Archive for October 16th, 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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Plane Aerotowing a Glider

Tuesday, 16th October 2007 by Alex

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

Check out this brilliant shot of a plane in flight, aerotowing a glider into the sky!

These guys clearly took off from the nearby Devon & Somerset Gliding Club, where we can see several other gliders, presumably waiting for their own time in the sky.

You can see all sort of pictures of gliders at the DSGC’s homepage, and read more about Gliding at Wikipedia.

Thanks to Noisette at the Keyhole Forums.