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We all know... #

By JP Posted Monday 26th March 2007 10:21 GMT

Americans may be full of sh!, but surely this is taking the piss!

(Sorry...)

And my guess is that it may be beside a racecourse...?

or not #

By Steven Powell Posted Monday 26th March 2007 10:49 GMT

it's a horse shoe building on a ranch

It even has a hinge ! #

By Anonymous Coward Posted Monday 26th March 2007 11:19 GMT

Check it out in 3D at Microsoft's live.com -

http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=nr587y869hhr&style=o&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=3932262

The angle makes it look like it's hinged at the back.

Can't help loving those 3D views - think I'll see if I can solve the 'flying car' mystery... (although doubt they extend to Oz yet)

Its actually the Orlando Heliport... #

By Bill Buchan Posted Monday 26th March 2007 11:40 GMT

I took a helicopter flight out of there in January - but didnt spot the obvious toilet reference..

Video of the helicopter taking off from there is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k6VuHuGozc

And a photo whilst landing of the building itself is:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wildbillbuchan/369648422/in/set-72157594500503523/

---* Bill

http://www.billbuchan.com

Railway museum. #

By Andy Matheson Posted Monday 26th March 2007 12:32 GMT

It's actually a small railway museum on International Drive in Orlando. You can make out a railway track running around the plot of land and out alongside the pavement. I've stayed in the hotel immediately to the South of the museum. The black and white chequered building immediately North of the museum is a motorsport-themed restaurant.

Hmmm... #

By David Wiernicki Posted Monday 26th March 2007 16:02 GMT

Definitely the Alpha and Omega of toilets.

But is it legal? #

By Tom Watson Posted Monday 26th March 2007 16:49 GMT

You know... It might not be too legal. Toilets sold in this country (USA) are limited to 1.6 Gal per flush (6 liters for you metric fans). I would assume that this might not even wet the inside of the bowl. We would need to wait for a rainstorm to flush it, and that would make it quite odoriferous in the mean time.

Both of the above are correct. #

By Richard Ormson Posted Tuesday 27th March 2007 07:23 GMT

It's both a heliport and a train museum. An unusual combination... See here for more, and a pic of the building:

See: http://www.airfloridahelicopters.com/orlando.html

How funny! #

By Tricia Pulley Posted Tuesday 27th March 2007 14:07 GMT

I drove past this every day for as long as I lived in Orlando. How funny, that it looks like a toilet from above!!!

Helicopters #

By Anonymous Coward Posted Tuesday 27th March 2007 14:15 GMT

This is a helicopter Aeroport type place on International Drive. a bit further up is a building with a chequered roof. This is the NASCAR restaurant. I went there last year for the NASCAR race at Daytona.