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Google earth updated-Now some HiRes in PNG, N.Africa, M.East

Fri Jun 09, 2006 7:24 am

Heres a post I've made over on Flypast regarding Fairy Firefly's still in Eritrea (with pics.)
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=58669

In PNG you can go down to 1000ft , low enough to ID possible A/C if you know were to look. The Aleutians also has some updates.

Martin

Fri Jun 09, 2006 7:31 pm

Hi,

quick question for you. What is that Twin Boom/Twin Tail aircraft in the one photo ? Is that a C-119 or a Noratlas ??

Paul

Sat Jun 10, 2006 4:14 am

Aircraft Mech Paul wrote:Hi,

quick question for you. What is that Twin Boom/Twin Tail aircraft in the one photo ? Is that a C-119 or a Noratlas ??

Paul

Sorry I don't know, if not identifiable from the pic by somebody that knows the difference, maybe look up what a/c the Ethiopian A.F. used to fly.

Sat Jun 10, 2006 7:52 am

Col. Rohr wrote:Paul.

Its a Boxcar the question is what is sitting behind its right wing its a duel engine swept wing jet it sort of looks like a Me262 :shock:

RER


They look like Sabres according to these photos:

http://www.ruudleeuw.com/c119-asmara2.jpg

http://www.ruudleeuw.com/c119-asmara1.jpg

EDIT:

More intel collected via Google:

??/252 'F-86K' Asmara Air Base, ex-Imperial Ethiopian AF
??/257 F-86F Asmara Air Base, ex-Imperial Ethiopian AF
??/258 F-86F Asmara Air Base, ex-Imperial Ethiopian AF
??/264 F-86F Asmara Air Base, ex-Imperial Ethiopian AF
??/268 F-86F Asmara Air Base, ex-Imperial Ethiopian AF
??/270 F-86F Asmara Air Base, ex-Imperial Ethiopian AF, 260 on tail
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