Comments on: Buckley Air Force Base http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/04/30/buckley-air-force-base/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:18:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: ActuallyAT Buckley http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/04/30/buckley-air-force-base/#comment-134986 ActuallyAT Buckley Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:22:17 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=828#comment-134986 Those dishes are actually pointed stright up. They are watching space. And yes, I'm actually stationed here. Those dishes are actually pointed stright up. They are watching space. And yes, I’m actually stationed here.

]]> By: aaron http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/04/30/buckley-air-force-base/#comment-14547 aaron Tue, 02 May 2006 00:16:21 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=828#comment-14547 buses have to get around pokey things all the time. It's probably a training course for the Denver Public School system's bus drivers so they don't put everyone else at risk when they're joyriding. buses have to get around pokey things all the time. It’s probably a training course for the Denver Public School system’s bus drivers so they don’t put everyone else at risk when they’re joyriding.

]]> By: rob http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/04/30/buckley-air-force-base/#comment-14477 rob Sun, 30 Apr 2006 21:46:42 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=828#comment-14477 RJ, I should imagine that the test centre adjoins a bus depot or something, a test centre wouldn't own 50 busses for testing, and I think the course is a little too pokey for a bus to get round, would you not agree? :D From my Simpsons watching, they are school busses, no? RJ, I should imagine that the test centre adjoins a bus depot or something, a test centre wouldn’t own 50 busses for testing, and I think the course is a little too pokey for a bus to get round, would you not agree? :D

From my Simpsons watching, they are school busses, no?

]]> By: RJ http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/04/30/buckley-air-force-base/#comment-14472 RJ Sun, 30 Apr 2006 18:05:37 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=828#comment-14472 Rob, given the large amount of school busses parked there, I'd say it's a training course for school bus drivers. I know there are also "bus rodeos" where drivers from various transit systems compete with busses on various courses, so I wonder if it's also used for that. Rob, given the large amount of school busses parked there, I’d say it’s a training course for school bus drivers. I know there are also “bus rodeos” where drivers from various transit systems compete with busses on various courses, so I wonder if it’s also used for that.

]]> By: William C Bonner http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/04/30/buckley-air-force-base/#comment-14471 William C Bonner Sun, 30 Apr 2006 17:38:41 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=828#comment-14471 What I find interesting about the helicopter is seeing how the camo really reduces the helivopters image. Compare the helicopter to its shadow, and it's hard to find the heli, but easy to find the shadow. What I find interesting about the helicopter is seeing how the camo really reduces the helivopters image. Compare the helicopter to its shadow, and it’s hard to find the heli, but easy to find the shadow.

]]> By: Flash http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/04/30/buckley-air-force-base/#comment-14470 Flash Sun, 30 Apr 2006 17:36:39 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=828#comment-14470 Those "golf balls" are for regular ground radar. I did a stint at the Canadian Air Traffic Control school, and they had several of them there as they would also train the technicians. We spent a day in that wing of the building learning about them, and climbed up in the golf ball on the roof (the rest were on the ground). The radar dish inside is huge (we had 25+ people inside) and semi-circular; with a second, smaller dish sitting on top for the secondary radar, which is what picks up the transpoders . It comes within inches of the outer shell, and despite its size it is so finally balanced that it could be pushed easily by hand. That is the reason for the outer shell; radar dishes must rotate at a perfectly even speed in order to accurately show where targets are located, and since it is so easy to push it by hand, you don't want the wind getting at the dish. Those “golf balls” are for regular ground radar. I did a stint at the Canadian Air Traffic Control school, and they had several of them there as they would also train the technicians. We spent a day in that wing of the building learning about them, and climbed up in the golf ball on the roof (the rest were on the ground). The radar dish inside is huge (we had 25+ people inside) and semi-circular; with a second, smaller dish sitting on top for the secondary radar, which is what picks up the transpoders . It comes within inches of the outer shell, and despite its size it is so finally balanced that it could be pushed easily by hand. That is the reason for the outer shell; radar dishes must rotate at a perfectly even speed in order to accurately show where targets are located, and since it is so easy to push it by hand, you don’t want the wind getting at the dish.

]]> By: rob http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/04/30/buckley-air-force-base/#comment-14456 rob Sun, 30 Apr 2006 13:32:30 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=828#comment-14456 We don't have these in England, but im guessing this is some sort of driving test centre? http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=aurora+colorado&t=k&om=1&ll=39.716928,-104.787995&spn=0.001525,0.002602 We don’t have these in England, but im guessing this is some sort of driving test centre?
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

]]> By: rob http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/04/30/buckley-air-force-base/#comment-14455 rob Sun, 30 Apr 2006 13:29:57 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=828#comment-14455 That helicopter one has got to go in for the best site ever poll! That helicopter one has got to go in for the best site ever poll!

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