[Edited: 9/23/05 – It turns out the information above is a collection of planes captured in flight with Aerial Photography. There is another separate collelction of planes captured in flight with satellite photography. Here’s the collection with satellite photography
Some of the pictures are quite interesting with planes at strange angles, just about to land, just taking off, helicopters, and more. Just open the link above and then go through the list in the Places folder. I especially like the one above which is a plane captured not far below the aircraft taking the picture, so it’s in amazing detail (it’s title in the list is “Amazing Airplane Capture!!!”).
If you find your own picture of a plane in flight, first turn on the BBS layer to make sure the mark wasn’t already recorded in the BBS, then post it in the “Transportation” forum at the Google Earth Community BBS. I’m sure AZTraveller will find your post and determine whether it should be added to his collection. I know there are many other planes in flight not listed (I’ve seen some in the BBS Layer), so there’s work to be done!
About Frank Taylor
Frank Taylor started the Google Earth Blog in July, 2005 shortly after Google Earth was first released. He has worked with 3D computer graphics and VR for many years and was very impressed with this exciting product. Frank completed a 5.5 year circumnavigation of the earth by sailboat in June 2015 which you can read about at Tahina Expedition, and is a licensed pilot, backpacker, diver, and photographer.