Comments on: The Ghost Plane of Mokpo http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/12/07/the-ghost-plane-of-mokpo/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:32:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: kjfitz http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/12/07/the-ghost-plane-of-mokpo/comment-page-1/#comment-207261 kjfitz Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:54:44 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/12/07/the-ghost-plane-of-mokpo/#comment-207261 The plane that is shown in all the pictures and web sites is actually <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Namyangju,+south+korea&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=50.244827,79.013672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Namyangju-si,+Gyeonggi-do,+South+Korea&ll=37.654071,127.25069&spn=0.003092,0.006866&t=h&z=18" rel="nofollow">here</a>. The plane that is shown in all the pictures and web sites is actually Placemark: here / Google Earth.

]]> By: kjfitz http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/12/07/the-ghost-plane-of-mokpo/comment-page-1/#comment-207259 kjfitz Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:29:23 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/12/07/the-ghost-plane-of-mokpo/#comment-207259 It is no longer in the 2007 imagery. It is in the 2004 imagery. Perhaps that explains why the blog shows a curved road in front of it. I'm betting it has been moved and the blog shows photos of it from the new location. It is no longer in the 2007 imagery. It is in the 2004 imagery. Perhaps that explains why the blog shows a curved road in front of it. I’m betting it has been moved and the blog shows photos of it from the new location.

]]> By: Eric http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/12/07/the-ghost-plane-of-mokpo/comment-page-1/#comment-204912 Eric Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:11:45 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/12/07/the-ghost-plane-of-mokpo/#comment-204912 It's a restaurant in Korea, about an hour east from Seoul. Here is a link to the image. http://blogfiles4.naver.net/data25/2008/9/3/259/dsc03403_pinkwinkpink.jpg It’s a restaurant in Korea, about an hour east from Seoul. Here is a link to the image. http://blogfiles4.naver.net/data25/2008/9/3/259/dsc03403_pinkwinkpink.jpg

]]> By: Dennis Teegardin Jr http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/12/07/the-ghost-plane-of-mokpo/comment-page-1/#comment-204481 Dennis Teegardin Jr Mon, 09 Feb 2009 02:02:49 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/12/07/the-ghost-plane-of-mokpo/#comment-204481 Well by the shadows and the placement, it is obvious that that is someones home or a museum of some type. Note the lack of Engine cowlings and Horizontal Stabilators, and the fact that it is placed precisely within the boundaries of the lot. Also note that the buildings cuts into the aft and fore of the fuselage Well by the shadows and the placement, it is obvious that that is someones home or a museum of some type. Note the lack of Engine cowlings and Horizontal Stabilators, and the fact that it is placed precisely within the boundaries of the lot. Also note that the buildings cuts into the aft and fore of the fuselage

]]> By: Luxuo http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/12/07/the-ghost-plane-of-mokpo/comment-page-1/#comment-204337 Luxuo Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:40:01 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/12/07/the-ghost-plane-of-mokpo/#comment-204337 Thanks JDK.. We have actually changed the URL, the good one is http://www.luxuo.com/aircraft/boeing-747-turned-into-restaurant.html Thanks JDK.. We have actually changed the URL, the good one is http://www.luxuo.com/aircraft/boeing-747-turned-into-restaurant.html

]]> By: Tammo http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/12/07/the-ghost-plane-of-mokpo/comment-page-1/#comment-202120 Tammo Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:18:15 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/12/07/the-ghost-plane-of-mokpo/#comment-202120 There's some variance where Namyangju is if you search for it in live maps or follow the link in Wikipedia ... but it appears the Wikipedia one is correct. And in that case it's right between two strips of hi-res images ... bummer. There’s some variance where Namyangju is if you search for it in live maps or follow the link in Wikipedia … but it appears the Wikipedia one is correct. And in that case it’s right between two strips of hi-res images … bummer.

]]> By: Chaz http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/12/07/the-ghost-plane-of-mokpo/comment-page-1/#comment-202113 Chaz Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:29:40 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/12/07/the-ghost-plane-of-mokpo/#comment-202113 Looks like Namyangju City is more or less a suburb of Seoul. I have always heard that N747PA ended up in Seoul, and that certainly looks like N747PA (Clipper Juan T. Trippe) in those photos... So that would leave the Mokpo plane as yet unidentified. Looks like Namyangju City is more or less a suburb of Seoul. I have always heard that N747PA ended up in Seoul, and that certainly looks like N747PA (Clipper Juan T. Trippe) in those photos…

So that would leave the Mokpo plane as yet unidentified.

]]> By: Tammo http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/12/07/the-ghost-plane-of-mokpo/comment-page-1/#comment-202109 Tammo Sat, 04 Oct 2008 06:03:57 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/12/07/the-ghost-plane-of-mokpo/#comment-202109 Check the second comment <a href="http://www.luxurylaunches.com/travel/boeing_747_jumbo_converted_to_a_restaurant_in_korea.php" rel="nofollow"> here </a>. All the pictures on the page JDK linked to (and on lots of other blogs ...) clearly show the caption 'Gyeonggi-do' which is a province of Korea ... but quite a ways from Mokpo. Looking at the massive struts holding the one in the pictures up and in place, I doubt it gets moved around easily or much. Unfortunately it appears that Namyangju City, where the restaurant in the pictures is supposed to be is not covered by hi-res images ... so we can't check :( Check the second comment here . All the pictures on the page JDK linked to (and on lots of other blogs …) clearly show the caption ‘Gyeonggi-do’ which is a province of Korea … but quite a ways from Mokpo. Looking at the massive struts holding the one in the pictures up and in place, I doubt it gets moved around easily or much. Unfortunately it appears that Namyangju City, where the restaurant in the pictures is supposed to be is not covered by hi-res images … so we can’t check :(

]]> By: Chaz http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/12/07/the-ghost-plane-of-mokpo/comment-page-1/#comment-202107 Chaz Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:29:49 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/12/07/the-ghost-plane-of-mokpo/#comment-202107 I wondered about that too... Although if you notice those photos are over a year and a half old... And no telling when the sat photos on Google were taken... My guess is this plane has moved at some point in the not too distant past... Maybe more than once... I wondered about that too… Although if you notice those photos are over a year and a half old… And no telling when the sat photos on Google were taken… My guess is this plane has moved at some point in the not too distant past… Maybe more than once…

]]> By: John http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/12/07/the-ghost-plane-of-mokpo/comment-page-1/#comment-202106 John Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:05:27 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/12/07/the-ghost-plane-of-mokpo/#comment-202106 JDK, I don't think that blog is correct. Look at the road that curves around the plane in the photos. There's nothing like that on the map. JDK, I don’t think that blog is correct. Look at the road that curves around the plane in the photos. There’s nothing like that on the map.

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