Vertical Takeoff? [Archive] - Google Earth Hacks Forums

dalenz

07-22-2005, 04:40 AM

Found this at an airport in Huntsville.

Appears to have a 3 bladed prop on top.

You can see the shadow of the prop.

An ideas?

Thanks

birq

07-22-2005, 05:40 AM

It looks like a helicopter to me. Maybe a Chinook.

scotty

07-22-2005, 05:40 AM

maybe a chinook (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CH-47_Chinook)?

http://www.seaspotter.com/BFI/Military/CHINOOK_small.jpg (http://www.seaspotter.com/BFI/Military/CHINOOK.jpg)

birq

07-22-2005, 05:42 AM

I beat Scotty by mere miliseconds. She needs more power, Captain.

scotty

07-22-2005, 05:44 AM

without the google image search, she IS faster... :D

birq

07-22-2005, 05:46 AM

Good point :)

dalenz

07-22-2005, 06:33 AM

Thanks,

Should have thought of that.

By the way, I think this is Fort Bragg.

Very interesting to fly around, many bunkers, tanks etc.

Also seems to be some places with "whiteout" to obsure them

gHamiltan

07-23-2005, 07:18 PM

If you turn on the airport button, you'll see that it's the Redstone Air strip. For you Huntsville fans, you've got Marshall (NASA) Flight Center, the Redstone Proving Grounds and the home of DARPA all in that little town. It's where the military dropped Werner Von Braun and a 100 others after WW2.

:-)