Monday, December 5, 2005

Wasting time with Satellite Google: Ra5c edition This is a follow on to the last post because I forgot to include it even though I had the idea in mind earlier that day. I was using google earth to look at an airplane mothball site in Arizona a few weeks ago and had noted a Ra5c on the ground. Over the week end after I remembered I had forgotten to include this. I used google local (formerly google map - Google Earth doesn't come in Macintosh flavor) on a dial-up connection to try to find it again. I would not recommend this approach. I did find it; though, and today over lunch I set about filling in some detail. I'm all about added value. Here Google Local - TUCSON - Davis Monthan AFB + AMRC you will see a facility called the Aerospace Maintenance and Rehabilitation Center (AMRC). Part of Davis Monthan AFB in Tucson Arizona. There is a Ra5C down there somewhere. I should offer a prize or something if anyone can actually find it. To be fair I suspected when I first saw it that it was part of an off-base facility - there are many private scrapyards ajoining the base, but this didn't seem to be a scrapyard Google Local - TUCSON Pima Air musuem . It is in fact the Pima Aerospace Museum and they do have a vigi in their collection AAF/PASM: North American RA-5C (A3J-3P) Vigilante. If you crank google down to the smallest possible scale Google Local - TUCSON Pima Air Museum - Detail you should be able to see it. This web site Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona (Global Security.Org) gives some background on AMRC at Davis Monthan. 11:50:02 PM    comment [];trackback [];

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