Collection Editor
April 2015 - Oct 24, 2024 13:57:50 GMT
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Post by SpiderX22 on Apr 5, 2015 18:04:46 GMT
This file is a collection of air transportation (in flight!) in Google Street View, including helicopters (military and civilian), airplanes (military and civilian), aerostats (blimps and the like), and UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles). Each find is coded by color and icon type. Each find can be viewed directly within Google Earth (version 6+) or viewed in Google Maps with a direct link from within the placemark. Note: Google Earth, so far, does not save the zoom level of a street view find, so some finds may need to be zoomed in on Google Earth. Their proper zoom level is saved on Google Maps, so if you cannot see it on Google Earth, it should be visible on Google Maps. If not; the image is outdated, and I'll update it in a future version. Note 2: Due to Terrain, some images will flicker. Please TURN OFF terrain (GE 6) or change Elevation exaggeration to 0.01 (GE 7+). Double click the icon or move around the image until the flickering stops.
As of right now: ● 2171 total finds (65 Aerostat, 1867 Airplane, 232 Helicopter, 7 UAV) ● 84 countries, 11 territories, and 50 USA states + D.C. ● 332 Aircraft Types (261 airplane, 71 helicopter) ● 566 Airlines/Organizations (including 122 dysfunctional ones) ● 107 Military/Government Operators ● 138 Special Liveries ● 16 Airshows / Aerobatic Teams ● 12 Skywriting / Aerial Advertising ● 19 PTM (Prototypes/Test Flights/Manufacturer Owned) Additional, but lower quality finds: [Currently: ~3250 finds]: Lower Quality Finds 3250.kmz (396.85 KB) I'm not updating these in any way, so many of these may no longer be there
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Collection Editor
April 2015 - Oct 24, 2024 13:57:50 GMT
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Post by SpiderX22 on Apr 8, 2015 13:08:46 GMT
Question to the moderators: this collection is currently a Network link that pulls it's data (a static kmz file) from a separate Google Earth forum that hosts the file. When I release a new version, I update the file on that forum which the network link will then pull from. I don't know how long that forum will stay up (it's been limping along for years) and have been looking for a new place to put the static file. In order for the network link to work, the file needs a url and it needs to always keeps the same name, even when I update the file. Do you know if this forum has that capability? Otherwise, if the host forum goes down, I'll need people to re-download the collection every time I release an update.
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Master Guide
March 2015 - Mar 28, 2023 13:20:41 GMT
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Post by Noisette on Apr 15, 2015 8:11:34 GMT
Hi spider, it's not possible to store the file here and link to it.
I'd suggest looking at Google Sites. You don't need to create a public site to use the storage. You can upload an attachment and it will be stored with the original name so that you can upload a new version with the same name when you've updated the file.
DropBox may work too, but I'm not too familiar with that.
I would not recommend using Google Drive, they make it difficult to get a usable link, and you can't upload a new version of a file and keep the same link.
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Collection Editor
April 2015 - Oct 24, 2024 13:57:50 GMT
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Post by SpiderX22 on Apr 23, 2015 23:25:28 GMT
Hi spider, it's not possible to store the file here and link to it. I'd suggest looking at Google Sites. You don't need to create a public site to use the storage. You can upload an attachment and it will be stored with the original name so that you can upload a new version with the same name when you've updated the file. DropBox may work too, but I'm not too familiar with that. I would not recommend using Google Drive, they make it difficult to get a usable link, and you can't upload a new version of a file and keep the same link. Okay, thanks for responding. Will look into Google Sites. Also, old Google Maps just got turned off, which means I need to redo basically every placemark in this file. Ugh.
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Master Guide
March 2015 - Mar 28, 2023 13:20:41 GMT
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Post by Noisette on Apr 24, 2015 9:26:41 GMT
The links in your placemarks work for me in the new Google Maps.
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Collection Editor
April 2015 - Oct 24, 2024 13:57:50 GMT
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Post by SpiderX22 on Aug 26, 2017 1:56:44 GMT
Wow - first update in 921 days!
Before, the objective had always been to find as many airplanes, helicopters, and aerostats as possible. However, with the frequent SV updates, the huge amount of finds, how long it takes to update them, and how much imagery there is to cover, this is no longer the case. From now on, I'm only keeping the best finds, anything where the object is clearly visible without needing to zoom. I did however keep at least 1 find from each country, even if it did not fall under the "high quality" benchmark.
555 New Finds: 5 aerostats, 504 airplanes (445 civilian, 59 military), and 47 helicopters (26 civilian, 21 military)
20 new countries/territories: Albania, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Ghana, Greenland (Denmark), Guatemala, Kenya, Laos, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Nigeria, Philippines, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Guam [USA], Puerto Rico [USA]
63 new airlines/organizations (including 18 new special liveries): Adria Airways, Air Arabia, AirBridgeCargo, Airbus Industrie, Air Canada Rogue, Air Greenland, Air India, Airlink, Airship Ventures, Air VIA, AIS Flight Academy, AlbaStar, Atlas Air, AtlasGlobal, ATSA, Aviolet, Bahamasair, Batik Air, Biman Bangladesh Airlines, Binter Canarias, Boeing, Bombardier Aerospace, Cebu Pacific, Chautauqua Airlines *DF, Cobham Aviation Services Australia, Collings Foundation, Contour Aviation, Cutting Edge Helicopters, Elite Airways, Etihad Cargo, Firefly, FlySafair, Hokkaido Air System, HOP!, JAL Express *DF, Jin Air, LATAM Brasil, Lufthansa CityLine, Magnicharters, Mokulele Airlines, MoonAir, New Central Airservice, Olympic Air, PAL Express, Patagonia Flight Services, Peach, Pegasus Airlines, Save the Elephants, Searca S.A., Shenzhen Airlines, Solaseed Air, South African Airways, South African Express, Star Perú, Swiss Aviation Training, TAROM, Tex Sutton Kalitta Charters, The London Helicopter, Turkmenistan Airlines, Ukraine International Airlines, Windsor Flying Club, Zest Air *DF, Zip Aviation *DF = Dysfunctional airlines
24 new civilian aircraft types: Airbus A320neo family, American Champion Citabria, American Champion Decathlon, Beechcraft King Air, Bombardier Global Express, British Aerospace Jetstream, Canadair CL-215, Cessna 185 Skywagon, Cessna Citation III, Cessna Citation Excel, Cessna CitationJet, Cessna Citation Excel, Dassault Falcon 7X, Dassault Falcon 2000, Diamond DA40, Diamond DA42, Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300, Hawker 400, Let L-410 Turbolet, Mudry CAP 10, Piaggio P.180 Avanti, Piper PA-23, Robin DR400, Socata TB20 Trinidad
12 new military aircraft types: Aero L-39 Albatross, Airbus A330 MRTT, Alenia C-27J Spartan, Beechcraft T-44A Pegasus, Boeing RC-135, Chengdu J-7, EADS/CASA C-295, Hongdu JL-8, Ilyushin Il-76, KAI T-50 Golden Eagle, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, PZL M28 Skytruck
7 new helicopter types: AgustaWestland CH-149, Kamov Ka-27, Kawasaki OH-1, MBB/Kawasaki BK 117, Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King, Sikorsky VH-60N White Hawk, Sikorsky S-92
18 new Military/Government Organizations: Bangladesh Air Force, Bolivian Air Force, Guardia di Finanza, Hellenic Air Force, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Air Rescue 5, Midlands Air Ambulance, Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia), Ministry of Natural Resources and Wildlife (Quebec), Northrop Grumman Corp., Polish Air Force, Republic of China Navy, Republic of Singapore Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Netherlands Air Force, Travis County STAR Flight, Uganda People's Defence Force, United Arab Emirates, Air Force US Department of Justice
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Master Cartographer
April 2015 - Oct 31, 2024 17:39:46 GMT
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Post by syzygy on Sept 7, 2017 11:25:42 GMT
netlink does not work by me! (GE Pro 7.1.2.2041) folder stays closed with red button after download wherever I try to refresh...):
any ideas how to solve, or won't you attach collection as a simple kmz folder?
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Collection Editor
April 2015 - Oct 24, 2024 13:57:50 GMT
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Post by SpiderX22 on Sept 7, 2017 12:29:09 GMT
Hi syzygy, Thanks for the heads up - if you're having issues, others probably will too. It works on my end - do other Network links work for you? Or maybe the host I'm using was down. The network link is pulling from this URL, see if that works: www.gearthhacks.com/forums/downloads.php?do=file&act=down&id=35747I'm also attaching the file as a .kmz to my topmost post, so you can just download it directly with no problems as well!
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Collection Editor
April 2015 - Oct 24, 2024 13:57:50 GMT
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Post by SpiderX22 on Sept 7, 2017 12:35:37 GMT
Current wishlist: - A decent (or better) quality find in Wyoming, USA
- A decent (or better) quality find in Ecuador
- A decent (or better) quality find in Uruguay
- Antonov AN-225
- More historical planes (such as any from the Collings Foundation's collection)
- More aviation festivals/air shows
- Any planes in special livery
- A plane in DHL Aviation livery
If you can find an aircraft in flight in any of the above categories, I'd be super happy. They're pretty hard to find though, so good luck!
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Master Cartographer
April 2015 - Oct 31, 2024 17:39:46 GMT
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Post by syzygy on Sept 7, 2017 13:58:05 GMT
oh sorry, was only the usual "blocked URLs at the office" problem, however your recently attached, simple kmz works here too!
big work, cannot be done without strong interest, competency and a sip of addiction to browse the StreetView world!
thank you for the gratis attachment so I could check your great collection at last!
best! g
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Collection Editor
April 2015 - Oct 24, 2024 13:57:50 GMT
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Post by SpiderX22 on Nov 6, 2017 20:02:49 GMT
Another update! (Nov 6th, 2017) Added a "Top 10" category, which shows the 10 best finds in the collection. Was very difficult to narrow this down, as there's probably 50+ really good finds Added a Key (to what the Icons and Icon Colors represent) 129 new finds, including re-finding some older, disappeared finds
1 new country: Ecuador (also Wyoming, USA => now have all 50 states)
14 new airlines (3 dysfunct*, 3 new special liveries) Air North, China Airlines, Cosmo Airlines*, Fiji Airways, Island Helicopters, LAN Colombia*, MasAir, Niagara Helicopters, Panalpina, Servicios Aereos De Los Andes, Sriwijaya Air, Tiger Airways*, Trade Air, Vliegclub Flevo Liveries: AeroMéxico Boeing 737-852 [XA-MIA] "Chrysler Jeep - 75 Anos" | AirAsia "Now Everyone Can Fly" | British Airways Airbus A319-131 "Olympic Dove"
1 new helicopter type: Bell 407
4 new Organizations/Militaries: Australian Maritime Border Command, Cornwall Air Ambulance, Indonesian Air Force, Mexican Air Force
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Collection Editor
April 2015 - Oct 24, 2024 13:57:50 GMT
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Post by SpiderX22 on Jan 9, 2018 2:33:36 GMT
Working on another update; still trying to catch up to the massive December 16th update (only have Texas and California left to do). Should be out by the end of this month (maybe end of next week). Sadly, I still haven't found a single DHL plane in flight. Sneak peak at update: Here's British Airways' Airbus A380-841 [G-XLEC]
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Collection Editor
April 2015 - Oct 24, 2024 13:57:50 GMT
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Post by SpiderX22 on Feb 1, 2018 1:29:39 GMT
Alrighty - finished this up date right before February. Next version probably won't be out until there's a significant imagery update by Google.
Version 4.2 (1/31/2018) ● +137 new finds ● Updated up to 1.31.2018 Imagery ● Removed many low-quality finds (over 350) ● Changed "Top 10" folder to "Top X", which will have 10-20 best finds
Added: Countries: US Virgin Islands Aircraft Types: Beechcraft Duchess, Cessna 180, Cessna 210, Embraer Legacy 600, Fuji T-7, Learjet 45, Short C-23 Sherpa Gov. Org: Long Beach Police Department Airlines: Air Southwest*, Alamo Helicopters, Braathens Regional Airways, Braathens Regional Aviation, Citilink, CityJet, Easter Jet, Etihad Airways, Helicopter Flight Services, LAN Peru*, LifeLine, Malaysian Flying Academy, Mexicana de Aviacion*, Nok Air, PSA Airlines, Sky Regional Airlines, Vietnam Airlines * = Dysfunctional/no longer exists Special Liveries: Air Canada Express CRJ-700 "Ice Blue" | Air France Boeing 777-328ER "Paris 2024" [F-GZNP] | Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-800 "Spirit of Seattle" [N512AS] | Braathens Regional Aviation Avro RJ100 "Swedish Football Livery" [SE-DSU] | Delta Airlines "Skyteam Special Livery" | Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 "Nevada One" [N727SW]** | Uni Air ATR 72-600 "Bad Badtz-Maru" [B-17001] ** = found another instance of this plane (seen previously), this one is better quality)
Removed (due to bad quality/lost imagery): Countries: Estonia, India, Laos, Montenegro, Jersey (part of UK) US States: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Wyoming, North Dakota Aircraft Types: Misubishi H-60, BAE Systems Hawk, Tupolev Tu-204 Airlines: Avianca Peru, Continental Airlines, Cubana de Aviacion, Executive Airlines, MasAir, Panalpina, Peruvian Airlines, SATENA, Star Peru, TACV, Tiger Airways
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Full Member
January 2018 - Nov 6, 2018 13:24:52 GMT
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Post by pitter on Mar 2, 2018 6:40:19 GMT
Hi, I think that was a tough job. Worth seeing, thanks! Take care, Pitter
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Collection Editor
April 2015 - Oct 24, 2024 13:57:50 GMT
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Post by SpiderX22 on Apr 18, 2018 1:16:07 GMT
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Master Gamer
April 2018 - Oct 31, 2024 20:40:33 GMT
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Post by willi1 on Apr 18, 2018 11:13:38 GMT
Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet ? I'm not sure. Landing in Salt Lake City.
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Collection Editor
April 2015 - Oct 24, 2024 13:57:50 GMT
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Post by SpiderX22 on Apr 18, 2018 13:29:41 GMT
Nice find willi1! Didn't have that yet, thanks!
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Collection Editor
April 2015 - Oct 24, 2024 13:57:50 GMT
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Post by SpiderX22 on Apr 19, 2018 15:34:41 GMT
New Update - April 19, 2018
No actual new Streetview Imagery since I last updated, but I added a bunch of old files I finally was able to find new links for (~30), as well as a whole bunch of new finds around the world
108 Total New Finds (105 airplanes and 3 helicopters) 2 New Countries: Uruguay (new!) and Laos (was previously removed for low quality) 9 New Airlines: AeroRescue, Boliviana de Aviación, Cape Air, Japan Transocean Air, Jet2.com, Jetstar Japan, Saudi Arabian Airlines, Star Perú, VivaColombia 3 New Civilian Airplane Types: Airbus A300, Cessna 402, NAMC YS-11 1 New Military Airplane Type: Gulfstream C-20 1 New Gov Org: Japan Coast Guard 2 New Special Liveries: ANA Boeing 787-8 "Dreamliner Livery", Japan Transocean Air Boeing 737-400 "Jinbei Jet" [JA8939]
No new airshows, but 3 additional Blue Impulse finds
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Master Gamer
April 2018 - Oct 31, 2024 20:40:33 GMT
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Post by willi1 on Apr 19, 2018 16:00:44 GMT
Is this helicopter possibly new to the forum? (Prato di Tivo, Italy) Attachments:Transporter.kmz (792 B)
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Collection Editor
April 2015 - Oct 24, 2024 13:57:50 GMT
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Post by SpiderX22 on Apr 30, 2018 1:20:26 GMT
That is new, very nice!! Will add in next update (and credit you), thanks!
That's a Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama that does avalanche defense for the Prati di Tivoski resort
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Master Gamer
April 2018 - Oct 31, 2024 20:40:33 GMT
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Post by willi1 on Apr 30, 2018 6:33:27 GMT
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Master Gamer
April 2018 - Oct 31, 2024 20:40:33 GMT
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Post by willi1 on May 16, 2018 17:15:28 GMT
Small plane over Pembroke Pines, Florida Attachments:Small Plane.kmz (941 B)
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Collection Editor
April 2015 - Oct 24, 2024 13:57:50 GMT
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Post by SpiderX22 on May 18, 2018 5:08:28 GMT
Thanks willi1 for the finds! Keep em coming!
Version 4.4 (5/18/2018) ● +124 new finds ● Updated up to 4.25.2018 Imagery ● Removed snippets from placemarks
Added: Countries: None Aircraft Types Civilian Planes [10]: Bombardier Challenger 300, Bombardier Challenger 600, Cessna 150, Cessna 320 Skynight, Cessna 425, Dassault Falcon 20, Diamond DA20 Katana, Learjet 55, Piper Cheyenne, Socata TB10 Tobago Military Planes [2]: CASA C-101 Aviojet, ENAER T-35 Pillán Helicopters [2]: Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama, Eurocopter EC145 Gov. Org [1]: HM Coast Guard Shetland Airlines [8]: ABX Air, Air Algérie, Air Asia X, Babcock Mission Critical Services Onshore, Branson Helicopter Tours, Europe Airpost, Hainan Airlines, IBC Airways Special Liveries [1]: Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-7H4 "Tennessee One" [N922WN] Airshows/Teams [3]: Luke AFB Airshow: 75 Years of Airpower, Patrulla Águila, Thunder Tiger Aerobatics Team
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Master Gamer
April 2018 - Oct 31, 2024 20:40:33 GMT
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Post by willi1 on May 18, 2018 7:29:02 GMT
Maybe that is already known, but I would like to know how to bring writing to the sky. A special device on the plane? Computer controlled certainly.
See in GM
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Collection Editor
April 2015 - Oct 24, 2024 13:57:50 GMT
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Post by SpiderX22 on May 18, 2018 14:39:06 GMT
Cool find with the Skywriting! It's hard to read, but I can make out the words "Neck" and "Hot". Looks like it's only one plane doing the "writing" in this case. Looks like dot-matrix skywriting, which is a newer method. "It works just as you'd expect. The airplane(s) have computer controlled smoke generators, several to a plane, and put out puffs of smoke instead of drops of ink. It's exactly like a dot matrix printer, just lower res and bigger." www.quora.com/How-does-dot-matrix-skywriting-work
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Master Gamer
April 2018 - Oct 31, 2024 20:40:33 GMT
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Post by willi1 on May 19, 2018 18:38:50 GMT
A KLM-Aircraft is landing in Nice (France) an a Robinson R44 at Navarre Beach Park (Florida) Attachments:KLM Nice.kmz (934 B)
Robinson R44.kmz (922 B)
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Master Gamer
April 2018 - Oct 31, 2024 20:40:33 GMT
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Post by willi1 on May 23, 2018 11:34:19 GMT
AIR CANADA Jet landing in Toronto and a jet landing in San Diego.
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Master Gamer
April 2018 - Oct 31, 2024 20:40:33 GMT
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Post by willi1 on May 31, 2018 11:24:04 GMT
Two Takeoffs from Stuttgart Airport (Baden-Württemberg, Germany). Unfortunately far away.
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Master Gamer
April 2018 - Oct 31, 2024 20:40:33 GMT
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Post by willi1 on Jun 4, 2018 15:19:45 GMT
Parachutists and their transporter at Wanaka Airport (New Zealand)
Attachments:Parachute.kmz (833 B)
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Master Gamer
April 2018 - Oct 31, 2024 20:40:33 GMT
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Post by willi1 on Jun 18, 2018 19:09:29 GMT
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