Which Aerodrome?

[jabberwok]

Heh, heh. Catalina was a valid answer but not necessarily correct. :}

[chevvron]

What looks like a Bedford fire truck in the fire station plus a Land Rover nearby, so maybe somewhere in Africa?

[twochai]

Right on, Chevrron, keep going with your line of thought.

[bottom rung]

Would Durban be getting warmer?

[pigboat]

Excuse another pigboat, but it really was the best of the boats.

But of course. :O

The airplane is CF-JJG belonging to Kenting. Dar-es-Salaam?

[norwich]

I'm jumping in with Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia, (Zambia). ???? Keith.

[twochai]

It is JJG (but not Kenting when I flew it) 43 years past. Not Tanzania, nor SA, nor Zambia.

[norwich]

If I said Queensland Au, Would I be warmer or freezing ???? Keith.

[twochai]

Well, definitions of 'warm' being relative around here, Keith, I'd say you were freezing cold! Stick to the dark continent.

[Chris Scott]

Quote from twochai:
It is JJG (but not Kenting when I flew it) 43 years past. Not Tanzania, nor SA, nor Zambia.
[Unquote]

We're running out of countries. Looks tidy enough. Vic Falls? [Rhodesia?]

[twochai]

You're not running out of countries yet, plenty more to go. Look West, young man!

[sabredog]

Freetown airport?

[Chris Scott]

Quote from twochai:
Look West, young man

Taking you literally, could it be Kasane? [Never been there.]

By the way, it's definitely not Lungi (Freetown).

[twochai]

Not Sierra Leone; you've overshot, somewhat!

Normally a tranquil trading/university city, it later was the opening scene of tumultuous events which commenced a few weeks after the photo was taken late in 1965.

[norwich]

that sounds like Kinshasa ???

[Dan D'air]

Sorry about the Catalina joke fellas, I just couldn't resist!! :O

Somewhere in Angola maybe?? Or do I need to look further North?

[twochai]

What Catalina jokes?? Its a Canso, nothing funny about that!

Not Congo/Zaire/DRC/whatever, not Angola. Think Empirically.

[pigboat]

Entebbe perchance?

[twochai]

Entebbe? Good try, but no.

How do I say it more precisely, gents? WEST AFRICA!

[Speedpig]

Banjul, Gambia?

Gambia achieved indendence from Britain in 1965.

[Chris Scott]

Now I see what you meant by going west..

Er, Port Harcourt? Didn't know it was a university town, though.


[For the record, Kasane is in Botswana; west of Zim.]

[Dan D'air]

Accra, Ghana??

[twochai]

Now we're getting warmer, but not Banjul, Port Harcourt or Accra, although they each have logic.

Another bone: The most populous nation in Africa?

[KeMac]

A rough guess - Ibadan?

[merlinxx]

If not Ibadan (is university town), the old ramp (Ikeja side) at Lagos

[twochai]

KeMac you are absolutely correct, it is Ibadan. The palm frond passes to you!

(Thinks: I'd better put away my more obscure photos!)

[pigboat]

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m8/Siddley-Hawker/CatDriver.jpg

Twochai here's another PB from Africa. Chuck Ellsworth doing his thing in Senegal. :D

[twochai]

Only problem is that prop tip, two and a half inches behind your left ear!!

Check your PM, Pigboat.

[KeMac]

Thanks twochai - I have a picture I want to post but I can't locate it at the moment so open house

[norwich]

To fill in this gap here is a 1943 photo, but from where ???? Keith.

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii58/keithnewsome/where4.jpg

[pigboat]

PM recieved twochai. Check your e-mail.

[sabredog]

Gary Field.Ca?

[norwich]

Sorry saberdog, not Gary Field (sure I went to school with him ?) Keith. ??

[StbdD]

NAS Olathe, Kansas?

[norwich]

Sorry StbdD, it's not in Kansas or California, hope that helps ? Keith.

[Moira]

Cape May, NJ

[norwich]

Moira, Yes ! you are so correct, well done, you know your stuff ! :D:D
Eagerly await your challenge ???? Keith.

[Moira]

Still struggling with posting (or rather re-sizing) pictures, hope this works ...
Here's the next challenge! Ann

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj271/AnnStevens/WAD080413-2.jpg?t=1208123570

[Phileas Fogg]

Zaventum ?

[Moira]

Not Zaventem/Brussels

[dash7fan]

Dresden, former GDR?

[Moira]

That was quick, dash7fan!
Dresden it is, around 1956, during the construction of a new terminal.

[dash7fan]

Thanks Moira!, It is still visible on Google Earth, only a IL 14 is now at the other side of the building.

Now an easy one:

http://member.file-upload.net/seneca/100-0041-IMG.JPG

[sabredog]

Klagenfurt Airport?

[twochai]

If not Klagenfurt, Altenrhein??

[dash7fan]

Sabredog is correct!

Klagenfurt Airport and over to You Sir

[sabredog]

Thank you,dash7fan.
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh236/sabre86d/quiz22.jpg
The airfield is longer operational and was once associated with a famous aviatrix.

[old,not bold]

OK, I'll bite on the clue....Lae, Papua New Guinea?

It's a wild guess, really.


And not much like what looks like a disused airfield in the centre of the town!

[sabredog]

Not Lae,old,not bold, and not Miss. Amelia Earhart.
The lady in question was number eleven in the world ranking of lady aviators.

[twochai]

There was a small airport close to downtown in Jakarta, long since closed and the name of which I cannot remember.

Would this airfield be in Indonesia, by chance??

[sabredog]

Sorry,twochai, not the airfield you allude to. It's postion is west of the Greenwich Meridian and north of Latitude 15 Degrees North.
It was once home to a number of NB2 Islanders.

[Speedpig]

St Croix USVI?

Although St Croix does still have an airport.

[sabredog]

Sorry,Speedpig, it is not St. Croix.

[Speedpig]

Has this airfield been replaced by another in the same vicinity?

Belize?

[sabredog]

No,Speedpig,it is not Belize.
There is a modern airport located to the east, and the subject airfield is still partially visible on google, hangers and runway markings for the western end of the runway etc. It would appear that Miss. Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Mr. Fred Noonan, night stopped here with the aviatrix mentioned in the earlier posts, whilst they were on their ill fated flight in 1937.

[PaperTiger]

You've been peeking at Mr. Freeman's excellent website again, I see :)

Dorado (Beach), Puerto Rico.

[sabredog]

Paper Tiger, Correct .
YHC.

[PaperTiger]

Open house. I'm on dial-up today zzzzzzzz.

[Dendmar]

Here's one; if my Computer skills manage it!

Airport Departures as it used to be!

http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk296/Dendmar/Departures.jpg

[Speedpig]

Jomo Kenyatta, Nairobi, Kenya?

[Dendmar]

Sorry no. Wrong Continent.

[sabredog]

Palam Airport, Delhi?

[Dendmar]

Too far over the top.

[sabredog]

Top or "Hump"?
Basra or Bahrain airpots?

[Dendmar]

Getting Closer - quite close.

[Out Of Trim]

Tripoli, Libya ?

[sabredog]

Habbayniya or kallia?

[KeMac]

Sharjah possibly?

[Dendmar]

Your all skirting around; getting closer. Picture was taken in 1955.

[Mr_Grubby]

Kuwait ?

C.

[norwich]

Riyadh SA. ????
Second guess, with that number of civil aircraft in 1955, it could well be Jeddah ??????

[KeMac]

Dhahran, Saudi

[Dendmar]

Mr Grubby is spot on. The runway was pure sand in those days! My father took the picture in 1955 when he was Station Fire Officer. I was a mere lad and had a great time there. Over to you.

[Mr_Grubby]

I lived in Bahrain '66 - '68 and traveled around the Gulf.

Kuwait was a little more developed then than in the photo but I had a feeling !!

Anyway gents, open house.

Clint.

[LFT]

Thanks 'Mr Grubby' - Here goes -

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/4866/prune1ajr6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Mr_Grubby]

Flushed with my recent success, I'll have a go. Is it in Scotland ??

C.

[LFT]

It may well be :E

[Mr_Grubby]

Dundonald, Ayrshire.

C.

[LFT]

Well done Mr Grubby :ok:

Note to self - Use Imageshack next time ;)

[Mr_Grubby]

Hey !!

Two on the trot. But another confession to make.
I lived for 4 years in Dundonald when I was working at Gailes Radar '78 - '82. My house is clearly visible in the pic. But all that time I never new there was an old airfield across the road.

There was an old army camp down the road at Barrasie that had some sort of landing strip.

Anyway, open house guys.

Clint.

[flyingwing]

I'm new poster in this forum, but follow it with interest. May I break the rules and give you a Lat/long (Yes - tell you where it is!) and ask, with the identification, of any interesting facts/connections. It is at:
52 16' 47.9'' N
13 25' 46.6'' E

[irc1804]

tower at the old Rangsdorf Airport belongs to the "Einfliegerhalle" of the Bücker airplane factory. During and before World War II this small airport was used by Heinz Rühmann, Beate Uhse and Oberst von Stauffenberg. After the war it was used as military airport from the Soviet Union.

[flyingwing]

Comprehensive correct answer IRC 1804. The floor is yours!

[irc1804]

Open house !!

[PPRuNe Radar]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/atco10w/Flying/100_3597.jpg

[MReyn24050]

RAF Little Staughton not Lasham Airfield as first thought.
Mel

[PPRuNe Radar]

Well done ...

[MReyn24050]

Thanks PPrune Radar. Here is the next one:-
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Airport/airportquiz037.jpg
Mel

[Dan D'air]

Turnhouse?

Have been googling like mad and realise that it can't be. You chaps are just too good at this...........bu99er.

[ICT_SLB]

If Dan d'Air's wrong, may I suggest the home of "les Gens de l'Air" - Dorval Landing Field - now CYUL Pierre Trudeau. (It's night on this side of the pond so please carry on whether I'm right or wrong).

[PNGAir]

Hi Guys,

My web server crashed and I decided to upgrade the web site at the same time. In the process lost a lot of images relating to Papua New Guinea Aviation.

The upgrade also means you will have to create a new account to post on the forum or upload images. Sorry for the inconvenience.

If anyone has images relating to Papua New Guinea aviation or a story to tell, please come and have a look at the new site and perhaps join the forum and post some photos under the photo gallery.

The must be thousands of photographs out there that people would just love to see.

Thank you in advance.

Shane Thomas

http://www.pngair.com
[email protected]

[MReyn24050]

Sorry chaps, it is neither Turnhouse nor Dorval Landing Field - now CYUL Pierre Trudeau.
Extra point if you identify the aircraft.:)
Mel

[MReyn24050]

Not Europe or the USA. I am surprised that the aircraft has not been identified. :)

[twochai]

OK, I'm ready to stick my head above the ramparts:

Avro Anson?? :p

[MReyn24050]

twochai. :ok: It is indeed an Avro Anson.
Mel

[sabredog]

R.C.A.F Penfield?

[MReyn24050]

Not R.C.A.F Penfield. Sorry, when I said above that it was not in the USA I should have said the Continent of North America.
Mel

[con-pilot]

MYGF, Freeport, Grand Bahama?

[MReyn24050]

Not MYGF, Freeport, Grand Bahama con-pilot. To reach this airfield one would fly in an easterly direction from the UK.

[con-pilot]

Okay, thanks. The airfield layout is about the same as Freeport's; well, from what I remember.

[MReyn24050]

con-pilot as you say similar layout. This airfield is now also an International Airport.

[LFT]

Copenhagen Kastrup?

[MReyn24050]

LFT, Not Copenhagen Kastrup, much further East.
Mel

[twochai]

Mel:

Can we assume it is in the Antipodes??

TwoChai

[MReyn24050]

TwoChai. Sorry for the delay. Not as far as the Antipodes, this airfield is in the Northern Hemisphere.
Mel

[sabredog]

Sahar airfield, now part of Mumbai/Bombay International Airport?

[MReyn24050]

sabredog has it :ok: :D. It is Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, which was as sabredog says Sahar Airport and before that RAF Santa Cruz. The photograph was taken in 1946.
Sorry for the delay in replying. You have control.
Mel

[sabredog]

Thank you,MReyn24050.
I apologise for the quality of the photograph.
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh236/sabre86d/27-1.jpg

[aviate1138]

A wild stab - Shoreham?

[sabredog]

I am afraid not, Aviate1138,but you are in the correct country!

[PPRuNe Radar]

Booker ?? (or Wycombe if you prefer ;) )

[norwich]

How about Weston Super Mare ???? Keith.

[Arfur Feck-Sake]

Another wild guess - Sywell?

[sabredog]

Sorry,Gentlemen, neither Booker (preferable)) or Weston-Super-Mare airfields.

[Arfur Feck-Sake]

Posts 3145 and 3146 must have been typed at the same time.

[sabredog]

No. A-F-S, it is not Sywell.

[sabredog]

For the night duty people, the same airfield but five years later!
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh236/sabre86d/1939.jpg

[Tiger_mate]

http://www.milesmagister.co.uk/magisterimages/15RFS_entrance_sign.jpg

OPEN HOUSE

[sabredog]

Redhill airfield is correct, although I was under the impression that one had to wait for confirmation of the correct answer before declaring "Open House".

[twochai]

Some may have difficulty accepting this as an 'aerodrome', but...


http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk89/twochai/SupermarineStranraer.jpg?t=1208829968

[sabredog]

Sullum Voe?

[twochai]

Not Sullum Voe, sabredog, but an admirable guess. Similar latitude, though.

[norwich]

Supurb photo twochai, I will sit and look at it for hours ! As only 7/10ths of the earth surface is water, it's going to be easy haha ! Keith. ;)

[twochai]

Note the identifying topographical features!

[Wunper]

Is it Pat Bay B.C.?

W

[twochai]

Not Pat Bay either.

[Tiger_mate]

Northern Ireland?
Castle Archdale
Lower Lough Erne

[twochai]

Sorry, Tiger Mate, not Northern Ireland, although I do agree the not-so-distant hills could mislead you.

Let's see how the night shift do.

[India Four Two]

It's the day shift, where I am ;)

Hmm, a colour photo of a Stranraer. How about Alliford Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands?

[twochai]

No, sorry India Four Two, not the left coast of NA, although the Queen Charlottes is a very well educated guess for this particular airplane.

If it helps, I think I took this photo 45 years ago, in '62 or '63..

[pigboat]

I'm racking my brains trying to think who operated the Strainer in that time period. That's gotta be BXO from BC Airlines, but not the left coast? :confused: :confused:

[Tiger_mate]

If it is the one that now resides in the RAF Museum, it could be:

Sea Island Airport, Vancouver ?

[sabredog]

Seers Lake,N.W.T?

[twochai]

Pigbpat and Sabredog: It is indeed CF-BXO, but not Seer's Lake, not BC Airlines, not the left coast, Tiger Mate. She was hauling freight for the summer on charter from this well known licensed waterdrome, during a minor gold flurry.

[spook]

Rapid Lake?

[twochai]

Not Rapid Lake.

It may help some to know the late, lamented Don Braun was CP.

[sabredog]

YellowKnife or Penticton, Skana Lake?

[pigboat]

Cooking Lake?

[twochai]

SabreDog, you have it: Yellowknife, NWT, Old Town dock is it. The Strainer was operated for two seasons by Wardair, supporting drilling activity which was going on at the time.

Had a great reputation as a reliable hauler, but must have been some handful around a dock in a crosswind! But, yes Norwich, she was a majestic beast as she growled by on her daily chores.

Back to you SabreDog!

[India Four Two]

Excuse a little thread creep, but any flying boat enthusiasts should have a look at this site: http://www.pinetreeline.org/rds/detail/rds99-35.html

A fascinating description of a base I had never heard of. Its nickname was "Eveless Eden" and there was a pith helmet behind the bar - "The Second Most Useless Thing in Alliford Bay". It also had Bambi on the station crest: http://www.pinetreeline.org/rds/detail/rds27-4.html

Some nice photos of Stranraers, including a fly-over of a tall ship (a barquentine for the purists), also one of two Sharks (I didn't know that Boeing built them) and especially for pigboat and Chuck, a beautiful picture of a Canso just touching down on glassy water.

And pigboat's mention of BC Airlines calls for further thread creep. I had my one and only flying boat flight in a BC Airlines Mallard out of Vancouver in the early 70s. I was flying to Tofino (an airfield) and then the Mallard was going on to Tahsis, a remote logging and fishing community on northern Vancouver Island, before returning to YVR.

The departure was delayed due to some mechanical issues and so just before startup, the Captain asked if the two Tofino passengers would mind going to Tahsis first, since that was where everyone else was going. And so I got to experience a long letdown and glassy water landing in Tahsis Inlet, the gear-lowering and taxying up onto the ramp and then finally a graphic demonstration of a glassy water takeoff. We must have run for over a mile before liftoff!

And finally, Cooking Lake?. No hills like that in Central Alberta, last time I looked, pigboat. ;)

[twochai]

Interesting... My memory bank says CF-BXO was operated through the fifties by Queen Charlotte Airlines, but I don't know where she ended up after the Wardair lease.

P.S> Many Cansos were built by Boeing Canada in Vancouver. 'Scuse the thread creep.

[sabredog]

Thank you,twochai, but I think that was very much a team effort. Pigboat,Indiafourtwo et al, gave some excellent contributions/help as did your clues.
Two photographs of CF-BXO during the sixties.
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh236/sabre86d/BackCover01b.jpg
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh236/sabre86d/CF-BXO-1.jpg
Open house.

[norwich]

How about another of my "easy" posts ? this should last minutes ? Keith.


http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii58/keithnewsome/where6.jpg

[Wunper]

Wellesbourne Mountford

W

[norwich]

I didn't think that would last long ! Well done Wunper, it's all yours :D
Keith.

[Wunper]

Thanks Keith this offering will be a quickie too I think

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d107/wunper/wtf2.jpg

[sidtheesexist]

I realise we've had thisne before but..............................Lympne?

[Wunper]

Not Lympne Sid

[Upyer RRR]

Woolsington, now Newcastle Airport?

[Wunper]

Not Woolsington UpyerRRR (rotors running refuel?)

[norwich]

Jumping in with another "no way" what about Bristol Lulsgate ???? Keith.

[Wunper]

Not Bristol Lulsgate either Keith.

[longboat]

Maybe READING in Berks...before it closed?

[Speedpig]

Aylesbury/Thame??

[Wunper]

Not Reading or Thame right country though

[Jester One]

How about Woodley? Or is that Reading? In the unlikely chance I get this it'll be open house. First attempt!

[Wunper]

Not Woodley Jester One

[mustpost]

White Waltham?

OK its not now, but I thought Wunper wrote 'county' :O

[Wunper]

Not White Waltham mustpost

Keep going you are all in the right ball park. If I give any clues the cat will be out of the bag & you will be kicking yourselves!

[Tiger_mate]

Blackbushe?

[Wunper]

Not Blackbushe Tiger_Mate

Clue #1 This significant airfield has been closed for some years

[sabredog]

Hatfield (Chiswick) Airfield.

[norwich]

Another "wildcard" entry .. Aldermaston ??

[Wunper]

Sabredog

You are correct with Hatfield but it is Hatfield Herts

The photo is the original de Havilland flying club at Hatfield phot dates from 1937. The buildings were in the area of the field that is now the Bishop square development car park.


To visualise the setting the art deco hangar from the earlier pic can be seen in lower right of this more recent shot

Over to you

http://www.reidsteel.aero/espanol/recent/hatfield/hatfield07.jpg

[sabredog]

Thank you,Wunper. Just for the record, I think that you will find the correct name for the airfield prior to DeHavillands moving there from Stag Lane, was Hatfield (Chiswick), Herts. Chiswick does not refer to the west London location. Actions Stations,page,113, refers.
The following clinched it somewhat. The late Alex Henshaw, M.B.E. overhead Hatfield in a Mew Gull. The painting is by courtesy of R.A.F-Art.com.
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh236/sabre86d/gt83.jpg
Open House.

[Wunper]

Excellent sleuthing SD I stand corrected on the name btw

W

[finallyflying]

Have a go at this gentlemen ....

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2149/2442471009_480a949dd9_o.jpg

[India Four Two]

Lots of mangroves, so somewhere in the Tropics. It doesn't seem to fit any Queensland aerodromes, and the divided highway/dual carriageway seems to indicate a fairly populous area, so how about either Malaysia or Brazil?

Also, the runway markings on the closest threshold seem very strange - two numbers?

[finallyflying]

Not Malaysia, not Brazil. Though the latter is closer in terms of the side of the world its in ...

[norwich]

Key West NAS. Fla

[finallyflying]

Not Key West NAS ...

[AfgAirOps]

Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico?

[finallyflying]

AfgAirOps .. spot on.

Took the picture a few months ago as I went past in a 172. Airfield closed a few years back, but I can't provide any info on the strange thr markings, perhaps its just an X?

Well done.

[AfgAirOps]

http://i27.tinypic.com/29qijko.jpg

[Crusher1]

Porto Santo Island adjacent to Madeira?

[twochai]

Johnson Island??

[AfgAirOps]

Sorry..... no to both

[evansb]

Ushuaia Airport, Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina ?

[Speedpig]

Ushuaia Airport, Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina ?
Beyond any shadow of doubt
:D

[evansb]

With due respect to AfgAirOps, that vote of confidence from Speedpig compells me to post the next mystery aerodrome:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WAD080429.jpg

[AfgAirOps]

Just to confirm that Evansb does have it. Well done.

[evansb]

Here is a clue: The aerodrome is still operational, but the military has moved out.

[Tiger_mate]

To get the thread going:

It looks like Germany and if so the helicopters would be German Army Choctaw.

The vinyards? suggest the Mosel valley of SW Germany.

Anywhere close?

Heildleberg? He says without checking first.

[Warmtoast]

With the clue that it might be in the Mosel Valley I suggest:

Flugplatz Mont Royal near Traben Trarbach

[LFT]

Bitburg possibly?

[evansb]

Sorry Gentlemen, it is not in Germany. It is in Europe.

[S'land]

Hohenems (HOH), Austria?

[evansb]

Sorry, not in Austria.

[India Four Two]

I think those are orchards rather than vineyards, and specifically olive trees or possibly citrus. So are we in Iberia or Italy?

[evansb]

We are in Italy.

[Soddit]

Verona Boscomantico ( LIPN)

[evansb]

Soddit is correct. One of two. You have control.

[India Four Two]

Curses (or perhaps I should say soddit)! Wrong river. I was up the Po without a paddle! Do you know how long the Po is and how many meanders there are?

[Soddit]

Indeed I do, India four two. And the Tiber is not without.Hopefully this one will not be overtaxing. It is east of Suez.

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg307/Soddit_photos/apt3jpg.jpg

[Soddit]

Ah, Jenkins...so prosaic. Sadly it, is not, I much regret to have to tell you, VYMD. A trifle too far, I think, in the direction of India Four Two.:)

[evansb]

Is the mystery aerodrome in India?

[sabredog]

Tuticorin Airport,India?

[Soddit]

The aerodrome is indeed in India but is not Tuticorin

[sabredog]

Salem Airport?

[Soddit]

Absolutely correct Sabredog.All yours.

[sabredog]

Thank you.
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh236/sabre86d/quiz5.jpg

[twochai]

Fernando de Norhona, Brazil?? 03-51S, 32-25W

The closest airport in the Americas to the African continent; used as a staging point to ferry aircraft to the middle east during WWII.

[evansb]

I think the airstrip is in North Korea, but I can't identify the exact location.

[Tiger_mate]

KOREA

An aerial view of the emergency airfield on Yo Do. You are looking at the runway from the harbor end. The runway is set on an approximate southwest to northeast axis. The southwest end of the runway is closest to the camera. This photograph is dated June 26, 1952, the day the Seabees finished the runway.

OPEN HOUSE

[sabredog]

Yes, Tigermate,sadly you are correct. Still to learn some manners though when posting a reply.

[Mr_Grubby]

Nice one sabredog !!!!!


C.

[LFT]

Ok, here's one -

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd11/DJ17DJ/proon3.jpg

[norwich]

Only just awake, looked at pic and thought Harwarden / Broughton ??
Keith.

[SOTV]

Is it Drem? The background hills look a bit familiar.

:confused:

[Arfur Feck-Sake]

The scenery looks very Scottish

[LFT]

Neither Drem Hawarden or Broughton.

[Tiger_mate]

To me they look like the southerly Pennine / Peak district hills similar to due east of Manchester Ringway. Whilst Woodford tempts me, I shall opt for Ashborne initially.

[LFT]

None of those Tiger_Mate,

[sabredog]

Tigermate, please check your P.M.s
Time to call it a day with "Which Aerodrome" I believe. Many thanks for some interesting contributions. Cheerio.

[flyingwing]

Jurby. IoM?

[LFT]

No, not Jurby.

[rufus.t.firefly]

Samlesbury near Preston ????

[LFT]

Nope, note Samlesbury,

[bigjok]

Edzell in Angus?

[LFT]

RAF Edzell is correct :ok:

[MReyn24050]

Time to call it a day with "Which Aerodrome" I believe. Many thanks for some interesting contributions. Cheerio.

Why? I am sure you have plenty more to input, your knowledge of the world's aerodrome is something to be admired and I for one will miss it.
Mel

[bigjok]

Sorry. No pictures. It's open house.

[norwich]

It's been over two hours so could this be obscure enough ? I was 16 years old when this photo was taken (but not there) Keith

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii58/keithnewsome/where5.jpg

[Tiger_mate]

Johnston Atoll, 1964, with a C-54 departing in the background. :E

:ok: Sabredog

[norwich]

Wow Tiger Mate ! yes yes yes You need another one of these :ok:
Feeling humble now ! eagerly await your challenge. Keith.

[Tiger_mate]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3230/2465646996_55c428f3d8_o.jpg
There has been a lot of recent development at this location. The (recent) photo below is the same airport although it may appear differant.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3083/2464889841_4d7ae97faa_o.jpg
Northern Hemisphere

[LFT]

Azores possibly?

[Tiger_mate]

Good attempt, and similar in many ways. Sadly you need another 5 hours flight time to get to this destination.

[twochai]

Hmmm...

5 hours further than the Azores in a 744, or 2 hours if you were lucky enough to be on Concorde (or 15+ hours if you were unlucky enough to be in a pigboat!):


Grantley Adams International Airport, Barbados! :cool:

[Tiger_mate]

It is indeed: Well done

twochai: "You have control"

[twochai]

Sorry; my image posting skills are deficient (again).

Open house, until I figure out how to correct the errors of my ways.

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk89/twochai/scan0010.jpg?t=1209992998

[MReyn24050]

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk89/twochai/scan0010.jpg?t=1209992998

[twochai]

Thanks, MReyn.

This will be the last obscurity from my files (I think).

[pigboat]

Yellowknife?

[twochai]

Definitely not Yellowknife, but less than a day's ride in a Pigboat.

[pigboat]

Gotta be someplace in the Arctic. Resolute?

I'm racking my brains to try and remember where Survair operated that Mosquito. :p

[twochai]

Not Resolute, but it is north of 60. Pacific Western was the major operator into this airport, if that's helpful.

By the way, the operator of the Mossies (B.Mk 35's for those interested in such things) was Spartan Air Services, not Survair. The photo was taken in 1963, the final year of the six year, high level (30k'+) photogrammetry contract of the Canadian Arctic. The guys were waiting for weather to clean up the last of the missing lines.

[India Four Two]

Whitehorse, YT?

[twochai]

Good thinking, but not Whitehorse; the terrain is not close enough.

[evansb]

Norman Wells ?

[India Four Two]

Bri,
I had wondered about Norman Wells, but I don't think PWA would have been classified as a "major operator" at that airport.

twochai,
How about Inuvik? Although in this case, the terrain looks too far away.

[twochai]

Brian is right on, it is Norman Wells.

Unless my memory cells are fading, PW was operating DC-6's, later 737-200 combis equipped with gravel kits, on the sched from Edmonton up the Mackenzie valley route to Inuvik during this period. CP did the Edmonton-Fort St John-Whitehorse-Mayo services with DC-6's and DC-3's.

By the way, as some will know already, the fate of the Calgary Air Museum's Mosquito (CF-HMS, mate to this aircraft CH-HMQ) is the subject of serious debate at the moment. Apparently they have tentatively agreed to sell the components in the US for something in excess of $1 million.

Hopefully the citizens of Calgary will recognize the contribution the Mossie made to Canada (1,000+ built by DHC, flown by thousands of Canadians with distinction in WWII). Of course, the mapping of the Arctic laid the foundation for the Calgary oil industry's current focus on the arctic islands and new sources of oil.

Over to you EvansB!

[evansb]

Thanks twochai. Here is the next aerodrome:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WAD080505.jpg

[twochai]

Royal Cambodian Air Force. With a tower as tall and substantial as that one, must be Phnom Penh?

[evansb]

Yes, it is Pochentong Airport, Phnom Penh. :ok: You have control.

[twochai]

I've had more control than is healthy this week, its time for others:

OPEN HOUSE!

[Warmtoast]

How about this?

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r231/thawes/1956-B-Approach.jpg

[JAR]

Middle Wallop

[Warmtoast]

Not Middle Wallop

[ARCHIE1]

Gloucester Staverton

(actually RAF Staverton when the photo was taken I think)