Which Aerodrome Mk III

[Airclues]

I believe that twochai has the floor.

Dave

[twochai]

Sorry for the delay, I'll be back as soon as I locate a suitable challenge. However, if anybody has anything ready to go - OPEN HOUSE!

[RegDep]

Here is a permalink to Which Aerodrome Mk II http://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/372961-aerodrome-mk-ii-297.html#post6618531

…and here to the original Which Aerodrome ? (Mk I) http://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/283572-aerodrome-290.html#post4909881

Just to help following up…...

[evansb]

Okay, here is a mystery locale:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/AS_FINE_A_PLACE_AS_ANY.jpg

[Airclues]

OK....I'll start......North America?

Dave

[evansb]

No. A careful look at the architecture may assist in determining the locale.

[Corsairoz]

I think it might be Germany. Anywhere near Freidrichshafen?

C

[RegDep]

Aveiro Aerodrome

Established in 1917 as a French Hydroplane Base with Portuguese support the Military facility of São Jacinto, Portugal. Judging from GiggleEarth, most of the buildings are still there. 40° 39' 30" N 08° 44' 00 W

[evansb]

RegDep is correct. San Jacinto, Portugal it is! Yes, several structures still stand. Well done. Your turn.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/DSC092862.jpg

[RegDep]

Thanks Brian!

A bit more recent aviation activity here

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/overview.jpg

[Airclues]

No idea where it is, but I don't like the look of that crosswind!

Dave

[RegDep]

They themselves described it: "Although, again this year, we had the Weather Gods not necessarily sympathetic, at least it was mostly dry."

950 aircraft movements, nevertheless, they say. But I don't know if the A380 fly-by counts in or not…..

[sycamore]

Must be `im Deutschland`..?

[sabredog]

Tannkosh Fly-In 2008 (Tannheim)

[RegDep]

Correct sabredog, Tannheim Airport, Tankosh Fly-in (but I think 2010, the weather was bad again)

Over to you :ok:

[sabredog]

Thank you,Regdep.
The next challenge;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/Quiz21-1-1.jpg

[Flap40]

Is this "Which Aerodrome" or "Which housing development"?

[Airclues]

Is this "Which Aerodrome" or "Which housing development"?

I can see three (ex) runways there. Not a clue where it is though.

Dave

[sabredog]

Gentleman,
Not wishing to inadvertently stall this thread,and as it now transpires that there is some doubt over the exact name/location of the Airpark, I shall withdraw this challenge and declare;
"Open House".
With apologies.

[spook]

...but roughly where did you think it was? It's a very intriguing challenge!

[sabredog]

Thank you for your interest,Spook.
Originally, it was captioned as an Airpark near San Luis Obispo,California. On further investigation to provide clues ,I could not find it under that designation, only the Regional airport. Rather than cause a further delay and possible controversy, I thought the best course of action would be to declare it void and start again. Still reseaching it though!

[RegDep]

How about "Silver Springs", but probably not in Nevada or Arizona? Or what do you think sabredog?

[sabredog]

Silver Springs is a strong contender,Regdep. But the odd shaped hardstandings/pans/dispersals appear to be missing, but everything else appears to fit.
On that assumption,Regdep. You have control.

[RegDep]

Well, it has to be OH. I thought the "hardstandings" in the picture were, in fact, cul-de-sacs of the streets that had been pre-paved before the housing construction starts…..

[sycamore]

Thought it more likely to be a heliport...

[Duckbutt]

If its OH then, what about this:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Twyler/Puzz46a.jpg

[descol]

Scotland ?

[sabredog]

Tresco Sea Plane Base.

[Duckbutt]

Sabredog has it and control.

[sabredog]

Thank you,DB.
Open House.

[jindabyne]

My first if I may ---

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb59/malgrosse/A.jpg

[RegDep]

Hot or cold climate?

[sabredog]

Wadi Ayn airstrip,Aden.

[jindabyne]

Good detection sabre - you have the stone

[sabredog]

Thank you,Jindabyne. A very good first contribution to the thread.
Open House.

[Noyade]

Not sure if the camouflage was unique to this Base, but here goes...

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/1985/img009qb.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/193/img009qb.jpg/)

[sabredog]

Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base?

[Noyade]

'Tis Korat sabredog. :ok:

Your control.

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/6378/img015xb.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/191/img015xb.jpg/)

[sabredog]

Thank you,Noyade. The squadron codes were a good clue!
Still;
Open House.

[descol]

Try this one

http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv14/descol/prune12.jpg

[sabredog]

Dinner Key,Miami . Pan Am HQ.

[descol]

YOU GOT IT SABREDOG

[seacue]

Somehow I am pretty sure I used that Pan Am base as a challenge - but I can't find it in Mel's list ..... Memory fade.

Maybe MK I of this thread, item # 176 ... but I no longer host the picture. Place named as "Coral Gables".

[descol]

seacue
I too thought Dinner Key had been there before - but could not find it on the List.

[sabredog]

Thank you,descol. Yes,I do believe it has been used before.
Next challenge;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/Quiz23.jpg

[Sultan Ismail]

Fisantekraal, Cape Province, South Africa

Went there many times in the '70's when I was based in Worcester.

Ope House

[sabredog]

Correct airfield,SI.

[Noyade]

It's open house?

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/4517/img020kw.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/269/img020kw.jpg/)

[sabredog]

Volkel.274 Sqdn Tempest.

[Noyade]

Volkel it is mate, being hammered back into shape.

:ok: Yours sabredog!

[sabredog]

Thank you,Noyade. The next challenge;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/Quiz23-1.jpg

[sabredog]

Not in the U.S.A.

[evansb]

Loi-Wing, China ?

[RegDep]

Bankstown Aerodrome (Sydney Bankstown), NSW

[sabredog]

Not China,Brian. The early marque of the B-17s might provide a clue.

[sycamore]

Is it a `test` establishment,judging by the variety of possible a/c in the background?

[sabredog]

Regdep has the correct answer.
YHC

[RegDep]

Thank you sabredog!

Next

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/Mi-1.jpg

[Duckbutt]

Meiningen Germany?

[RegDep]

Meiningen Germany

Exactly. Sometimes in the 70s.

Over to you :ok:

[Duckbutt]

Thanks Reg. Next:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Twyler/Puzz47.jpg

[Duckbutt]

A few years before the above photo, the pilot of a flight departing from here achieved an aviation first. This did not receive as much publicity as it might have done because the attention of the world's press was diverted elsewhere at the time.

[RegDep]

Are these guys doing break-dancing to the audience :ooh:?

It's the Whitfield Aerodrome, Dover.

And the first event you are talking about is the first flight from England to Germany, which took off from Whitfield on 18th April 1913. Flown by Gustav Hamel with a passanger in an 80hp Bleriot monoplane, he did the 245 mile journey non stop, in 258 minutes, through rain and hail storms, landing in Cologne.

Or, maybe: Harriet Quimby, the first woman to fly the Channel (1912), using Gustav Hamel's biplane, see above.

[Duckbutt]

Whitfield, Dover it is Reg. I was refering to Harriet Quimby's flight which was pushed off the front pages by the sinking of the Titanic two days earlier.

You have it.

[RegDep]

Thanks Duckbutt!

Should have understood from the date of her flight :uhoh:

Here's your next

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/Bildschirmfoto2011-08-18um110000-2.png

[Kieron Kirk]

Switzerland ?

Ciarain.

[RegDep]

Switzerland ?

So far so good, Ciarain :)

[chevvron]

Looks like an arrestor barrier at the end of the runway, so military?

[RegDep]

Yes, military. Current use GA (maybe still both).

And the question could be which ones of the areas in the picture are (were) military….

[Duckbutt]

Ambri nr Airolo?

[RegDep]

Ambri nr Airolo

Correct Duckbutt.

No longer military, just a short part mid-runway is used. I think the barriers are just temporary.

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/Bildschirmfoto2011-08-18um133220.png

Over to you :ok:

[Duckbutt]

Thanks Reg.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Twyler/Puzz48.jpg

[India Four Two]

British Columbia?

[Duckbutt]

Not Canada

[Duckbutt]

This is the view from the south. Unsurprisingly all take offs and landings have to be over the lake:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Twyler/Puzz48a.jpg

[evansb]

Gravelly Valley Airport, Lake Pillsbury, California ?

[Duckbutt]

You've got it evansb, all yours.

[evansb]

Thanks Db. That was an excellent challenge. You had me looking in Tasmania for a bit. Here is the next mystery aerodrome:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/EASY_ONE.jpg

[sabredog]

No. 39 SFTS Swift Current, Saskatchewan.

[evansb]

Sabredog is correct:ok: Swift Current, Sask. AKA "Speedy Creek". (CYYN). Your turn.

[sabredog]

Thank you,Brian. Apologies for the delay in responding.
the next is;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/Quiz23-3.jpg

[RegDep]

My first obvious thought is: somewhere in Croatia :E.

Čazma airfield (LDZC), an unassuming little strip located about an hour’s drive east of Zagreb….

Very unassuming indeed, if you look for it in the Giggle Earth.

[sabredog]

Correct,Regdep.
YHC

[RegDep]

Thank you sabredog!

Here:

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/Bildschirmfoto2011-08-20um141728.png

[evansb]

Reading, PA ?

[RegDep]

No, Brian. Different continent.

[merlinxx]

Looks like a couple of Flamonts 312/315s ?

[RegDep]

Looks like a couple of Flamonts 312/315s ?

It would be very plausible for the location…...

[sycamore]

Dijon....? actually `Flamants`..

[RegDep]

Correct country, wrong corner, sycamore.

Of course Flamant :ok:

[Noyade]

Cambrai?

http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/1739/scr66414766658727.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/718/scr66414766658727.jpg/)

[RegDep]

Not Cambrai Graeme. This was last year. Organised by a club that has 35 members.

By way of a further clue, here is a view to the site through a window of one of the two Dassault MD 312 Flamants.

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/Bildschirmfoto2011-08-21um154624.png

[evansb]

Angers-Loire ?

[RegDep]

No, Brian.

The organising club's name was "Les Ailes Armoricaines"

[Duckbutt]

Given that huge clue presumably it's Guiscriff, Brittany then.

[RegDep]

Duckbutt has it!

L’aérodrome Bretagne-Atlantique Guiscriff–Scaer-Gourin, 15 August 2010

Over to you :ok:

A bit obscure, admittedly. But I found the story a 35-member club attracting 6,000 spectators, and all the performers contributing, just worth a homage.

[Duckbutt]

Good one Reg, I identified the Texan F-AZRB soon enough but until your clue couldn't find the right airfield.

I've had a good go lately so I'll declare open house.

[descol]

thank you DB open house -
try this one - I don't see it on the list

http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv14/descol/prune21-4.jpg

[asw28-866]

Looks very green, so Emerald Isle? Donegal?

'866

P.S. OH in the unlikely event of getting it right!

[descol]

interesting reply 866 - but not Donegal

[jindabyne]

But it is Ireland? West coast?

[descol]

It's not my country - Ireland - but it is situated in an Island Counrty !

[jensdad]

hmmm 'island' , Icelandic for Iceland?
Egilsstadir?
OH if correct...

[descol]

jensdad
correct
open house - as you say

[Noyade]

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/9349/img010ka.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/9/img010ka.jpg/)

[chevvron]

Looks like some test range in Nevada or New Mexico.

[sabredog]

NVAF Kep,North Vietnam?

[Noyade]

Correct. Your control sabredog! :ok:

"Lt Col Bull Stirling of the 20th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron whips across the main runway of North Vietnam's Kep airfield. RF-101C Voodoo pilots went right into the path of enemy guns at enormous risk to bring back accurate intelligence"

[sabredog]

Thank you,Noyade. An excellent photograph.
The next challenge;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/Quiz24-1.jpg

[Hen Ddraig]

Looks like deepest Ontario from the left seat of an RV-7 or 9

[evansb]

Looks more like deepest British Columbia, the 6,003-ft runway at Dease Lake, (CYDL), 58.25N 130.02W. Elevation 2,634'. Flew in there back in the late 1970s.

[sabredog]

Well done, Brian,though not surprised at all.
YHC,Brian.

[evansb]

Thanks Terrence. Here is the next mystery aerodrome:
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/651/nl07041569.jpg

[sabredog]

Scammon Bay Airport,Alaska,U.S.A?

[evansb]

Sorry Terrence, not Alaska.

[Phileas Fogg]

Sorry, posted in error and the system is not allowing me to delete the post.

[chevvron]

Not Malta I know, but the closest edifice offshore bears a distinct resemblance to
Filfli Rock.

[RegDep]

Are there yellow rwy markings only in snowy areas? Many other than Norway?

[evansb]

I've seen yellow runway markings in Greenland, but yes, it is in Norway.

[sabredog]

Røst Airport?

[RegDep]

Looks like you got it sabredog. Spent a good part of the morning in Norway (GE) Jan Mayen and all, and missed it :*

Spent some time time in Nunavut trying to find paved airfields. Too good-looking surface for Siberia.

Ho hum.

[evansb]

sabredog is correct:ok: Fahr Rost Lufthaven, Lofoten Islands, Norway. Terrence has control.

[sabredog]

Thank you,Brian.
The next challenge is;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/Quiz252.jpg

[chevvron]

Graveley??

[sabredog]

Sorry,Chevvron. It is not Graveley.

[sidtheesexist]

Steeple Morden?

[TheChitterneFlyer]

Little Staughton?

[RegDep]

Sabredog, how many of these towers (three middle-sized windows) RAF aerodromes had, at one point in their history? More than 50, I'd guess, but how many more?

[sabredog]

Never had the time to count them,Regdep!

[The Member]

Kimbolton Airfield?

[Russell Gulch]

Leicester East?

[sabredog]

Sorry,Gentlemen, neither Leicester East or Kimbolton, but was used by the 8th.Air Force.

[RegDep]

Wow! That narrows it down to 72 airfields.

RAF Andrews Field

Edit: If not, RAF Deenethorpe

[sabredog]

Neither,Regdep.

[RegDep]

How about Boxsted, then. That would qualify as an obscure one.

Or Great Dunmow . . .

[sabredog]

Sorry,Regdep, it is not Boxted. The photograph is available on the web,and
the U.S.A.A.F. operated both the A-20 Havoc and the A-26 Invader from this airfield. It's name belies it size!

[StressFree]

386th Bomb Group, Matching Green.

[RegDep]

Little Walden? (if I understand correctly what "bellies" means)

Matches also the Havoc and Invader clue. And the tower is of the correct type, medium front windows 343/43.

Found the photo :ok:.

[StressFree]

I reckon its RAF Little Walden?

[sabredog]

Little Warden is correct,Regdep. Sorry,Stressfree,pipped by one minute.
Welcome to the thread.
Regdep,YHC

[StressFree]

Sabredog, many thanks!

[RegDep]

Thank you Sabredog.

Next

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/Bildschirmfoto2011-08-26um150457-1.png

[RegDep]

No Sir, not that.

Responding StressFree's #146 :ooh:

[StressFree]

Lakenheath, Suffolk?

[StressFree]

Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, USA?

[RegDep]

Not that, either.

[StressFree]

Ramstein, Germany.

[Fox3WheresMyBanana]

Kadena, Okinawa (Vietnam era)?

[RegDep]

Not Kadena. The moronic Cold War era.

[Fox3WheresMyBanana]

Moron air base, in not so sunny Spain then.

[RegDep]

Exactly F3WMB, well spotted not-so-subtle clue :D:

Over to you :ok:

[jindabyne]

Hatfield (sorry Fox3, your p-bucket gives it away!)

[Fox3WheresMyBanana]

There's only a few places the Yanks can park that many tankers..

I'm new here, so you may have had this one,in which case let me know.

http://www.hatfield-herts.co.uk/aviation/images/Hatfield1947A-360.jpg

Clue: You would have found 'Cats-eyes' on the airfield as well as the roads

[jindabyne]

Hatfield - as Reg pointed out below!

(can't fathom out why my replies keep appearing in the 'wrong' sequence?)

[RegDep]

Nice to have you here Fox3WheresMyBanana

You'll find the list of previous posts in here http://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/311746-what-cockpit-what-aerodrome-latest-lists.html#post3884576, second link from top.

And another tip: Disguise your file names :ok:

[Fox3WheresMyBanana]

OK, you've had the aerodrome above before (but maybe not that photo, so bonus points if you get it), but not this one.
Don't know how to hide image info - so don't cheat!. I once landed a Cessna 152 here.

http://www.paulsquires.co.uk/xatlantic/kulusukapp2.jpg

[Fox3WheresMyBanana]

Hatfield is correct Jindabyne - 'Cats-eyes' Cunningham was a test pilot here.
Also, my grandad did the electrics on Mossie engines here during WWII, my mum was a Tech Records clerk on the Comet, my dad landed a Tiger Moth here and I flew an F3 out of here in 1993 just before it closed. How's that for a family connection?

Feel free to take over, or wait till somebody guesses the other one. Sorry all for the confusion!

[jindabyne]

TY Fox3

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb59/malgrosse/xyzz.jpg

[RegDep]

F3WMB if you use Photobucket, you can edit the file name before posting

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/Bildschirmfoto2011-08-26um174021.png

Don't forget to replace the previous file in Photobucket (otherwise you may get funny results). If you use something else, I am sure they have the same feature.

AND, please keep one challenge in force at the time. :ok: One challenge -> Correct answer -> challenge poster validates -> winner posts a new or declares Open House, which is the free-for-all to post.

AND don't worry, everybody is confused once in a while. Just the new ones are forgiven a bit easier :}.

[Fox3WheresMyBanana]

Libya (topical)? - El Adem


RegDep - Wilco

[jindabyne]

Not El Adem - not Africa

[sabredog]

Up country Aden? Mukeiras/Dhala

[jindabyne]

Close sabredog

[sabredog]

By the background mountains and the Twin Pin ,it must be Thumier .

[Phileas Fogg]

Fox3

Whilst the pic is on your PC, before you upload it, you can right click on it to rename it.

[jindabyne]

Spot on sabredog - stone is your's

[sabredog]

Thank you,Jindabyne, a good challenge.
I am afraid it is ;
Open House.

[StressFree]

Anyone mind if I have a go?

Wheres this?

http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m504/stressfree6/P1270312.jpg

[RegDep]

In Sweden.

[StressFree]

Reg, no its not Sweden.

[StressFree]

Skwinty, no sir, not Innsbruck. I'll be back tomorrow to see if anyone has got it.

Goodnight.

[skwinty]

Innsbruck?

[RegDep]

Let me have a stab before retiring: Bulgaria.

Not the Alps, not Norway or Sweden, next mountains of the magnitude would be in the Balkans…..

[sycamore]

Samedan,Switz...

[StressFree]

Sycamore, you are correct, its Samedan (St.Moritz), Switzerland. :D

Over to you.

[sycamore]

Just a guess,but there are a few U-Toob videos of approaches ,and accident reports..It`s Open House chaps...

[skwinty]

Try this one.

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af92/skwinty/e-1.jpg

[Russell Gulch]

Megeve?

OH if correct.

Russ

[skwinty]

Indeed. OPEN HOUSE

[Russell Gulch]

Thanks skwinty; I was there in May this year, so an easy one for me.

Still OH

[RegDep]

I think yours is Port St Johns (FAPJ) in South Africa.

Open House if correct.

[skwinty]

Port St Johns it is.

[evansb]

Air Mekong CRJ900 at Phu Quoc ?

[India Four Two]

50% Bri, must try harder. ;)

An Air Mekong CRJ but not Phu Quoc.

skwinty, my apologies. :(

I missed the fact that you hadn't confirmed RegDep's guess. Sorry for jumping the gun.

[skwinty]

No sweat India Four Two, it's only an Internet game.:ok:

[sabredog]

Conson Airport (VVCS)

[jindabyne]

I'm confused!

[India Four Two]

SD,

Well done. Yes, it's Co Ong airport on Con Son Island off the southeast coast of Vietnam, in the Eastern Sea (as it is known here).

You have control.

jindabyne, sorry if I confused you or were you just making a general statement about life? ;)

[sabredog]

Thank you,Simon. I believe that Bri should have the next challenge,as he identified the Air Mekong CRJ-200 correctly,thus leading the way. I had searched for CRJs with the same winglet colour scheme, but had no luck!
Evansb,
YHC.

[jindabyne]

Mainly the latter India Four Two!

[evansb]

Sabredog clearly identified the airport, but I will accept his offer. Here is the next mystery aerodrome:

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/FIND_FINE_FOREIGN_FORTIFICATION.jpg

[sabredog]

l'aérodrome de TONG (Tonkin) en 1936. Indochina.

[jindabyne]

Avec un Potez542, et un Farman224, sont-ils pas?

[evansb]

sabredog is correct.:ok: Tonkin, 1936. You have control.


jindabyne is probably correct as well.

[sabredog]

Many Thanks.
Open House.

[flyingwing]

Surprised it's not on the list.http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq346/buzzbird/airbase1-1.jpg

[RegDep]

Woomera . . .

[flyingwing]

Well done Regdep. You have control

[PPRuNe Pop]

I have been asking, often enough! Guys you really must post pics NO larger than 850x850 - that is required to stop the page disappearing to the right.

Sorry but I have deleted two that did just that.

You can re-post them at the correct size.

PPP

[Russell Gulch]

I understand the frustration, Pop, but why is it not possible for the site owner to restrict photo size? Or is it an option not available?

Can such a site as PPRuNe not persuade Jelsoft to introduce such a site-owner option?

By the way, you missed one on page 9 ;)

[India Four Two]

jindabyne,

Watch out - this is going to be really confusing. Here is a repost of my picture to replace the deleted one that came after RegDep's successful post about Port St. John's.


http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/india42/WAD20110828.png

Pop, if you deleted it, I'm not sure why. Photobucket shows it to be 799 x 530.

[India Four Two]

evansb and sabredog,

I'm fascinated by this 'aérodrome' in my own backyard and would like to track it down.

Do either of you have any more details? Tong/Tonkin/Tonking was the northernmost province in French Indochina which included the Red River delta and present day Hanoi (which used to be called Ton Kin or more correctly Đông Kinh). However, there are no hills anywhere near Hanoi which is on the Red River plain, so this photo must be somewhere else.

[PPRuNe Pop]

Jindabyne,

It does now but it was 1024 x ?.

Russell Gulch

Wouldn't that be good! But no, the size is controlled by 'you.' It would be great in fact. There is a size controller that someone told me about but I didn't get a chance to try it out.

It has always been a problem and you would not believe some of the sizes that are posted. One I recall was TWO pages wide and impossible to see and read without a full scroll right.

[sabredog]

IndiaFourTwo,
Will send a P.M.later today reference Tonkin.

[RegDep]

Good morning Gentlemen. I am reposting my challenge (and deleted it from previous page) to get it over the picture size discussion.

I42: Sometimes I resize my photo to make it 'legal' size, but forget to rename the file and it ends up posted too big.

"Thanks Flyingwing,

Your next

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/Bildschirmfoto2011-08-30um212845.png"

Edit: Clue: There are three aerodromes within 15 kilometers of the challenge air base and another three within 60 kilometers.

[spook]

Doshen-Tappeh, Tehran

[RegDep]

Doshen-Tappeh, Tehran

Correct Spook!

Over to you :ok:

[spook]

Thanks! I have nothing to submit at the moment so OH

[skwinty]

Try this one

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af92/skwinty/IMG_3733.jpg

[sabredog]

Luderitz Airport,Nambia?

[skwinty]

Close, but no cigar.:)

[sabredog]

It was worth a ranging shot!

[sabredog]

Walvis Bay Airport, Namibia

[skwinty]

You are cleared to land sabredog! :ok:

[sabredog]

Many thanks,skwinty. Interesting photograph of the airfield.
Open House.

[dash7fan]

Was a nice place

http://www11.file-upload.net/01.09.11/xpsmffp3glda.jpg

[jindabyne]

OH, so here goes -

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb59/malgrosse/45548905.jpg

[MReyn24050]

I think we must have two challenges, or is that a Tyrolean Airways
De Havilland Canada DHC-7-102 Dash 7 visiting Walvis Bay Airport? If so it is a long way from home.

[Duckbutt]

Damn your eyes Jindabyne, that's Floreni in Romania. How do I know? - I had the same place ready for my next challenge when the opportunity arose! Cunning move to crop out the distinctive tower.

Let's get back to dash7fan's.

[dash7fan]

Jindabyne, its a few flighthours away from Innsbruck, but of course not in Africa

[RegDep]

dash7fan, was this a scheduled destination of Tyrolean? Cannot find it among current and discontinued Austrian destinations :(.

[dash7fan]

It was a charter destination years ago

[jindabyne]

Hezarfen??

[dash7fan]

Sorry Sir, no.

[sabredog]

Chios Airport,Greece.

[dash7fan]

sabredog correct, Chios Airport Greece

over to you

[sabredog]

Thank you,dash7fan.
Here is the next challenge;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/Wa10.jpg

[jindabyne]

Mmm - N Carolina or Louisiana??

[sabredog]

No, to both States

[India Four Two]

Mississippi or Alabama?

[sabredog]

Negative to both States.

[Russell Gulch]

From sabredog's responses, can one assume it's in the States (of the United American type)?

It does look rather flat & waterlogged (mind you, that can apply to the Iowa flatlands occasionally!)

I'm tempted to say it's not in North America at all.

[edit: I retract that...I think it's Canada]. Am I close?

[jindabyne]

Twinkletown US? (seriously!)

[sabredog]

No, not Canada. The terrain belies it's location in the U.S.A.
It operated under at least three names and the road/Highway featured is quite famous.
Not Twinkletown,although changing a few letters would place you geographically closer to this airfield,though not in the State of Mississippi!

[Corsairoz]

Is that the way to Amarillo, Texas?

The Highway would be Route 66. The old Route 66 passed right through the modern runway at Amarillo. Could be Route 66 in the photo way before the modern runway was built.


Corsairoz

[sabredog]

Sorry,Corsairoz,not Amarillo or Route 66.

[seacue]

Natchez Trace, but I can't find the aerodrome.

[sabredog]

Not Natchez Trace. Much further west.

[spook]

Crawford Airfield, Seal Beach, CA.

[sabredog]

Correct,Spook,
YHC.

[dixi188]

Is the road the one from the film "Vanishing Point"? Highway 6 or 50.

[sabredog]

Dixie188.
No, the Highway is PCH1, or Highway 1.

[spook]

Thanks Sabredog, Here's the next one.

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo311/spook228/Aerodrome3.jpg

[sisemen]

North Weald?

[spook]

It's within 60 miles of there! (as the crow flies)

[jindabyne]

Aah, the Astra!

[sisemen]

It's within 60 miles of there! (as the crow flies)

Well, that's cut down the searching a bit!


http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c92/allan907/airfields.jpg

[skwinty]

RAF Shepherds Grove is located on the outskirts of the sleepy Suffolk village of Stanton.

[sidtheesexist]

I think its the ex pathfinder base at Gravely..........bit of a long shot....

[spook]

Skwinty Has it :ok: