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How To Hide an Aircraft Factory
Posted On 03/30/2008 14:23:22 by marc
It was World War II and the Army Corps of Engineers needed to hide the Lockheed Burbank Aircraft Plant to protect it from a Japanese air attack. Using a very low tech method 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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04/10/2008 08:33:22
awesome :)


04/08/2008 08:39:58

That is incredible! What a wild concept!!!



04/04/2008 20:55:18
Amazing!!!!!! I like that stuff.



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