Unusual, strange siting challenge: I noticed a plane parked next to the highway! ‌

Hello LGs,

Unusual, strange siting challenge: I noticed a plane parked next to the highway! :astonished:

An airplane parked along the highway? That is definitely an unusual sight! I had never seen anything like this before.

Photo 01: This was photographed yesterday morning at Khed-Shivapur while traveling to Miraj-Sangli, Maharashtra, via the Mumbai-Bengaluru highway NH-48.

I remember reading about an incident in which a scrap plane became stuck on a busy Mumbai road. That was a strange thing to imagine, but I saw with my own eyes an Air India Airbus 319 (I figured it out from its registration number VT-SCU visible on the plane) lying in a scrapyard on the side of the highway.

Nowadays, people repurpose such expensive scraps and redecorate them into restaurants, hoping for a similar kind of exclusive treatment with that plane.

Now here is the challenge:

Have you ever noticed anything unusual on the side of the road while traveling? It could be anything, from planes on the way to a tiger next to your car! :grinning:

I would love to hear about it in the comments section below; along with a photograph, that would be ideal!!

Let’s start then!

Cheers!

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That’s quite interesting! @AjitThite dada

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Thanks for appreciation, @Nachiket_methre , please share if you had any such unusual experience while travelling.

Cheers!

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Very interesting @AjitThite . Did you go near and see from inside? I will check out for such strange things near by me.

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No unfortunately I couldn’t, as we were on the main highway lane and as we were passing by and traffic got a bit slower and I suddenly noticed it, so there was no time for that, @Rohan10 .

Please share your story with photos if possible.

Cheers!

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Hi @AjitThite

Thank you for this unusual but lovely challenge.

My first entry is not very unusual, but it sparked the idea of sharing abandoned objects, that are not necessarily dumped in garbage or scrapped.

It seems they have been sitting there for a long time since creepers have grown over the mechanical objects.

I captured these during my walks in and around the Baner Road area.

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Surprised… @AjitThite dada

लोक काय आणि कशाचा उपयोग कशासाठी करतील खरच काहीच सांगता येत नाही…

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@AjitThite yo vivo en una zona aeroportuaria y es común verlos mas cerca del aeropuerto ya que se usan para desarmaderos o repuesto, en argentina se suele ver muchos desperdicios de avion mas en donde vivo. si puedo buscar en mi galería te mostrare una muestra de lo que publicaste. saludos.

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Abandoned vehicles at unexpected places are also something weird, considering their value to us.

Thanks for sharing with us, @TusharSuradkar .

Cheers!

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@Raj_Tayade , It is true that it is better to use it than to throw it away; as @TusharSuradkar wants to emphasize that leaving anything behind would turn it into a dirt patch, therefore, it is best to dispose of it properly or re-use it intelligently.

Cheers!

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We would love to see those pictures, @Maximilianozalazar .

I found it at a scrapyard by a highway, too far away from any neighboring airport, so that is why I considered it unusual.

Cheers!

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Excellent!

The challenge looks very unique!

At this point of time, I don’t remember any such shots in my collection - but, let me have a gland at my library.

Yes, dear @TusharSuradkar - it is sad that such items are left to fate which may be dangerous even to the environment! Appreciate your collage - interesting.

Ha… dear @AjitThite Ji…

Your photo is interesting and also sad to see this… once upon a time, an active contributor of Sahara group… just dieing…

Thanks for sharing this…

Regards

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Very true, @TravellerG sir. It’s sad to see if anything valuable to our society or even an individual is lying unused like a dirty piece, and yes, it’s a big threat to the environment too.

Thank you for your input, and I am waiting for your photos.

Cheers!

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First i thank you @AjitThite for sharing this challenge for us , this challenge will give new photo idea and hint that what unusual thing happening naturally or man made it will give so much content from our fellow and senior LG i am very happy to see your challenge and i am submitting my response that nature or man had created i don’t know but it is unusual to island in river , this was created by river itself , never seen this type of island in mainstream river , I hope that i will see more challenge from your side or leaving with question can i only upload one picture or more to it .

thank you Daa for sharing with us .

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Hello, dear @AjitThite Ji,

I fully understand your context… unfortunately, I could not get an exact one - but, here is a compromise shot:

Just for company & enjoyment!

Hope you will like it.

(as a photographer, my interests lie in other different areas - so my eyes have not wandered in these topics - hereafter, I shall keep a watch!!!)

Thanks

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Yellow plane in Ukraine

Hotel, restaurant, near road to Kyiv

https://maps.app.goo.gl/QfUDJzX9J33rwq8p7

I must have missed your post and came across your interesting challenge by chance @AjitThite

Your excellent photo reminded me of this:

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I wrote about it in the Wrong Turn - Fools the eye but educates the mind! post back in March, 2020.

I’d like to tag @Peadar here as your photo also reminds me of an interesting photo he shared of a helicopter. I won’t say any more as I don’t want to spoil it :wink:

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Well, that’s more scary if you are driving on that road for the first time and encounter such a huge ship parked almost head-on to you. :grinning:

That photo for @Peadar is just awesome, and you rightly described it there, almost ready to land on the moon. Too good!!

Cheers!

Thanks for sharing, @AdamGT

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Thanks for the shout out @AdamGT

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:pray:t3: @AjitThite