The Lemon Fool

mc2fool wrote:the very pointy changes in direction

Aerobatic show?

Spitfire from Biggin Hill in East Kent and the White cliffs of Dover.

mc2fool wrote:

csearle wrote:1 Point. It was all one flight though, but top LHS is indeed the point of departure and landing.

OK, but are the very pointy changes in direction 'cos it's a helicopter/quadcopter/similar or are they just artefacts of the plotting tech? Or something else altogether...?

I don't know either. The aircraft was a fixed wing (Diamond DA42 NG) and didn't do any such zigzags. The data should be GPS fixes that make their way via radio and the internet to my screen. Where the errors creep in is beyond me. C.

kempiejon wrote:

mc2fool wrote:the very pointy changes in direction

Aerobatic show?

It was a "show" in the very broadest possible sense, but the aerobatics, whilst briefly present, were not dramatic.

Imbiber wrote:Spitfire from Biggin Hill in East Kent and the White cliffs of Dover.

I'd love to do that trip. Sadly not though, mind you Biggin Hill is (just) covered by the image. C.

csearle wrote:

Imbiber wrote:Spitfire from Biggin Hill in East Kent and the White cliffs of Dover.

I'd love to do that trip. Sadly not though, mind you Biggin Hill is (just) covered by the image. C.

Ah, well, if both Rochester and Biggin Hill are within it then ...

Would the southernmost tip reach the channel? Is it all over Kent or does it also go over Essex? And would the right angle on the right in the lower half be over Margate?

mc2fool wrote:

csearle wrote:I'd love to do that trip. Sadly not though, mind you Biggin Hill is (just) covered by the image. C.

Ah, well, if both Rochester and Biggin Hill are within it then ...

Would the southernmost tip reach the channel? Is it all over Kent or does it also go over Essex? And would the right angle on the right in the lower half be over Margate?

The southernmost tip does indeed reach the channel. Parts of it do go over Essex. Margate is off the map to the right. Biggin is covered by the black, but not within the loop.

There are three airfields involved in the flight, and then there is that white circle. I'll split the 2 points for the locations into four half points, one for each airfield and one for the white circle. Awarded to the first mentioner.

csearle wrote:

mc2fool wrote:Ah, well, if both Rochester and Biggin Hill are within it then ...

Would the southernmost tip reach the channel? Is it all over Kent or does it also go over Essex? And would the right angle on the right in the lower half be over Margate?

The southernmost tip does indeed reach the channel. Parts of it do go over Essex. Margate is off the map to the right. Biggin is covered by the black, but not within the loop.

There are three airfields involved in the flight, and then there is that white circle. I'll split the 2 points for the locations into four half points, one for each airfield and one for the white circle. Awarded to the first mentioner.

I still assume that Rochester is the origin, heading over Essex to about Harwich then back for an instrument landing at Manston. The final leg across the Channel and down the French cost, back to Dungeness and then home. Maybe the white circle is Tunbridge Wells?

TJH

csearle wrote:

Hallucigenia wrote:Maybe the significance is that it's a tour of locations in Kent that were significant in the Battle of Britain - Biggin Hill top left?

Not a bad guess, sadly not the answer though. Kent is more in the right ball-park though.

Bottom bit Kent, the "neck" is the Thames estuary, top bit is Essex?

I think you should all get points for perseverance.

Terry, you get a half point for TW. Hal, you get a half point for Kent/Essex.

My next post will reveal all. It was my son's multi-engine instrument rating examination flight from yesterday.

Thanks for taking part, have a safe trip home. C.

csearle wrote:I own (or am legally permitted to post) the OpenStreetMap contributors image above.

You've licenced the Ordnance Survey data included for public sharing?

When I was involved in projects using UK map data (admittedly not recently), they were *very* protective!

p.s. What's the black spot on Tunbridge Wells?

UncleEbenezer wrote:

csearle wrote:I own (or am legally permitted to post) the OpenStreetMap contributors image above.

You've licenced the Ordnance Survey data included for public sharing?

When I was involved in projects using UK map data (admittedly not recently), they were *very* protective!

p.s. What's the black spot on Tunbridge Wells?

It isn't Ordnance Survey data. The black spot is me, so to speak. C.

There is no image - the link is broken ?

didds wrote:There is no image - the link is broken ?

I can see it.

TJH

tjh290633 wrote:

didds wrote:There is no image - the link is broken ?

I can see it.

TJH

Nope.

I just see a broken green square and the word image adjacent to it.

didds wrote:

tjh290633 wrote:I can see it.

TJH

Nope.

I just see a broken green square and the word image adjacent to it.

Try a full refetch. Ctrl-F5. I.e. hold down the Ctrl key and press F5. If that fails, can you see https://ukpilot.uk/exm.jpg ?

mc2fool wrote:

didds wrote:Nope.

I just see a broken green square and the word image adjacent to it.

Try a full refetch. Ctrl-F5. I.e. hold down the Ctrl key and press F5. If that fails, can you see https://ukpilot.uk/exm.jpg ?

Ctrl-F5 - no difference

https://ukpilot.uk/exm.jpg
"This site can’t be reached
The web page at https://ukpilot.uk/exm.jpg might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.
ERR_TUNNEL_CONNECTION_FAILED"

that site is down for everybody it seems (checking on https://www.isitdownrightnow.com )

didds wrote:

mc2fool wrote:Try a full refetch. Ctrl-F5. I.e. hold down the Ctrl key and press F5. If that fails, can you see https://ukpilot.uk/exm.jpg ?

Ctrl-F5 - no difference

https://ukpilot.uk/exm.jpg
"This site can’t be reached
The web page at https://ukpilot.uk/exm.jpg might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.
ERR_TUNNEL_CONNECTION_FAILED"

that site is down for everybody it seems (checking on https://www.isitdownrightnow.com )

Not for me. I can get to https://ukpilot.uk/exm.jpg with both Firefox and Chrome on my PC, using my home broadband, and with Chrome on my phone, using 4G.

mc2fool wrote:Not for me. I can get to https://ukpilot.uk/exm.jpg with both Firefox and Chrome on my PC, using my home broadband, and with Chrome on my phone, using 4G.

cached? try a fresh browser, cache cleared, no proxies etc ?