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How To Hide An Airplane Factory
Burbank, CA - Think or Thwim - Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 : goo
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During World War II the Army Corps of Engineers needed to hide the Lockheed Burbank Aircraft Plant to protect it from a Japanese air attack. They covered it with camouflage netting and trompe l’oeil to make it look like a rural subdivision from the air.
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little ukraine: that is really, really cool.
CartLegger: 4th Feb 2010 - 01:55 GMT
hey, I was looking for that!
Very eerie. Like a twilight zone episode...
Franny Wentzel: 4th Feb 2010 - 06:22 GMT
And wouldn't you know...
...I actually built a building model like that.
jack: franny that would make a nice bungalow for me.
Dan: My father worked here during the war
Mike: And now it's the Empire Center. lol!
anon (173-23-244-238.client.mchsi.com): 26th Jan 2011 - 07:40 GMT
very nice,the plane factory would be hard to spot ,with us fighters on your tail.
Gerald: 2nd Feb 2011 - 19:31 GMT
Hm, you should mention the man who was responsible for designing all of this camo. Jo Mielziner. A famous scenic designer for theatre.
Lester Leslie: Airplanes rule! http://www.google.com
JSS: 10th Feb 2011 - 07:05 GMT
That's awesome. Wish I could get some of this stuff to hide my house from google maps. I hate how people think their right to know exceeds my right to privacy.
Barnegat Blummis: 20th Feb 2011 - 21:42 GMT
I accidentally bumped into a guy who was wearing camo. I couldn't say excuse me because i couldn't see him what for the camo and all. Geez, his camo was GOOD.
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