Comments on: Plane Aerotowing a Glider

By: dr john

dr john — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:57:55 +0000

The towing combination may no longer be visible, but a twin engined plane has been captured on the latest update. So still worth a look.

By: Noisette

Noisette — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:13:28 +0000

ajho, the imagery in Google Maps is often updated later than that in Google Earth. In fact this area was updated on 23 October 2007 in GE and some time later in Maps, so the plane and glider are now no longer visible in either.

By: ajho

ajho — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:25:49 +0000

Strange, the Google Earth imagery is quite different from Google Maps

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:23:27 +0000

Oops! Thanks raph (and for the other one too!)

By: raph

raph — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:40:40 +0000

You should put this post in the England category (and put the stamp at the top too)

By: Frank Taylor

Frank Taylor — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:17:12 +0000

Mathieu, the shadows are either indistinct because the planes may be a couple thousand feet above the ground, or the shadows are lost in the tree lines. The sun is at a pretty low angle (probably 30 degrees at best).

By the way, I think it is amazing you can see the tow cable in this shot. The photo is an aerial photo from Infoterra and Bluesky. But, even so, the sun must have hit it just right to get enough reflection to be seen.

By: Mathieu

Mathieu — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:20:39 +0000

Nice shot ! But I can’t find the plane’s and glider’s shadows ???

According to the trees’ shadows, they should be upper right of the 2 planes…