Aircraft

African Village in Belgium

On the day this image was captured there was something slightly unusual going on in this derelict factory in Brussels, Belgium. Inside the walls of the roofless building, there's some tents and several lorries, a Helicopter, and... an African village?…

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Friday, 12th January 2007

Events in Google Earth

The cliquey Foo Camp was born out of a joke at O’Reilly that they should create a literal “Foo Bar”. The event is held each year at O’Reilly's headquarters and during the 2006 event (held during August 25-27, 2006) Google…

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Monday, 8th January 2007

Making Room In Tokyo

With a population of around 35 million people, Tokyo is officially the world's most populous metropolitan area. As there's so little space to go around, the people of Tokyo have to be a bit inventive with where they put things...…

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Friday, 15th December 2006

The World’s Largest Airport

Continuing this week's semi-theme of very large things, we present the world's largest airport near Dammam, Saudi Arabia! Although it's nowhere near what I'd expect from such a grand title. Compare its tiny, empty terminal to the bustling Heathrow airport…

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Wednesday, 13th December 2006

Addis Ababa-Bole Airport Crash

This post was updated 29th July 2007 On the 19th of June 2005, a Mahfooz Aviation Boeing 707-347C crashed while landing at Addis Ababa-Bole Airport in Ethiopia. Luckily all 5 crew survived, but the aircraft was written off. Although I…

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Friday, 8th December 2006

Gigantic B2 Stealth Bomber

Here on Tenerife there's an absolutely gigantic shape on the landscape, which looks very like a B2 Stealth Bomber. Just a coincidental arrangement of images, or the accidental discovery of a super-secret B2 Invisibility Cloak? Via haha.nu (Thanks Rob W…

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Wednesday, 29th November 2006

Welcome to Google Sightseeing!

Google Sightseeing takes you on a tour of the world as seen from satellite or street views using Google Maps. Our team of authors present weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

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