Which Aerodrome?

[BAMRA wake up]

Andy, no, read all the clues again...

Especially post #1006

[621andy]

Yep, think I've got it now! North Ronaldsay! The airfields a mile apart presumably are Westray and Papa Westray.

When I first looked at the pic, I didn't realise the water was, in fact, erm water! It looked just like flatlands- hence the Yorkshire guess...

[BAMRA wake up]

Well done, EGEN it is! http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/176545

Open house...

Incidentally, just found Papa Westray here:
http://www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/imagelibrary/picture/number1489.asp

[621andy]

Well, that wasted the evening:} Thanks for that one!

Now, here's a fairly easy one to keep things moving..
http://upload3.postimage.org/439640/about_01.jpg (http://upload3.postimage.org/439640/photo_hosting.html)

No clues 'til the morning, not that you'll need 'em..

G'night all:zzz:

[Simtech]

Milford Sound/NZMF?
If correct, open house - I can't post pics from work! :ugh:

[621andy]

Told you it'd be easy!

Open house anyone?

[evansb]

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

[MReyn24050]

That must be Brussels Airport (BRU).

[evansb]

Yes, Mel, it is the newly opened (1963) Brussels Zaventem International Airport. Over to you.

[MReyn24050]

This one will not take long either.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Airport/Airportquiz17.jpg
Mel

[MReyn24050]

Lots of viewers but no takers, I really did not think this would cause a problem. Perhaps time for a clue? Those trees in neat rows may well yield Oranges.

[evansb]

Is it in Spain?

[MReyn24050]

Not Spain but it is not far from a shore which has a sea that also laps on the shores of Spain.

[Phileas Fogg]

That only covers half the world, Atlantic and Mediterranean coastlines :)

[621andy]

Aeroport de Orange in the Luberon, France? or completely in the other direction...somewhere in Florida?(oranges=orange juice=Florida)

[MReyn24050]

We are talking about the Mediterranean coastlines but not French try the other end of the Med.

[jabberwok]

Does Jaffa creep into this somewhere?... :hmm:

[621andy]

Well, it aint cyprus..or at least no part I saw!

[MReyn24050]

They may well be Jaffa's on the trees below,yes.

[BAMRA wake up]

Herzliyya?

[621andy]

Herzliya airport, Israel.

Although how you thought that one would be easy, I don't know! Wouldn't like to find one of your difficult ones:\

Bugger! beaten to it:)

[BAMRA wake up]

Ok 'Bugger!' you post one, I'm looking for a really difficult one to post later! :)

[MReyn24050]

BAMRA wake up has it. :ok:It is Herzliya airport, Israel. Sorry 621andy possibly because I know it too well.
You have control BAMRA.

[621andy]

Another easy one to round the evening off...
http://www.postimage.org/aVehIcS.jpg (http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=aVehIcS)

[621andy]

Told you it was easy;)

Queenstown, NZ.
Should have used this one...
http://www.postimage.org/aVeGH80.jpg (http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=aVeGH80):hmm:

[MReyn24050]

Cooma Airport NSW OZ perhaps?

[621andy]

Erm, it wasn't a challenge! It's just another shot of Queenstown, but taken from a different angle. I ummed and ahhed as to which pic to use, and obviously picked the wrong one;)

Anyone else got one to post?

[MReyn24050]

This time no comment :)
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Airport/Airportquiz018.jpg

[evansb]

Is the aerodrome located in the Southern Hemisphere?

[MReyn24050]

Bri
The answer to your question is a no.
Mel

[621andy]

There don't appear to be any airport buildings:confused:

Edit- going blind as well as stupid! Found them when I enlarged the pic..still no idea though:}

Deepest Africal, or Malaysia??

[evansb]

Siem Reap?

[MReyn24050]

621andy
Malaysia right area,but this airport is not in Malaysia.
evansb
Further South than Cambodia.

[larssnowpharter]

looks very similar to Baguio

[MReyn24050]

Not Baguio Airport, but right country.

[621andy]

RPML Lagayan de Oro(Lumbia)?

edit-spelling!

[MReyn24050]

621andy. That is the one :ok::D
You have control.

[621andy]

I have control!

Thanks for that obscure one Mel:)

Here's the latest thrilling instalment:
http://www.postimage.org/Pq6oAo9.jpg (http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=Pq6oAo9)

[evansb]

Is it in a former Yugoslavian country?

[621andy]

I thought I'd catch everyone out with this one, but no, someones on the right track- yes, evansb, it is a former yugoslavian country...

[AN2 Driver]

Hmm, it's been a time but it looks like Ohrid LWOH. And I sure know the type out of of which this pic was taken :)

[621andy]

AN2 driver- I suspect you can work out the type blindfolded:} as to the airfield though, wrong I'm afraid:E

[AN2 Driver]

True enough, must go and do that again sometime soon. Great plane and good fun to fly.

Best regards
AN2 Driver

[621andy]

I've noticed that one has appeared at our local airfield(EDFC)- must make enquires as to the possibilities of a hop...:)

This'll probably be my last photo for a bit as I'm off to the UK, then France for a month as of thursday am. Hopefully someone will get this one before I go, otherwise you'll be on tenterhooks until I get to a comuter again:p

[KMG 365]

Is it Grobnik (LDRG), Croatia?

[621andy]

KMG 365- Congratulations, it certainly is!

I flew in a Blanik there with a mate of mine- The roughest aerotow and landing I've ever experienced:uhoh:...but the soaring was good though:ok:

Very friendly lot there:)

My ex Olympia 2B flies there too;)

Here are acouple more pics of Grobnik, near Rijecka, Croatia:
http://www.postimage.org/aVz53AS.jpg (http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=aVz53AS)

http://www.postimage.org/aVz5650.jpg (http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=aVz5650)

http://www.postimage.org/aVz5b4i.jpg (http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=aVz5b4i)

One or two of interest to AN2 driver there;)

[KMG 365]

Many thanks, Andy.

Enjoy your time in the UK and France.

Here's the next one:

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/9341/arprt4ck1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[old,not bold]

Shoreham..........?




Edit....alignment's right, sea outlook about right, but a check on Google earth says it's not Shoreham, unless its a very old pic...............ah well, back to work

[621andy]

Looks vaguely sub-tropical...Asia somewhere?

[KMG 365]

Sorry, onb. It's not Shoreham.

Not in Asia either, Andy.

Here's a hint:

The body of water in the background is the Atlantic Ocean.

[MReyn24050]

That will be Port Gentil Airport, Gabon Africa then.

[KMG 365]

Yes, that's it. Well done! :D

Over to you.

[MReyn24050]

Thanks KMG 365. Going back in time for the next one.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Airport/Airportquiz019.jpg

[LFT]

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd11/DJ17DJ/Picture558.jpg

[evansb]

Is it Heston?

[MReyn24050]

Well done Bri. :ok::D It is indeed Heston, I almost said it would be easy and this time I was right. By rights you have control, however I see that LFT has posted one already.
LFT, I see this was only your second post, it is the thread rule that to post a new challenge you have to solve the current challenge.
Mel

[LFT]

Oops :O Sorry, shall I remove my pic?

[evansb]

LFT, please keep your photo up. You have control. Cheers.

[LFT]

Well done Jenkins, here's a shot from the opposite end -

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd11/DJ17DJ/Picture557.jpg

[BAMRA wake up]

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc256/bamra_photo/pprune.png

[evansb]

Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, formerly USAF base Sondrestrom Fjord (BGSF),
base code BW-8, known as Bluie-West 8, or just 'Sondie' in later years.
Construction started in 1941 under the guidance of famed Arctic explorer Bert Balchen. Initially used for trans-atlantic ferry flights as an alternate airfield to BW-1, the USAF based aerial tankers in Sondie during the post-war years, re-supplied remote DEW Line sites, and it was also used by trans-atlantic airliners as a fuel alternate. The USAF turned the base over to Denmark in 1992.
Here is a shot taken in 1965. Not too much has changed.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/SondieBW81965.jpg

[BAMRA wake up]

You have it evansb, over to you...

[evansb]

Thanks BAMRA, that was fun. Here is the next aerodrome:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WA1011.jpg

[evansb]

Sorry JENKINS, not Shaibah, Iraq.

[KeMac]

Just a stab in the dark - Karachi

[evansb]

Sorry KeMac, not Karachi. There is a British connection to the airfield, however.

[BAMRA wake up]

Salalah, Oman? Ex RAF airfield and Imperial Airways staging post.

[evansb]

Sorry BAMRA, not in the middle-east, nor the near-east. Not a RAF airfield, nor an Imperial Airways stop-over. Here is a later photograph:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WA1011a.jpg

[SmileAirlines]

Is it somewhere in USA?

[evansb]

Yes, it is located in the United States.

[old,not bold]

Is it the ex-home of the ill-fated circular runway concept; you know, central pillar, wire to wing tip, accelerate, lift off at V2, and release once the wheels are up?

The name of the place is on the tip of my tongue.......

[seacue]

Randolph Field, San Antonio, TX, long, long ago.

[nacluv]

I notice that you can still see the old circle (exactly 1/2 mile in diameter) right in the middle of the AFB to this day.

[evansb]

Sorry, it is not Randolph Field. The mystery aerodrome's ring-road is still in use today, however the property is not being used for any aviation purposes. The buildings, still visible on Google, have been converted to other uses.

[PaperTiger]

Ford Airport, Dearborn Michigan ?

[BAMRA wake up]

Hmm, its not Ford Airport either. Looked it up here:
http://www.airfields-freeman.com/

Looks to be a flat, dry, treeless landscape - further south?

[evansb]

Sorry, not Ford Airport. Not in Michigan, nor Texas.
Clue: During World War II it was known as "the largest non-military operated flight training centre in the United States".

[BAMRA wake up]

Another 'puzzle lite' to run alongside evansb's 'heavy':

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc256/bamra_photo/ppp3.jpg

[PaperTiger]

Carlstrom Field, Florida:

http://www.airfields-freeman.com/FL/Carlstrom_FL_98.JPG


BAMRA's challenge stands.

[The SSK]

Wouldn't be the Azores again? Looks a lot like Horta (I said that earlier, about Pico).

If so, someone else please do the honours...

[evansb]

PaperTiger is correct:ok: Well done.:D Located 7 miles south of Arcadia, Florida, Carlstrom Field was named after British pilot Victor Carlstrom, who was killed in an aircraft crash in Newport News VA in 1917. John Paul Riddle of the famous Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, learned to fly at Carlstrom during WW.I. In 1941 he was awarded a contract to train Army cadets, so at a cost of $1 million USD, he developed Carlstrom into a 1,300 acre complex, complete with a 1000 foot circle of paved road in order to help cadets move quickly from one classroom to the next. For recreation, the cadets enjoyed a swimming pool, tennis courts and a baseball diamond. The base also trained cadets from Great Britain. 23 British pilots died while there and the city of Arcadia dedicated a special area in the city cemetery in their honor, where they are laid to rest.
The airfield was abandoned after WW.II. The property is now the site of a state mental hospital.

[The SSK]

Oh what the heck,
Just in case it is Horta (that's where I kicked off my honeymoon so I'm fairly confident).
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d43/TheSSK/airport1.jpg

[KMG 365]

Liege (EBLG), Belgium.

If I am right the floor is open.

[Dan Winterland]

Defianetly Liege, the orange aircraft giv it away for a start - TNT's base. And BAMRA's is Horta. the image is on the Wikipaedia entry for Horta!

Continuing the theme, I'm taking up KMG's offer of open house.

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

This won't take long, and don't try to google the image!

[BAMRA wake up]

My previous post: yes, Horta/Faial

Dan's latest (no googling on my part): Looks like Lajes Field, Terceira (of Air Transat fame) viewed from the military side?

If I'm right, open house as I've no new images yet.

[Dan Winterland]

Correct. It is Lajes, on Terciera Island. Well known destination of gliding A330s and also a Space Shuttle emergency landing strip. And indeed from the military side. Taken from the commisary car park IIRC, where we were picking up some beer. Perhaps we bought a bit too much as the van's suspension will attest!

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

You can't google it as it's one of my pictures. Two RAF Victors and a Hercules sit on the ramp, we were conducting a fighter deployment to the US at the time.

There can't be any Azorean airfields left!

Open House.

[BEagle]

Surely the van is only like that because you were sitting in the back, Dan?

I hope that 'Ten percent Carlos' fixed you up with some decent accommodation!

[seacue]

I think the floor is open. Assuming it is, let me post a hard one. Hints will provided in due time.
http://users.erols.com/rcarpen/airp09a.jpg
http://users.erols.com/rcarpen/airp09b.jpg

[evansb]

Gentlemen, we must run a civil forum, so please abide by the rules.

Reference seacue's post, is the aerodrome located in the United States?

[Max Tow]

College Park,Maryland?...open house if correct!

[evansb]

Dear Max Tow, you may be correct, but there are way,.. way too many 'hit and run' types in this forum. The rules stipulate when you correctly identify an aerodrome/cockpit, it is incumbent upon the winner to post a challenge photo, unless unusual circumstances prohibit.

[seacue]

Max Tow got it
.
Yes, it is KCGS, College Park, Maryland, which claims to be the oldest airport in continuous use. It opened in 1909 and the Army based its first Wright machine there. The challenge photos were taken in 1911/1912.

Lt (later Gen) H.H.Arnold was a flying instructor at the Army flight school at the airport in the very early days.

Max Tow has declared the floor open, but participants should take evansb's comments to heart.

Please be ready to post a challenge if you win the current challenge. Also, things get very confusing when there are multiple simultaneous challenges. Please be ready to post when a winner, but don't post a new challenge while one is still running.

Evansb originally suggested that an aerodrome thread like this would be of interest.

[Max Tow]

Apologies, as a latecomer I looked on page 1 for rules and didn't see any. I assume they're somewhere in the correspondence...

[evansb]

"Which Aerodrome?" is an off-shoot of "What cockpit?", a thread that has just celebrated two years of continual operation on PPRunNe. Formulated on the premise of evoking aviation HISTORY AND NOSTALGIA, a participant who correctly identifies a photo should be prepared to post a challenge photo. Original black-and-white photos are ideal, older colour photos are welcome. If the photo is recent, an explanation or justification upon identification would be nice, but not necessary. I do not wish to stifle input to this forum, but a certain level of decorum is required. If you've got a beauty new photo, go ahead and post! Just be prepared to justify it on a "History and nostalgia" thread.
Cheers mates!:ok:

Moderator note: The 'rules' are now posted in post number 1 of this thread.

[Flap40]

Since the floor seems to be open here is one that is a) black & white. b) historical.
http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~jodel/photos/Image0005.jpg

It is in the UK.

[Dan Winterland]

And don't worry about BEagle's 'uncivility' to me. We've known each other for years - it's banter!

I know I posted a colour photo, but at least the aircraft were historic.

And BEagle. It was the beer - I was behind the camera. Don't forget it was a V bomber crew. Not some namby pamby ex airliner outfit!

[evansb]

I like the photograph. Is it Bournemouth, perhaps?

[Flap40]

Not Bournemouth but it is in the South.

[MReyn24050]

Eastleigh perhaps?

[Flap40]

Yes it is Eastliegh in 1946.

[MReyn24050]

Thanks Flap40, this one may prove a little more difficult,but there again I could be wrong.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Airport/Airportquiz021.jpg

[evansb]

Is it in Germany?

[MReyn24050]

It certainly is Germany

[Flap40]

Munich-Reim?

[MReyn24050]

Not Munich-Reim, further north than that. This photograph was taken circa 1935.

[MReyn24050]

http://www.geocities.com/artificer356/WhatAerodromeList140ct2007.html?200714

[evansb]

Is it Hamburg?

[MReyn24050]

evansb has it :ok::D. It is a photograph of Hamburg Airport in the 1930s.
You have control Bri.

[evansb]

Thank you Mel. Here is a photo taken in 1929 of an aerodrome still in operation today. It is presently named after a famous person.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/AudiVolks.jpg

[seacue]

The section roads and paved runways (in 1929) mean USA to me, probably the midwest. Perhaps the immediately adjoining part of Canada.

[evansb]

It is located in the United States.

[PaperTiger]

Moissant Stock Yards ?
aka Louis Armstrong
aka New Orleans
aka KMSY

[evansb]

Sorry, not New Orleans LA.

[Flap40]

Is it Burbank Glendale/Bob Hope?

[pigboat]

Mitchell Field Milwaukee?

[evansb]

Flap40 is correct.:ok: Well done:D Here is a mid-50s photo of Lockheed Air Terminal, re-named Hollywood-Burbank, and now Bob Hope Airport. Note the new Lockheed 1049s.
You have control.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/BurbankAirportL-1049.jpg

[Flap40]

Okay, next one. This is European. It was taken in the 1960's but not much has changed.

http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~jodel/photos/Scan10002.JPG

[Racing Snake]

Leeds Bradford?

[The SSK]

Looks like a BEA Viscount and a Cunard Eagle DC6, I doubt their paths crossed in too many places. Bergen?

[saman]

Stockholm Bromma perchance?

[Flap40]

Sorry, none of those. You are all too far north.

[evansb]

Strasbourg?

[Flap40]

Not Strasbourg but it is in France.

[the incivil beast]

Bordeaux Mérignac per chance ?

[Phileas Fogg]

Might it be Dinard?

[Flap40]

Phileas Fogg has it. It is Dinard.

[Phileas Fogg]

Whoopee,
I don't have a pic ready so someone else have a go.

[PaperTiger]

http://www.mindspring.com/~jaytee/images/pic76.jpg

[Golf Charlie Charlie]

I think PaperTiger's picture might be Floyd Bennett in New York.

[Bushfiva]

And photographed in 1934.

[seacue]

And the building says "City of New York" on it.

I posted a similar picture of Floyd Bennett field as a challenge some time ago. Mel's list (see below) says it was on Page 4 of this thread.

Mel recently posted a list of all airports in challenges. It is message number 1117 in this thread.

seacue

[PaperTiger]

And the building says "City of New York" on it.Shoot. didn't see that - need a bigger screen. FBF it is.

[seacue]

Golf Charlie Charlie IDed FBF before I did.

[seacue]

More than a day has elapsed since GCC identified Floyd Bennett Field and things have gone very quiet.

I'll post these pics to get things going.

http://users.erols.com/rcarpen/airp88a.jpg
http://users.erols.com/rcarpen/airp88b.jpg

[PaperTiger]

Has to be French, surely :)

[seacue]

Surely French! The aerodrome is still in use.

[evansb]

Is it Reims?

[seacue]

Not Reims, but the pictures were from a flying meeting.

[the incivil beast]

Toussus-le-Noble ?

[seacue]

It isn't Toussus-le-Noble.

I can't find T-le-N in my Michelin road atlas. OK, I found it in Quid.

"My" aerodrome in not in the Paris region nor in northern France.

[MReyn24050]

Perchance it might be Pau?
Mel

[seacue]

Not Pau, but you are much closer.

That would have been a flying meet around 1910 -12. I repeat that the aerodrome is still in use. (Or at least one of the same name)

[evansb]

Is it Toulouse?

[MReyn24050]

There were many Grand Aviation weeks in France held after Reims so I will go for either the Grande Semaine d'Aviation Biarittz or the one held at Bordeaux in 1910

[seacue]

Mel,

One of those. Pick one.

[MReyn24050]

Sorry for trhe delay, I will go for Biarritz, the event I believe was held at Biarritz and Bayonne airfield and later moved to it's present location.

[seacue]

You picked the wrong one. However, by elimination, you now know that it is Beau Desert, Merignac, Bordeaux. Pardon the lack of accents.

Mel has control.

[MReyn24050]

Thanks Seacue, I am always the one that calls heads and it turns out to be tails :O.
This one should not prove too difficult.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Airport/Airportquiz023.jpg

[sidtheesexist]

Is it central/eastern european at all?

[seacue]

The name on the side of the building appears to have seven letters. Why do so many major cities have five or six-character names?

Does this large, plain building house a government agency?

[MReyn24050]

It is in Central Europe as regards to Seacue's question, I will have to come back to you on that one.

[sidtheesexist]

Would Germany/Poland be getting warm?

[evansb]

Munich, Germany. This photo circa 1970.

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

[MReyn24050]

It is indeed Munchen arround 1960 :ok:. In respect of Seacue's question I am stiil trying to find an answer, unfortunately my Deutsch is not that good.
You have control Bri :D

[seacue]

Mel,
Don't bother with searching for the use of the building. I can do that if I really care.
seacue

[MReyn24050]

Seacue.
No problem the photograph came from a book covering the history German Airfields, unfortunately the text is in German and my German is not that good.If I find anything I will let you know.
Mel

[evansb]

Here is the next 'Which Aerodrome?'
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/AirportQuiz024.jpg

[dash7fan]

A little bit late but a pic of end 1969, when I visited Munchen Riem airport.

http://member.file-upload.net/seneca/File0107.jpg

[seacue]

Aircraft factory under construction in 1940s, likely in USA?

[evansb]

Yes, seacue, you are correct.

[KMG 365]

Tinker AFB in Oklahoma???

[evansb]

Oklahoma is not okay. Not a military field, per se. The airport was renamed several years after the photo was taken.

[PaperTiger]

I was going to suggest Willow Run, but I don't think it's ever been called anything else although the code KYIP might indicate some peole call it Ypsilanti.

And those don't look like B-24s either !

[Fitter2]

Palmdale, CA?

[con-pilot]

I'll go with Willow Run, I've flown into there a lot and it certainly looks like YIP would have looked in the early days.

[evansb]

Sorry, not Palmdale, CA, nor Willowrun (Yipsilanti) MI. The airport is currently active. Portions of the factory apron and parts of the runways visible in the photo are still in use today. The airport was developed under similar circumstances as Willowrun.

[PaperTiger]

Second guess would be Tulsa. The DC-3s fit.

[Flap40]

I'll go for Long Beach.

[evansb]

Sorry, not Long Beach, nor Tulsa. Remember, Oklahoma is not okay. Nor is California for that matter.
The factory produced over 600 aircraft before the plant closed in 1945. The airport location identifier (K___) reflects the original name of the airport, not the current moniker.

[KMG 365]

Chicago O'Hare (KORD) previously Orchard Place/Douglas Field???

[evansb]

KMG 365 is spot on:ok: Well done.:D Orchard Field-Douglas (ORD) was renamed in 1949 after Lt. Cmdr. Edward "Butch" O'Hare, a World War II flying ace who was awarded the Medal Of Honor(sic). The first passenger service commenced in 1955, and the International Terminal was completed in 1958. When Midway Airport's domestic traffic was transferred in 1962, Chicago's O'Hare airport instantly became one of the world's busiest airport. Over to you.

[KMG 365]

Thanks, evansb!

I was at O'Hare just last month. Didn't look anything like your photo. :)

Here's the next one. Taken in the 1960's:

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/7331/arprt6xw2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[PaperTiger]

Unscientific guess - Charlotte NC.

[KMG 365]

Ding ding ding ding ding ding. We have a winner!

Well done, PT!

The airport was built in the '50s and the photo shows the old terminal. In the early '80s a new terminal was built on the other side of the airfield. The old terminal is still standing and is used as office space. Much of that area is now used for cargo operations.

Your turn.

[PaperTiger]

Recognized the old terminal.
Something a bit different this time, if you've been there you'll get it instantly otherwise...

http://www3.telus.net/public/bkm600/air1.jpg

Lat. N longt. E

[sidtheesexist]

Tinian in the Marianas?

[Cubs2jets]

Danang, VN

Cubs2jets

[larssnowpharter]

Agree: Da nang it is

[PaperTiger]

Da Nang is correct. Over to Cubs2jets.

[LFT]

Can I throw this into the ring? -

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd11/DJ17DJ/Picture027.jpg

[GrumpyOldFart]

Loring AFB, Maine (but not any more!)



If I'm right, it's Open House again.

[seacue]

Google Earth says you are correct.

Back again. This time I'm pretty sure the photo is old enough to be nostalgia.

http://users.erols.com/rcarpen/airp84.jpg

[seacue]

This aerodrome figured in the news about a quarter-century ago.

[BAMRA wake up]

Hmm, 25 years ago - Falklands? You've just had me google the coasts of Argentina and Uruguay - no luck (not to say I might have missed it though).

That looks like open sea and swell waves + sub tropical or tropical vegetation... Will keep trying

[seacue]

Northern hemisphere. Maybe not exactly 25 years ago.

[sidtheesexist]

Carribean - Greneda?

[seacue]

Grenada, yes ... but identify the airport.

[sidtheesexist]

pearls airport per chance......

[seacue]

Yes, Pearls at Grenville, Grenada. My first hint made it too easy.....

sidtheesexist has control.

[sidtheesexist]

Apologies Seacue et al - not in a posn to post pickies - the floor is open :)

[VP8]

My 10 cents worth :}


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v170/KMCLEAN/airport.jpg

VEEPS

[av8boy]

Fairbanks (PAFA/FAI). It's the water what gave it away (how many airports have something like 19W between 19L and 19R, and a simple 19 (ski strip) just before 19L?). First time I flew in there I thought it was pretty interesting.

Assuming I've gotten it, I must request a deferment. I've got one I've been dying to use but I haven't scanned it (tomorrow perhaps). Floor be open.

Dave

PS Last weekend I spent hours trying to figure-out Hamburg to no avail, but I really enjoyed going through so many of my historical sources again. Can't believe this one jumped out at me... :ok:

[LFT]

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

[cleo]

Glasgow EGPF - or is it too early and it was RNAS Sanderling at Abbotsinch?

[LFT]

Glasgow it is, around 30 years ago.

[cleo]

I will to confess to having an advantage as I was working there 30 years ago! I even recognise the cars in the car park! Will have a quick rummage for a new challenge :) and post as soon as I figure out how!:p

[cleo]

http://rapidshare.com/files/65642131/BA111.jpg
1980s

[LFT]

Can't see a pic?

[cleo]

Hmm - not sure why. To keep the thread going I'd better pass and leave the floor to someone who CAN manage to post a pic!:\

[LFT]

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd11/DJ17DJ/Picture082.jpg

[sidtheesexist]

An airship hangar ( not Cardington ) - Europe or Nth America........?

[ZH875]

Hmm - not sure why. To keep the thread going I'd better pass and leave the floor to someone who CAN manage to post a pic!:\

cleo, you posted the wrong link to your picture, use the link

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/ZH875/cleo.jpg

I shrunk the image so as not to confuse the current quiz.

[cleo]

ZH875 - Many thanks. I'll stick to tea making :p

[seacue]

Goodyear Airship "dock" at Alron, Ohio, sadly deteriorated. The square things on the top differ from the old photos I have.

Should I win, I'll pass the torch to cleo.

[Eric T Cartman]

cleo - you weren't working at EGPF 30 yrs ago , you were employed there ;)
p.s. 1} you are very good at making tea 2} I know where your piccy is, but it would be unfair to spill the beans LOL

[LFT]

Seacue, nope, not Ohio,

[PaperTiger]

Tillamook Oregon.

Still another challenge open isn't there ?

[evansb]

Weeksville, North Carolina?

[Duckbutt]

Is it Weeksville, NC?

[Tiger_mate]

Cleos pick is of a BAC1-11 and almost certainly a Cambrian one at that.

oh and the hangar is the former Starways hangar.

[cleo]

Correct on both counts TMate - but you have omitted the vital piece of information - Which Airfield:eek:

I know you know! Choccy biscuit will be included free of charge with your cuppa :)

Cartman - you obviously learned well at EGPF since I'm told you can still make tea.

[Eric T Cartman]

Spot on Tiger Mate - it's on the disused north airfield at Livepool ; the BA 1-11 was based there for a week or so during the Manchester Airport fireman's strike in the 1980's :)
Cleo - of course I can make tea but why bark yourself when you have a dog ?
(anyway it's good for the troop's morale ) ;)

[LFT]

Correct, it's Weeksville NC, well done evansb,

[seacue]

Now I feel really stupid. I must have passed within sight of the Weeksville hangar on a friend's boat ... when helping him sail / motor down the Intracoastal Waterway.

[Duckbutt]

Correct, it's Weeksville NC, well done evansb,

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Twyler/crybaby-small.jpg

but, but, but.........

[LFT]

"but, but, but........."

And well done Duckbutbutbut also, but...I think evansb won by a beak :ok:

[evansb]

Thanks LFT. Here is the next 'Which Aerodrome?':
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/Waerodrome.jpg

[MReyn24050]

Utica, Oneida County Airport, NY perhaps

[seacue]

Bah, recent picture. Back in the day they would have been DC-3s with Robinson Airlines painted on the sides. Robinson changed its name to Mohawk in 1952.

[evansb]

Mel is correct in one:ok: It is Utica, New York. :D You have control.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/Robinson20DC-3.jpg

[MReyn24050]

As Seacue says it was Mowhawk that gave it away. I am sure this next one will not last long.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Airport/Airportquiz022.jpg
Mel

[egffztzx]

East Mids?

[The SSK]

No reason other than the selection of aeroplanes - Stuttgart?

[MReyn24050]

egffztzx
Not East Midlands
The SSK
Not Stuttgart but right part of the world.

[sidtheesexist]

Frankfurt - main?

PS gotta go fly - in the unlikely event of being correct, open floor chaps....

[MReyn24050]

sidtheesexist, not Frankfurt - main I am afraid.

[dash7fan]

Seems to be Nurenberg, Germany. If I am correct, open house pls.

[MReyn24050]

dash7fan.
Korrekt. Es ist eine Fotographie von Flughafen Nurnberg 1962. :D:ok:

[LFT]

:E

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd11/DJ17DJ/pprune-1.jpg

[sidtheesexist]

Machrihanish...............?

[Tiger_mate]

Llanbedr.....?

[Cpt_Pugwash]

If not Mac or Llanbedr, maybe West Freugh? Even more of a long shot, Carlisle (Crosby).

[saman]

Port Ellen on Islay?

[LFT]

Campbeltown/Machrihanish, well done Sid, open house.

[MReyn24050]

A very interesting photograph LFT. Am I correct in that the aircraft flying over the hill is a B1 Lancer?
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Airport/Airportquiz024.jpg

[LFT]

Yes, it was a B1 doing a short display,

[evansb]

Is it in the United States?

[MReyn24050]

This airfield is in the USA.
Mel

[pigboat]

Lebanon (LEB) NH ?

[MReyn24050]

Not Lebanon (LEB) NH but is on the East Coast.

[seacue]

Is it south of 40 deg north?

[MReyn24050]

No, it is north of the 40 degree north. Will be off-line for the next few hours.

[evansb]

Danielson Airport - K5B3, a public airport located 2 miles (3 km) northwest of the borough of Danielson, in the town of Killingly in Windham County, Connecticut.

[India Four Two]

Yes, it was a B1 doing a short displayI thought I recognized Machrihanish too, and I assumed the B1 was arriving to pick up some fish from Campbelltown :)

[MReyn24050]

Evansb is correct. :ok::D. It is indeed Danielson Airport - K5B3.
You have control Bri.

[evansb]

Thanks Mel. Here is the next 'Which Aerodrome?':
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WA071031.jpg

[Duckbutt]

Bucharest, Baneasa (BBU)?

[evansb]

Duckbutt is spot on:ok: Bucurest, Baneasa, Romania it is.:D You have control.

[Duckbutt]

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Twyler/Puzz-1b.jpg

[Duckbutt]

Before landing here a pilot has to have either done so before sometime during the previous 2 years or have experience of flying in mountainous areas. Looking at the surrounding high ground one can see that this is not “de Trop”!