[Semi-OT] A new airstrip at Area 51

Herb Schaltegger wrote:

This would be a fun trash pile to dig through:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=davis-...ll=32.166145,-
110.840002&sll=32.221667,-
110.925833&spn=0.006030,0.010031&sspn=.106773,.11 1580&t=k&hl=en



This is one case where "Make A Shorter Link" is really handy...this
appears to be a outdoor museum of all the types of aircraft that they've
stored and scrapped, including a Guppy and B-58:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?H64A141FA

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Centre pivot irigation plot. I have NO idea what they would be growing
out there though.



Oh, it's a Department Of Agriculture research facility...it's code-named
"Wildfire" IIRC. ;-)

Pat

Pat Flannery wrote:

Are those U-2s in the middle?:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?J2C9121FA

U-2s or TR-1s. Can't be anything else.

Scroll north from the there, and in the first 'lot' is what looks like
E-3's... But they are too small. What in 'ell are they? E2s?
(http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/e-2.htm)

Just north of those is what sure as hell looks like a gaggle of E-1's!
If it is, those puppies have been in the desert sun a LONG time.
(http://www.shanaberger.com/images/E-1.htm)

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Are those U-2s in the middle?:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?J2C9121FA


No. Wings too short. (at least the ones I'm seeing.)

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=davis-....823265&sll=32
..221667,-110.925833&spn=0.010461,0.011619&sspn=0.106773,0.1 11580&t=k&hl=en

For some broken planes. (I'm assuming done this way treaty compliance.)

Pat

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Herb Schaltegger writes:

Oh, and if anyone else scrolling around the area can provide a good
explanation of the circular bright green areas, I'd appreciate it. I
have a few suspicions but I'd like to hear everyones' thoughts.

Centre pivot irigation plot. I have NO idea what they would be growing
out there though.

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Scott Hedrick wrote:

It's where the Alien RVs dumped their waste tanks.

Note that the green spots are *moving* very slightly...



Soylent Green is People!

Darn, and all this time I thought it was PURPLE!



Pat

"Greg D. Moore (Strider)" wrote in message
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Herb Schaltegger writes:

Oh, and if anyone else scrolling around the area can provide a good
explanation of the circular bright green areas, I'd appreciate it. I
have a few suspicions but I'd like to hear everyones' thoughts.

Centre pivot irigation plot. I have NO idea what they would be growing
out there though.

A special blend of the finest cannibis.

Practically out of this world!

Derek Lyons wrote:


Scroll north from the there, and in the first 'lot' is what looks like
E-3's... But they are too small. What in 'ell are they? E2s?
(http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/e-2.htm)



Whatever they are, they look like they have multiple vertical tails- and
that narrows down the possibilities greatly.

Just north of those is what sure as hell looks like a gaggle of E-1's!
If it is, those puppies have been in the desert sun a LONG time.
(http://www.shanaberger.com/images/E-1.htm)



They sure look like them with the wings folded, don't they? And the
radome has the correct ovoid shape.

Pat

Greg D. Moore (Strider) wrote:

No. Wings too short. (at least the ones I'm seeing.)



I thought the wings looked a little short also; they might be some other
type of aircraft with the engine nacelles removed- I just can't figure
out which one. They seem to be mid or high wing and single vertical
tailed, but they don't look squat enough to be cargo planes. Neptunes
minus motors and tip tanks?

Pat

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Herb Schaltegger writes:


Oh, and if anyone else scrolling around the area can provide a good
explanation of the circular bright green areas, I'd appreciate it. I
have a few suspicions but I'd like to hear everyones' thoughts.


Centre pivot irigation plot. I have NO idea what they would be growing
out there though.


any thoughts on why someone would be growing corn in the middle of the
desert, Scully?

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