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Re: Where are we Navigator
From: Don Seltzer
Date: 2020 Nov 6, 19:52 -0500
From: Don Seltzer
Date: 2020 Nov 6, 19:52 -0500
Make that high tide.
Don Seltzer
On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 7:51 PM Don Seltzer <timoneer@gmail.com> wrote:
I put its location at 50º 26' 15" N, 5º 1' 40" W.It is low tide.Don SeltzerOn Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 6:16 PM Frank Reed <NoReply_FrankReed@fer3.com> wrote:The coast of Cornwall near that RAF airfield runs north-south. This is on the Bristol Channel side, facing Ireland and Wales. So if the aircraft is flying northeast on an early afternoon in late Spring or early Summer, I think it makes general sense. The Sun is behind the pilot's right shoulder.
It's probably somewhere on the coast of Cornwall. But where?? I can't match roads and valleys on the ground in the photo with modern imagery. There's been over a half century of growth so I expect the towns and villages have expanded, but I would expect other features to be recognizable.
Frank Reed
