/c has nearly caught up the a/c ahead that is a bit naughty if not downright illegal imagine if you would the first a/c is light and the second heavy! i leave the rest to your imagination and the newspapers Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted March 9, 2013 Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 Prehaps it's the same aircraft - just the image was taken at slightly different times. There's one in the US where you can track a B-52 take-off Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Godden 943 Posted March 9, 2013 Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 No imagination necessary. Aerial and satellite photography is shot as a series of overlapping images with a minimum of 60% but often 80% overlap. The minimum 60% overlap is required to produce a stereoscopic, 3D image. If you look at the taxiway to the extreme right of the runway, you can see what appears to be the same aircraft at two different locations on the taxiway. This is consistent with what Kieran mentioned about the B-52 sequence. When you zoom in on the Google Earth image, in both cases, the aircraft are Ryanair and what appears to be the same aircraft. Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted March 9, 2013 Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 I found something similar and got an education at the time, here... http://forum.mutleyshangar.com/index.php/topic/6519-tinker-afb-on-google-earth-something-strange/ Joh Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Godden 943 Posted March 9, 2013 Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 Aerial and satellite imagery is shot from a fixed camera and is often coordinated with the time of day to minimise shadows. This is my old days as a cartographer, well and truly being dragged back out of me. Link to post Share on other sites
britfrog 180 Posted March 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 well that has put my mind to rest guys, i did some aerial photography some years ago and did the original mapping of docklands , very difficult to fly at + or - 50 feet plus doing runs 200 meters apart but then i didnt have 2 planes on the then non existant city runway at the time. Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,315 Posted March 9, 2013 Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 I couldn't find it but I remember seeing an image that had two aircraft flying in it too. Must have skipped by the quality control folks. Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Godden 943 Posted March 9, 2013 Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 Prior to satellite imagery being used as regularly as it is these days, the biggest problem with aerial photography was cloud. The newest and most naive members of the section where often sent to the store for a bottle of "cloud remover". Now we need to include aircraft remover as well. Either way, it would be classed as bullying in this mixed up, overly politically correct world. Such were the days when life and work could be fun. Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,315 Posted March 9, 2013 Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 Had a lot of fun with some good natured goofing on the newbies back when. Shame it's changed now. Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted March 9, 2013 Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 Yep, there are dozens of industrial and military gags involving leading/sending the newbie up the primrose path. Of course WE were far too sophisticated to have ever fallen for any of them. The best one I ever saw was posting a guy to Mail Buoy Watch, standing on the bow of a destroyer at sea and in full view of the bridge, with binoculars, life jacket, helmet, sound-powered phones and boat hook, to watch for and snag the proverbial "mail buoy" which was to be dropped in front of us by a passing Navy plane. They took pity on him after about three hours. At least it wasn't cold. John Link to post Share on other sites
britfrog 180 Posted March 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2013 in my youth one was sent to find the glass hammer of left handed screwdriver, but things took a whole new turn when superglue came out, in the early 70's two small drops on the kaze seat inevitably ended up with a scream from the thunder box and gales of laughter from those outside, it makes you wonder in this stupid modern p.c. world how we ever survived, Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted March 10, 2013 Report Share Posted March 10, 2013 Ah, bathroom gags - even lower class. The best was to cover the toilet bowl with Saran Wrap, then put the seat back down - best done in the Ladies can. It worked best if the lighting was not too good. Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,315 Posted March 10, 2013 Report Share Posted March 10, 2013 How about even sending out a newbie boyscout for a lefthanded smoke shifter when camping because the smoke from the fire was getting in his eyes. We actually even got a new Private to search all the aircraft warehouses on the base for a "Bag, Air, test vessel". Told him it was used for testing gauges and he came back two and a half hours later empty handed. Not one person from the other supply areas(7 in all) told him he was on a useless search. A few even told him to look on the shelves himself. Link to post Share on other sites
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