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"Grumpy AuContraire" wrote in message
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Fidel Perez wrote:

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DAN wrote:


Netko wrote:



I thought these might be of interest here


I like this one: the first BUFF to take it to the Talibans after 9/11.
Notice the firemen crew.



Sure looks like Diego Garcia to me!

Returning aircraft obviously...

JT

(Fond memories at NKW)


Returning aircraft? Full PBRs and the drogue chute door is closed! I
don't think so.


If it is Diego, the aircraft is traveling north at the end of a 12,000+
runway. Maybe I should have said "arriving."

JT



Wow! -- by comparing the photo with the "Google Maps" aerial view of DG the
position of the a/c can be
approximated. It looks like it's pointed NW and is just south of the halfway
point of the taxiway. I compared
features such as the mowed grassy area on the far side of the road in the
background and the white sandy corner
as well as runway stripes to make my guess. It looks like the photo was
taken approx due south. From the shadow
position it appears to be mid afternoon. From the shape of the "grassy
island" under the right wing, my guess
is that the photo was taken from the area just to the NW of that patch of
grass where the "big pond" is.

Tony P.