Covid-19 : Where will BA park their planes?
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#692
Join Date: Nov 2018
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It appears more than this went today according to FR24 data. It is showing the following BA aircraft on the ground having arrived today:
A319’s G-EUPS and G-DBCK
A320’s G-EUUM/R, G-EUYC/J/P/S/W/X
A319’s G-EUPS and G-DBCK
A320’s G-EUUM/R, G-EUYC/J/P/S/W/X
Last edited by SHT88T; Jan 19, 21 at 7:23 pm
#694
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G-XLEF 11.11.2020 MAD
G-XLEG 12.11.2020 MAD
G-XLEI 13.11.2020 MAD
G-XLEA 20.11.2020 TEV
G-XLEB 20.11.2020 TEV
G-XLEL 21.11.2020 MAD
G-XLEK 01.12.2020 MAD
G-XLEC 03.12.2020 TEV
G-XLED 16.12.2020 DOH
G-XLEJ 16.12.2020 DOH
G-XLEE 17.12.2020 DOH
G-XLEH 21.12.2020 MAD
#696
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While ideally looking at Google Maps of Newquay airport ahead of the G7 (UK Gov't providing 7.8M for 'upgrades' to facilitate the different aircraft types expected), I (virtually) wondered over to LHR - not a plane in sight! Of course, the date of the image is unknown precisely (ignore the May date in the middle - that's for my next flight). The copyright date is 2021, but I suspect it would have been 2020. But no planes at the gates, parked up or on the runway. Thinking about it there must have been some image editing?

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While ideally looking at Google Maps of Newquay airport ahead of the G7 (UK Gov't providing 7.8M for 'upgrades' to facilitate the different aircraft types expected), I (virtually) wondered over to LHR - not a plane in sight! Of course, the date of the image is unknown precisely (ignore the May date in the middle - that's for my next flight). The copyright date is 2021, but I suspect it would have been 2020. But no planes at the gates, parked up or on the runway. Thinking about it there must have been some image editing?


#698
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While ideally looking at Google Maps of Newquay airport ahead of the G7 (UK Gov't providing 7.8M for 'upgrades' to facilitate the different aircraft types expected), I (virtually) wondered over to LHR - not a plane in sight! Of course, the date of the image is unknown precisely (ignore the May date in the middle - that's for my next flight). The copyright date is 2021, but I suspect it would have been 2020. But no planes at the gates, parked up or on the runway. Thinking about it there must have been some image editing?


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I (virtually) wondered over to LHR - not a plane in sight! Of course, the date of the image is unknown precisely (ignore the May date in the middle - that's for my next flight). The copyright date is 2021, but I suspect it would have been 2020. But no planes at the gates, parked up or on the runway. Thinking about it there must have been some image editing?
Using Google Earth you can swap to photographs - the most recent of Heathrow is May 2020

Heathrow 4th May 2020 using Google Earth
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There are plenty of aircraft visible on the 2D "satellite" Google Map. It looks to me like it's just the 3D/globe view that has had the editing done. And quite a bit of work must have gone into it, because every stand seems to show the underlying paving even where it's irregularly patterned.
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#705
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More likely the AI looks as lots of photos and sees what changes - Concorde does not change / move much if at all and is left alone. Same goes for building, roads etc. Planes, cars and so do, then the system simply switches out the pixels in that area to what ever is the most common in the photos - result empty airports, road, etc.