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Kling
Jun-27-2013, 18:38
My job offers nice benefits and I wanted to share with you what I see a few times a week. I thought it would be nice to see what the British landscape looks like compared to what we have in game. This is exact time of the year the battle of Britain was fought so this is what it looked like colourwise.
Enjoy!

Coming in from the West according to this map and route. (I know the quality of the map is not the best). On the map you can see the route we took, approaching London from the East the taking off again heading towards Manston, then across the Channel towards Dunkirk..
Each photo below in this post has a number on the route map corresponding to the position the photo was taken.
http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/9551/2eng.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/839/2eng.jpg/)

Pic.1 Descending towards London coming in from the east.
http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/549/n8zo.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/839/n8zo.jpg/)

Pic.2 Descending towards London coming in from the east.
http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/3990/7rao.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/838/7rao.jpg/)

Pic.3 Descending towards London coming in from the east.
http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/9729/8mrj.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/35/8mrj.jpg/)

Pic.4 Descending towards London coming in from the east.
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/9245/cljq.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/9/cljq.jpg/)

Pic.5 Descending towards London coming in from the east.
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/2053/qbsx.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/10/qbsx.jpg/)

Pic.6 Taken off again from London and heading SE. Heading straight for Manston and Im looking out to the right.
http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/600/b2bd.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/832/b2bd.jpg/)


Pic.7 Manston is right on the nose with the famous bay.
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/4558/1idm.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/19/1idm.jpg/)

Pic.8 Manston coming up. The city of Deal is in the middle of the photo.
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/2092/ji5v.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/15/ji5v.jpg/)

Pic.9
http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/5529/1cs4.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/11/1cs4.jpg/)

Pic.10 Right over Manston. Calais is the middle of the photo. The french point can be seen to the right in the photo.
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/1865/e9l9.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/153/e9l9.jpg/)

Pic.11 Another photo of Calais and the french point.
http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/1549/ztis.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/819/ztis.jpg/)

Pic.12 The city of Dunkirk
http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/6439/0wwx.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/94/0wwx.jpg/)

Pic.13 Another photo of Dunkirk
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/278/tkas.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/13/tkas.jpg/)

Wulf
Jun-27-2013, 19:27
Hehehehehe ... sehr gut! Vee vill use the new photo reconnaissance to increase the precision of our bombing. Hehehehehehe ....:D

ATAG_Snapper
Jun-27-2013, 19:57
Fantastic shots, Kling! :thumbsup: Thanks for posting them. :)

TheVino3
Jun-27-2013, 20:58
Ah Thanks Kling, these kind of photos are very useful - can you tell me approximately (to the nearest hour or so) what time these photos were taken?

Cheers

Kling
Jun-27-2013, 21:02
Ah Thanks Kling, these kind of photos are very useful - can you tell me approximately (to the nearest hour or so) what time these photos were taken?

Cheers

Of course, the photos were taken between 16-18 local time. ;)

Its noticable that no game will properly portrait the british landscape properly without the dark row of hedges at the edge of almost every field... :/
Also notice the blueish colour of the landscape the higher up you go.... Not sure if that is doable in a game though...

Old_Canuck
Jun-27-2013, 21:36
Thx for posting, Kling. Is that a flak burst near Dunkirk in photo 13 or is it a smudge on the perspex? :-)

Kling
Jun-27-2013, 21:44
Thx for posting, Kling. Is that a flak burst near Dunkirk in photo 13 or is it a smudge on the perspex? :-)

Must be flak... Now that you mention it, that could be the reason for the holes we found in the wings after landing.. :P

E69_pupo
Jun-28-2013, 02:59
SO that's what the real world looks like?

should get out more then :)

thanks for the photos