science and technology RAF Stradishall in 1945 By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 06:44:19 +0000 Royal Air Force Station Stradishall or more simply RAF Stradishall is a former Royal Air Force station located 4.7 miles (7.6 km) north east of Haverhill, Suffolk and 9 miles (14 km) south east of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Stradishall Full Article
science and technology RAF Wratting Common in 1945 By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 06:49:30 +0000 tting Common, in Cambridgeshire, was an RAF Bomber Command airfield during World War 2. http://www.wcnhistory.org.uk/ Full Article
science and technology RAF Honington in 1945 By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 06:59:52 +0000 Royal Air Force Honington or more simply RAF Honington (IATA: BEQ, ICAO: EGXH) is a Royal Air Force station located 6 mi (9.7 km) south of Thetford near Ixworth in Suffolk, England. Although used as a bomber station during the Second World War, RAF Honington is now the RAF Regiment depot and home to the 1st Royal Tank Regiment. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Honington Full Article
science and technology RAF Kenley in 1945 By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 07:21:54 +0000 The former Royal Air Force Station Kenley, more commonly known as RAF Kenley (now known as Kenley Aerodrome) was a station of the Royal Flying Corps in World War I and the RAF in World War II. It is located near Kenley, London, England. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Kenley Full Article
science and technology RAF Biggin Hill in 1945 By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 12:39:26 +0000 London Biggin Hill Airport (IATA: BQH, ICAO: EGKB) is an operational general aviation airport at Biggin Hill in the London Borough of Bromley, located 12 NM (22 km; 14 mi) south-southeast of Central London. The airport was formerly the Royal Air Force station RAF Biggin Hill, and a small enclave on the airport still retains that designation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Biggin_Hill_Airport Full Article
science and technology RAF Manston in 1960 By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 12:46:26 +0000 RAF Manston was an RAF station in the north-east of Kent, at grid reference TR334663 on the Isle of Thanet from 1916 until 1996. The site is now split between a commercial airport Kent International Airport (KIA) and a continuing military use by the Defence Fire Training and Development Centre (DFTDC), following on from a long standing training facility for RAF firefighters at the Manston base. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Manston Full Article
science and technology RAF West Malling in 1960 By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 12:53:45 +0000 Royal Air Force Station West Malling or RAF West Malling was a Royal Air Force station located 1.6 miles (2.6 km) south of West Malling, Kent, England and 5.2 miles (8.4 km) west of Maidstone, Kent. Originally used as a landing area during the first World War, the site opened as a private landing ground and in 1930, then known as Kingshill, home to the Maidstone School of Flying, before being renamed West Malling Airfield, and, in 1932, Maidstone Airport. During the 1930s many airshows and displays were held by aviators such as Amy Johnson and Alan Cobham, flying from a grass runway. As war approached, the airfield was taken over by the military, to become RAF West Malling in 1940, serving in the front line against the Luftwaffe. The station saw further service after the war, first with some of the RAFs first jet squadrons, and later as a US Naval Air Station. After closure as an operational air station in 1969, West Malling acquired a more civilian guise, hosting several major Great Warbirds Air Displays during the 70s and 80s, until eventually closing completely as an airfield. The site is now developing into a new village community of mixed residential, commercial, and civic amenities, but still retains several features of its military aviation heritage. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_West_Malling Full Article
science and technology RAF Upwood in 1945 By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 13:07:54 +0000 Royal Air Force Station Upwood or more simply RAF Upwood is a former Royal Air Force station adjacent to the village of Upwood, Cambridgeshire, England in the United Kingdom. It was a non-flying station which was under the control of the United States Air Force from 1981, and one of three RAF stations in Cambridgeshire used by the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). Upwood, along with RAF Molesworth and RAF Alconbury are considered the "Tri-Base Area" due to their close geographic proximity, and interdependency. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Upwood Full Article
science and technology RAF Bottisham in 1945 By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 13:14:54 +0000 Royal Air Force Station Bottisham or more simply RAF Bottisham is a former Royal Air Force station located 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Bottisham Full Article
science and technology Cambridge Airport in 1945 By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 13:24:12 +0000 Cambridge International Airport (IATA: CBG, ICAO: EGSC) (previously Marshall Airport Cambridge UK) is a regional airport in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the eastern outskirts of Cambridge, south of Newmarket Road and west of the village of Teversham, 1.5 NM (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) from the centre of Cambridge and approximately 50 mi (80 km) from London. Marshall of Cambridge Aerospace Limited has a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P433) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction. The airport is available for corporate and private use, and is home to four flying schools. Passenger services operate to a small number of European destinations. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Airport Full Article
science and technology RAF Snailwell in 1945 By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 13:28:32 +0000 RAF Snailwell is a former Royal Air Force station located near to the village of Snailwell, Cambridgeshire, located 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Newmarket, Suffolk, England. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Snailwell Full Article
science and technology RAF Mildenhall in 1945 By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 13:33:07 +0000 Royal Air Force Mildenhall or RAF Mildenhall (IATA: MHZ, ICAO: EGUN) is a Royal Air Force station located near Mildenhall in Suffolk, England. Despite its status as an RAF station, it primarily supports United States Air Force operations and is currently the home of the 100th Air Refueling Wing (100 ARW). As RAF Mildenhall's current "host wing" the 100 ARW supports some 16,000 personnel, three geographically separated units (GSUs) and 15 associated units. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Mildenhall Full Article
science and technology RAF Feltwell in 1945 By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 13:37:38 +0000 Royal Air Force Feltwell or more simply RAF Feltwell is a Royal Air Force station in Norfolk, East Anglia that is used by the United States Air Forces Europe. The station is located about 10 miles west of Thetford, and is in the borough of King's Lynn at approximate Ordnance Survey grid reference TL 715 900. A former Second World War bomber station, the airfield is used as a housing estate for United States Air Force personnel stationed nearby at RAF Mildenhall and RAF Lakenheath, while also containing the Mathies Airman Leadership School for USAF personnel in the UK, as well as being the home of the Army and Air Force Exchange Service's sole furniture store in the country. It also houses the only Middle School for Lakenheath and Mildenhall, which covers most of the station. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Feltwell Full Article
science and technology RAF Knettishall in 1945 By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 13:43:09 +0000 RAF Knettishall is a former World War II airfield in England. The field is located 6 miles SE of Thetford in Suffolk between the villages of Knettishall and Coney Weston, which lies to the south. This location is on the southern side of the Little Ouse Valley and bordering the area of heath and forest known as the Breckland. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Knettishall Full Article
science and technology RAF Horham in 1945 By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 13:48:31 +0000 RAF Horham is a World War II era airfield in England. The field is located next to the village of Horham, England, and 4 miles SE of Eye in Suffolk. The large site straddled the parishes of Denham, Horham, Redlingfield and Hoxne. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Horham Full Article
science and technology RAF Nacton - Ipswich Airport in 1945 By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 13:52:44 +0000 Ipswich Airport (IATA: IPW, ICAO: EGSE) is a former airfield on the outskirts of Ipswich, Suffolk England. It was known as RAF Nacton when No. 3619 Fighter Control Unit of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force were based there. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipswich_Airport Full Article
science and technology RAF Shepherds Grove in 1945 By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 14:00:32 +0000 RAF Shepherds Grove is a former Royal Air Force base in Suffolk England 9 miles NE of Bury St Edmunds. The base was built for the United States Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force during World War II. However the facility was not used by the USAAF and was opened by 3 Group, RAF on 3 April 1944. The name came from a small copse nearby and the airfield is close to Walsham le Willows in Suffolk. It was occupied by 196 squadron in January 1945 as a base for Operation Varsity, supporting the Rhine crossing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Shepherds_Grove Full Article
science and technology RAF Great Ashfield - RAF Elmswell in 1945 By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 14:07:09 +0000 RAF Great Ashfield was a World War II airfield in England. It is located 10 miles east of Bury St. Edmunds and two miles south of Great Ashfield village in Suffolk. Great Ashfield Airfield is still in private use although much reduced in size. It was originally a Royal Flying Corps grass landing strip on this site in World War I, and before the USAAF arrived the RAF had been using it for training, during that period it was known as RAF Elmswell. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Great_Ashfield Full Article
science and technology RAF Eye in 1945 By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 14:11:08 +0000 RAF Eye is a former World War II airfield in England. The field is located 11 miles NE of Stowmarket in Suffolk. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Eye Full Article
science and technology Lords Bridge Air Ammunition Park in 1945 By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 14:24:02 +0000 Lords Bridge Air Ammunition Park opened on 16th November 1939 as a forward storage facility for between 750 - 1250 tons of high explosive and incendiary bombs for 2 & 3 Bomber Groups in East Anglia. It supplied 3 sub depots at Meldreth, Riseley and Bourn as well as bomb dumps at airfields within 2 and 3 Groups. The depot was administered by 95 Maintenance Unit RAF which came under the control of RAF Bassingbourn. http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/sites/l/lords_bridge_air_ammunition_park/index.shtml Full Article
science and technology RAF Glatton in 1945 By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 14:33:48 +0000 Royal Air Force Station Glatton or more simply RAF Glatton is a former Royal Air Force station located 10 miles north of Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Glatton Full Article
science and technology RAF Molesworth in 1945 By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 14:42:50 +0000 Royal Air Force Station Molesworth or more simply RAF Molesworth is a Royal Air Force station located near Molesworth, Cambridgeshire, England with a history dating back to 1917. Its runway and flight line facilities were closed in 1973 and demolished. New facilities were constructed to support ground-launched cruise missile operations in the early 1980s. It is now a non-flying facility under the control of the United States Air Force (USAF), and is one of two Royal Air Force (RAF) stations in Cambridgeshire currently used by the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). Molesworth, RAF Alconbury and RAF Upwood were considered the "Tri-Base Area" due to their close geographic proximity and interdependency until RAF Upwood closed in late 2012. RAF Alconbury and RAF Molesworth are the last Second World War era Eighth Air Force airfields in the United Kingdom that are still actively in use and controlled by the United States Air Force. It was from Molesworth on 4 July 1942 that the first USAAF Eighth Air Force mission was flown over Nazi-occupied territory. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Molesworth Full Article
science and technology RAF Alconbury in 1945 By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 14:51:00 +0000 Royal Air Force Alconbury or RAF Alconbury is an active Royal Air Force station in the United Kingdom, located in Huntingdon, England. The airfield is adjacent to the Stukeleys Great and Little, Alconbury. Opened in 1938, it is currently a non-flying facility under the control of the United States Air Force. It is one of three RAF stations in Cambridgeshire currently used by the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). Alconbury, along with RAF Molesworth and RAF Upwood are considered the "Tri-Base Area" due to their close geographic proximity, and interdependency. Except for a period of inactivity between 1945 and 1951, the station has been continuously in use. RAF Alconbury and RAF Molesworth are the last Second World War-era Eighth Air Force bases in Britain that are still actively in use and controlled by the United States Air Force. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Alconbury Full Article
science and technology RAF Wyton in 1945 By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 15:21:41 +0000 Royal Air Force Wyton or more simply RAF Wyton (IATA: QUY, ICAO: EGUY) is a Royal Air Force station near St. Ives, Cambridgeshire, England. In terms of organisation RAF Wyton was part of the combined station RAF Brampton Wyton Henlow, a merger of Wyton with two previously separate bases, RAF Brampton and RAF Henlow. Wyton is the largest of the three. It is home to Equipment Support (Air) and Corporate Technical Services. The airfield is used for flying training by 57(R) Squadron EFT, the University Air Squadrons of London and Cambridge and No. 5 Air Experience Flight. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Wyton Full Article
science and technology RAF Bourn in 1945 By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 15:27:09 +0000 Royal Air Force Station Bourn or more simply RAF Bourn was a Royal Air Force station located 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Bourn, Cambridgeshire and 6.9 miles (11.1 km) west of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Bourn Full Article
science and technology RAF Kimbolton in 1945 By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 15:33:59 +0000 RAF Kimbolton is a former Royal Air Force station located 8 miles (13 km) west of Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Kimbolton Full Article
science and technology RAF Graveley in 1945 By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 15:39:23 +0000 RAF Graveley is a former Royal Air Force station located 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Huntingdon. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Graveley Full Article
science and technology RAF Warboys in 1945 By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 15:52:02 +0000 RAF Warboys is a former Royal Air Force heavy bomber station, situated just outside the village of Warboys in Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Warboys Full Article
science and technology RAF Oakington in 1945 By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 15:57:56 +0000 Royal Air Force station Oakington or more simply RAF Oakington is a Royal Air Force station located 0.5 miles (0.80 km) north of Oakington, Cambridgeshire, England and 5.1 miles (8.2 km) north--west of Cambridge. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Oakington Full Article
science and technology RAF Waterbeach in 1945 By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 16:04:40 +0000 Royal Air Force Station Waterbeach or more simply RAF Waterbeach is a former Royal Air Force station located in Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire which is 5.5 miles (8.9 km) north of Cambridge. The site was then used by the Royal Engineers, part of the British Army, from 1966 to 2013, as Waterbeach Barracks.[1] The site is currently derelict, apart from officers' houses still in use. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Waterbeach Full Article
science and technology RAF Little Staughton in 1945 By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 21:17:28 +0000 Royal Air Force Station Little Staughton or more simply RAF Little Staughton is a former Royal Air Force station located 1.7 miles (2.7 km) south of Great Staughton, Cambridgeshire and 4.2 miles (6.8 km) west of St Neots, Cambridgeshire, England. Royal Air Force Station Little Staughton or more simply RAF Little Staughton is a former Royal Air Force station located 1.7 miles (2.7 km) south of Great Staughton, Cambridgeshire and 4.2 miles (6.8 km) west of St Neots, Cambridgeshire, England. Full Article
science and technology Sywell Aerodrome in 1945 By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 21:25:26 +0000 Sywell Aerodrome (IATA: ORM, ICAO: EGBK) is the local aerodrome serving the town of Northampton, Wellingborough, Kettering and Rushden, as well as wider Northamptonshire. The aerodrome is located 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) northeast of Northampton and was originally opened in 1928 on the edge of Sywell village. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sywell_Aerodrome Full Article
science and technology RAF Polebrook (site of) By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 21:51:52 +0000 Royal Air Force Station Polebrook or more simply RAF Polebrook is a former Royal Air Force station located 3.5 miles (5.6 km) east-south-east of Oundle, at Polebrook, Northamptonshire, England. The airfield was built on Rothschild estate land starting in August 1940. It was from Polebrook that the United States Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force carried out its first heavy bomb group (Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress) combat mission on 17 August 1942, and from which Major Clark Gable flew combat missions in 1943. This was also a Thor nuclear missile site. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Polebrook Full Article
science and technology Remains of Concentration Camp Lichterfelde in 1953 By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 06:45:43 +0000 Concentration Camp Lichterfelde in Berlin was a sub-camp of Concentration Camp Sachsenhausen. Site in German: http://www.ikz-lichterfelde.de/ Full Article
science and technology Concentration Camp Lichtenrade in 1953 By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 07:14:49 +0000 Concentration Camp Lichtenrade in Berlin was a sub-camp of Concentration Camp Sachsenhausen. Full Article
science and technology World War 2 bombing range markings By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 06:31:56 +0000 North of RAF Honington there is a bombing range from 1945 with concrete arrow showing the direction to targets. As targets you see a target marking and an outlined ship. You also see a lot of bomb craters around. Full Article
science and technology Emirates Airbus A380-800 By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 17:30:57 +0000 At King Abdulaziz International Airport taxiing towards take off at L34. Full Article
science and technology Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-890 - Alaska Seafood By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 20:59:01 +0000 At Seattle Tacoma Internatio Airport. Full Article
science and technology Boeing 747 seen twice at the same airport By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 21:08:45 +0000 South Korean Asiana Airlines Cargo Boeing 747-48EF/SCD is at at carco gate being prepared for take off and also on the way to the runway at Seattle Tacoma International Airport. Full Article
science and technology Pipistrel Taurus G4 at Oshkosh Wittman Regional Airport By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 21:56:53 +0000 The Pipistrel Taurus G4 is a one-off twin fuselage, four seated electro engined plane made in Slovenia. Here it's at the Oshkosh Airshow in 2011. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipistrel_Taurus http://www.technologicvehicles.com/en/green-transportation-news/1098/video-oshkosh-2011-first-flight-of-the-pipistrel-taurus-g4#.VCIvR5R_uSo Full Article
science and technology Paddle steamer Delta King in Sacramento and San Francisco By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 06:07:57 +0000 The Delta King is moored in Sacramento used as a hotel. In San Francisco it's at the pier in 1938. Click thumbnail to see it. Delta King is a 285-foot-long paddlewheel steamboat (87 m). Delta King is the sister ship to Delta Queen, both christened 20 May 1927, traveling between Sacramento, California and San Francisco, California on 10-hour trips. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_King Full Article
science and technology Niagara Falls in 1934 By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 17:29:16 +0000 You see the Horseshoe Fall in full flow before the weir was made in 1942 to tame the flow. Full Article
science and technology Neil Diamond concert stage in Johannesburg By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 16:40:36 +0000 On sunday April 2. 2011 the American singer Neil Diamond gave a concert at FNB Stadium in Johannesburg. In this image the set being built up. http://lee-reinhardt.blogspot.dk/2011/04/neil-diamond-concert-fnb-stadium.html Full Article
science and technology Whistler Sea to Sky Climb with Rocky Mountaineer By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 16:50:58 +0000 Whistler Sea to Sky Climb with Rocky Mountaineer is a railroad track from Northern Vancouver to Whistler and back. It features impressive mountain, river and waterfall views and sightings. It has several times been regarded as one of the worlds most spectacular train rides. Included in this tour collection is detailed path/tracks, to and from, on ground and 50 meters (164 feet) above ground. Also, partly based on path/track is, 3 pre-recorded autoplay tours; Vancouver to Whistler Sea to Sky Climb 50 m route autoplay Whistler to Vancouver Sea to Sky Climb 50 m route autoplay Vancouver to Whistler Sea to Sky Climb flyover autoplay Tour creator: Tom Kjeldsen, created september 2014. Recommended to be viewed as a 'Play tour' in Google Earth with terrain and 3D Buildings layer enabled. ***** This file is available at ge.dooley.dk and also downloadable at GEC - Have a nice google earth tour... Let's explore! Full Article
science and technology Jehovahs Witness meeting in Johannesburg By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 17:06:07 +0000 On 18. December 2011 79 000 Jehovahs Witnesses gather at FNB Stadium for instruction. http://www.timeslive.co.za/ilive/2011/12/18/79-000-jehovahs-witnesses-gather-at-soccer-city-for-instruction-ilive Full Article
science and technology Chicago Motor Speedway By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 17:22:11 +0000 The Chicago Motor Speedway at Sportsman's Park located in Cicero, Illinois, just outside of Chicago, was built in 1999 by a group including Chip Ganassi, owner of Chip Ganassi Racing. In 2002 the 1.029-mile (1.656 km) oval shaped track suspended operations due to financial conditions in the motorsports industry. The track was also the site of horse races, when the track was called "Sportsman's Park". The track was one of two racetracks that hosted both auto and horse races (the other is Dover International Speedway). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Motor_Speedway Full Article
science and technology 3 Boeing Dreamlifters at Boeing plant Charleston By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 06:04:05 +0000 The Boeing 747 Dreamlifter (formerly Large Cargo Freighter or LCF) is a wide-body cargo aircraft. Cargo is placed in the aircraft by the world's longest cargo loader. It is an extensively modified Boeing 747-400 and is used exclusively for transporting 787 aircraft parts to Boeing's assembly plants from suppliers around the world. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Dreamlifter Full Article
science and technology 3 Boeing Dreamlifters at the Snohomish County Paine Field By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 06:21:43 +0000 The Boeing 747 Dreamlifter (formerly Large Cargo Freighter or LCF) is a wide-body cargo aircraft. Cargo is placed in the aircraft by the world's longest cargo loader. It is an extensively modified Boeing 747-400 and is used exclusively for transporting 787 aircraft parts to Boeing's assembly plants from suppliers around the world. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Dreamlifter Full Article
science and technology Practice nose of a Boeing plane By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 06:44:33 +0000 At the Snohomish County Paine Field / Boeing assembly plant. Full Article
science and technology Antonov An-124 Ruslan By www.gearthhacks.com Published On :: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 06:58:45 +0000 At Anchorage Ted Stevens International Airport. The Antonov An-124 Ruslan (Ukrainian: Антонов Ан-124 "Руслан") (NATO reporting name: Condor) is a strategic airlift jet aircraft. It was designed by the Antonov design bureau in the Ukrainian SSR, then part of the Soviet Union. The An-124 is the world's highest gross weight production cargo aeroplane and second heaviest operating cargo aircraft, behind the one-off Antonov An-225 (a greatly enlarged design based on the An-124). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-124_Ruslan Full Article