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In Flight

Posted by James Turnbull, Saturday, 27th May 2006

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Please note that some or all of the objects mentioned in this post are no longer visible on Google Earth or Google Maps.

Here’s a plane in flight, here’s another one, and another. Ah, there’s hundreds of them – Boring! Now, here’s a School Bus In Flight. That’s much more interesting!

This is actually the City Museum in St. Louis. Built in an old shoe factory, the roof decor features two aircraft fuselages and a school bus.

Thanks: B.J. Olejnik

8 Responses to 'In Flight'

  1. rob says:

    awesomeness. I swear the sights are getting better.

  2. Otto Mann says:

    Oh, man, what a trip. Now how am I gonna get this thing back down to the road? These field trips are getting worse.

  3. Graeme says:

    magic school bus?

  4. stephen says:

    hahahaha is it just me or is there a provocative shadow next to the schoolbus?

  5. Elux says:

    The aircraft aren’t actually on the roof, but are incorporated into a outdoor structure (must be around 50 feet tall) which is sort of like a gerbil cage for humans. You can climb inside them, flip switches and things.

  6. Jake says:

    This is part of the St.Louis City Museum
    The bus hangs off the roof, but I think its gone now. The city museum recently acquired the worlds largest pencil. And the gerbil cage thing is called MonstroCity, its a scrap metal welded play structure. Go to the City Museum website to check it out. Make sure you stop by if you ever travel through St.Louis!

  7. Steve smith says:

    All the items on this page are gone. Time to update!!!

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