Cryptic v2.0

[Flap40]

Since we lost the previous cryptic thread, let me start you again with this:

Aircraft.

Portly regent.

[sabredog]

Lockheed C-130?

[John Farley]

If you are thinking of a Fat Albert I don't believe it is accurate to call Albert a regent

Of course I could be all wrong and you are not thinking of a Hercules.

[Mechta]

Avro Tudor VIII ??

[Warmtoast]

I don't believe it is accurate to call Albert a regent

King George VI's first name was Albert.

[ducksoup]

Not another navel gazing quiz surely!

The title of the forum is Aviation History and Nostalgia and not Spotters Corner. Are these odd threads not better in another forum where the proponents can indulge themselves totally?

I realise that some may disagree but it had to be said and I would like a moderators view on the subject if possible.

[skytrain10]

I am not sure what happened with the last cryptic thread, but I suspect it was pulled by its originator due to the fact that it "stalled" very quickly, and appears to have done so again! Threads such as these only maintain an interest if they keep moving. We have seen similar instances on other aircraft ID threads...once it stops, people soon move on elsewhere.

As for where the thread should be, as a regular on Silhouette Challenge I believe that is in it's rightful place as ultimately it is largely historical in terms of its content and is clearly aviation related. I am not sure how to place this one as it is perhaps outside of the forum's title, however I suspect it is in the right place to get the best level of interest.

[Father Dick Byrne]

I deleted it for several reasons including that mentioned above, and a vague feeling that it didn't belong here as it developed, or probably, anywhere. I've also realised that many people don't get 'cryptic', unfortunately...

As for this re-start attempt, 24 hours and no response from the poster despite some good guesses...

FUEL - OFF
STARTER - MOTOR FOR 30 SECONDS
STARTER - OFF

...and all those other things for a hung start. I suspect this thread will be towed back to the hangar as well!

I do hope that people will enjoy the other challenges here, as long as there's a reasonable stock of possibilities. The supply is, however, at best finite.

Good luck!

[Lightning Mate]

I agree with skytrain.

However, if posters do not respond to other peoples' posts/guesses then the thread will die rapidly due to boredom.

The original poster of this "new" thread was online late on the 16th and offered no responses whatsoever.

Should anyone wish to see how it should be done, then look at "Heikkis' Silhouette Challenge".

So, Flap40, how about responding. If not, I might post another one - at least it would be closely monitored.

[Flap40]

Sorry, all. Computer failure put me out of action.

Fat Albert / C130 / Hercules was the answer that I was looking for so it's over to Sabredog.

[sabredog]

Many thanks,Flaps40.
Open House

[Lightning Mate]

An airfield....

"Oi'l get that Wing Commander....."

[Neptunus Rex]

Coltishall?

[Lightning Mate]

Hello mate. :)

I'm afraid not.

[Lightning Mate]

Wanna clue Monty?

[sabredog]

North Weald?

[Lightning Mate]

Not North Weald I'm afraid.

[skytrain10]

Think we probably need a clue here David....

[Lightning Mate]

Standby then.......

[Lightning Mate]

Two clues.....

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/Lightning_29/clue1.jpg
http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/Lightning_29/clue2-2.jpg

:)

[sabredog]

Possibly Debden?

[Lightning Mate]

One of the lines from the upper clue:

"Now they got lots of ................and they don't haff make din"

From the lower clue:

These two bought a country mansion just a couple of miles from the airfield.

Lightning Mate. ;)

Not Debden sabredog. Everything above should lead you straight to it. :)

[sabredog]

Wattisham....?

[Lightning Mate]

Bingo.

Me first two and a half years on the Frightening. Still got the record.

Your turn. :D

[sabredog]

Thank you,LM.
You were very generous with your clues.
Open House again.

[frontlefthamster]

Airfield

Spanish and masculine, Aaron for certain, sounds like doing it again, the English Queen...

[Lightning Mate]

Thank you,LM.
You were very generous with your clues.

That, my friend, is the way to keep a thread going, and to avoid boredom and thread stall.

Counting from 1823 on the 18th.

Let's see how many others get the idea.......................

[frontlefthamster]

I guess the risk is that clues come up so quickly that the occasional visitor arrives to find that three clues have been and gone at the hands of a small group who can look at the thread almost constantly...

However, one clue - very much for the cognoscenti (if you understand the clue, you will get the answer straight away... If you do not, it will be of no use to you)...

Track past the gold, tell the skull...

[frontlefthamster]

...and for the non-cognoscenti, Marie Vernet Worth 1000 says there are 111 letters in the answer...

[frontlefthamster]

Ah well, no replies (since 1823), and off to bed now with an invitation for a lovely day out tomorrow in someone's nice aeroplane...

Don't want to be accused of holding things up so the answer was...

Elstree.

Open house, if anyone wants...

[Herod]

Easy one. Airfield. "Not Oliver's Bear?"

[Fitter2]

Stan's Ted

Too easy.

Open house.

[skytrain10]

A quick one to keep things moving:

Manufacturer

Cook infects worker

[Mechta]

Just guessing:

Myasishchev ?

[skytrain10]

Hi Mechta....no, not Myasishchev.

[skytrain10]

Apologies but have to withdraw the last challenge. I have realised I used an incorrect spelling for the name of the manufacturer. The intention of course was an anagram of "infects worker"....which was Foster Wickner....however the Wickner should have been Wikner, ie without the c.
Back to Open House.

[skytrain10]

I'll try again...another manufacturer:

dealers in aircraft maybe?

[Herod]

Can manage "Sharp" (singular), designer of the Nemesis.

[skytrain10]

Not Sharp Herod

[Herod]

Aviation Traders?

[skytrain10]

Aviation Traders? That's the one herod, well done:ok:

Over to you.

[Herod]

Brain's gone dead (10 mile road race this morning). Open House.

[skytrain10]

Let's go for another one...manufacturer

change a drones user

[NutherA2]

Saunders Roe?

If so open house, time for bed!

[skytrain10]

Saunders-Roe it is:ok:

Nuther A2 has declared Open House.

[NutherA2]

Insomnia strikes again........

Aircraft type.....

Emails from an Italian city?

[Lightning Mate]

Pescara......?

Aeropubblicità Vicenza......?

[NutherA2]

Cryptic clue?

Sorting out scrambled emails and Shakespeare’s two gentlemen’s’ home town will work

[skytrain10]

Morning.....Aviamilano?

Edit, ignore that...just seen your clue

[skytrain10]

Sea Venom?

[Lightning Mate]

....or Verona.....

[NutherA2]

VeronaLooks like you're about there Mate; it is/was a British aircraft.............

[skytrain10]

Miles Aerovan?

[NutherA2]

Miles Aerovan

Correct, Skytrain, over to you; some accounts say the Aerovan was a fore-runner of Shorts' Skyvan (the Jockbox).

[skytrain10]

Thanks NutherA2.

A slightly convaluted one....manufacturer:

Well known Charger loses cover then eat out with gold card, say?

[BSAA1947]

General Dynamics?

Open house if correct ....

[Lightning Mate]

Convair....?

[skytrain10]

Convair....? Close David, but not Convair.

General Dynamics? That's the one BSAA1947:ok:

And in case you haven't got it.....
well known Charger....General Lee (the Dodge Charger from The Duke's of Hazzard)
loses cover.....cover = lee, so take off Lee
eat out...dine
gold card...amex
dine amex sounds like dynamics....bingo!

BSAA1947 has declared Open House

[Lightning Mate]

airfield.....

Close to a German-powered monster..............

[RetiredSHRigger]

Hi LM

Could it be Netheravon?:ok:

[Herod]

Niederrhein?

[Lightning Mate]

Good evening gentlemen. :)

Try the UK................

[BSAA1947]

Benbecula?

[skytrain10]

Would it be St Athan?

[Lightning Mate]

Good morning all. :)

Look up the German for electrical power/electricity.

Then add the name of arguably the UKs' most famous mythical monster.

Go a long way North.

[sabredog]

Stromness Airport ?

[Lightning Mate]

That will do me mate.

Kirkwall.

Over to you. :ok:

[sabredog]

Thank you, LM.
Open House

[skytrain10]

Quick one to keep the thread moving....manufacturer

nearby dances rearranged

[skytrain10]

Clue, small UK aircraft manufacturer of the 1930's.

[Lightning Mate]

Chrislea?....:\:\

[skytrain10]

Not Chrislea David. They were based in Middlesex.

[Lightning Mate]

nearby dances rearranged

Nearby to you??

[skytrain10]

Nowhere near me mate!

[Lightning Mate]

I just wondered why you said not Middlesex and your cryptic says "nearby".

[Lightning Mate]

Perhaps it's just as well that I have to go to the supermaket because I'm being exceedingly dumb today!!

[skytrain10]

I just wondered why you said not Middlesex and your cryptic says "nearby" You need to think of nearby in in a different context. I mean't that the manufacturer was based in Middlesex....I wasn't referring to Chrislea being based there:)

[sabredog]

Carden-Baynes?

[skytrain10]

Carden-Baynes? That's the one sabredog:D

Your turn.

[sabredog]

Thank you,Skytrain 10.
Good challenge.
Open House

[McGoonagall]

Airfield.

Insect initially on Neddy Seagoon's mate.

[sabredog]

John Lennon Airport,Eccles,Manchester.

[McGoonagall]

Nearly but not quite. Use the first part of the clue.

[sabredog]

Second attempt;
Beccles?

[McGoonagall]

Beccles it is.

Open house.

[frontlefthamster]

OK,

A very easy one...

Aircraft

My words are defamatory

[NutherA2]

Islander

If so, Open House

[frontlefthamster]

Correct... Well done :)

OPEN HOUSE

[Kerling-Approsh KG]

Try this...

Aircraft:

Not me in the middle of the party; talk it over endlessly.

[NutherA2]

Duo Discus?

[Kerling-Approsh KG]

Well done!

Spot on.

[NutherA2]

Open House again, please, time for a beer!

[Herod]

Easy one. Airfield "Bud's underendowment?"

[NutherA2]

Abbotsinch?

If correct...Open House....time for bed

[Groundloop]

Manufacturer:

Not in a precipice with a Welshman.

[Groundloop]

Seems my attempt got posted 8 hours before I submitted it!! So here goes again.

Manufacturer:

Not in a precipice with a Welshman.

[skytrain10]

Seems this thread has lost track a little.

Herod has not confirmed NutherA2's guess of Abbotsinch.

We have had 2 other challenges set subsequent to that, one of which from tankertrashnav has probably been solved, with the other, from groundloop still open.

Whereas I am not the threads originator, we should in my view wait for the poster to confirm the correct answer prior to moving on to the next one.

Edit, seems there is also a serious clock error as I posted this at 1115!

[Groundloop]

Why does the PPRuNe server keep putting my posts 8 hours back in time!!!

Third time lucky?

Nope, still 8 hours back!

Manufacturer:

Not in a precipice with a Welshman.

[Tankertrashnav]

Another easy one (airfield)

Spoil the bacon.

[NutherA2]

Marham.........still no ideas of my own so OH again

[Tankertrashnav]

wd evansb - location of my first solo landaway (from Lands End)!

Over to you.

[Tankertrashnav]

Sorry the system is going crazy evansb - yes you are right - over to you (see post 101 above).

[Herod]

Abbotsinch it was. I went to bed after posting.

[Tankertrashnav]

Marham it was NutherA2 - very quick!

Bit harder - active airfield again

Left flowers in a circle

Sorry I have just seen that posts are going on out of sequence - didn't mean to jump the gun, but I'll leave it on now it's here. I blame the server!

[evansb]

Portreath ?

[Herod]

Has this thread died as well?

[SincoTC]

Has this thread died as well

I hope not; haven't contributed to it yet but I suspect it may be suffering from this sodding time shift bug, when I looked in yesterday it seemed to have got stalled and I thought we were still awaiting Tankertrashnav's judgement on evansb's answer.

Now I look again, I see that Tankertrashnav gave control to evansb "several hours" and posts before he posted the question itself :ugh:, so it's quite possible that the situation has been misread.

As the Prune clock was correct when I started this post and will show up on the main page as a fresh post as Herod's did. I'll say it again as per six posts ago!

evansb has control

Edit: Just looking in and I see the Clock's gone tits-up again, it's 20:34 GMT so let's see what time Prune says this edit was done!!

[skytrain10]

Times test....should be 1545

Edit, appears to be ok now......and to confirm SincoTC's previous post, evansb has control.

[skytrain10]

I think it's time to move on.

Aircraft

Mexican follows Scottish musician?

[Groundloop]

Piper Aztec?

[skytrain10]

Piper Aztec? Yep, got it in one:ok:

Your turn Groundloop

[Groundloop]

Right, fourth attempt at posting - now the clock is right!!!

Manufacturer:

Not in a precipice with a Welshman.

[Lightning Mate]

Percival..?

[skytrain10]

Cunliffe Owen?

[Groundloop]

Cunliffe Owen?

Correct.

Over to you.

[skytrain10]

Thanks Groundloop

Aircraft:

Moonlit urn resurrected

[frontlefthamster]

Gloster Nightjar?

[skytrain10]

Gloster Nightjar? Not the Nightjar frontlefthamster. But it is a British aircraft.

[Tacklebury]

Lysander (S.O.E) ?

[skytrain10]

Good thought Tacklebury but not the Lysander.

I think this one has been up long enough.....so to get the thread moving, it's an anagram of moonlit urn.

[Lightning Mate]

Ah.....

Luton Minor ?

[skytrain10]

Luton Minor ? That's the one David:ok: Resurrected being the key word for the anagram. And it went rather nicely with Urn:)

LM has control.

[Lightning Mate]

Thanks Ken.

Quiet on SC until Evansb gets up!

Next - a UK airfield no longer in existence....

.....a great weight of anti-aircraft fire....

[skytrain10]

Acklington?

[Lightning Mate]

:mad::mad:

I did my flying training there. I can see that I'm going to have to be more devious!

Your turn mate. :ok:

[skytrain10]

Thanks David

Here is the next one....aircraft manufacturer

found in a regular pint

[Lightning Mate]

A modern European manufacturer?

[Herod]

Arpin Aircraft Manufacturing Company Limited. Pre WW2

[skytrain10]

Arpin Aircraft Manufacturing Company Limited. That's the one Herod:ok:

Herod has control

[Herod]

Thanks. Airfield "The old academic"

[Tankertrashnav]

Old Warden? (as in head of some Oxford colleges?)

[Herod]

Nope, further north.

[NutherA2]

Yeadon?..................Open House if so.

[Herod]

Yeadon it is. The (old) = ye + academic = don

[skytrain10]

Been OH too long:

Manufacturer

supermodel takes up DIY?

[skytrain10]

Clue...early aircraft designer. European, but not from the UK.

[skytrain10]

Seems this one has everyone defeated!

Further clues:
Well known "supermodel" from the 1980's/90's....first name.
DIY - think of a hand tool (no comments please!)
combine the two into one word and you have it:ok:

[Captain Dart]

Ellehammer, the Danish designer??

[Tankertrashnav]

Blimey - if that's right Captain Dart (and it's looking good) could you give us a break and give us an easier one for your turn :confused:

[skytrain10]

Ellehammer That's the one Captain:ok:

Your turn

[Captain Dart]

Ok folks, here's an early 'Christmas present':

A southerly! I'll fly slowly and noisily.

[Air Ace]

Cryptic?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v315/Woomera/PPRuNe/Cryptic.png

:E

Cryptic Bar Code contains:

"PPRuNe Pop's Birthday Sunday 4 December. Don't forget to wish him Happy Birthday but not until Sunday."

Happy Birthday PPRuNe Pop! :}

[NutherA2]

Auster Aiglet?

[Captain Dart]

Got it, Nuther! Any Auster would have done. I am told their owners love them.
Over to you...

[NutherA2]

Thanks CD, Open House again............

[Shiny side down]

I'll join in, if I may.
An easy one, probably for you folks...

Anyway,

with this thread being backwardly brutish

Manufacturer

[aviate1138]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PPRuNe Pop!!! :)

[skytrain10]

Dart Aircraft?

[Shiny side down]

Dart Aircraft?

Afraid not.

1.with this thread being backwardly brutish

so as not to drag it out too much, the next 2 clues-

One of their products will keep you at Bay
While in the high street, you might find their product is like a cataloguey. Doh!

[NutherA2]

Did Armstrong Whitworth use strong arm tactics when marketing the Argos(y) ?

[Tankertrashnav]

Might explain why the RAF bought the damn things :*

[Shiny side down]

Well done, NutherA2
Saves me trying to reword my last clue..

[NutherA2]

Thanks, Shiny, this one shouldn't take long...........

This aircraft rolled out of Mr Chadwick’s Ancestral Home

[sycamore]

Don`t think there was an aircraft called the `Widnes`,so you probably mean Avro Manchester`,designed by Roy Chadwick..
OPEN House if correct....

[NutherA2]

Not quite, Sycamore, a bit more cryptic thinking needed.

[Herod]

"Ancestral" is an anagram of "Lancaster". Open house if correct

[NutherA2]

Well done, Herod.....good night all

[frontlefthamster]

Airfield:

Roman, for instance, and quiet...

[NutherA2]

Norwich? (or for us geriatrics Horsham St Faith)......OH if correct

[frontlefthamster]

Norwich it is...

NutherA2 has control.

[NutherA2]

In a similar vein-

Another airield:

Scrambled eggs

[frontlefthamster]

Stapleford or Gothenburg perhaps?

[NutherA2]

Stapleford it is, over to you..........

[frontlefthamster]

And another...

I heard it's a little more than a mile behind where it all stagnates...

[NutherA2]

Moreton-in-Marsh?

[frontlefthamster]

Not Moreton-in-Marsh, I'm afraid...

[Groundloop]

Linton-on-Ouse?

[frontlefthamster]

Nor is it Linton, I'm afraid...

Clue to follow this afternoon, if needs be...

[frontlefthamster]

I'll unravel a bit...

You need to work out 'where it all stagnates' (and keep it brief!),

Then put that in front of 'a little more than a mile', to come up with the second part of the answer. The whole thing sounds like an airfield.

The two attempts above were not barking up the right tree...

Good luck!

[skytrain10]

Evening...not had the chance to look in until now. Would it be Enstone?

[frontlefthamster]

Malheuresement, non.

[Captain Dart]

Le Touquet?

[frontlefthamster]

Well done Captain Dart! :D

(Stagnation occurs at the Leading Edge, and 2K is a little more than a mile).

Captain Dart has control.

[Captain Dart]

Sorry for the delay folks, I am Antipodean and I PPRuNE at different hours to those in Europe and UK. Due to a busy flying roster coming up I'll throw my turn open to the field as I've already had a go:

First in has control :ok:!

[Herod]

Manufacturer and type "Northern town saint above beach"

[NutherA2]

Boulton & Paul Overstrand, maybe.............if correct Open House

[Herod]

That was too easy. You're right.

[frontlefthamster]

An easier one than my last...

Aircraft:

They're jammy, in front of John Reith... It'll last for eternity.

[frontlefthamster]

I thought this would go quickly... But it hasn't, so...

I can add something by saying that 'they' are ladies, a knowledge of British culture will take you through the first two elements of the clue, and the final element uses an alternative and shorter spelling of the word concerned...

[frontlefthamster]

Well, more hours have passed without interest, so either there's something people don't like about this challenge or the predictions of early mortality for this thread are coming true...

A busy day ahead so let's make it...

OPEN HOUSE

[Herod]

Reith brings to mind either "Baron", Lord or Beeb, but that didn't get me very far. Methinks you are the sort who does the Times crossword in seconds flat.

[Vlad the Imbiber]

Widgeon. W.I., D-G, eon.
Open House.

[Herod]

Clever B*gger! :ok:

[frontlefthamster]

Well done Vlad...

Now, I used to work with a first officer who would cut out the Times crossword and clip it on the outboard chart holder, to complete as the duty wore on. Memorably, one day, passing the outer marker for a horrid runway with even nastier approaches, in thick clag and serious bumps, he swapped hands on the yoke, drew his pen from his pocket, and completed the last clue just in time to call 'continue' before swapping hands again and spotting it on perfectly.

Talented bar steward! He's had a great career (and life) since, and I'm delighted for him!

[Herod]

Would be a shame to let it die, so another easy one. "Taking regal crossing, metalworker finds airport"

[NutherA2]

Kingsford Smith .......If so another Open House

[Herod]

Like I said, easy, but it keeps the thread going.

[frontlefthamster]

Ok then, a Play School one for Herod:

Manufacturer...

Be mindful after the change in levels.

[JENKINS]

This sounds like a canal - be careful in the locks, Lockheed.

[frontlefthamster]

Correct, hope enjoyed by all.

JENKINS has control.

Byeeeee....

[JENKINS]

Thanks. Earwig(O) -

The last of a Governor General might spur you on to find an airfield with an avian history and an aircraft which once was linked to the flightless kind.

Where and what?

I don't think that the aeroplane ever visited the airfield, handling would have been difficult.

[NutherA2]

Blackburn Roc?

[JENKINS]

"No" to the "Fifer," I fear. You may have "Skua-ed" yourself by emphasis on one aspect, since both airfield and aeroplane share the same name

The era, and the owner, of the aircraft which you name are closely linked to the "avian history" of the airfield.

The Governor General was "up before the beak" in UK for dodgy practices, and got away with it. The aircraft associated with his name, despite being linked with a bird of the flightless kind, still managed to be, with others, "Swift to the Sky."

[JENKINS]

No takers? So, here it is in the fashion of "Brian of Britain" Quiz on BBC Home Service.

Last of Governor General, a surname? Difficult, but lets look. Airport, avian link? Will need a lot more. Flightless kind? Penguin, Rod Hull's chum, no. Kiwi - progress, part of the emblem of RNZAF. So, aircraft name within RNZAF, a name to double as a surname. Anson? A sailor, possibly. Oxford? Doubtful, a fine university and possibly the writer of Shakespeare's plays. Vincent, maybe another Admiral. Hastings? A character from Agatha Christie.....but also a Governor General of India, so there is the aircraft.

I am sure that there are many Hastings Airports, not only in New Zealand, but an "avian link?" How about Hastings, Sierra Leone, known to B. Cal pilots serving their time years ago on Sierra Leone Airways Trislanders, and known also to the Fleet Air Arm as HMS Spurwing. So that's "cooked your goose."

[JENKINS]

Maybe a long Open House. Perhaps another effort to stop the thread becoming dormant, so lets keep the flow going. Shall we up the ante and find a major hazard to aviation in Europe?

[Herod]

I presume we can rule out Mont Blanc, the CAA, French/Spanish ATC?

[JENKINS]

Delicate humour! All wrong, but one less wrong than the others. Think cryptic and you will find several clues in the text, as well as the answer of course.

[NutherA2]

Shall we up the ante and find a major hazard to aviation in Europe?Type, manufacturer or airfield? Or just a volcano?

[JENKINS]

Yes, well done. Not original, copied from a clue in newspaper crossword last week and adapted for this thread. "Up," of course being the cryptic entree, and there you have Etna. So, no longer dormant, and the thread flows.

A vous.

[NutherA2]

Nothing ready, sorry, another Open House (Chez ouvert)

[skytrain10]

Well this thread appears to have dried up, but, as its the festive season, one easy one:

Aircraft type

Festive ammunition

[Noyade]

Must be the Christmas Bullet mate?

(Open house if it is - cryptic puzzles are beyond me. :()

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/8417/18125371.jpg (http://img14.imageshack.us/i/18125371.jpg/)

[McGoonagall]

OK. Airfield.

Mr Douglas shortly eats all in white.

[skytrain10]

Must be the Christmas Bullet mate? Tis indeed Graeme.

Noyade has declared Open House.

[Herod]

Dalcross? extra characters

[Tankertrashnav]

Kirkbride?

[Tankertrashnav]

I take it McGoonagall is away for Christmas - hasn't commented since he posted his last one 3 days ago. In the meantime I'll give you an easy one to keep the thread going:

Some louse let a rat out in the East (airfield).

[NutherA2]

Seletar? If so, still nothing ready, so open house if anyone's got something.

[Tankertrashnav]

Yes Seletar - 16 minutes!

Open house, as NutherA2 said.

[Tankertrashnav]

Nobody else playing this game? One more attempt to revive it.

Dickens heroine is in the desert. (airfield)

[RetiredSHRigger]

A feeble guess, is it Chicksands?

[Tankertrashnav]

No not Chicksands, but I see what you're getting at.

Was there ever an airfield, as such, there?

Clue - not in the UK.

[NutherA2]

Nellis? OH again if correct

[Tankertrashnav]

Well done - Nellis it is.

Open house is offered - please take up the offer someone!

[McGoonagall]

I take it McGoonagall is away for Christmas - hasn't commented since he posted his last one 3 days ago. In the meantime I'll give you an easy one to keep the thread going:

Thanks TTN and apologies for bailing out prematurely.

[McGoonagall]

Alternative name for airfield....

Welsh church is a bit peeved.

[Yellow Sun]

Welsh church is a bit peeved

Chapelcross

YS

[McGoonagall]

Yep. aka RAF Annan.

Open house.

[Yellow Sun]

Tally ho, an aerodrome.

YS

[skytrain10]

RAF Leeming?

[Yellow Sun]

Nope, but I would be interested in your reasoning.

YS

[skytrain10]

"Tally Ho" is the motto of 609 sqn, based at Leeming.

RAF Leeming - 609 Squadron (http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafleeming/aboutus/609squadron.cfm)

Thought it was too simple, but you never know :)

[Yellow Sun]

No, not quite a simple as that but a nice try.

A squadron based there had a canid connection.

YS

[Yellow Sun]

Time for another clue:

Tally ho, an aerodrome.

1. A squadron based there had a canid connection.

2. The neighbours to the north have a beautiful view.

YS

[Herod]

Is canid as in Bulldog (of the Bristol variety)?

[Yellow Sun]

Is canid as in Bulldog (of the Bristol variety)?

No, if it was it would be canine.

Clue no 3:

The neighbours to the west are vegetarian.

YS

[Herod]

Foxearth maybe?

[Yellow Sun]

Nope, but you could be on the right track.

YS

[NutherA2]

Could it be Finningley/Robin Hood Airport & its 12 Squadron (fox mask badge) connection, or is that too convoluted?

[Yellow Sun]

Not Finningley, the connection is quite a direct one. The clues again:

Tally Ho, an aerodrome

1. A squadron based there had a canid connection. (Could be 12 Sqn)

2. The neighbours to the north have a beautiful view.

3. The neighbours to the west are vegetarian.

YS

[NutherA2]

Good morning YS, the train of thought was:
1.Canid - Fox - 12 Sqn.
2.Tally Ho - hunting - John Peel - Peel Airports
3.Vegetarian - John Lennon - Liverpool Airport may be western neighbour.
4.Look for another Peel Airport to the East.
Was any of this train going in the right direction?

[Yellow Sun]

Morning NutherA2,

Yes, right sort of direction, you have made the correct connection and have one clue of the three correct. Here is a fourth (and last as I can't think of any more!)

Near a knitted fox?

Good luck
YS

[Yellow Sun]

Rather than have this one dragging on into 2012 here is the answer:

Tally Ho, an aerodrome.

Cottesmore is the only aerodrome (AFAIK) that shares a name with the the local fox hunt (http://www.cottesmore-hunt.co.uk/).

Clues:

1. The squadron with the canid connection is 12 Sqn (http://www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/12squadron.cfm), based there with the Vulcan.

2. The neighbours (http://www.btinternet.com/~countryside.webservice/midland.htm) to the north with the beautiful view are the Belvoir Hunt (http://www.belvoir-hunt.co.uk/).

3. The vegetarian neighbours (http://www.btinternet.com/~countryside.webservice/midland.htm) to the west are the Quorn Hunt (http://www.quorn-hunt.co.uk/) (sorry if that’s a bit corny!)

4. The knitted fox nearby is Woolfox Lodge (http://www.content-delivery.co.uk/aviation/airfields/regional/Rutland/WoolfoxLodge.html), just across the A1 from Cottesmore.

Open house

YS

[Tankertrashnav]

Blimey Yellow Sun our brains were obviously too befuddled with booze and Christmas pudding to cope with that one!

Here's an easier one for New Years day.

Feline heart broken up North (airfield again).

[NutherA2]

Catterick ? (As in cat-ticker) Happy New Year & OH if correct.

[Tankertrashnav]

14 minutes this time - good time for a New Year's Day morning. Catterick it is, for the reasons you give - well done!

Open house has been offered.

[TheiC]

I'll have a go...

Aircraft:

Staff, perhaps? Get rid of stiffness at the end and keep going round.

[Tankertrashnav]

H'mm - time for a hint I think! :confused:

[TheiC]

I felt like asking NutherA2 whether he's looked in, before offering a clue!

Tip someone's hat in Aubagne, then treat as above.

[NutherA2]

In common with some 59,999 other Fife residents I've been powerless for a couple of days; just back on line, but little grey cells not yet completely thawed out. Could the solution have anything to do with a QFI on Hogmanay? (as in Tipsy Trainer)

[TheiC]

Glad you're back... But sorry, you're off the mark.

[Herod]

Nimrod perhaps? Not very likely, but it's time this thread came nearer the top.

[TheiC]

Sadly, no.

[Yellow Sun]

Dominie?

YS

[TheiC]

Again, sadly, no.

[Herod]

Where is everybody? I know my brain hurts, but there must be someone out there with a smattering of brain cells.

[NutherA2]

Desperate guess.......Avro 523 Pike?

[Tankertrashnav]

but there must be someone out there with a smattering of brain cells.

Seems this one require a bit more than a smattering :confused:

Are we allowed to give in and have another one - just a teensy, weensy bit easier?

[NutherA2]

Perhaps a not-too-cryptic clue?

[TheiC]

NutherA2, don't forget to Get rid of stiffness at the end and keep going round.
;)