Comments on: Edwards Air Force Base http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/07/edwards-air-force-base/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:26:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Marisol http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/07/edwards-air-force-base/#comment-201647 Marisol Sat, 09 Aug 2008 21:56:15 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/07/andrews-air-force-base/#comment-201647 Wow! I was looking for a runway number. Saw so many brilliant comments. So now I want to say thank you to all for reinstilling my faith in the human race. Well done. Nice to know that there are still decent smart guys left in the world. I was there when Discovery landed a few years ago and I think you guys might be on to something. The longest runway is for the displaced shuttles. A beautiful sight to see. Marisol Wow! I was looking for a runway number. Saw so many brilliant comments. So now I want to say thank you to all for reinstilling my faith in the human race. Well done. Nice to know that there are still decent smart guys left in the world.

I was there when Discovery landed a few years ago and I think you guys might be on to something. The longest runway is for the displaced shuttles. A beautiful sight to see.

Marisol

]]> By: Mike http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/07/edwards-air-force-base/#comment-199951 Mike Sat, 03 May 2008 06:23:27 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/07/andrews-air-force-base/#comment-199951 If you look out in the brush on the very south side of the lake bed there are 4 planes just sitting out in the weeds, one is busted into pieces, two of them have a weird pattern on the ground next to them. It takes a while to find them. Does anybody know why they are there? If you look out in the brush on the very south side of the lake bed there are 4 planes just sitting out in the weeds, one is busted into pieces, two of them have a weird pattern on the ground next to them. It takes a while to find them. Does anybody know why they are there?

]]> By: bebop http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/07/edwards-air-force-base/#comment-199458 bebop Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:36:07 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/07/andrews-air-force-base/#comment-199458 If you look at this picture from the now scrapped X-33 program, you will see the compass and the same runways on the simulator picture the technichian is flying, so this could be for the benefit of aligning this space plane(why should it else be on the simulator picture ?) http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/X-33/Medium/EC97-44008-2.jpg If you look at this picture from the now scrapped X-33 program, you will see the compass and the same runways on the simulator picture the technichian is flying, so this could be for the benefit of aligning this space plane(why should it else be on the simulator picture ?)

http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/X-33/Medium/EC97-44008-2.jpg

]]> By: ness http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/07/edwards-air-force-base/#comment-16059 ness Thu, 18 May 2006 20:50:48 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/07/andrews-air-force-base/#comment-16059 there are also F-22's on the base if you look hard enough found 3 so far. The military says they dont use the SR-71 for 'reconisance' but they do say they use them for research. also there are a few F-16's and i think i saw a few F-15's... hard to tell but the pic is recent and those would be the most likely sitings. there are also F-22’s on the base if you look hard enough found 3 so far. The military says they dont use the SR-71 for ‘reconisance’ but they do say they use them for research.

also there are a few F-16’s and i think i saw a few F-15’s… hard to tell but the pic is recent and those would be the most likely sitings.

]]> By: Tyson http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/07/edwards-air-force-base/#comment-10484 Tyson Sat, 18 Mar 2006 03:11:01 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/07/andrews-air-force-base/#comment-10484 Looks like everyone's done with this, but if anyone else visits look on the tarmac of the small airfield about 3.5 miles due south of the giant compass. You'll see a great collection, looks like a dc-3, f-111, f-4, a-10 and some others. And a little west, the scaled composite ATTT- http://www.scaled.com/projects/ATTT.html Looks like everyone’s done with this, but if anyone else visits look on the tarmac of the small airfield about 3.5 miles due south of the giant compass. You’ll see a great collection, looks like a dc-3, f-111, f-4, a-10 and some others. And a little west, the scaled composite ATTT- http://www.scaled.com/projects/ATTT.html

]]> By: Observer http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/07/edwards-air-force-base/#comment-9374 Observer Fri, 03 Feb 2006 01:55:01 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/07/andrews-air-force-base/#comment-9374 Edwards Air Force Base is situated on the edge of a Rogers Dry Lake Bed, the surface of which is excellant for runways. The complex near the compass is NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, the west coast landing site for the space shuttle. The 747 clearly visible is the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. This can be confirmed by noting the shadow of the aft end of the aircraft reveals two vertical extensions to the wingtips, the distinctive feature of the aircraft. If the nose of the 747 is 12 o'clock, at the 2 o'clock position the red steel structure is the Shuttle Mate-Demate Device used to place the Shuttle on the back of the 747. Heading south on the taxiway are a pair of aircraft NASA uses to test different types of avionics/flight system (a black F-18 Fighter and an F-15 Fighter). Of course the pair of Blackbirds leap off the runway. Google Earth has several Blackbirds at different Air Force bases. At an angle that bisects the 270 and 180 degrees on the compass behind a hangar is a pair of F-22 Raptor aircraft. Edwards Air Force Base is situated on the edge of a Rogers Dry Lake Bed, the surface of which is excellant for runways. The complex near the compass is NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, the west coast landing site for the space shuttle.

The 747 clearly visible is the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. This can be confirmed by noting the shadow of the aft end of the aircraft reveals two vertical extensions to the wingtips, the distinctive feature of the aircraft. If the nose of the 747 is 12 o’clock, at the 2 o’clock position the red steel structure is the Shuttle Mate-Demate Device used to place the Shuttle on the back of the 747.

Heading south on the taxiway are a pair of aircraft NASA uses to test different types of avionics/flight system (a black F-18 Fighter and an F-15 Fighter). Of course the pair of Blackbirds leap off the runway. Google Earth has several Blackbirds at different Air Force bases.

At an angle that bisects the 270 and 180 degrees on the compass behind a hangar is a pair of F-22 Raptor aircraft.

]]> By: bkoeth http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/07/edwards-air-force-base/#comment-4902 bkoeth Tue, 02 Aug 2005 07:36:02 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/07/andrews-air-force-base/#comment-4902 <p>The large white plane is definitely a 747, that silhouette is unmistakeable. It's probably one of the two shuttle piggyback planes (I believe 1 used to belong to American and the other to PanAm, so it would be the PanAm one, number 905). The compass is aligned to true north, as evidenced by the runway numbers (The adjacent runway 15 points SSE at 150deg, as this is the numbering system for runways worldwide).</p> The large white plane is definitely a 747, that silhouette is unmistakeable. It’s probably one of the two shuttle piggyback planes (I believe 1 used to belong to American and the other to PanAm, so it would be the PanAm one, number 905). The compass is aligned to true north, as evidenced by the runway numbers (The adjacent runway 15 points SSE at 150deg, as this is the numbering system for runways worldwide).

]]> By: Brian http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/07/edwards-air-force-base/#comment-3278 Brian Thu, 23 Jun 2005 23:34:35 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/07/andrews-air-force-base/#comment-3278 Nasa uses sr-71s for testing and training. If I rember corectly.. Nasa uses sr-71s for testing and training. If I rember corectly..

]]> By: Rick http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/07/edwards-air-force-base/#comment-2888 Rick Mon, 13 Jun 2005 15:41:45 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/07/andrews-air-force-base/#comment-2888 interesting that there are 2 SR's (SR-71), since "allegedly" there are none flying today.. interesting that there are 2 SR’s (SR-71), since “allegedly” there are none flying today..

]]> By: liqid http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/07/edwards-air-force-base/#comment-2705 liqid Thu, 09 Jun 2005 22:07:05 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/07/andrews-air-force-base/#comment-2705 Check out the runway of the base to the left you can see some intresting planes, including but not limited to B1 bombers plus this midair aircraft: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=CA+93524&ll=34.904820,-117.883333&spn=0.010139,0.017531&t=k&hl=en This link also shows the B1s on the lower right and some image mending weirdness on the bottom (I dub it the black wave :p) Check out the runway of the base to the left you can see some intresting planes, including but not limited to B1 bombers plus this midair aircraft:
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
This link also shows the B1s on the lower right and some image mending weirdness on the bottom (I dub it the black wave :p)

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