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Here is a read only link to the Aerodrome Database - WhichAerodrome.xlsx. Up to date as of 1/5/2019. Catching up slowly - up to May 2019 now (Mar 2020).

Here are some "rules" for Which Aerodrome. These are based upon the original suggestions from the very first thread, and have a few additions. Also please be patient as when you are active others may be asleep.

A historic picture of an aerodrome will be posted. Newer pictures are allowed but the theme here is to compare/contrast old with new as well as identifying aerodromes which no longer exist.
The person who correctly identifies it will be declared the 'winner' by the original poster.
That winner shall either post another challenge or declare the floor open. Anyone may then post the next challenge.
If the winner of the challenge does not respond to the notification of their success within 48 hours, an Open house can be declared when there is consensus between multiple other posters which are on line.
When the poster of a challenge does not respond within 48 hours of a posted answer, this poster can be declared winner if the answer is considered correct in a consensus of multiple other posters.
If Open House is declared, regular posters should not jump in immediately, but time should be given for those who are not great at naming the correct location as they may have some good images.
There will only be one challenge running at a time.
Try to use elderly photos and not Google Earth, Zoom Earth or any other search engine, pics
Try to post images that are not already present on internet, as Google Image Search will find them if they are.
Personal photos are acceptable as they show the aerodrome as it is now.
When confirming the correct location, the location and winner should be stated to negate any deletion of posts.
Please don't delete your posts, let everyone see your successes, failures and challenges.

Anyone can edit it so long as they have been here for 90 days with 90 posts. Let's get consensus before changing and not go crazy

Thanks to Self Loading Bear for suggesting that we use a wiki. Which Aerodrome I Which Aerodrome II nvubu.

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24th Jan 2013, 18:53

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Toledo, Ohio ?

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24th Jan 2013, 23:16

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Not Toledo. Airport built in 1929 and had airline service from 1932 to 1947. Ironically, the biggest clue to the airports identity is in the picture.

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25th Jan 2013, 08:01

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Bowman Field, Kentucky?

OH if correct as off to Barcelona for the weekend.

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25th Jan 2013, 08:58

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Is the biggest clue the small airplanes?

Lock Haven?

25th Jan 2013, 09:28

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Not Bowman or Lock Haven.

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25th Jan 2013, 12:31

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Considering those aircrafts are L4s, and many of them at that, I am thinking about a WWII observer and liaison pilot training field...were they any specialised in this area of training?

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25th Jan 2013, 13:04

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Wild stab - Bartow air base, FL?

25th Jan 2013, 13:06

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Or perhaps neaby Gilbert Field?

25th Jan 2013, 13:23

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That'll be getting up LM's nose ----

26th Jan 2013, 00:48

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Sorry for the slow reply - full day here.

The aircraft are NOT L4's. The activity is not liason pilot training. The field is neither Bartow or Gilbert.

The hangar/terminal building from which the picture was taken was erected by a famous aviation conglomerate that is still in business today. Eastern Airlines was an early regular at the field.

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26th Jan 2013, 08:11

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That looks like a beach to me. Is that the clue?

Bethune Point, Daytona Beach?

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26th Jan 2013, 10:20

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Not Rentschler and not at the beach. What kind of airplanes are they?

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26th Jan 2013, 13:23

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If they are not L4 they have to be J3 (I wonder how could we guess with the cockpits all covered in tarpaulins...You would have to see the tarpaulin is too short to cover the extended fuselage plexi of a L4 cockpit?).

Then it has to be related to the CPTP/WTS program, and many were the airfields with CPTP/WTS schools...

Could it be Rhode Island?

26th Jan 2013, 21:34

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Would the mast have any connection with radar antennas. During W2 Piper Aircraft's main contribution to the war effort was the construction of steel masts for radar antennas at Vero Beach.
Vero Beach Municipal Airport.

26th Jan 2013, 21:46

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Piper had no connection to Vero Beach until the 1960's.

WTS flight school. The BIG clue is the name of the planes. Airport is still active, but the original 3 runways have been replaced by a single runway. Original hangar is still standing.

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26th Jan 2013, 21:52

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I see now, that's cryptic even by my standards. Jim Hamilton LB Owens. OH if correct please.

26th Jan 2013, 22:03

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Yes, The Jim Hamilton is a fairly recent addition to the official name of Owens Field KCUB in Columbia, SC. The aircraft - Piper J3 Cubs - are part of Hawthorn Aviations WTS program in conjunction with the University of South Carolina.

The hangar that the picture was taken from was built by the Curtiss-Wright Company.

http://www.rcgov.us/departments/coun...vationPlan.pdf

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