Google Earth - Cool places to visit - Page 7

traygreen · 02-11-2007, 02:09 PM

49 20 31.56 N 0 41 42.41 W Longues Battery
The only battery on the Normandy coast that still has its guns in the casements.

traygreen · 02-11-2007, 02:12 PM

49 14 28.61 N 0 16 16.29 W - Pegasus Bridge
3 Gliders from the British 6th Airborne Div landed just SE of the bridge in the opening hours of June 6, 1944.

**CingularDuality** · 05-26-2007, 07:48 AM

http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthrea.../page/0#524830

All of the known ranges that offer Highpower rifle competitions!

traygreen · 05-30-2007, 03:54 PM

Location of Crisbeq battery Lat : 49 28 55 N Long : 01 18 01 W

This battery covered Utah beach

traygreen · 06-05-2007, 04:25 PM

Adak Island - worked here in '85 as a civilian contractor building a fuel tank farm - 2 - 3.5 million gallon tanks for JP5. The Navy flew P-3 Orions out of the base and had quite the radio eavesdropping facility here.
The base as since been closed and the facilities turned over to a native corporation.

Lat 51 51 12.83
Long 176 39 53.98

There are six larger tanks right along the road - we built the first two as you come up the road from the fuel dock (located in the bay to the East)

traygreen · 06-05-2007, 04:27 PM

Air under Water facility (i.e. nuke torpedo etc) - the kinda "L" shaped facility with the multiple fence line enclosure.
Lat 51 53 17.74
Long 176 38 46.48

traygreen · 06-05-2007, 04:30 PM

"The Elephant Cage"
A large antenna - series of pole towers laid out in two rings - one inside the other IIRC
Seems like this might still be in use as it is the only thing I have seen on the Island which they have been compelled to "fuzz" out. Must still have some classification protection.

Lat 51 56 33.22
Long 176 36 1.57

traygreen · 06-05-2007, 04:32 PM

Low res - but this is Strong Point Hillman - position held up the Brits coming off Sword Beach on D-Day and is a part of the reason the British infantry did not reach the outskirts of Caen on June 6th.
Lat 49 15 56.23
Long 0 18 32.39

traygreen · 06-05-2007, 04:39 PM

Merville Battery
Lat 49 16 12.53
Long 0 11 50.98

**Pokerface** · 06-05-2007, 05:12 PM

39°17'8.01"N 76°36'40.30"W
The last civil war ship afloat

9mmATX · 07-28-2007, 04:41 PM

Texas Longhorns Stadium

30 17 00.67N
97 43 57.88W

Go Texas

Betterdeadthanred · 11-25-2007, 06:12 PM

39° 0'32.14"n 104°53'12.41"w

**1er** · 01-16-2008, 01:37 PM

I haven't seen it myself, but I'd like to assume it's a graveyard.
It's more likely if they're all sat outside and some are not intact. People usually keep their expensive stuff in hangars.

The only place that aircraft won't rust or rot is in the nevada desert. There's one place airlines buy old commerical jets from and there are hundreds of them, not aged a bit.

ScratchMonkey · 01-16-2008, 03:21 PM

Just something cool to see from the air:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...wloc=addr&om=0

ScratchMonkey · 01-16-2008, 03:30 PM

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...wloc=addr&om=0

I went to a LAN in Orlando a few years ago and took a day to go tour the Space Center. I got the choice of the Space Shuttle tour or the "Classic" tour and I chose the latter, as I wanted to see all the old launch pads used in the history of space flight. It was an awesome experience. There were volunteers at some of the sites who had worked there back in the pre-space era who had wonderful stories to tell. There was a moment of silence at the pad where the Apollo fire occurred. There's an indoor exhibit of a complete Saturn 5 suspended in the air, and it's amusing to see the gaping jaws of visitors looking up at it. (I'd seen the one at the Houston Space Center and still found this one impressive.) And I cried at the memorial for those lost in the pursuit of the adventure, near the main entrance.

Photos from that tour:

http://www.sewingwitch.com/ken/photos/2004/0728/

The little convertible at the end is the rental I got to drive out there. I'd never driven a ragtop before and got the subcompact price.

02-11-2007, 02:09 PM	#91 (permalink)
traygreen Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Manhattan, Kansas Age: 41 Posts: 16	Re: Google Earth - Cool places to visit 49 20 31.56 N 0 41 42.41 W Longues Battery The only battery on the Normandy coast that still has its guns in the casements. __________________ Tray Green ABandofGamers.com Tours for Gamers

02-11-2007, 02:12 PM	#92 (permalink)
traygreen Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Manhattan, Kansas Age: 41 Posts: 16	Re: Google Earth - Cool places to visit 49 14 28.61 N 0 16 16.29 W - Pegasus Bridge 3 Gliders from the British 6th Airborne Div landed just SE of the bridge in the opening hours of June 6, 1944. __________________ Tray Green ABandofGamers.com Tours for Gamers

05-26-2007, 07:48 AM	#93 (permalink)
CingularDuality Join Date: May 2003 Location: Dallas/Ft. Worth area of Texas, USA Age: 33 Posts: 17,132	Re: Google Earth - Cool places to visit http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthrea.../page/0#524830 All of the known ranges that offer Highpower rifle competitions! __________________ Become a supporting member! Buy a Tactical Duck! Take the world's smallest political quiz! "I was touched by His Noodly Appendage." TacticalGamer TX LAN/BBQ Veteran:

05-30-2007, 03:54 PM	#94 (permalink)
traygreen Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Manhattan, Kansas Age: 41 Posts: 16	Re: Google Earth - Cool places to visit Location of Crisbeq battery Lat : 49 28 55 N Long : 01 18 01 W This battery covered Utah beach __________________ Tray Green ABandofGamers.com Tours for Gamers

06-05-2007, 04:25 PM	#95 (permalink)
traygreen Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Manhattan, Kansas Age: 41 Posts: 16	Re: Google Earth - Cool places to visit Adak Island - worked here in '85 as a civilian contractor building a fuel tank farm - 2 - 3.5 million gallon tanks for JP5. The Navy flew P-3 Orions out of the base and had quite the radio eavesdropping facility here. The base as since been closed and the facilities turned over to a native corporation. Lat 51 51 12.83 Long 176 39 53.98 There are six larger tanks right along the road - we built the first two as you come up the road from the fuel dock (located in the bay to the East) __________________ Tray Green ABandofGamers.com Tours for Gamers

06-05-2007, 04:27 PM	#96 (permalink)
traygreen Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Manhattan, Kansas Age: 41 Posts: 16	Re: Google Earth - Cool places to visit Air under Water facility (i.e. nuke torpedo etc) - the kinda "L" shaped facility with the multiple fence line enclosure. Lat 51 53 17.74 Long 176 38 46.48 __________________ Tray Green ABandofGamers.com Tours for Gamers

06-05-2007, 04:30 PM	#97 (permalink)
traygreen Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Manhattan, Kansas Age: 41 Posts: 16	Re: Google Earth - Cool places to visit "The Elephant Cage" A large antenna - series of pole towers laid out in two rings - one inside the other IIRC Seems like this might still be in use as it is the only thing I have seen on the Island which they have been compelled to "fuzz" out. Must still have some classification protection. Lat 51 56 33.22 Long 176 36 1.57 __________________ Tray Green ABandofGamers.com Tours for Gamers

06-05-2007, 04:32 PM	#98 (permalink)
traygreen Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Manhattan, Kansas Age: 41 Posts: 16	Re: Google Earth - Cool places to visit Low res - but this is Strong Point Hillman - position held up the Brits coming off Sword Beach on D-Day and is a part of the reason the British infantry did not reach the outskirts of Caen on June 6th. Lat 49 15 56.23 Long 0 18 32.39 __________________ Tray Green ABandofGamers.com Tours for Gamers

06-05-2007, 04:39 PM	#99 (permalink)
traygreen Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Manhattan, Kansas Age: 41 Posts: 16	Re: Google Earth - Cool places to visit Merville Battery Lat 49 16 12.53 Long 0 11 50.98 __________________ Tray Green ABandofGamers.com Tours for Gamers

06-05-2007, 05:12 PM	#100 (permalink)
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07-28-2007, 04:41 PM	#101 (permalink)
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11-25-2007, 06:12 PM	#102 (permalink)
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01-16-2008, 01:37 PM	#103 (permalink)
1er Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Grimsby, UK Posts: 838	Re: Google Earth - Cool places to visit I haven't seen it myself, but I'd like to assume it's a graveyard. It's more likely if they're all sat outside and some are not intact. People usually keep their expensive stuff in hangars. The only place that aircraft won't rust or rot is in the nevada desert. There's one place airlines buy old commerical jets from and there are hundreds of them, not aged a bit. __________________ TG-E1st TacticalGamer European Division \| Team up with us today! Illusion Aerobatic Team #5 (Magnet) \| IAT-Aerobatic.com Insurgency Admin

01-16-2008, 03:21 PM	#104 (permalink)
ScratchMonkey Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: San Pablo, California Posts: 4,565	Re: Google Earth - Cool places to visit Just something cool to see from the air: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...wloc=addr&om=0 __________________

01-16-2008, 03:30 PM	#105 (permalink)
ScratchMonkey Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: San Pablo, California Posts: 4,565	Re: Google Earth - Cool places to visit http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...wloc=addr&om=0 I went to a LAN in Orlando a few years ago and took a day to go tour the Space Center. I got the choice of the Space Shuttle tour or the "Classic" tour and I chose the latter, as I wanted to see all the old launch pads used in the history of space flight. It was an awesome experience. There were volunteers at some of the sites who had worked there back in the pre-space era who had wonderful stories to tell. There was a moment of silence at the pad where the Apollo fire occurred. There's an indoor exhibit of a complete Saturn 5 suspended in the air, and it's amusing to see the gaping jaws of visitors looking up at it. (I'd seen the one at the Houston Space Center and still found this one impressive.) And I cried at the memorial for those lost in the pursuit of the adventure, near the main entrance. Photos from that tour: http://www.sewingwitch.com/ken/photos/2004/0728/ The little convertible at the end is the rental I got to drive out there. I'd never driven a ragtop before and got the subcompact price. __________________

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