Comments on: Flying Car Uncovered by Google Earth?

By: Pablo

Pablo — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 03:04:53 +0000

Yet another flying car visible with Google Earth?

All of us remember this strange story when appeared in The Register showing a flying car in Perth, Western Australia. Well, australian people have done it again and here is a second flying car!, this time in Cockburn, a city located about 22km south of the Perth CBD.

http://www.flyinglobe.com/2006/03/15/another-flying-car-in-australia/

By: Erik

Erik — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:15:25 +0000

Maybe it’s a sign. If Google Maps published roads in that part of Austrailia, there might be a picture of the place. Oh well, don’t mean to destroy all the fun!

By: Nicholas Dollak

Nicholas Dollak — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 12:31:47 +0000

Hey… Pretty sharp, Keith! I think you nailed it. Kind of reminds me of the “face on Mars” picture…

By: ::mwah::

::mwah:: — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 07:44:45 +0000

I think that Keith solved the mystery. Wtg, Keith!

By: Keith

Keith — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 16:29:14 +0000

Could also be a black car parked parallel to the white one.

By: Nicholas Dollak

Nicholas Dollak — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 11:25:42 +0000

Cool photo! Highly improbable, though. Given the number of ground-level collisions that occur, one would still need to earn an aviator’s license before flying anything, even if it looks like a car. The photograph could easily have been faked, of course; the first step in confirming this would be to look at an enlarged hi-rez copy and see if the pixel-pattern changes where the flying car is. Another possibility is that the car is actually a display mounted atop a pole, as one might find at a used-car dealership. Given the apparent time-of-day indicated by the shadows, the pole’s shadow would be eclipsed by the car’s in this photo, and a reflective metal pole of steel would be virtually invisible in a picture of this quality.

Even still… It would make traffic jams and parallel parking a lot easier to deal with! I like.