Which Aerodrome?

[MReyn24050]

Thanks Tiger_mate as you say there were many clues in your later photograph such as the Aerotaxi's AN2s together with flag aft of the cockpit window. This one I am sure will be easier.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Airport/Airportquiz001.jpg
Mel

[MReyn24050]

No takers? This 1930s airport used to be the main airport for the City it supports. Today it is still in use but for General Aviation.
Mel

[Tiger_mate]

FINLAND > Helsinki > Malmi
http://www.wmf.org/resources/photogallery/images/finland_helsinki_malmi_airport.jpg

>>>>> OPEN HOUSE <<<<<

[MReyn24050]

That is the one.:):ok:

[MancRed]

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa77/jarvis769169/99.jpg

[Tiger_mate]

Too small, cannot even tell which side of the road the cars are driving!"

[Speedpig]

Is it normally open house after 20 mins?

[Tiger_mate]

It was Open House at 1833

>>>>> OPEN HOUSE <<<<<
was the clue

[Speedpig]

Tsk.. silly me. Missed that:hmm:

[MancRed]

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa77/jarvis769169/toosmalleh.jpg

Here is one of the last aircraft to land there and the last one to take off....1997

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa77/jarvis769169/lastplane_97.jpg

[MReyn24050]

The former Tew-Mac Airport, Tewksbury,Massachusetts, USA I believe.
Mel

[MancRed]

Quite right over to you mel

[MReyn24050]

Thanks Jarvis
I am sure this next one will cause no problems, this airfield played a part in the UK's Aviation Heritage.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Airport/Airportquiz007.jpg

[MReyn24050]

This airfield was in the UK.

[Phileas Fogg]

Brooklands?

[MReyn24050]

Not Brooklands, wrong end of the country.
Mel

[Phileas Fogg]

Now you refer to it as being in UK then you mention 'country', the singular of.
UK is 3 and a bit countries, might one presume that 'country' refers to England? :)

[Phileas Fogg]

Brough it is then

[Phileas Fogg]

P.S. I don't know how to attach a pic on here, any advice appreciated.

[ZH875]

P.S. I don't know how to attach a pic on here, any advice appreciated.

Have a look Here (http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=203154)

[MReyn24050]

Your deduction was correct. It was a photograph of Brough.:ok::D
You have control.
Mel

[dash7fan]

Hi, my first message so please don`t shoot me!

The airport at #209 is the Vienna International Airport in the early sixties. Linz Airport was not yet ready for the Saab Jets at this time.

[MReyn24050]

If you check Post #216 I suggested that the airport shown at Post # 209 was Linz-Hörsching which was a Civil/Military airfield which had existed since 1939. It is agreed that Linz (Blue Danube air haven) was not opened until 1955 however officially, it existed since 1939 at the location of Hörsching.
Mel

[MReyn24050]

To keep the thread going here I am sure is an esy one.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Airport/Airportquiz009.jpg
mel

[seacue]

Perhaps the picture is of Nice - Cote d'Azure.

I go away for four days and the thread nearly dies. Shame!

[MReyn24050]

Not Nice - Cote d'Azure I am afraid seacue.Unfortunately the quality of the photograph is not the best.
Mel

[forget]

Try it in colour ;)

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b270/cumpas/kt05.jpg

[FL575]

Could it be Kai Tak?

[MReyn24050]

FL575. Not only could it be Kai Tak! It was Kai Tak in the early 1960s.
You have control
Mel

[MancRed]

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa77/jarvis769169/2.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa77/jarvis769169/3.jpg

[MReyn24050]

BEA aircraft, stab in the dark Jersey?
Mel

[MancRed]

No not JERSEY

[G-ARZG]

Birmingham-Elmdon?

[MancRed]

Birmingham-Elmdon?
here is a another pic
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa77/jarvis769169/1.jpg


G-ARZG spot on you have control
jarvis

[G-ARZG]

Sorry to 'break the chain' but no pic to
post at present - the floor is open....

[MancRed]

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa77/jarvis769169/airportquiz.jpg

[PaperTiger]

here is a another picWhere ? I see a "closed runway" sign - big red X but nothing else :confused:

[MancRed]

you seeing the same pic as me???????
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa77/jarvis769169/1.jpg

[MancRed]

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa77/jarvis769169/airportquiz.jpg

[PaperTiger]

you seeing the same pic as me???????I can see the latest one (Ellington, Texas ?), but all the BHX ones are X-ed out :confused:

[con-pilot]

I can see the latest one (Ellington, Texas ?),

Nope, no mountains around Houston. Looks familiar but I just can't place it. All the other pictures are x out.

[MancRed]

Sorry about that guys not sure what thats all about:confused:

Ellington, Texas ?

Too far north guys

[PPRuNe Radar]

Panama City ??

[MancRed]

Panama City ??

which one Panama City, FL....still too north

Panama City, Panama........too far south...
another pic....
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa77/jarvis769169/airportquiz1.jpg

[evansb]

San Jose, Costa Rica.

[MancRed]

Quite right over to you evansb
J

[evansb]

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

[The SSK]

Seaside and clapped-out freighters...

Ostend?

[seacue]

Certainly matches the image on Google Earth.

[PaperTiger]

San Jose, Costa Rica.But wot's a Southwest 737 doing in Costa Rica ? Outsourced mtx, I suspect.

[evansb]

SSK is correct.:ok: It is Oostende, (EBOS), Belgium.
You have control.

[The SSK]

Still on the 'seaside' theme:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d43/TheSSK/AeroPic1.jpg

[PaperTiger]

No takers at all ?

I haven't the faintest idea, but I'll say Sandown.

[The SSK]

Hmm, here's a clue, or maybe not..
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d43/TheSSK/AeroPic2.jpg

[evansb]

Southend (EGMC) by-the-sea?

[The SSK]

Might another piccie provide more clues?
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d43/TheSSK/AeroPic3.jpg
(or more red herrings?)

[barry lloyd]

Lydd (Ferryfield)? EGMD/LYX

[The SSK]

I keep trying to be helpful
Maybe this one will clinch it
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d43/TheSSK/AeroPic4.jpg

[Tiger_mate]

Le Touquet / France

I will post another later this evening

[PaperTiger]

Le Touquet (LFAT) ?

(Argh, missed it by that much.)

[Tiger_mate]

Next: Northern hemisphere
http://www.artistic.flyer.co.uk/onowhatnow.jpg
Its a runway sweeper on the runway

[NATOPotato]

:confused: Is it Ternhill?

[MReyn24050]

I would say you are spot on there.

[Tiger_mate]

So would I, in fact:
NATOpotato has the lead:D

[NATOPotato]

Oops, looks like I was right. Please give me a few minutes to find a piccy and a few hours to work out how to post it and I will have something. The clue was the name. Tiger, Tiger, Tiger - rah rah rah - had to be something to do with Brit-mil rotary.

[Tiger_mate]

I might have been:

Lightning
Phantom
Hawk

But then again, jets are for kids!

The clue was in the non standard markings on every runway, and the 2 mounds on the right side where sloping ground landings are practiced.

[NATOPotato]

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x260/NATOPotato_2007/WhichAirfield.jpg
Lets see if this works. This airfield is a tad off the beaten path, but certain folk will know it well.

Tigermate, sorry for the mis-ident, I automatically assumed 230 Sqn Pumas, not plank-wing. I must try harder.

NATO Potato

[Speedpig]

LUKLA?
That place in the Himalayas

[NATOPotato]

No, but correct hemisphere and region

[Tiger_mate]

NATOPotato said:

I automatically assumed 230 Sqn Pumas

You were not wrong

[evansb]

Konduz Airport (OAUZ), northern Afghanistan?

[NATOPotato]

Yes, that was quick. Over to you.

NATO Potato

[evansb]

Thanks NP, here is the next aerodrome: http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/3319.jpg

[The SSK]

Anchorage?

[evansb]

SSK is correct.:ok: Well done. You have control.

[barry lloyd]

By the way, is the huge bear (which was allgedly shot within the airport boundary), still there - in the terminal building I mean!

[evansb]

A large stuffed polar bear is still behind a glass display case at PANC, however polar bears do not inhabit the south coast of Alaska. Polar bears are found in the circumpolar arctic ice pack regions, well north of Anchorage.

[barry lloyd]

OK thanks. The last time I passed through PANC was about the time that photo was taken, and memory fades! I recalled it is being a brown bear, but perhaps its fur was getting a bit dirty!

[evansb]

If someone would like to post a photo of an aerodrome, now would be a good time.:)

[Tiger_mate]

http://www.artistic.flyer.co.uk/B747clue.jpg
I am a Boeing 747, and nobody loves me anymore. Where am I?
http://www.artistic.flyer.co.uk/B747clue2.jpg

[Talkdownman]

Prestwick?
It looks like Dundonald Hill in the background.........

[Squadgy]

Prestwick..............................

[The SSK]

Sorry for leaving high and dry, thanks for filling my slot.

The most unloved 747 was the one that was blown up at Bruntingthorpe but I'm sure that's not the answer.

[Tiger_mate]

Talkdown man has it. It is Prestwick with HMS Gannet visble in the background. It is the opposite side from the air terminal. I think that the 747 (freighter) had something the do with Polar Air, but I cannot confirm that as there are no visible markings. It has been there for years.

The Bruntingthorpe aeroplane probably served Aviation at large better than most despite its violent end. The Car Park was included as a bit of a Red Herring and I expected at least one 'Dunsfold' but it was not to be.

To those that have done well: WELL DONE:D

[Talkdownman]

I had inserted a question mark so give it to Squadgy. Plus I don't know how to upload pictures! But I looked at that skyline from the tower many-a-time mid-sixties.
Go ahead Squadgy.

[Squadgy]

Cheers Talkdownman - I recognised the blue buildings of Prestwick.
Here's the next one:
http://www.egcb.flyer.co.uk/egaa.JPG

[Talkdownman]

Manchester. 06R?

[Squadgy]

Yes, that's right. Just remembered I used the same photo in another forum a while back :hmm:

Over to you again TDM

[Talkdownman]

I can't do images. Throw it open.

[D120A]

Here's something slightly different, just a hint of airfield! Two clues: it was in southern England and, as you will gather from the past tense, it no longer exists. Identifying the aircraft might give a clue to a 1950s holidaymaker who enjoyed spotting aeroplanes...

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x118/D120A/Airfield1953.jpg

[Squadgy]

Hamble........

[D120A]

No, not Hamble. The aeroplane, anyone?

[Dick Whittingham]

Looks like a Miles U/c. Shoreham?

Dick W

[Squadgy]

I'd say it's a Chipmunk.

Can't be Shoreham as that's still an airfield.

Tangmere maybe, but control tower doesn't look right.

[sabredog]

Ramsgate Airport,Kent.
Sabredog

[Talkdownman]

Messenger at Lympne.

[D120A]

Well done, Sabredog, Ramsgate it was, on 4th August 1953. That's the old water tower in the corner, which was this grass airfield's well known characteristic.

And the aircraft was a Miles Messenger (well done the others), G-AHZS of Air Kruise, in which I had just completed my first flight. I cropped the picture to avoid an embarrasing public airing of short trousers and knobbly knees.

Over to you, Sabredog.

Graham P.

[sabredog]

D120A.
Thank you. Many happy hours spent at the said airport with it's Art Deco terminal, also home to the 438 (Thanet) Sqdn A.T.C.
Quite beyond me to post a picture I am afraid, so it is open house.
Sabredog

[evansb]

Awaiting the arrival of jetliners!

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/Wichita1954.jpg

[ICT_SLB]

CYMX - Montreal Mirabel. If I'm right, it's open house as (a) I haven't any digital pix to post and (b) I'm off to Mirabel's predecessor & successor, CYUL.

[evansb]

ICT _CLB, Sorry man, not Mirabel, (CYMX). Bon-voyage departe Dorval!

[Out Of Trim]

Wichita Mid-Continent Airport

[MancRed]

Wichita Municipal Airport.........
Renamed Wichita Mid-Continent Airport in 1973...?


sorry out of trim didn't see you post...

[evansb]

Out Of Trim is correct.:ok: It is Wichita, Kansas, taken in 1954. You have control.

[evansb]

I don't think Out Of Trim is going to post a photo. If Jarvis has an aerodrome photo to post, it would be appreciated.:)

[evansb]

Here is the next aerodrome:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/3341.jpg

[ZeBedie]

Zurich Kloten?

[ZeBedie]

No, that was a stupid answer - I can't see any hills!

[MancRed]

Idlewild Airport....from the observation deck.......
I am that sure will post another in a mo
jarvis

[MancRed]

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa77/jarvis769169/area.jpg

[evansb]

Jarvis is correct.:ok: It was the New York International Airport at Idlewild, now J.F.K. Well done.

[Mr_Grubby]

jarvis.
Saudi, somewhere, Dharran ?

Clint.

[Tiger_mate]

The terrain looks like Jordan, and they have had a King or 2 over the years.

King Faisal Airbase
King Hussein Airbase
King Abdullah Airbase

[MancRed]

Saudi is too far east......Jordan is still too east but close.....

[Tiger_mate]

Sharm-El-Sheikh
http://www.romanvirdi.com/sharm/P3144515.jpg
EGYPT

[MancRed]

Spot on......Tiger_mate

[Tiger_mate]

Cheers

In the words of Arnie: I`ll be back........with a new one this evening.

If anybody who has not had a go, and has one ready; please feel free.

[ThreadBaron]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a113/threadbaron/WhichAerodrome.jpg
Cropped to remove a giveaway vertical stab livery.

[Tiger_mate]

Gut feeling says South Africa or Germany (Lufthansa).

So i`ll try Dusseldorf / Germany first

[ThreadBaron]

No mate! Not Dusseldorf.

[Tiger_mate]

It is the South African DC4

Johanesburg (Sp?)

[PaperTiger]

Salisbury, Rhodesia ?

(Harare, Zimbabwe for the sensitive).

[ThreadBaron]

Sensitive? Not many round here!

Tiger, tiger, you're burning bright. You have control!

[PaperTiger]

Rather high...
http://www3.telus.net/public/bkm600/Airportview.jpg
So as a clue, 'tis on an island...

[Tiger_mate]

So as a clue, 'tis on an island...
Its also a bit presumptious when I won the last one. But hey-ho, it will do.

[PaperTiger]

Its also a bit presumptious when I won the last one.Did not :p . Too many Tigers !

[Tiger_mate]

Touch'e: Apologies

[evansb]

Is the aerodrome located near the Caribbean?

[PaperTiger]

Is the aerodrome located near the Caribbean?
Very near, you might say.

A little bit closer...

http://www3.telus.net/public/bkm600/airport2.jpg

[con-pilot]

Freeport, Nassau Bahamas Island. ?

[PaperTiger]

Not Freeport.

[evansb]

Lynden Pindling International Airport, New Providence, Nassau, Bahamas

[con-pilot]

Sigh, okay, let me try a few more brain cells, I know I've flown in and out of that place. I know I'm real close.


(And flown over it a lot more.)


Edited to add, that's the place, Evan's got it.

[PaperTiger]

Indeed he has. You have control b.

And flown over it a lot moreYes, indelibly etched. Nice sight after all that ocean - phew ;)

[evansb]

Thanks PaperTiger, I truly enjoyed that challenge. Here is the next aerodrome:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/AirfieldView.jpg

[PaperTiger]

:hmm: Not too far from the last one by the look of it.

[Tiger_mate]

Frankfurt Rhein-Main?

Based upon a Pan Am DC4 and a neat line up of USAF? C54 in the background. Lack of airport detail means that it could be anywhere.

[PaperTiger]

I thought they were all PAA planes in the photo. MAC scheme was similar though.

[seacue]

Pardon me, but Nassau and the Bahamas are a significant distance from the Caribbean.......

[evansb]

Yes, seacue, the geographic placement has been noted.
I sent PaperTiger a PM regarding just that.

Sorry, Tiger_Mate, the aerodrome is not in Germany.

[PaperTiger]

Yes, seacue, the geographic placement has been noted.
Your dissent (both of you) has been forwarded to the appropriate authorities:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bf.html

I think it's the semantic difference between the Caribbean as a region and the actual Caribbean Sea, which as you rightly say ends at the South coast of Hispaniola. Not that 800 miles or so is really that far away, global-wise. :zzz:

[Tiger_mate]

Perhaps the DC4 under tow is brand new. Long beach California or Oklahoma, both of which had Douglas factories?

[PaperTiger]

Doesn't explain the Convairs though.

[Tiger_mate]

I guess not and they are PanAm also:
http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/scripophily_1961_39659581

How many maintenance bases, and where for Pan Am

[evansb]

It is not in Long Beach, or Oklahoma.

[Tiger_mate]

It is Miami

Got there in the end!!

[evansb]

Tiger_Mate is correct.:ok: It is Miami. One of the aircraft may be a PanAgra DC-6. You have control.

[Tiger_mate]

This place is not always a sleepy hollow, in fact it has a healthy resident GA population, but they were all tucked up in bed on this winters morning.
http://www.artistic.flyer.co.uk/towerpic.jpg
Northern hemisphere
http://www.artistic.flyer.co.uk/googleearth.jpg
ATC tower is centre right

[Squadgy]

Fairly regular visitor to that one - Sleap.

If I'm right I'll throw it open as not near a PC tomorrow....

[Tiger_mate]

The ex-wartime airfield at Sleap / Shropshire / UK it is. Many of the wartime dispersal circles still exist beneath an inch of earth/grass but can be seen with ease when in the rotary circuit.

Well done Squadgy:ok:

OPEN HOUSE Ladies & gents

[seacue]

I fear this will be a hard one. More hints will follow:
http://users.erols.com/rcarpen/airp2.jpg
http://users.erols.com/rcarpen/airp3.jpg
Hint #1: This field is home to a feeder airline with 50 to 100 aircraft.
Hint #2: FedEx flies to this airport.
Hint #3: The nearest city is a bit over half the size of its namesake in Wiltshire.

[Tiger_mate]

Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport
Salisbury, Maryland, USA

>>>>>OPEN HOUSE<<<<<

[seacue]

Tiger Mate, you got it. I guess my latest hint made it too easy.

They got a grant to repave the main runway this summer. Too many weeds growing through the cracks.

I don't have any other pictures right now.

[ThreadBaron]

Just to fill the gap ..... but easy, I'm sure.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a113/threadbaron/023219_aa90a4e5.jpg

[Talkdownman]

Aberdeen Dyce with the 'Ziggurat' tower.

[ThreadBaron]

Told you it was easy. Hot it up Talkdown!

[Talkdownman]

Throw it open to hot it up, please.
I'm off air touring for a few days (Look out Squadgy.....)to get some
pictures..........then maybe I'll learn how to load them........





Image posting:
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=203481

[seacue]

Into the breach........
http://users.erols.com/rcarpen/airp93.jpg

[ThreadBaron]

That's definitely hotted-up!

Vertical sun .... are we equatorial? The terminal building is ringing a bell, but not loud enough to wake the remembery!:(

[seacue]

Tropical, not equatorial.
This terminal is too new to be nostalgic and thus probably not appropriate. The field has been there for long enough to excite nostalgia.
http://users.erols.com/rcarpen/airp94.jpg
Western hemisphere, northern hemisphere, bien sur.

[seacue]

It's on an Eastern Caribbean Island. The real Caribbean.

[IcePaq]

Andros Island?

If so.............is the floorless station wagon taxi still in service there?

The one with a child riding mechanic who fills the radiator every few miles?

[seacue]

Not Andros - which I contend is not really in the Caribbean

Farther south.

[ThreadBaron]

Guadeloupe. Aeroport de Pointe à Pitre?

[seacue]

The Baron is correct! PTP / TFFR Pole Caraibes airport Guadeloupe. Sorry I didn't have a picture of the old terminal which was pretty nondescript.
ThreadBaron has control.

[ThreadBaron]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a113/threadbaron/Aerod.jpg

I left a couple of hints to start you mental processes.

[Tiger_mate]

McCoy AFB
http://www.cfhf.net/images/mccoy1.jpg
Or 'Orlando International!'

[ThreadBaron]

Two up and both down in one!:* Must try harder next time.

[Tiger_mate]

Next: Northern hemisphere
http://www.artistic.flyer.co.uk/Italy198023.jpg
circa 1980

[Dan Winterland]

Amsterdam Sciphol.

[Tiger_mate]

Amsterdam Schiphol Airport it is:

The Italian Air Force DC9 was a complete red herring, as was the file name.

Dan Winterland has control :D

[Dan Winterland]

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb73/dbchippy/Ludlow87-172.jpg

Not much of the airfield visible, but a real big clue!

[Tiger_mate]

Ascension Island?

..if not, a view of Gib that I am not familiar with

[PPRuNe Pop]

I go for that too Dan. Maybe because I THINK I see a Victor with 'drag device.'

[Dan Winterland]

Not ASI or GIB, Victors didn't go to GIB - the runway was too short!

It was a regular haunt for the Victor, subsequently re-named after a man who was murdered shortly after landing here! Anyone who has flown into this airport will recognise the mountain, it's about the only thing you see from the terminal.

[Snifferdog]

Jumping in here...is it Cape Town ??

[sabredog]

Rarotonga ,Cook Islands

[ThreadBaron]

Two tigers ... and now two dogs! What's goin on?

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a113/threadbaron/Raratonga.jpg
Seems like a good shout, sabre, but who was Mr Raratonga!:}

[sabredog]

Raraotonga is situated in the Cook Island and was discovered by Captaiin Cook. He was later murdered in Hawai,
Sabredog refers to the F-86D. No canine connection.

[Saab Dastard]

Looks Mediterranean to me - Suda on Crete?

SD

[Phileas Fogg]

Somewhere in Turkey and something to do with the Gulf?

[Dan Winterland]

Saab and Phileas are getting warmer. The sea behind me as I took the picure was the Med.

Another big clue was 'murder'!

[Dan Winterland]

Just done a Wikipaedia check. It's actually named after two murdered people!

[BEagle]

Here's another clue. LCN has two very different meanings at this airport! Although strictly speaking, in one of the meanings the 'L' is superfluous....

Been there a few times, haven't we Dan!

[Tiger_mate]

Palermo International Airport (IATA: PMO, ICAO: LICJ), also known as Falcone-Borsellino Airport and Punta Raisi Airport

[Dan Winterland]

Correct.

Just a few time BEagle! The Azzolini Beach Hotel, great pizzas, horrible red wine headaches. All fond memories.

Was Punte Raisi airport, renamed Falcone - Borsellino airport after the two judges who were murdered by the Mafia within a month of each other while driving from the airport to Palermo city. They got Falcone with a bomb which left a crater that cut off all six lanes of the Autostrada. The new terminal took 12 years to complete, it was left half done for 10 years as the Mafia had bled the money away in extorsion.

Mr TM, you have the con. But no obscure heli landing sites! :cool:

[Tiger_mate]

No obscure heli landing sites! Would I do that to you?
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e143/scalesoarer/IMGP9525.jpg
http://www.artistic.flyer.co.uk/alps.jpg

[Dan Winterland]

I can see two heli pads!

[Tiger_mate]

I can see two heli pads!
You can, but there was 3 helicopters; so the one above had to make do with unmarked tarmac.
http://www.artistic.flyer.co.uk/approach.jpg

ATC do not like you to make a straight in approach at this airfield.

[Background Noise]

Is that Oban?

[Tiger_mate]

Is that Oban?
It is Oban / Scotland :ok:
Background Noise; you have control :D

The unconventional approach is due to the caravan park short finals that can be seen in the middle picture. Noise and the complaints that accompany noise being the problem.

[Background Noise]

Surprisingly don't have that many of my own photos but here's one:
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a297/stickshaker/ap1.jpg

[Dan Winterland]

Old Buckenham.

[Background Noise]

'fraid not - right part of the country though.

[Tiger_mate]

Seething?

and is it from a Cub?

[Background Noise]

No and Yes - I wondered about a double 'what....' entry!

[Tiger_mate]

The water tower looks like a landmark near Wyton in Cambridgeshire, but I guess the whole of East Anglia could be covered in such items.

[Background Noise]

South of Wyton

[Saab Dastard]

Bourn

SD

[ThreadBaron]

If it had been Seething you would have seen the see thing!! *Observatory*.

[Background Noise]

Bourn it is - SD has it. Was that too much of a clue (not suggesting SD didn't know it anyway) - how long do we string it out usually?

[Saab Dastard]

No, the only clue I needed was that it is in the UK (as I thought), then it was a simple matter to look up Pooleys... ;)

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d145/Saab-Dastard/terminals/1.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d145/Saab-Dastard/terminals/2.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d145/Saab-Dastard/terminals/3.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d145/Saab-Dastard/terminals/4.jpg

NB - the photos are arranged in chronological order.

SD

[aviate1138]

Somewhere in Slovakia?
Aviate 1138

[Saab Dastard]

Negative, aviate1138.

SD

[Tiger_mate]

Nicosia International Airport


>>>> OPEN HOUSE <<<<

[evansb]

Here is the next mystery aerodrome:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/3377450.jpg

[seacue]

I don't have any idea what the current challenge aerodrome is....
but it was evansb who suggested this thread. I just acted on his suggestion.

seacue

[asw28-866]

RAF Valley in welsh Wales?

'866'

[Tiger_mate]

EvansB challenge.

Military, probably US Military for the only UK airfield with that much concrete was RAF (USAFE) Burtonwood which this is not. Therefore whilst possibly in Germany is more likely to be mainland US.

Anywhere close?

[seacue]

The village in the distance and the terrain just don't look like the USA to me ... but I have been wrong before (gasp!).

[evansb]

The photo was taken during construction of the field in W.W.II. The airfield handles mostly civilian traffic now. Sorry, it is not in Wales, Germany, nor the U.S.A. It is located in the northern hemisphere, however.

[ZH875]

How close to Keflavik is it?

[ThreadBaron]

As close as Reykjavik?

[evansb]

ZH875, about 50km northeast.

[evansb]

ThreadBaron, it is Reykjavik. :ok: You have control.

[ThreadBaron]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a113/threadbaron/AeroD2.jpg
Deduction more than recognition required here. More to follow, if necessary. Never got past round one previously!:hmm:

[Tiger_mate]

There are military people who would not thank you for this one. I shall abstain, and suggest that 21st Century Ops not be used.

[ThreadBaron]

Tigermate, apologies!

Same place different time. Nostalgia arises from the dearth of the aircraft depicted.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a113/threadbaron/Aerod1.jpg

[Dan Winterland]

Muscat, Seeb. Not too military, although I have flown both military and civil aircraft into there. (Assuming I'm correct!)

[ThreadBaron]

Indeed you are, Dan. You have control.

Nimrods currently there for sorties to Afghanistan, supported by a KC 135.

[Dan Winterland]

Not much of a Beadwindow as the Military ramp can be seen from the terminal.

Here's my entry. If you think it looks familiar, you could be correct. It too was taken from a Cub!

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb73/dbchippy/zzzz.jpg

It's just gone past midnight where I am, I'm off to bed!!!!!

I'll check the answers in about 8 hours.

[Dan Winterland]

Come on chaps - it's not actually that difficult and I've given you a clue already. It's not too far away from the other 'which airfield' photo taken from a Cub. And if you were to file a flight plan to this airfield, as it doesn't have an ICAO identifier, what you have to write in the destination block would be very appropriate!

PS - looking through Pooleys may not help as this photo was taken about 20 years ago and some concrete had been removed since. And there's another hangar now.

[Cubs2jets]

Must be the Bourn(e) Alternative? :rolleyes:

[jabberwok]

as it doesn't have an ICAO identifier, what you have to write in the destination block would be very appropriate!

Yes, very good. I like it..

I won't answer because I don't have a picture to post..

[Background Noise]

Little Snoring

[Dan Winterland]

Correct!

I once flew from Little Snoring to Sleap, and then back again. Made for a great logbook entry!

For those who don't know, if your departure or destination don't have an ICAO, you put ZZZZ in the box on the flight plan, then mention the airfield name in the addional imformation section.

I'm going back to sleap now. Background Noise, you have control.

[Background Noise]

Ok - wrong time of year I guess:
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a297/stickshaker/ap2a.jpg

[asw28-866]

Courchevel?

'866'

[Background Noise]

Spot on - Courcheval is correct. Choice of 2 pics, this one in season. Over to you.
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a297/stickshaker/ap2.jpg

[asw28-866]

Here is the next Which Aerodrome...

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i155/capthowie_photos/aerodrome0608070001.jpg

I shall be working for the next several hours, so if anyone is 100% please carry on without me.

Cheers

'866'

[Snifferdog]

Redhill perchance?

[Tiger_mate]

RAF Manston from a Cadet TXIII

[MReyn24050]

Tiger_mate scores again. I see from Google Earth a few minor changes have taken place between photographs.

[Tiger_mate]

>>>>> Open House <<<<<

[Background Noise]

OK then - this one is slightly different:
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a297/stickshaker/S6000128.jpg

[Flap40]

Paul Ricard circuit and Le Castellet
Next one...
http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~jodel/photos/2007_04070046%20copy.jpg

[Saab Dastard]

Belfast Aldergrove?

SD

[Flap40]

Not Belfast.

It was Naval and is now closed.

[Background Noise]

Is that Valkenberg in Holland?

[A-FLOOR]

Background noise: Correct.

[Flap40]

As A-Floor said, it's Valkenberg. It used to have P-3's but has now closed. I'm told the locals have started a campaign to reopen it to avoid the enevitable new housing estate.
Ryanair to Amsterdam(Leiden) anyone!:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

[Background Noise]

Fortunately for me I've landed there. This is the last one I can lay my hands on right now:
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a297/stickshaker/crop.jpg

[Flap40]

...and I've landed at this one:ok:

[Background Noise]

I guess a lot of us have - its cropped to stop it being ridiculously easy but probably still pretty well known.

[Saab Dastard]

I landed here too - on my QXC.

It was 04 / 22 with 14 / 32 then. They've even got an ILS now!

SD

[evansb]

It would seem we are in need of a review of the fundamentals of posting a 'Challenge' photo. Many folks are willing to identify the aerodrome, but they won't stick around to post a challenge, perhaps because they are reluctant to monitor the replies. A gentle reminder to all, please try to post an older photo of an aerodrome that is still extant. Remember, this is 'Aviation History and Nostalgia'.
..and remember, if you think you have a correct answer, have a photo ready to post. Check this forum to learn how to post photos. Regards, from a guy who has done plenty..

[seacue]

Why art thou folkes being so coy about this aerodrome?

I have a couple of old photos to post if you have none.

Now off to the county dump / tip. Will return within two hours.

seacue

[Flap40]

Okay Seacue.... It's Lydd. You have the floor.

[seacue]

Next challenge. Today this is a very major commercial airport.
Pardons for being 20 minutes late from my estimated two-hour excursion.
http://users.erols.com/rcarpen/airp589.jpg
http://users.erols.com/rcarpen/airp592.jpg

[seacue]

First hint:

There is a major motorway alongside the railway line from the center left to upper right. It lies between the railway and the hangars which are on the aerodrome - yet I can't find the hangars in the present Google Earth image. The hangars were still there when I drove past maybe 20 years ago.

[Sounds a little like my instruction to "Turn left where the E J Korvetes store used to be".]