1. A computer-implemented system for enhanced automated visual inspection of a physical asset comprising: a visual inspection device capable of generating images of the physical asset; and a computing device including a processor, a memory device coupled to said processor, and a storage device coupled to said memory device and to said processor, wherein said storage device includes at least one historic image of the physical asset and at least one engineering model substantially representing the physical asset, said computing device configured to: receive, from a present image source, at least one present image of the physical asset captured by said visual inspection device; identify at least one matching historic image corresponding to said at least one present image; and identify at least one matching engineering model corresponding to said at least one present image.