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Monday 16 August, 2010

Incredible Pictures New York City from the Air

If nothing else, go to the end and see the last one.

Manhattan and Long Island are below.

The clarity of the photos is phenomenal!

Even without the aircraft, these are some of the best shots of NYC and the Statue of Liberty you'll ever see. Memorial Day Air Show from

Jones Beach , NY

This is where the Plane landed with Capt. Scully'......... Imagine what could have happened!!

AND NOW, THIS INCREDIBLE PICTURE, TAKEN IN 1918 Here are 18,000 men preparing for war in a training camp at Camp Dodge , in Iowa . EIGHTEEN THOUSAND MEN? What a priceless gift from our grandfathers FACTS? Base to Shoulder: 150 feet Right Arm: 340 feet Widest part of arm holding torch: 12 1/2 feet Right thumb: 35 feet Thickest part of body: 29 feet Left hand length: 30 feet Face: 60 feet Nose: 21 feet Longest spike of head piece: 70 feet Torch and flame combined: 980 feet Number of men in flame of torch: 12,000 Number of men in torch: 2,800 Number of men in right arm: 1,200? Number of men in body, head and balance of figure only: 2,000 Total men: 18,000

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