SPOTTIN' from your armchair...

Sentinel Chicken · 12-23-2002, 09:59 PM

I was playing around with the Globe Explorer website today (hey, slow day off and the Chicklets got in a nice long nap this afternoon) checking out all their overhead satellite and aerial imagery- I've found these sort of online satellite imagery websites handy in looking at the layout of unfamiliar airports and nearby landmarks in my flying lessons. At any rate, the resolution on some of these pics is good enough that you can make out your own house, but better yet you can make out airframe types and liveries!

If you can look past the watermarks, there's some pretty neat images to be found.

This picture is of the western end of the International Terminal at Chicago O'Hare. You can make out an Iberia A340, a KLM 747-300, a bmi British Midland A330 (note the red painted tailplanes), and a United 777.

Westjetter · 12-23-2002, 10:00 PM

Now that is cool!

Sentinel Chicken · 12-23-2002, 10:02 PM

This is the South Satellite at Seattle-Tacoma International. You can make out several Northwest jets- a 747 (looks like a 200?), two DC-10s, and a 757.

Sentinel Chicken · 12-23-2002, 10:05 PM

This is Terminal A at Dallas-Fort Worth where the international flights that aren't Delta or American arrive. You can make out a British Airways 777 and a Lufthansa A340. The A340 interestingly looks like it's wearing Star Alliance livery. Any guesses on the BA tail? Hard to say, but I'll go for maybe Golden Khokaloma?

Sentinel Chicken · 12-23-2002, 10:07 PM

Now here's a neat shot. This is New York La Guardia and you can make out a Delta 767-400 as well as some Delta MD-80s and a Northwest DC-9. That's got to be a tight squeeze to get a 767-400 into LGA!

Sentinel Chicken · 12-23-2002, 10:10 PM

Here's the 747 prototype, Jumbo One, sitting on the ramp at Boeing Field. Last summer when visiting the area, you could drive on the ramp on the right side of this pic right up to Jumbo One which was behind a chain-link fence.

Sentinel Chicken · 12-23-2002, 10:13 PM

Now some of the images don't have the best image quality and are best seen from the next level up from the closest view which is blurry. This shot is of the terminal at Burbank and you can clealy make out a Southwest 737 (probably a -300) and another 737 next to it that I'm going to guess is Alaska. Also notice the proximity of Runway 26 to the terminal- under normal FAA regs, this is a no-no, but Burbank has a waiver from the FAA from the rules dictating separation of the runway from the terminal/ramp.

AlphaSigOU · 12-23-2002, 11:40 PM

Thanks for the heads-up on that site - hardcopy print prices are reasonable as well.

You and the Chicklets have a merry Xmas and a happy New Year... off to -- Vegas, baby! Christmas morning. Might try and see the ADI works while I'm over there.

DeltaFlot · 12-23-2002, 11:49 PM

Great photos Doc, I got a pic from Mapquest at ATL with the Delta 777 "Soaring Spirit" at one of the gates

Sentinel Chicken · 12-24-2002, 12:30 AM

Here's a shot of General Mitchell Field in Milwaukee. Couple interesting things in this shot- some Midwest Express DC-9s and an MD-80 in the middle concourse. There's a Northwest 727 down in the lower left. Sharp eyed folks will also notice the Skyway (Midwest Express' regional partner) 328JET approaching the terminal near some of Skyway's Beech 1900Ds.

12-23-2002, 09:59 PM	#1
Sentinel Chicken Go-Getters Go Ozark Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: DFW/THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS Posts: 4,167	SPOTTIN' from your armchair... I was playing around with the Globe Explorer website today (hey, slow day off and the Chicklets got in a nice long nap this afternoon) checking out all their overhead satellite and aerial imagery- I've found these sort of online satellite imagery websites handy in looking at the layout of unfamiliar airports and nearby landmarks in my flying lessons. At any rate, the resolution on some of these pics is good enough that you can make out your own house, but better yet you can make out airframe types and liveries! If you can look past the watermarks, there's some pretty neat images to be found. This picture is of the western end of the International Terminal at Chicago O'Hare. You can make out an Iberia A340, a KLM 747-300, a bmi British Midland A330 (note the red painted tailplanes), and a United 777. __________________ *Piss on noise abatement!*

12-23-2002, 10:02 PM	#3
Sentinel Chicken Go-Getters Go Ozark Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: DFW/THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS Posts: 4,167	This is the South Satellite at Seattle-Tacoma International. You can make out several Northwest jets- a 747 (looks like a 200?), two DC-10s, and a 757. __________________ *Piss on noise abatement!*

12-23-2002, 10:05 PM	#4
Sentinel Chicken Go-Getters Go Ozark Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: DFW/THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS Posts: 4,167	This is Terminal A at Dallas-Fort Worth where the international flights that aren't Delta or American arrive. You can make out a British Airways 777 and a Lufthansa A340. The A340 interestingly looks like it's wearing Star Alliance livery. Any guesses on the BA tail? Hard to say, but I'll go for maybe Golden Khokaloma? __________________ *Piss on noise abatement!*

12-23-2002, 10:07 PM	#5
Sentinel Chicken Go-Getters Go Ozark Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: DFW/THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS Posts: 4,167	Now here's a neat shot. This is New York La Guardia and you can make out a Delta 767-400 as well as some Delta MD-80s and a Northwest DC-9. That's got to be a tight squeeze to get a 767-400 into LGA! __________________ *Piss on noise abatement!*

12-23-2002, 10:10 PM	#6
Sentinel Chicken Go-Getters Go Ozark Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: DFW/THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS Posts: 4,167	Here's the 747 prototype, Jumbo One, sitting on the ramp at Boeing Field. Last summer when visiting the area, you could drive on the ramp on the right side of this pic right up to Jumbo One which was behind a chain-link fence. __________________ *Piss on noise abatement!*

12-23-2002, 10:00 PM	#2
Westjetter Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Age: 27 Posts: 2,650	Now that is cool!

12-23-2002, 10:13 PM	#7
Sentinel Chicken Go-Getters Go Ozark Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: DFW/THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS Posts: 4,167	Now some of the images don't have the best image quality and are best seen from the next level up from the closest view which is blurry. This shot is of the terminal at Burbank and you can clealy make out a Southwest 737 (probably a -300) and another 737 next to it that I'm going to guess is Alaska. Also notice the proximity of Runway 26 to the terminal- under normal FAA regs, this is a no-no, but Burbank has a waiver from the FAA from the rules dictating separation of the runway from the terminal/ramp. __________________ *Piss on noise abatement!*

12-23-2002, 11:40 PM	#8
AlphaSigOU Insane Collector Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: Wylie, Texas Age: 44 Posts: 1,419	*Fckin' A, Bubba! Thanks for the heads-up on that site - hardcopy print prices are reasonable as well. You and the Chicklets have a merry Xmas and a happy New Year... off to -- Vegas, baby! Christmas morning. Might try and see the ADI works while I'm over there. __________________ Chuck Corway (AlphaSigOU) Causa latet vis est notissima -- the cause is hidden, the results are well known. James Bond: "I'll take the full odds on the ten, two hundred on the hard way, the limit on all the numbers, two hundred and fifty on the eleven, thank you very much." Plenty O'Toole: "Hey! You've played this game before!" James Bond: "Just once." REMEMBER THE ALAMO!!! REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR!!! REMEMBER SEPTEMBER 11!!!!**

12-23-2002, 11:49 PM	#9
DeltaFlot The Patriot Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Laurel, MD Age: 36 Posts: 3,228	Great photos Doc, I got a pic from Mapquest at ATL with the Delta 777 "Soaring Spirit" at one of the gates __________________ Febuary 15, 1898 December 7, 1941 June 8, 1967 September 11, 2001 Never Forget, Never Forgive If you kick the Tiger in the arse, you better be able to deal with the Tiger's teeth.

12-24-2002, 12:30 AM	#10
Sentinel Chicken Go-Getters Go Ozark Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: DFW/THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS Posts: 4,167	Here's a shot of General Mitchell Field in Milwaukee. Couple interesting things in this shot- some Midwest Express DC-9s and an MD-80 in the middle concourse. There's a Northwest 727 down in the lower left. Sharp eyed folks will also notice the Skyway (Midwest Express' regional partner) 328JET approaching the terminal near some of Skyway's Beech 1900Ds. __________________ *Piss on noise abatement!*

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