SA A380 on Google Earth :P

[EHM-1001 Robert]

First A380 spotted on Google Earth. Location: Heathrow, Pier 6 extension

[EHM-1465 Dominic]

Robert,

Did you have to zoom in at all or is it so big that you can see it from space like the Grand Canyon and Great Wall of China...? ;D;D

[EHM-1009 Kevin]

yup, its singapore airlines A380 plus just north of 27L threshold you can see the parked up crashed BA B777.

[EHM-2309 Joshua]

I see both of them:>

[EHM-1001 Robert]

Well, to tell the truth I was looking for airport layouts regarding public traffic ways... anyway I was scanning the airports in large zoom and weee

[EHM-2309 Joshua]

Did you spot the concorde? I think its a model of her though...

[EHM-1001 Robert]

I do not know if it is real but quietly standing on the 3rd not-used runway

[EHM-1465 Dominic]

It's real alright

That's Concorde G-BOAB which has been at Heahtrow since 2003 waiting for someone to come up with a plan to display her. Latest suggestion is that she might be going to Bahrain...

More details here.

[EHM-1001 Robert]

There are 2 other A380s standing at Blagnac Airport, Tolouse. There is an interesting (?) area of the airport without terminal. There are "unpainted" planes too waiting there.

[EHM-2309 Joshua]

Robert,

You say that they are 'unpainted', but are they not done in 'airbus' livery?
There is also definatly 1 unpainted one though (as well as these two...)

[EHM-1001 Robert]

I remember I seen 2 A340s with plain green-brown primer fuselage panels... maybe Virgin Atlantic tail... That looks odd, because I thought that planes are immediately painted after assembly. But as I see the internal furbishing is undergoing unpainted, outdoor.