Sri Lanka Air Force museum aircraft identified from Google Earth

Aviation photographer Suresh A. Atapattu generously identified the SLAF museum's out door aircraft exhibits seen in the Google Earth screen grab below. He also went through the trouble of re-numbering the aircraft in the image. His numbers in yellow correspond to the table below. This image was originally used in my post about the Sri …

Sri Lanka Air Force Museum: Google Earth view

The Google Earth satellite imagery of Ratmalana Sri Lanka Air Force base has been recently updated. The Google Earth satellite screen-shot in this post shows the recently renovated and expanded Sri Lanka Air Force Museum. I have crudely numbered the out door exhibits visible in the image. Despite all my Google Earthing, I'm a lousy …

Numbers accounted

Passed an 8th of a million, inching towards the 500th post. Its a long way from the first day and the its timid words. Of course I haven't said anything of worth and I'm safe in the knowledge that I never will. Meanwhile, on beaches which many would pay a lot of money to lie in the hot …

Terrorist held areas in Sri Lanka – Mullativu Google Earth

Image below shows a detail of a settlement on the northern side of the entrance to the Nanthikadal lagoon in Mullativu. The next image shows the area further north towards the Palamattalam/Puthumathalan area. The LTTE terrorists continue to hold thousands of people as human shields in these areas. I guess for the LTTE terrorist cult's …

Last terrorist stronghold in Sri Lanka from Google Earth

Images below show Palamattalam/Puthumathalan area north of Mullativu which is among the last areas held by the LTTE terrorists. The Sri Lankan military launched an attack in this area enabling civilians held by the LTTE to escape. The result is a loss of hostages for the terrorists to use as human shields - something that the Life in Taprobane blog outlines the …