Archive for July 18th, 2007

Google Sightseeing takes you on tour of the world as seen from satellite, using the free Google Earth program, or Google Maps in your web browser. Each weekday your guides James and Alex present new weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

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It Must Be a Mirage…

Wednesday, 18th July 2007 by Alex

No, you’re not seeing things. That really is a supersonic fighter aircraft parked in a university car park near Paris, France.

Believe it or not, this isn’t entirely unheard of, as we’ve previously seen a MiG-21 in a shopping centre car park. However it isn’t clear in this latest case why on earth the aircraft is parked here. All we know for the moment is that, unsurprisingly, it’s a French model - the Dassault Mirage III - which actually dates all the way back to the 50s.

Thanks to rob, jake and ensel.