Which Aerodrome?

[PaperTiger]

Not Mountain Air/Burnsville* North Carolina, by chance ?

*Unfortunate name that, considering.

[Duckbutt]

Not in the US, roughly 4,500 miles away from North Carolina (but Northern hemisphere).

[Flap40]

I think it is La Mole in southern France.

[Duckbutt]

That's the one Sir! You have control.

[Flap40]

Okay, try this one.
http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~jodel/photos/quiz29.jpg

[Wycombe]

Is it Calais?

[Flap40]

Not Calais but it is in Europe.

[aviate1138]

Oberpfaffenhoffen?

Not likely but the name makes me laugh. Used to live nearby. The pic looks almost like a Microsoft landscape?

Great thread BTW - sorry for the creep.

[The SSK]

Looks very Low Countries to me - that line of trees in the background is possibly a canal. It's either a very short runway or a huge apron - is that a Catalina?

I'll make a foolish guess at Leopoldsburg (BE)

[LFT]

It's Leylstad north of Amsterdam.

[Flap40]

Leylstad it is. There is a Catalina in the picture along with a 747 if you look close enough.

One thing that has always struck me as strange is that there is an ILS on the SW runway (you can see the glideslope to the left of the runway) but the touchdown markers are at the other end.:confused:

[LFT]

Ok, my go again then :E

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd11/DJ17DJ/PIKOCT2006137taxy.jpg

[merlinxx]

ref EHLE pic, pray tell, where is the 74 & Cat? 74 onto 4101ft ? Thks

[Bullethead]

Have a look at the Google Earth image of EHLE and you'll notice what looks like an aircraft museum abeam the RW23 threshhold and there is a B747 there but it doesn't appear in the originally posted pic.

Regards,
BH.

[MReyn24050]

The museum is the Aviodrome. Some interesting exhibits.
http://www.aviodrome.nl/english/

[Flap40]

ref EHLE pic, pray tell, where is the 74 & Cat? 74 onto 4101ft ? Thks

The Cat is to the left of the second hangar from the bottom. The 747 (admittedly only the nose) is at the very far end of all the buildings. If the pic had been in colour it would have made it too easy:)

[merlinxx]

Thks chaps, great to know t'ain't me going tropo

[pigboat]

Leylstad it is. There is a Catalina in the picture along with a 747 if you look close enough.


Thar she blows (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJoWj7AAauM).

[LFT]

Do you guy's need a clue re the latest "Which Aerodrome"? :E

[MReyn24050]

Certainly would help.:)

[LFT]

Ok then, I'm on an easyJet A319 flying between GLA and SXF.

[KMG 365]

Google Earth doesn't give a name for the old German airfield, but it's just north of the town called Wittstock.

Location is 53.12N - 12.31E

Open floor if correct.

[LFT]

Correct, Wittstock it is,

[dash7fan]

It seems to be open:

http://member.file-upload.net/seneca/File0998.jpg

[MReyn24050]

Wild guess BEA Vikings at Berne Airport Switzerland. 1950s

[dash7fan]

Its around 1959 , but not Berne

[MReyn24050]

You did not rule out Switzerland. Winterthur perhaps?

[dash7fan]

No, its not in Switzerland, but not far away.

[MReyn24050]

How about Austria? Vienna Schwechat Airport when it was a single runway?

[dash7fan]

No Sir, but the hangars (listed buildings, in use since 1916, but not always at this airport) are still in use. The tower and all other buildings, except the small ones, are gone.

[dash7fan]

May be, it was a little bit difficult. Here is another pic from the airport. The old apron was on the north side, upper side of the pic.

Sorry, if there are too many pixels

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

[Flap40]

Well that defo looks like Innsbruck to me.

[dash7fan]

Yes, it is Innsbruck. You have control.

[Flap40]

A Bonus point for the date!
http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~jodel/photos/Image0006.JPG

[cleo]

Wild guess - could it be Renfrew?

Date - hmm mid 50s - but another wild guess is that the date might be a significant clue......

[Flap40]

Not Renfrew but you are in the right decade.

[The SSK]

Northolt?
plus an extra character

[Flap40]

Not Northolt.

The aircraft is seen arriving, having departed from Heathrow.

[GOLF_BRAVO_ZULU]

1954, a Pionair at Schiphol?

[Flap40]

Not Schiphol either - wrong country

[MReyn24050]

BEA Pioneer G-ALXK leaving Gatwick on the first flight from Gatwick after its re-opening by the Queen on the 9th June 1958.
Mel

[Flap40]

Mel has it. I agree that the caption on the photo had it as departing but I think it could be arriving. The engineer seems to be walking towards the aircraft which I find unusual if it was departing.

[MReyn24050]

Thanks for that Flap40. I tried a search on Google regarding this event and a reference came up stating that HM the Queen arrived for the opening ceremony in a DH Heron but when I tried to log on I discovered access was not possible due to either a fault or a problem with my firewall.
Here is the next challenge:-
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Airport/Airportquiz020.jpg
Mel

[Duckbutt]

Just on the basis of the Finnair Convair, is it Helsinki?

[MReyn24050]

Duckbutt. Not Helsinki,sorry.

[Flap40]

Rome Ciampino?

[MReyn24050]

Flap40 sorry not Rome Ciampino, too far south and Duckbutt was too far north.
Mel

[LFT]

Is it Gatow?

[warrior28]

how about lux .. longest european route in the 50s hel/got/lux/bcn/agp

[MReyn24050]

LFT and JENKINS. This one is not Gatow but you are in the right country.
warrior28 Not Lux either.

[dash7fan]

May be Hannover?

[MReyn24050]

dash7fan- This one was not Hannover. The date is around early 1950s

[sabredog]

Dusseldorf,perchance?

[MReyn24050]

sabredog, has it it was Dusseldorf in 1953.:ok::D Sorry for the delay.
You have control.

[sabredog]

Thank you,Mel.
It is now open to the floor .
Sabredog

[LFT]

Clues on request..

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd11/DJ17DJ/Picture411yahoo-1.jpg

[old,not bold]

Domodedovo?

In the unlikely event this wild guess is right, it's open house, I'm away.

[Tiger_mate]

Brussels - Belgium?

[sidtheesexist]

I note a couple of US C130s and is that also a C141 or C5 tail over on the left? So Russkies and US jobs - I'm wondering whether it's somewhere in central asia - eg one of the 'stans' - then again, it doesn't appear arid enough? Am I barking up the wrong tree??

[MReyn24050]

I will stick my neck right out on this one and say Glasgow-Prestwick possibly.

[LFT]

The pic was taken 2 years ago and only 4 of the 6 identifiable aircraft are in flyable condition...

[dixi188]

Dover Air Force Base??

If I,m right, what are the Russians doing there. Was it a State visit?

[LFT]

Correct, it's Dover AFB (again, forgot I posted one a week or so ago), not sure if it was a State Visit though? Got a bit of a surprise when I saw these 4 sitting on the ramp I can tell you. Open House .

[PaperTiger]

2005 World Summit:
http://www.kremlin.ru/eng/events/details/2005/09/13_93729.shtml

[Captain Airclues]

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc193/Airclues/DSC01404.jpg

[Captain Airclues]

Sorry, just realised that the wrong person declared open house. If dixi188 posts one then I'll remove mine.

Clue 1;

I last landed an aircraft here on 9th July 1970 (VC10 G-ARVL). Since then time has stood still (for the airport, not for me). The check-in desks, passport control and cafes are still as I remember them. The runways are intact. However there are no passengers to walk through these doors.

Clue 2;

The doors of this European airport were locked in 1974

[GrumpyOldFart]

Nicosia?


Open house if yes.

[Captain Airclues]

Jerry is correct. Nicosia International Airport.

[The SSK]

Have a go at this one:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d43/TheSSK/Airportquiz1.jpg

[evansb]

Grimbergen, Belgium (EBGB).

[The SSK]

That's it indeed.
Didn't need the giveaway clue (http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d43/TheSSK/Airportquiz2.jpg)
(never thought I would)

Over to you, Sir

[evansb]

Thank you. Here is the next 'Which Aerodrome?'

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/3903820.jpg

[dixi188]

Been working so wasn't here to post a picture.
Now I'm trying to attach a picture but don't seem to be able to do so.
(I'm new at this)
Can anyone tell me how?

Someone else carry on until I've worked things out.

Cheers Dixi.

[sidtheesexist]

Wild guess - think it's military, US and is that an old airship hangar? Naval perhaps - Pensacola?

[evansb]

It is a U.S. military field, but it is not naval. Photo was taken in 1934.

[Duckbutt]

How about Wright field, Dayton?

[evansb]

Duckbutt is correct:ok: Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. Well done:D You have control.

[Duckbutt]

OK then, where would you find this 'Emu Airlines' beastie?

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Twyler/Emu.jpg

[PaperTiger]

Not on an airport I believe. But there is a nudie beach nearby.

[Duckbutt]

Definitely is on an airfield, a bit inland though.

[Tiger_mate]

Special Forces Counter-Terrorism (CT) trainer unit
at RAAF Pearce, Bullsbrook, Perth, Western Australia

Open House

[Duckbutt]

Very good, Tiger

[PaperTiger]

Oh, not at the barracks then ?

[LFT]

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd11/DJ17DJ/Picture081.jpg

[Tiger_mate]

Is that the one that landed in a field in Bavaria (Munich) for conversion to a restaurant?

[LFT]

Nowhere near Munich :E

[Tiger_mate]

OK...in that case:

Ilyushin IL-62
Location:

Maxton-Laurinburg - KMEB
USA - North Carolina


Open House

[Max Tow]

Anyone know why that IL62 has British Aerospace VC10 on its nose?

[old,not bold]

The post above yours gives the reason, in an oblique sort of way........

[Max Tow]

...found an explanation on the 'net. Allegedly the museum owner who originally imported it thought it would be easier to get a UK airliner through customs than it would a Russian one. A fine tale if true!

[Phileas Fogg]

Might have helped if he'd written 'Vickers VC10' :)

[seacue]

If, in fact, there is an "Open House" situation, I propose the following challenge. If I'm out of order, I'll remove this challenge.

http://users.erols.com/rcarpen/airp83.jpg

[VitaminGee]

St Lucia (or a neighbour)?

[seacue]

Right part of the world, not the correct island.

[chevvron]

Not either of St Lucia airports; St Kitts maybe?

[seacue]

Not St Lucia, not St Kitts. This isn't a place for large planes.

[MReyn24050]

Cyril E. King Airport, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands perhaps.
Mel

[Stone Town]

Union Island?

[seacue]

Yes, the Union Island airport UNI at Clifton.

St Thomas is served by B-757 among others. UNI is more a Twotter airport.

Stone Town has control.

[evansb]

Here is the next 'Which Aerodrome?'
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/waNov112007.jpg

[sidtheesexist]

Wild guess based on C class?(british design I believe) hangar, B24s and lush vegetation - Port Moresby PNG?

[evansb]

It was a RAF base. It is still a military base today. Not PNG

[StbdD]

Looks like China Bay. Here's a recent google earth snap of it.

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

[evansb]

StbdD is spot on:ok: Well done:D RAF Trincomalee, Ceylon, now China Bay, Sri Lanka.
Bombed by the Japanese during WW.II, also used by the USAAF to launch B-29s to Sumatra, round-trip. Presently serves as a major base for the Sir Lankan Air Force. You have control.

[StbdD]

Thanks evansb! I found it amazing how little the layout changed over the years.

Here's the next challenge:

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e78/Evileye03/Ch41.jpg

And no, it isn't an aircraft carrier. ;)

[StbdD]

No bites? Here's a more recent shot....

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e78/Evileye03/Ch4.jpg

[MReyn24050]

Confirms a first thought, this could well be a Pacific Island?

[StbdD]

MReyn24050

It is indeed an island in the Pacific. Construction commenced on it in 1942.

[MReyn24050]

Thanks for that, no was it built by the US Forces or the Japanese? Well the Japanese I believe had the upper hand at that time so I will plump for somewhere in the Marshall Islands.

[KMG 365]

Is it French Frigate Schoals, Hawaii?

[MReyn24050]

KMG 365 I reckon you are correct.

[StbdD]

Bingo KMG 365! Specifically, Tern Island in the French Frigate Shoals atoll.

It has an interesting history in that the Japanese used the lagoon there as a flying boat staging point with refueling via submarine. They conducted reconnaissance of Hawaii prior to the 7 Dec 1941 Pearl Harbor attack and carried out bombing raids in Hawaii during early 1942.

The US built the strip in 1942 and it served as an enroute stop for aircraft moving between Hawaii and Midway as well as a base for patrol aircraft.

Later served as a Coast Guard base and is now used by the US Wildlife Service.

KMG 365 you have control!

[KMG 365]

Many thanks, StbdD. Very interesting about French Frigate Schoals.

Here is the next challenge:

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/550/arprt7pw2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Wycombe]

Little Rissington, UK?

[Tiger_mate]

I reckon so:
http://www.artistic.flyer.co.uk/LRissington.jpg
Last friday.

[KMG 365]

Yes, Little Rissington it is. Well done, Wycombe!

The floor is yours.

[Wycombe]

Floor is open, can't find anything that's really not too easy....

[The SSK]

I have no problem with easy...
I don't recall this country featuring before. But I might be wrong.
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d43/TheSSK/Airportquiz4.jpg

[The SSK]

Oh dear, seven hours and no takers.

There was a WW1 US Naval Air Station nearby.
Apart from that, I am clueless.

[JW411]

Is it in Eire?

[The SSK]

Yes it is.

[larssnowpharter]

Possibly Bantry Bay. The NAS was Whiddy Island?

[The SSK]

That's it, EIBN Bantry

Aerial view of EIBN and Whiddy Island here (http://www.irelandaerialphotography.com/aerial_photos/dr_f2_1449_eibn_07_25.html).

Over to you Lars

[larssnowpharter]

Thank you. (and googoo!)
Let's try something a bit different.
Before:
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t295/larssnowpharter/whatairfield2.jpg
Photo taken early 40s.
After: external view:
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t295/larssnowpharter/whatairfield1-1.jpg
Internal view:
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t295/larssnowpharter/whatairfield3.gif

[old,not bold]

Very wild guess before doing some work.....

Changi?

[larssnowpharter]

You are in the right general part of the World but, no, not Changi.

[sidtheesexist]

Jakarta Soekarno - Hatta per chance....?

[larssnowpharter]

Sorry not Jakarta.
Clue:
This airfield is no longer in use but the tower is still there. It houses a library.

[evansb]

The historic Nielson Airport, in Manila. Developed by Laurie Reuben Nielson from Britain, and designed by renowned American art deco architect Daniel Burnham. Open in 1937, attacked by the Japanese in 1941 (b&w photo), closed in 1948.

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/nielson3.jpg

[larssnowpharter]

Bri,

You have just cornered the 'What Airfield' and 'What Cockpit' threads! :D:D:D


You are indeed correct. It is Nielsen Field which was the HQ for the US Far East Air Force at the start of WW2.

Sadly, Nielsen was taken by the Japanese to Japan and was never heard of again.

The tower/terminal now houses the Philippinas Hertigage Library.

The airfield was returned to the Ayala family after WW2 and was developed to become the area of Makati, the major business district in Manila. The runway became one of the roads running through the area but, thankfully, the tower still remains albeit dwarfed by some of the building surrounding it.

[evansb]

Thanks Lars. I enjoyed your challenge. Here is the next 'Which aerodrome?
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/3937653.jpg

[The SSK]

Long Beach CA - the Flying Tigers start-up fleet of Budd C-93 Conestogas, not the prettiest aeroplane ever built.
Edit: likely to be incommunicado for several hours so if I'm correct I'll waive my go and jump in next time there's a free slot.

[Tiger_mate]

It must be a Municipal Airport, it says so on the Fire Dept building.

(The wonders of photo enhancement)

[evansb]

The SSK is correct:ok: The airport and the aircraft were correctly identified. Well done:D. As stated, it is open house.
Current photo of Long Beach, California (KLGB):
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/LongBeach.jpg

[Duckbutt]

In that case, can I take the liberty of offering this one:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Twyler/Puzz-3.jpg

[LFT]

Cherry Point North Carolina?

[Duckbutt]

Sorry, no.

[Duckbutt]

I'll add that its the right country though. Photo from an airshow in 1954.

Looking on Google Earth, whilst the airport has been much developed since, the buildings still seem to be there although not necessarily the same size, with the exception of the disappearence of tower on the corner of the hangar.

[larssnowpharter]

Bridgeport.

Open house; Im away for a few days.

[Duckbutt]

Correct.

Its a bit difficult striking a balance between being too obscure and giving away too many clues isn't it.

[The SSK]

Here's my effort from yesterday. I anticipate it will have a short shelf life.
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d43/TheSSK/Airportquiz5.jpg

[sidtheesexist]

Andover in Hampshire....................

[The SSK]

No, not Andover

[MReyn24050]

Baginton - Coventry airfield?

[The SSK]

Yes, it's Coventry, pic borrowed from this utterly fascinating website (http://www.wonwinglo.scale-models.net/id48.htm) about a fascinating airport.

[MReyn24050]

Great website thanks SSK. Next challenge. I am sure this will not last long.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Airport/Airportquiz025.jpg
Mel

[evansb]

Is it Rochester?

[MReyn24050]

Not Rochester Bri.

[MReyn24050]

aeroconejo. This one is not Moreton Valence Glos sorry.
Mel

[MReyn24050]

aeroconejo. Sorry not RAF Pengam Moor (Cardiff), however this airfield has also disappeared under housing and a retail park.

[Phileas Fogg]

Hatfield ???

[evansb]

Portsmouth airfield, home of Airspeed, and others. Here is a photograph taken in 1933 during an air display.

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/portsmouthairport_1933.jpg

[MReyn24050]

evansb has it. It is a photograph of what was Portsmouth Airport.:ok::D
You have control Bri.

[MReyn24050]

Here is the latest list of aerodromes published to date. Please advise of any corrections needed.
Mel
http://www.geocities.com/artificer356/WhatAerodromeList16Nov2007.htm?200716

[evansb]

Thanks Mel. Here is the next mystery airfield:

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/3952309.jpg

[Speedpig]

Pure guess as unable to investigate full y while at work..... RAF Valley?

[evansb]

Not an ex-RAF airfield, to my knowledge. Presently overgrown, and vacation houses are encroaching on the perimeter.

[seacue]

Is it Caribbean, say Antigua?

[evansb]

Not in the Caribbean. Try the other side of the Atlantic.

[Flap40]

I saw that picture a couple of days ago when I got Brittas Bay mixed up with Bantry Bay.

[evansb]

Flap40 is correct:ok: Brittas Bay, Ireland. It was a lovely airfield, 35 miles SSE of Dublin. With a beach and a golf course nearby, it is appealing to vacation estate developers. You have control.

[Flap40]

Next one...
http://www.bentwaters-as.org.uk/assets/images/wr_aerial.JPG

[ZH875]

With a runway that wide, with a HAS site, must be Woodbridge.

[Flap40]

Too easy wasn't it!

[ZH875]

I am trying to locate my box of pictures (Loft), so if nothing is posted by 1300, Open house can be assumed.

ZH

[chevvron]

Damn the only one I knew so far and someone beat me! Actually the UFO landing spot bottom right gave it away.

[MReyn24050]

This shouldn't be too difficult.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Airport/Airportquiz026.jpg
Mel

[India Four Two]

Alfriston - Eastbourne Flying Club

[MReyn24050]

India Four Two. THe Eastbourne Flying Club is the correct answer:D:ok: I think the EFC on the hangar may have given it away. The airfield was known as Wilmington Aerodrome and was located on the A27 near Alfriston. Apparently between the wars, this was the home of Eastbourne Flying Club. At the top end of the field there was a brick built, white painted Control Tower and one, or possibly two wooden hangers. During the summer months in the thirties an air display was held. This photograph was taken at such a function in 1935.

You have control

[India Four Two]

Mel,

Thanks. Yes, it was obviously Britain and how many EFCs could there be? I stumbled on the location at this very interesting page of reminiscences (including a reference to the Cierva):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/13/a1097813.shtml

Now here's my contribution and it's not in Sussex:

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/india42/waf_1_i42.jpg

[ICT_SLB]

McConnell AFB, Kansas? There's something familiar about that tower.

[India Four Two]

"Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."

Not McConnell. Right Air Force, wrong Air Base.

[Tiger_mate]

Pisa:E
>>Removes tonque from cheek<<

Continent: Australia

[India Four Two]

Tiger_mate,

Yes, I had thought of straightening it up, but I was too lazy.

I think you are reading too much into my Wizard of Oz quote. It's not Kansas, nor is it Downunder :)

[KeMac]

Saigon (Tan Son Nhut)

[India Four Two]

Yes, it's TSN, my home airport these days. I can see the rotating beacon as I type.
Nowadays, it is Tan Son Nhat in Ho Chi Minh City, rather than Tan Son Nhut in Saigon, but interestingly the IATA code is still SGN.
The tower looks pretty much the same,but with some trees around it:

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/india42/300px-TanSonNhatTower.jpg

and http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=1250499&WxsIERv=Obrvat%20757-26Q%28S%29&Wm=0&WdsYXMg=Funatunv%20Nveyvarf%20Pnetb&QtODMg=Ub%20Puv%20Zvau%20Pvgl%20%28Fnvtba%29%20-%20Gna%20Fba%20Aung%20%28FTA%20%2F%20IIGF%29&ERDLTkt=Ivrganz&ktODMp=Nhthfg%2012%2C%202007&BP=1&WNEb25u=Z%20Enqmv%20Qrfn&xsIERvdWdsY=O-2808&MgTUQtODMgKE=Gnkvvat%20bhg%20cnfg%20gur%20byq%20NGP%20gbjre.&YXMgTUQtODMgKERD=483&NEb25uZWxs=2007-08-20%2019%3A49%3A45&ODJ9dvCE=&O89Dcjdg=24471%2F231&static=yes&width=1200&height=812&sok=JURER%20%20%28cynpr%20%3D%20%27Ub%20Puv%20Zvau%20Pvgl%20 %28Fnvtba%29%20-%20Gna%20Fba%20Aung%20%28FTA%20%2F%20IIGF%29%27%29%20%20BEQR E%20OL%20cubgb_vq%20QRFP&photo_nr=6&prev_id=1251273&next_id=1176558

The "leaning tower" picture was taken from what is now the domestic terminal. The traffic is almost exclusively civil these days, except for a few helicopters, but there are still some reminders of over thirty years ago:

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/india42/PIC00017.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/india42/PIC00018.jpg

and to the south of the tower, you can still see this sight:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1120510/M/

Not all visible in the shot are C130s, C119s, a C47, a C123 and two Chinooks - all parked where they were 32 years ago.

[KeMac]

I have a picture that I want to post but I cannot find the B****** thing I had better throw the floor open.

[jabberwok]

Should be easy...

http://homepages.mcb.net/bones/WebAircraft/GASAP.jpg

[Background Noise]

Somewhere like Pershore - if those are the Malverns?

[jabberwok]

Not Pershore - and not the Malverns..

[Flap40]

No it wasn't easy! and I'd been looking at this from the air this week while on approach to Bristol.

What threw me was the lack of visible water.

I think that it is Weston-Super-Mare?

[jabberwok]

Yes - hard to imagine the Bristol Channel lies between the runway and those far hills.

Weston-super-Mare it was, back in 1968 when still operational. Lovely airfield.

You have the baton.

[Flap40]

Here we see the entire terminal at this airport
http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~jodel/photos/quiz181107.jpg

Note the apron light (all 100w of it!)

[seacue]

Makes Cariacou look like the Big City, but is it nearby?

[621andy]

Just seen the Weston super Mud pic- Flew 2000 odd glider launches from there....and I still wouldn't have recognised it from that angle:\

The 'EMI' hangar on the right threw me-looks like its in the wrong place! This hangar was rumoured to have been used by EMI for work on torpedoes, not sure how true that was though.

Haven't a clue about this one either!

[Flap40]

Makes Cariacou look like the Big City, but is it nearby?

It is in the Caribbean.

[seacue]

While not actually in the Caribbean, I'm starting to favour the Bahamas.

[MReyn24050]

Virgin Gorda perhaps?

[larssnowpharter]

Just seen the Weston super Mud pic- Flew 2000 odd glider launches from there....and I still wouldn't have recognised it from that angle


And I flew my first ever solo there the year before the photo was taken. Kirby Cadet Mk 3 and went solo after 26 launches.:)

[Flap40]

Sorry, not Virgin Gorda. This airport lies in a former english colony with strong connections to Oxford.

[seacue]

I don't know about Oxford, but could it be Canefield Airport on Dominica?

[Flap40]

Not Canefield either.

This country consists of more than one island (in name as well as physically).

[seacue]

Must be St Vincent and the Grenadines, but which island.
We've had Union, so not that. Seems too old for Bequia.

How about Mustique?

[Flap40]

Must be St Vincent and the Grenadines

Sorry, wrong again. Looking at Google Maps of the Caribbean I can see several other countries that have more than one island in their name.

Turks & Caicos
St Kitts & Nevis
Antigua & Barbuda
Trinidad & Tobago

It's in one of these!

[seacue]

Ah ha!! Found that VERY picture.

Barbuda.

[Flap40]

Yes it is the "terminal" at Codrington. The town is named after Christopher Codrington, a former governor who left books to All Souls College, Oxford. to form the Codrington Library.


All yours.

[seacue]

This challenge airport is not tropical.

http://users.erols.com/rcarpen/airp99.jpg

[S'land]

What, they don't have snow in the tropics? lucky blighters.

Is it Oslo?

[seacue]

No, it's in the Western Hemisphere, the Americas.

[larssnowpharter]

Anchorage perhaps

[BSD]

My guess would be for somewhere just across the Berings strait from Alaska. Can't think what country it would be other than Siberia.

So, how about Providenya?

BSD.

[seacue]

Sorry not to be Keeping Up.

Much smaller than Anchorage but not TOO far away.

Note that I said "Americas".

[BSD]

Whoops!

Failed to spot America, will pay attention in future!

BSD.

[seacue]

The picture was taken upon the arrival of first jet service.

I have to be away from the computer for a while. I'll check back as often as possible.

[MReyn24050]

Wein Air Alaska Airlines B737 inaugural flight at Kotzebue Airport on 03/03/69 perhaps.
Mel

[seacue]

Bingo! Mel has it.

Kotzebue is about 60 miles / 100 km north of the Arctic Circle and on a bay off the Bering Strait.

A more-recent photo of the terminal.

http://users.erols.com/rcarpen/airp99a.jpg

Edited to add overall photo:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9b/OTZ-g.jpg
Rwy 8-26 is asphalt, 17-35 is gravel.


The baton is now in Mel's hands.

[MReyn24050]

Thanks seacue. At first I thought it was an aircraft of Western Airlines but the tail logo was incorrect. Incidently I checked with the mods regarding when to start a new thread and the response was as I PM'd you.
Next challenge a bit further back in time than yours.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Airport/Airportquiz027.jpg

[Kieron Kirk]

Bircham Newton?

[sidtheesexist]

RAF Hawkinge....................?

[Flap40]

Wild guess - Hooton Park?

[MReyn24050]

This aerodrome was I am afraid none of the following:-
Bircham
RAF Hawkinge
Hooton Park.
I will be off line for a couple of hours.
Mel

[chevvron]

How about Hendon or Duxford?

[sidtheesexist]

Biggin Hill............

[paddyboy]

I'm with Chevvron on this....

Duxford.

[MReyn24050]

This aerodrome was I am afraid none of the following:-
Hendon
Duxford
or
Biggin Hill

The photograph was taken early 1930s

[seacue]

I've added an overall photo of KOTZ to Message #1467.

[Kieron Kirk]

Airfield with "Belfast" hangars?

Bracebridge Heath?

[aviate1138]

Martlesham maybe?

[MReyn24050]

Sorry neither Bracebridge Heath nor Martlesham.
Mel

[larssnowpharter]

Belfast truss hangars. Possibly Andover

[MReyn24050]

Not Andover, at the time this photograph was taken the aerodrome was not a Military Airfield.
Mel

[Flap40]

Derby Burnaston?

[sabredog]

Possibly Leuchers?

[MReyn24050]

Sorry not Derby Barnaston nor Leuchers.
Time for another photograph if it helps.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Airport/Airportquiz026a.jpg

[Flap40]

I'll try Waddington since the hangars fit but the dates don't!

[larssnowpharter]

Farnborough?

[Speedpig]

Detling?

I'll keep searching tho'

[sabredog]

A long shot. Lympne Airfield.

[India Four Two]

Mel,

I never thought I would be using my day-job skills in this forum, but the terrain in your second photo looks like typical "chalk country", which if I'm correct would narrow your airfield down to the following areas: East Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Cambs., Bedford., Bucks., Berks., Salisbury Plain, North Downs, South Downs.

[Kieron Kirk]

In desperation, how about Arbroath!

[Speedpig]

This is the part where Mel sits back, watching us make ridiculous guesses, keeping us waiting, then with a single stroke wipes out all of our hopeful posts.:}

[MReyn24050]

Sorry for the delay. Sorry this airfield was not one of the following:-
Waddington
Farnborough
Detling
Lymne
Arbroath

India Four Two wrote:
I never thought I would be using my day-job skills in this forum, but the terrain in your second photo looks like typical "chalk country", which if I'm correct would narrow your airfield down to the following areas: East Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Cambs., Bedford., Bucks., Berks., Salisbury Plain, North Downs, South Downs.
If I say South Downs will that help?

[Phileas Fogg]

It's not Kenley then?

[India Four Two]

If I say South Downs will that help?Well, it helps in boosting my confidence in my geological skills, but I didn't think there were any parts of the South Downs that were that flat!

Edited to say perhaps it does help - HMS Peregrine?

[MReyn24050]

For India Four Two only.
HMS Peregrine otherwise known as?
Mel

[India Four Two]

The Model T of aerodromes? :)

Ford?

[Kieron Kirk]

You beat me to it. An uncle of mine died at Ford on the 18th August 1940 during a raid by Ju-87's.

[MReyn24050]

India Four Two has it:ok::D
Ford airfield was opened 1918; at first it was called Ford junction airfield, then became Yapton aerodrome but was known as Ford Aerodrome by 1931. Originally a training station, it was briefly occupied by the United States Navy later in 1918 and was closed in the following year.
In the 1930s the airfield was used at different times as a flying school, for joy-rides, as the headquarters of Sir Alan Cobham's 'flying circus', and as a base for experimental flying. At the time of the photograph 1933 the airfield was used by Rollason Aeroplane Co (who ran the South downs Aero club). In 1937, however, it was taken back by the Air Ministry, new buildings being built in Climping parish, while the original buildings continued to be used for experimental purposes. The airfield was to becmme HMS Peregrine and used by the Fleet Air Arm until it was closed 1959.
I had my first ever flight from HMS Peregrine, way back in 1954, as a young CCF RN Cadet. We were flown in an Anson and typical RN, they had there fun, in that they made us all wear parachutes, we were never told how to use them mind, and they made us run out to the aircraft with the chutes swinging behind us almost knocking legs from under us.
IndiaFourTwo you have control.

[India Four Two]

That was interesting - the obviously military hangars on a civilian airfield were quite confusing. Are any of the hangars still there? Google Earth shows some possibles, but the road orientation doesn't look right.

After all that I have to confess my airfield cupboard is bare, so Open House.

[Duckbutt]

Can I have another go then:
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Twyler/Puzz4a.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Twyler/Puzz4b.jpg

[LFT]

Chateauroux?

(edited due getting mixed up)

[seacue]

LFT, the image of Chateauroux on Google Earth is certainly a strong match. Why all those large planes?

[Duckbutt]

Sigh, Chateauroux it is, hoped that might last a bit longer!

For the reason the airliners are there (which is why I thought it may confuse a bit) see:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5394070.stm

LFT has it.

[LFT]

OK, where am I?

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd11/DJ17DJ/Picture130.jpg

[chevvron]

Chelveston or Elvington from the control tower.

[LFT]

Nope :E Not either.

[The SSK]

Marietta? Or is that too obvious?

[MReyn24050]

Greenville Donaldson Center (GDC) South Carolina perhaps.

[LFT]

Correct. Your on.

[evansb]

Who is correct?