Which Aerodrome?

[dash7fan]

Thanks AAO

Should not last very long

http://www11.file-upload.net/05.01.09/f2bjgm.jpg

[Soddit]

Ljubljana,Slovenia ( LJLJ) ( LJU)

[dash7fan]

Yes Soddit, correct, over to You

[Soddit]

Thank you. Here is the next challenge - this was taken two years ago. The airfield in question remains active.

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg307/Soddit_photos/APT2-1.jpg

[mr ripley]

Sorry haven't got a clue

Looks Mediterranean though.

[Soddit]

I fear not Mediterranean. This one is substantially east of suez.Top tip :Good view of it from G214.

[Davidsoffice]

Somewhere like Kunming then?

[mr ripley]

My guess is Rahim Yar Khan airport

[Soddit]

Not Kunming. However Mr Ripley is very,very close - may I invite inspection of the position of the antennae on the subject airfield? 160 Sqdn passed through here ( briefly) in 1942.

[mr ripley]

Sukkur Airport then

[Soddit]

It is indeed Sukkur (OPSK).Congratulations Mr Ripley - the floor is yours. Check your PMs.

[mr ripley]

An easy one to start:
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f191/mjg66/someplace1.jpg

[Daveg4otu]

Just reading through the thread - a small correction to posts 3877(Chevron) and 3878 (Nacluv) about RAF Beaulieu...

That airfield was not known as East Boldre- not at any time ...East Boldre was a seperate aerodrome that existed much earlier (1910 to 1919) on the other side of the Lymington- Brockenhurst road.

The site of the East Boldre field was later (post WW2) used as a DZ by aircraft from Beaulieu.

Links below for East Boldre and Beaulieu airfields
EAST BOLDRE AIRFIELD (http://daveg4otu.tripod.com/airfields/ebd.html)


BEAULIEU AIRFIELD (http://daveg4otu.tripod.com/airfields/bea.html)


RAF Beaulieu was never called "Brockenhurst" other than by those who did not know it's proper name.

The small remaining patch of runway is used for model aircraft flying.

[ATMspecialist]

Looks like Fagernes/ENFG.

Open house if correct.

Cheers,

[mr ripley]

Its Fagernes in Norway.

[norwich]

Well as ATMspecialist has declaired 'open house if correct', thank you mr ripley, and as I havn't challenged you people for eons ! I will offer you this little one ????

Keith.

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii58/keithnewsome/where14.jpg

[Cubs2jets]

London Heathrow, original terminal?? :}

C2j

[norwich]

C2j, you are so almost correct ! but wrong airfield :rolleyes:
Ha ha
Keith.

[S'land]

Sibu?.............................

[norwich]

S'land, Yes ! well done, quicker than I thought, if you follow my thread !

Over to you ....

Keith.

[S'land]

Thanks Keith. I am afraid that it was no great knowledge on my part. I happened to be browsing another forum recently and saw a similar hut with the name Sibu showing. As I had never heard of it I had to look it up and the details just stuck in my mind.

Here is the next challenge.
http://i347.photobucket.com/albums/p456/Sundland/WA4.jpg?t=1231421747

[sycamore]

Same part of the world ?

[S'land]

Not really, some considerable distance South East.

[evansb]

Most difficult.

[S'land]

OK, a few clues.

1)Airfield was built in 1942 as part of a group of dispersal fields.
2)Started out by having a 4,500 foot gravel runway which was later bituminised.
3)The field is now a housing estate (hardly a unique feature I fear).

[mr ripley]

Looks like it must be in Australia or New Zealand then

[AfgAirOps]

Aitkenvale Weir, Queensland, Australia?

Rgds
AAO

[S'land]

Ii is indeed Aitkenvale Weir in Queensland. Opened in 1942 it was abandoned as a dispersal field in case of invasion by the Japanese it was abandoned after the war.

AAO has control.

[AfgAirOps]

Thanks.....

The next one;

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/RJPotts/somewhere2.jpg

Rgds
AAO

[AfgAirOps]

Time for a clue....

The area this airport is in was first settled by gold prospectors.

Rgds
AAO

[twochai]

Time for a clue....

In the Canadian Northwest, perhaps?

[AfgAirOps]

Nope, sorry.

Quite a long way South of the Canadian North-West.

Rgds
AAO

[India Four Two]

How about NSW?

[AfgAirOps]

Not as far South as that :eek:

Rgds
AAO

[AfgAirOps]

Another clue....

The province / state where this airport is located also houses the majority of the largest 'floodable region' in the world.

Rgds
AAO

[Bigt]

South America?

[mr ripley]

Ok how about Cuiabá

[Max Tow]

Yes, the logo on the pole looks very like the Ifraero symbol (Brazilian airports authority)....

[AfgAirOps]

mr ripley is close.

Rgds
AAO

[mr ripley]

SBAT
Aeroporto Internacional de Alta Floresta

[AfgAirOps]

SBAT
Aeroporto Internacional de Alta Floresta

Over to you!

Rgds
AAO

[mr ripley]

Ok next one:
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f191/mjg66/another.jpg

[AfgAirOps]

Norman Manley International, Kingston, Jamaica?

(Open-house if correct)

Rgds
AAO

[mr ripley]

Well done
Obviously too easy
I guess it's open house then

[seacue]

Try this easy one. I can't believe it hasn't been used alreay ... or has it? I thought I posted it before, but I don't find it in Mel's list.

Edited to substitute an easier picture of the same airfield.

http://users.erols.com/rcarpen/q19.jpg

[seacue]

Note the "easier" picture.

[KeMac]

It is easy, but I can't remember the blasted name and I have got to rush to work now. Can I have a half point for almost remembering the name :ok:

[mr ripley]

And can I get the other half point for guessing Grand Case?

[seacue]

Yes it is the airfield at Grand Case, St Martin. L'Esperance, SFG / TFFG.

This overview picture made it too easy.

mr ripley produced a close-enough answer and has control.

[mr ripley]

Next offering:
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f191/mjg66/aplace.jpg

[AfgAirOps]

A wild guess to get things started...

Bunia, DRC?

Rgds
AAO

[mr ripley]

Correct:
FZKA, Bunia, DR Congo

[AfgAirOps]

Oh, ok, thanks. That was just a lucky guess!

The next one;

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/RJPotts/anotherplace.jpg

Rgds
AAO

[mr ripley]

Wild guess
Homestead AFB

[AfgAirOps]

Not Homestead, sorry.

Move further South.

Rgds
AAO

[The Real Slim Shady]

NAS Jacksonville?

[Cubs2jets]

Slim,

I see your US geography is about as good as my European geography. :rolleyes: Jacksonville is NOT south of Homestead. :O

C2j

[AfgAirOps]

Not in the U.S....

Rgds
AAO

[The Real Slim Shady]

Cubs thanks.

In that case I'll have a stab at Nassau. May just be south of Homestead.

[AfgAirOps]

Not Nassau sorry.

If you left Nassau in aviate1138's (it was him wasn't it?) hypothetical aircraft from a few pages back with full tanks you would arrive at this airport with approx 1/3 fuel remaining.

Rgds
AAO

[AfgAirOps]

The city this airport serves is also a regionally important port in an extensive river network

Rgds
AAO

[KeMac]

Eduardo Gomes Int. Airport, Manaus

[AfgAirOps]

KeMac has control....

Rgds
AAO

[KeMac]

My apologies for the delay in response. I hate doing it but I have to declare open house.

[The Real Slim Shady]

OK an easy one to keep it going until someone comes up with something more interesting.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b197/av8tor100/P1000139.jpg

[The Real Slim Shady]

The view in the other direction

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b197/av8tor100/P1000138.jpg

[Davidsoffice]

Is it Perpignan?

[The Real Slim Shady]

Indeed. Perpignan Rivesaulte.

Over to you.

[daviator01]

Hello Pigboat
You obviously know this aircraft. Did you fly it ? I worked on it at Kenting 1980-1986. I hear its on its way back to the US from Lee-on-Solent. A fine aircraft!

[Davidsoffice]

Sorry, will have to declare Open House!

[The Real Slim Shady]

Another pot boiler

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b197/av8tor100/559.jpg

[paulc]

Daviator01,

starboard engine was run (with no problems) yesterday for the first time in 7 years when Chuck and crew brought her from Duxford.

[mr ripley]

Greenham Common?

(I'm also confused by some stray posts about Catalina?)

[The Real Slim Shady]

Not Greenham.

[aviate1138]

Could it be Honington? Or maybe Sylt?

[Background Noise]

RAF Germany?

[The Real Slim Shady]

Not any of those but it is RAF; the vehicle is a giveaway.

[sidtheesexist]

Long shot - RAF Coningsby?

[The Real Slim Shady]

Not Coningsby. Picture was taken in the late 80s.

Clue: if the main picture was taken looking say North and West ( which it wasn't that would be too much of clue) this picture is of the same place and would have been taken looking south and west at almost a 45 degree bisect.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b197/av8tor100/Bulldog1.jpg

[AfgAirOps]

RAF Cranwell?

Rgds
AAO

[Old Bald Pilot]

Vulcan OCU RAF Waddington

[chevvron]

I'll go for Abingdon

[The Real Slim Shady]

Not Cranwell, Waddington or Abingdon.

[AfgAirOps]

Church Fenton?

Rgds
AAO

[sidtheesexist]

Leuchars, though its already been shown...

[The Real Slim Shady]

No and No.

Clues: the date of the first photo. The 2nd photo.

[Fishtailed]

Late eighties, could be our friend XH558 at Farnborough?

[Corsairoz]

On reflection........... Finningley, now Robin Hood Airport, Doncaster.

There were Vulcans based there and keeping us awake when I visited as an ATC Cadet for a weeks camp, so many years ago.

[WebPilot]

Bruntingthorpe

[chevvron]

North south runway with Bulldogs = Benson

[WebPilot]

North south runway with Bulldogs = Benson

....or Colerne.....

[The Real Slim Shady]

Corsairoz has it.

The Vulcan pic was taken during the airshow in the late 80s before it was retired from service and the Bulldog photo was taken in 1989 when the runway was being resurfaced.

The ATC vehicle was typical of Training Command airfields.

[Corsairoz]

I remember 3 Vulcans taking off in quick succession while I was at Finningley I think in the Easter of 1969.....I can still EXACTLY remember that sound......and I also rememebr the Vulcan ALMOST getting it very wrong on a low swoop over the car park into Greenham Common IAT.

I need a few hours to hunt tomorrow morning.

[Corsairoz]

the ATC memories triggered my idea for Finningley. Here is the picture:

Easter 1969:

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u249/corsairoz/CCI00004.jpg

BUT.......and following the ATC theme...Where did I go the following year? ? ?

Easter 1970

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u249/corsairoz/CCI00002.jpg

Cheers
Corsairoz

[The Real Slim Shady]

Grimsby International, Binbrook.

[Corsairoz]

Not Binbrook.

[chevvron]

Wattisham then.

[Corsairoz]

Not Wattisham. And it was not a visiting Aircraft either, so no tricks.

[Captain Airclues]

RAF Middleton St George

[Corsairoz]

Not Middleton St George.

There was a whole line of them on the apron too...it was not a single aircraft....

[Mike Tee]

Leconfield !!

[KeMac]

Leuchars ?

[Corsairoz]

Not Leconfield, not Leuchars.

[WebPilot]

I recall seeing a line up of 145sq marked Lightnings on the line at Coltishall when I visited in 1970..

[Corsairoz]

Thats it !! RAF Coltishall. Closed at the end of last year when the Tornados decided to go elsewhere.

Webpilot has the ball :)

[Background Noise]

Closed at the end of last year when the Tornados decided to go elsewhereJaguars. Time flies - that must have been last year, last year?

[WebPilot]

I wonder if this isn't a bit too obscure, but anyway see what you make of it.http://www.takkatakka.co.uk/img003.jpg

[evansb]

Kemble aerodrome, Cotswolds, England?

[WebPilot]

Not Kemble

[Fitter2]

Sywell 1975?

[WebPilot]

Not Sywell either, but the year is about right, give or take.

[chevvron]

How about Booker sorry WAP?

[Captain Airclues]

Old Sarum?

[WebPilot]

Not Booker/WAP or Old Sarum either. Time for a clue maybe. Quite a small place, no military connections.

[D120A]

Little Snoring? He said, ex-military and wide awake!

[WebPilot]

Not Little Snoring either.

Here's another shot.http://www.takkatakka.co.uk/img004.jpg

Sorry for the quality. Instamatic on 126(?) film, taken by a young lad!

[chevvron]

Ramsgate or Ashford (Lympne)

[WebPilot]

Not Ashford or Ramsgate.

[Capot]

As a very long shot, because I don't recognise the hangar....but Shropshire Aero Club had Austers and a red 'n white Tripacer at one time.....Sleap?

[WebPilot]

Not Sleap. The hangar is distinctive. The aircraft on that day were a mix of visitors and based, typical of the place although that particular day there were more visitors than usual.

[AfgAirOps]

Portsmouth, UK?

Rgds
AAO

[WebPilot]

Not Portsmouth.

[evansb]

Barton, Manchester, England?

[WebPilot]

not barton.....

[G-ARZG]

Wild guess = Conington ?

[India Four Two]

Based on the Condor in the first photo, how about Wolverhampton?

[WebPilot]

Not Conington.....but getting warmer

[WebPilot]

Not Wolverhampton.

Rather than the aircraft...consider the terrain & land use beyond the airfield in the second shot.

Here's one more blurred shot - as the Pitts taxis out to the active. http://www.takkatakka.co.uk/img006.jpg

[norwich]

Fenland, Holbeach ?? Keith.

[WebPilot]

Norwich has it. Well done! Over to you.

Philip Meeson in the Pitts, September 1975.

[norwich]

Wow ! didn't expect that, thanks WebPilot, be back with a challenge very soon !

Keith.

[norwich]

Here we go with another of my "nano seconds" posts, you will see I have 'doctored' out certain parts of this easy photo ! but those who know will know ! over to you ?

Keith.

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii58/keithnewsome/where15.jpg

[sidtheesexist]

Redhill per chance?

[norwich]

Not Redhill, but good try. Keith.

[spook]

Try Heston?

[Corsairoz]

Looks to me a little bit like the layout of Bembridge. That could be the Solent over to Portsmouth on the horizon. Runway orientation is about right.....as are the taxiways, sort of.

[D120A]

Cowes West, pre-War. :eek:

Corsairoz, please look at your PMs.

[MReyn24050]

I have updated the Which Aerodrome list posted under the Sticky "What Cockpit and What Aerodrome latest Lists" today.

[WebPilot]

Could be White Waltham? Not sure it's prewar, with that Fordson aircrew bus in shot. T

[Cubs2jets]

Heathrow.

Early days before the second runway. And now they want to build a THIRD runway?!? :eek:

C2j

[norwich]

Well some very good attempts so far, but none correct yet ! with help from google earth I have measured the distance from each suggested airfield to the target ?
We have had Redhill, Heston, Bembridge, Cowes, White Waltham, Heathrow.
The distances from these to the target as the crow flies ..... (not in any order ??? )
40 miles. 88 miles. 34 miles. 26 miles. 87 miles. 23 miles. ???

Keith.

[KeMac]

Fair Oaks possibly

[norwich]

So Sorry KeMac ! a few miles out ? Keith.

[WebPilot]

Is it Dunsfold?

[norwich]

WebPilot, sorry not Dunsfold ! the photo was taken on 21.07.47, this is possibly of no help to anyone ??

Keith.

[Captain Airclues]

Panshanger?

[norwich]

JENKINS, It's not Booker ! It's a very small airfield, not too far from the largest city in the UK, I cycled there many times in the 60's ! It's not far from the place of my birth ? (not much help to anyone ? )

Keith.

[Phileas Fogg]

Woodley ... ?

[norwich]

Captain Airclues Has it ! Yes it is indeed Panshanger, photo taken from the front of Micheal Packham's supurb book which contains much well researched detail about this place !

Over to you CA.

Keith.

[Captain Airclues]

Thanks Keith,

OPEN HOUSE

Dave

[StbdD]

Definitely going to have to put the historian hats on for this one but it had a strong international connection.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e78/Evileye03/ppruneA.jpg

[bottom rung]

Looks to be a mid-west pre-ww2 training base.... how about Dodge City AAF?

[StbdD]

Good detective skills BR! Not Dodge City though.

[StbdD]

Time for a few clues it seems.

This Field has twice come to very vibrant life in time of war but languished in between and is now all but gone.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e78/Evileye03/pprunehintA2.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e78/Evileye03/pprunehintA1.jpg

[WebPilot]

Park Field AB, Memphis?

[StbdD]

The hangars and flightline certainly look very similar but no, not Park Field.

Obviously built in the same era, probably from the same plans... "Aerodrome, MK1, Training, for use of". ;)

[WebPilot]

Dorr Field, FL, then?

[aviate1138]

How about Taliaferro Field / Hicks Field, near the North Richland Hills, Texas?

[StbdD]

Spot on Aviate1138. You have control!

A short piece about the field and its US/Canadian history:

Tarrant County TXGenWeb - The History of Hicks Field (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txtarran/places/hicksfield.htm)

[aviate1138]

Thanks StbdD :)

Here we go........

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn77/aviate1138/Picture17-1.jpg

[chevvron]

I'd like to say Tinian but I'm dubious about the cross runway.

[StbdD]

North Field, Anderson AFB Guam?

[aviate1138]

StbdD - You have control. Congratulations.

I gather the whole area is undergoing refurbishment to the tune of $200 million of US Air Force money. The South runway possibly to be used as a C-130 strip.

[StbdD]

Good challenge Aviate!

An easy one I think:

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e78/Evileye03/ppruneB.jpg

[sidtheesexist]

Trincomalee in present day Sri Lanka?

[chevvron]

Bathurst now known as Banjul, the Gambia

[StbdD]

Sorry folks. Computer failure the last day or so :ugh:

Not Bathurst or Tricomalee

It is South of the Equator tho.

[StbdD]

Was its nations primary flying boat/seaplane base.

[StbdD]

The body of water is a lake. Kingfishers would have been found here.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e78/Evileye03/PrruneB2.jpg

[S'land]

Rathmines, Australia?

[StbdD]

You are correct S'land! RAAF Rathmines, NSW, Oz.

You have the controls.

[S'land]

Thank you StbdD, it was the Kingfisher clue that led me to it.

I could not find this one on the list and am a bit surprised it has not been done before.

http://i347.photobucket.com/albums/p456/Sundland/WA5.jpg?t=1233660275

[chevvron]

Runway pattern has a vague resemblance to Ternhill but the hangars look wrong.

[S'land]

Sorry, not Ternhill, wrong area altogether.

[Flap40]

It must be west of the pond as the 0 is missing from the runway numbers (4 & 5 not 04 & 05).

[S'land]

Flap40:
It is indeed west of the pond.

[S'land]

Time for a clue methinks.
This was a truly pioneering airfield which was re-named in 1918.

[nacluv]

Having had a quick Google, Mills Field, renamed Mather AFB in 1918, fits the description - but I am struggling to reconcile that with the imagery!

[nacluv]

Scratch that - Roosevelt Field, NY?

[S'land]

Spot on nacluv, Roosevelt Field it is. You have control.

[nacluv]

Thanks, S'land. Even harder to reconcile the imagery now! Shame that the Earharts, Lindberghs and Roosevelt Jnrs now have a bloody great shopping mall to commemorate their efforts...:hmm:

I'll be back with a new challenge soon.

[nacluv]

OK - try this one. I used to live about 2 miles from this place back in my mid-distance past.

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk252/kwilson1965/nacluv/Airfield2.jpg

[chevvron]

I'll kick off with Chilbolton.

[nacluv]

In the best Roy Walker tradition - "it's a good answer, but it's not right!" Not Chilbolton, I'm afraid.

[sidtheesexist]

Think it's a fighter base due blister hangars and fighter type blast pens/dispersals. Main Hangars look black, prob T2s. I would say UK. Intriguing....Long long shot - Atcham in Shropshire?

[WebPilot]

Direct hit on Atcham, I'd say.

Cunningly turned upside down in the shot :-)

[nacluv]

Indeed - direct hit sir!

Well done - my cunning ploy to rotate the picture was sure to be found out sooner or later. And yes, the black blobs are indeed T2s.

Atcham, in 1946 I believe, just down the road from me a few years ago: the road specifically being the B4394, which these days runs down the lower half of the NE/SW runway. Shame so little now remains...

Sid - you have control!

[aviate1138]

Picture taken on 6th May 1946 - at a guess......:rolleyes:

Doh! 9th May!

[nacluv]

9th May 1946, actually...

You found it on Wikipedia too, eh? ;)

[sidtheesexist]

Nacluv - thank you. Open house folks!

[Phileas Fogg]

This one shouldn't be too difficult:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3115/3130497271_22437d991a.jpg?v=0

[chevvron]

Chipping Warden?

[Phileas Fogg]

Not Chipping Warden

[Flap40]

How about Beccles?

[Phileas Fogg]

I knew it wouldn't last long, Beccles it is, an active airfield despite it's appearance!

[Flap40]

Many thanks.

Try this one.

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj36/jodel_bucket/whereagain.jpg

[flyingwing]

Montford Bridge (Forton)

[Flap40]

Didn't last long!

Your turn.

[flyingwing]

Thanks. It helps when you fly over it regularly. Here's another that I think is straightforward.

http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq346/buzzbird/airpic.jpg

[longer ron]

Dale ???????????

[flyingwing]

Spot on longer ron. Business is brisk at the moment! You have control.

[longer ron]

open house...I havent got time to delve into my photos today :(
Was based at Brawdy years ago and guessed from the cliffs it was prob SW wales or cornwall.
regards B

[sidtheesexist]

Sorry for slight thread creep but I'm curious about previous two dromes - never heard of either. (1) Is Dale otherwise known as the former RAF St David's Head? (coastal command WW2 Halifaxes) and (2) where's Montford Bridge and was it a front line station? Cheers for any info and off to google...

Google has provided answers :ok:

[Flap40]

Dale is in S Wales just west of the village of Dale which lies at the far western end of the Milford Haven inlet.

Montford Bridge is about 5nm NW of Shrewsbury.

[evansb]

Here is the next mystery aerodrome:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/1945-1.jpg

[dash7fan]

Dübendorf, Switzerland

[evansb]

Spot on:ok: Well done:D Your turn.

[India Four Two]

bri,

Are those interned aircraft?

Simon

[dash7fan]

Thanks Bri, I have some other pictures from these interned aircrafts, but I am still looking for. I the meantime the new challange

http://www11.file-upload.net/09.02.09/ii84kf.jpg

[sidtheesexist]

Gotha, Germany and Junkers - am I remotely warm?

[dash7fan]

Germany and Gotha or Junkers is very hot

[evansb]

Dessau Flugplatz ?

[sidtheesexist]

I think evansb has it, junkers factory aerdrome at Dessau

[dash7fan]

evansb is correct. Dessau - Junkers Aircraft Factory, so over to you. Sorry for the delay.

[evansb]

Thank you. Here is the next airport:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WAD090211.jpg

[evansb]

The airport was on a staging route during WW.II.

[ARCHIE1]

Lots of straight lines out there. Canada?

[evansb]

Yes, it is in Canada.

[Hen Ddraig]

CYQU Grande Prairie, Alberta

[evansb]

Hen Ddraig is correct:ok: You have control.

[Hen Ddraig]

I Knew I'd get one one day. Unfortunately I'm away from home and unable to access my picture collection. So Open House.

[India Four Two]

Sorry about that Hen Ddraig, but it gives me an opportunity to post a picture from another part of the world where, like Wales, dragons feature prominently in folk-lore

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv357/AHN_Mod/IMG_0383A.jpg

[barit1]

A couple posts ago a Dubendorf photo was posted by evansb. While I have not visited there in 30 years, they had an outstanding collection of early aero engines - two dozen or more pre-1920. What a way to see the technology evolving in the early days!

[evansb]

Hello Simon! Thar be dragons! (and an ATR-72 freighter by the looks of it);)
Is it Phnom Penh, Cambodia (VDPP)? Below is a photo of Aviation Royale Khmer Gardan GY-80 Horizon trainers taken forty years ago.
Regards, Brian
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/Sanstitre-3.jpg

[India Four Two]

bri,

That's the one - Phnom Penh, Cambodia, taken two weeks ago. The tower has that very 60's look, but the rest of the airport terminal is very modern.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/india42/IMG_0608.jpg

It's actually a Vietnam Airlines ATR72 in the foreground. The freight door is the baggage compartment in the forward part of the passenger cabin.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/india42/IMG_0382.jpg



Over to you.

Simon

[evansb]

Thanks Simon! I can almost smell the fresh paint. Here is the next challenge. Put your thinking-toques on!
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WAD090216.jpg

[seacue]

Could it be Schiphol, Nederlands, long, long ago?

[Krakatoa]

Reminds me of Claresholm

[India Four Two]

Reminds me of Claresholm

That's because it is Claresholm ;) All 12 runways still useable.

[evansb]

Claresholm Industrial, Alberta (CEJ4), formerly RCAF Claresholm (CYOM). Only runway now listed is 03/21. If you are a glider pilot, most of southern Alberta, east of the Rocky Mountains, is considered a runway.;) Krakatoa has control.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/clares-1.jpg

[sidtheesexist]

Drat - would have got that one - my old man learnt to fly there in'53 on the Harvard with the RCAF - will get there someday............

[Krakatoa]

Also learned to fly there in 53. Happy memories.
Open house

[India Four Two]

While we are waiting .....

Only runway listed is 03/21Brian, I should clarify my comment about "all runways being usable".

Sensible aviators should use the nice smooth 03L/21R provided by Claresholm Council. However, if you choose to fly with no engine (or there is a strong Chinook blowing), then all runways are useable:

2005 Canadian Nationals start grid on 15L (you can see the forecast was for weak thermals ;) - it was the wettest summer on record in Alberta)
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/india42/P1010016.jpg

Some of the runways need a little more care than others - 21L for example:
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/india42/P1010027.jpg

[flyingwing]

Here's one that doesn't appear on the list

http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq346/buzzbird/airfield.jpg

[wwoody01]

Could that be Christchurch, hampshire? If it is open-house.

Woody

[flyingwing]

Correct wwoody01. Open house it is.

[dixi188]

Christchurch.

I should have known that. I used to live to the left of the far end of the strip.

It's all houses now and the windy road through the middle is called "The Runway".
Most of the other roads are named after British aircraft types from all makers but for some reason the products of AIRSPEED and DE HAVILLAND are missing, and this was their factory.

My Father worked there on Vampires, Venoms and Sea Vixens.

Sorry for drift.

[evansb]

No drift at all. This is Aviation History and Nostalgia.:ok:

[seacue]

May I submit the next challenge?

http://users.erols.com/rcarpen/AptQ7.jpg

Looks as though a hint is needed.

http://users.erols.com/rcarpen/AptQ8.jpg

[Cubs2jets]

FXE, Ft Lauderdale Executive

C2j

[seacue]

C2J, you have it.

Did you need the aerial photo?

You have control.

[Cubs2jets]

Seacue,

When I saw the first picture I immediately said "Florida", but didn't specifically know where. The aerial made it a "no-brainer" as I flew out of FXE for two years in the late '80's.

I answered on impulse and am not currently prepared to submit a challenge. If anyone has a challenge ready please go ahead and post. If nothing comes up in a few hours I will see if I can post something.

Provisional OPEN HOUSE ??

C2j

[norwich]

Whilst C2j is looking at his options, may I offer you good people this view to consider ?

Keith.

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii58/keithnewsome/DSC_0009.jpg

[Kieron Kirk]

Norfolk! Well not Norfolk VA but the real Norfolk.

Ciarain.

[norwich]

Ciarain ??? You must tell me more ???

Keith.

[Kieron Kirk]

Well you are not giving anything away!

Attlebridge.

Ciarain.

[norwich]

Ciarain !!! I realy must give you ten out of ten for that one ! Well Done ! I realy thought that would last a day or so ! It is Attlebridge also known localy as 'Weston Longville' (the nearest villiage).

Keith.

[Kieron Kirk]

Thanks Keith.
I have nothing to post, hope you have another view, lots of choice in Norfolk!

Ciarain.

[norwich]

Ciarain, You are too good for me ! But I will offer you, and all others, this little shot taken no less than 8 hrs ago, so it's fresh !!
Keith.

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii58/keithnewsome/DSC_0036.jpg

[sidtheesexist]

Ex B-17 base Snetterton Heath . Open house if correct.........