Pinal Airpark & Silverbell Heliport

Posted by James Turnbull, Sunday, 29th May 2005

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Pinal Airpark was originally built in 1942 as a WW2 Army Airfield and was known as Marana Army Airfield. It later became the headquarters of all CIA air operations during the Vietnam War years.

Today, the primary occupant of the field is Evergreen Air Center who offer various maintenance services for planes (look for the large hangar capable of completely enclosing a 747). Evergreen also serves as “the world’s largest storage facility for non-military aircraft”, with a total capacity of 300 aircraft (including 747’s, DC-10’s, etc.). Marc Borom’s site has some ground level shots of the various planes stored here.

Pinal Airpark

Just a little to the north of Pinal Airpark is Silverbell Army Heliport, the location of the Western Army National Guard Aviation Training Site.

WANGATS

2002 Fritzlers Corn Maze

Posted by James Turnbull, Sunday, 29th May 2005

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The 2002 design for the Fritzlers Corn Maze depicts an eagle in front of the American flag and the slogan “God Bless America”.

Fritzler Corn Maze

Thanks: Gus

Trimarans

Posted by Alex Turnbull, Saturday, 28th May 2005

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Here’s a cool picture of some trimarans docked in Quebec. Perhaps they were competing in the 2004 Transat Québec Saint-Malo, which is the only crewed non-stop transatlantic race to be held from west to east (Canada to France). The race is open to vessels between 45 and 60 feet, and the 2004 winners completed their 3000 mile journey in just 7 days and 21 hours.

There’s some good ground-level shots here.

Multi-Hulled Boats

Thanks: Chris Hand

Dodger Stadium

Posted by James Turnbull, Friday, 27th May 2005

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Dodger Stadium is home to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Apparently everyone drives in L.A. so the stadium has parking for 16,000 cars on 21 terraced lots raised to the same elevations as the six different seating levels (so you don’t have to climb stairs once parked). It is also the only Ball Park to have its own Gas Station.

Dodger Stadium

Thanks: Abraham, Daniel, James (x2), Patrick (x2), Django, Stephen, ron, Scott, Roland, Jason & Wil

New Quebec Crater

Posted by Alex Turnbull, Friday, 27th May 2005

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Formely known as Chubb crater, the New Quebec Crater has a rim diameter of 3.4 kilometers and is estimated to be about 1.4 million years old. It’s also filled with a 250-meter-deep lake. That’s a big old hole.

There’s a whole list of crater locations available at the Earth Impact Database, complete with latitudes and longtitudes…

New Quebec Crater

Thanks to Stavro, Michel Bochud and Dominic (from the comments).