A perfect example

[Highlander739]

Here's a great example of things not matching up properly when updates are done to the imagery.

Ok, it's only London Heathrow again but if you look around the southern side, you'll see that the image(s) show that things are using taxiways that are out of use just now (especially the Qantas 747 about to go onto the runway in the opposite direction to the planes landing, check out the runway). The image used for the southern side (Terminal 4 and cargo area) is a "few" years out, shall we say. Let's face it, the two Concordes parked there are a bit of a clue about the age of the shots there.

[maxxxheimer]

the concordes look great, and the images don't really fit together... :slant:
but i know how difficult it is to put images together (huge overlay :dead: )

[phil-ray]

why is the concord sitting there? should it not be on a runway

[Highlander739]

why is the concord sitting there? should it not be on a runway


Phil, if you look to the north and east a little, you find that one. I loved the way they decided to park it opposite the "Virgin" hanger just to remind Mr. Branson that he would never get his hands on it. The two you see at Terminal 4 just shows how old the satellite pic of that area actually is, since it's been something like 18 months since they were taken out of service whereas the shot of the rest of the airport is less than 6 months old.

Oh, and if you look a little to the east, you'll see ANOTHER Concorde being towed to (what was) the maintainence hanger. Unfortunately the hanger itself is under that patch where the images join. :(

Oh well, been a while since we've seen 4 Concordes in the one place anyway.

[McMaster_de]

why is the concord sitting there? should it not be on a runway


here is your answer:

http://www.googleearthhacks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4511

[Dweller_Benthos]

Phil, if you look to the north and east a little, you find that one. I loved the way they decided to park it opposite the "Virgin" hanger just to remind Mr. Branson that he would never get his hands on it.

Anyone know what the large, green, military-looking airplane is just accross the runway to the southeast? Whatever it is, it's pretty big, nearly as long as the concorde.

D_B

[Highlander739]

Anyone know what the large, green, military-looking airplane is just accross the runway to the southeast? Whatever it is, it's pretty big, nearly as long as the concorde.

D_B


That ain't actually a plane. It's the model they use for fire training. Oh, and just south of that, the "broken" plane is a Hawker Siddley Trident 3B, which was used by British European Airways and has now been dismantled so it can be transported to a museum to be displayed.

[McMaster_de]

It stays now at the Manchester Airport Viewing Park.

[Dweller_Benthos]

Ah, thanks, thought it might be something like that.

[Monkey boy]

2 more Concords South west of the one parked up on the Runway. They are as the Terminal, so this puts a rough date on when the photo was taken, as they are still in service then.

Taken from the www.Concorsesst.com web site.

24th October 2004: Concorde fional day in Commercial service
G-BOAE with Capt Andy Baillie and Capt Les Brodie flies a return flight from Heathrow to Edinburgh
G-BOAF Flown by Capt Paul Douglas, flies Concore's final round the bay trip in and out of Heathrow
G-BOAG operates the final BA002, with chief Concorde pilot Mike Bannister and SFO Jonathan Napier at the helm
The aircraft land one after the other at Hathrow shortly after 4pm - G-BOAE first followed by G-BOAF and G-BOAG.
30th October 2003: BA announce the final destiantions of their now retired Concorde fleet.
31st October 2003: G-BOAC is retired to Manchester Airport, in an uneventfull subsonic hop that takes less than 20 minutes
3rd November 2003: G-BOAG heads to New York, en-route to Seattle
5th November 2003: G-BOAG is retired to Museum of flight in Seattle after a record breaking flight fron New York, flown supersonically over Northern Canada
10th November 2003: G-BOAD Flies from Heathrow to New York, from where she will be barged to the Intrepid museum on the Hudson river
17th November 2003: G-BOAE heads out to Barbados (WHY!!!)
10th November 2003: Final ever Flight of Concorde : G-BOAF departed from Heathrow shortly after 11am, heading round the Bay of Biscay for one final time. Alpha-Foxtrot flies over Bristol before returning to place place of her birth, Filton Airfileld, landing at 1pm under the command of Capt Les Brodie. The last Concorde build and the last to fly is also the final Concorde ever to fly.

So it's before the November 2003

[old shape]

What a pity that Heathrow has been scanned since these posts. The Concorde(s) have now gone, apart from the Static one.