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  • Helicopter on football ground, Alsace, France

    Helicopter on football ground, Alsace, France

    In the small town of Masevaux. File submitted by Richard Barlow

  • Tesla Gigafactory 4 near Berlin, Germany (Overlay)

    Tesla Gigafactory 4 near Berlin, Germany (Overlay)

    New Tesla Gigafactory 4 (Gigafactory 4 or Gigafactory Berlin or Gigafactory Europe) will be built at “GVZ Freienbrink” logistics centre Grünheide (Gruenheide) near Berlin. Production…

  • The shortest scheduled flight in the world

    The shortest scheduled flight in the world

    The Loganair Westray to Papa Westray route is the shortest scheduled passenger flight in the world. Flights on this route are scheduled for two minutes,…

  • Beacon Island – Plettenberg Bay

    Beacon Island – Plettenberg Bay

    Beacon Island in Plettenberg Bay was used as a whaling station from 1834 until 1916 when WW1 started. The sight now hosts the luxury Beacon…

  • Paddle Steamer

    Paddle Steamer

    Murray Princess on the Murray River in Murray Bridge, South Australia.

  • Athabasca oil sands

    Athabasca oil sands

    The Athabasca oil sands (also called the Athabasca tar sands or Alberta tar sands) are large deposits of bitumen or extremely heavy crude oil, located…

  • RAF Polebrook (site of)

    RAF Polebrook (site of)

    Royal Air Force Station Polebrook or more simply RAF Polebrook is a former Royal Air Force station located 3.5 miles (5.6 km) east-south-east of Oundle,…

  • RAF Nacton – Ipswich Airport in 1945

    RAF Nacton – Ipswich Airport in 1945

    Ipswich Airport (IATA: IPW, ICAO: EGSE) is a former airfield on the outskirts of Ipswich, Suffolk England. It was known as RAF Nacton when No.…

  • Hawker plane factory at Langley Airfield in 1945

    Hawker plane factory at Langley Airfield in 1945

    The Hawker Aircraft Company bought Parlaunt Farm at Langley in 1938 and built a major factory and airfield there. Well over 8,000 military aircraft were…

  • RAF Shepherds Grove in 1945

    RAF Shepherds Grove in 1945

    RAF Shepherds Grove is a former Royal Air Force base in Suffolk England 9 miles NE of Bury St Edmunds. The base was built for…

  • RAF Melksham in 1945

    RAF Melksham in 1945

    RAF Melksham was better known as No 12 School of Technical Training from 1940 to 1965 but also housed No 10 School of Recruit Training…

  • RAF Lympne 1940

    RAF Lympne 1940

    RAF Lympne /ˈlɪm/ was a Royal Air Force station used during the First and Second World Wars. It opened in 1916 by the Royal Flying…

  • Miniature replica of HMS Titanic in the backyard

    Miniature replica of HMS Titanic in the backyard

    Stan Fraser of Inverness spent 12 years building his 1:10 scale model. It became open for the public in 2012. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2128193/Titanic-fans-1-10-scale-replica-doomed-liner-opens-public-garden–sunk-council-planners.html

  • Worlds largest wood pile

    Worlds largest wood pile

    The worlds largest wood pile created from trees downed in cyclone Gudrun. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Gudrun

  • Grave site of Margaret Thatcher

    Grave site of Margaret Thatcher

    After the funeral service of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at St. Paul’s Cathedral on April 17. she will was laid to rest beside…

  • USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) and USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7)

    USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) and USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7)

    USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) is the third Wasp-class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy. She is the fifth ship to be named (the fourth…