Which Aerodrome?

[LFT]

Apologies, MRayne was correct.

[MReyn24050]

Thanks LFT. I believe many of those C130s were being stored prior to delivery to the RAAF.
Here is the next one, back in time again but I am sure this will be no problem
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Airport/Airportquiz029.jpg
Mel

[sidtheesexist]

Any clues? UK or US.........?

[MReyn24050]

This one is definately UK.
Mel

[MReyn24050]

Not Sywell I am afraid.
Mel

[chevvron]

Cricklewood?

[MReyn24050]

Not Cricklewood, this photograph was taken circa 1935

[evansb]

Is the airfield still operational?

[MReyn24050]

Like many of the airfield operational in the 1930s it has since closed.
Mel

[sidtheesexist]

Military, Civil or both.....?

[MReyn24050]

This airfield was a civilian airfield.

[spekesoftly]

Could it be Hatfield, shortly after DH moved there from Stag Lane ?

[MReyn24050]

spekesoftly has it :ok::D. It is a photograph of de Havilland's airfield Hatfield taken in 1935.
You have a control
Mel

[spekesoftly]

Thanks Mel. The photo below shows how things developed over the years, although nearly all gone now.

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/spekesoftly/Hatfield.jpg


Please accept my apologies for having nothing to offer at present, I was reticent to post for that reason.
I don't wish to hold things up, so Open House.

[MReyn24050]

Thanks spekesoftly that is as I remember Hatfield also. Here is the next one, this airfield is still working.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Airport/Airportquiz030.jpg

[MReyn24050]

Speechless Two :ok::D. That is the one. You have control.
Mel

[LFT]

Miami Florida?

[India Four Two]

One I know well, without having to look it up. Dallas Love Field, with downtown Dallas in the distance and the Trinity River cutting through the middle of the picture.

There's a nice Museum of Flight in the terminal building.

[India Four Two]

S2, thanks.

As Mel says "this won't last long":

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/india42/waf3.jpg

[seacue]

St Barths some years ago.

[India Four Two]

CQ has it - 1969 to be precise. Here is what it looks like now.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/india42/waf3a.jpg

[seacue]

Thanks India Four Two, I was waiting for the sun to rise in your part of the world.
Next challenge --- at least I can't find it on the list of aerodromes we've already had.
http://users.erols.com/rcarpen/airp85.jpg

[India Four Two]

You're lucky - I was up early this morning.

[seacue]

Surely a hint is not needed.

[MReyn24050]

Are we back in the Caribbean?

[seacue]

Right, we have remained in the Caribbean after the previous challenge.

I wish I could find my slide of the runway taken from an Islander on short final.

[KMG 365]

Is it Carriacou Island, Grenada (CRU)?

[Hen Ddraig]

Looks like Point Salines International, Grenada TGPY

nothing to post, so open house if correct

Hen Ddraig
Time to spare, go by air

[seacue]

Correct KMG, it's Carriacou. You have control.

Point Salines is a MUCH larger airport, capable of handling substantial jets. My LIAT Islander flight was from Pt Salines to CRU. We climbed as rapidly as an Islander does for the length of mainland Grenada, thus having a reserve of height for the over-water portion to Carriacou. I think CRU was still gravel when I was there.

[KMG 365]

Thank you, seacue.

Here is the next which aerodrome:

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/4807/arprt8qc9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[LFT]

Cincinnati Lunken.

[KMG 365]

Yes, Lunken it is. Well done, LFT. :D

The baton is yours.

[LFT]

Thanks KMG 365 - Here we go -

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd11/DJ17DJ/USAMay2007085taxy.jpg

[Moondance]

Pretty sure that's Strathallan...


http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h78/Moondance1/G-AWLW-1.jpg

[LFT]

Well done! Your call Moondance -

[Moondance]

Not the Caribbean....

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h78/Moondance1/1-3.jpg

[LFT]

Scatsta? Possibly?

[Moondance]

Possibly not, but close

[saman]

Might that be Lerwick?

[LFT]

Unst, I think?

[Moondance]

Correct LFT, Unst from the jumpseat of a Dash 7......over to you (PAPIs are for wimps!)

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h78/Moondance1/3-3.jpg

[LFT]

Thanks Moondance - Next challenge -

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd11/DJ17DJ/GLAJAN2006472.jpg

[Phileas Fogg]

At least Moondance was on G-BRYA, it was G-BRYB that I watched plough into the PLH terminal with all 4 engines running :)

[LFT]

A clue? It has an 11,500ft runway.

[Tiger_mate]

Lubbock International Airport

[LFT]

No, not Lubbock,

[evansb]

Is it in Sweden?

[MReyn24050]

How about KINSTON Regional Jetport KISO North Carolina?

[LFT]

MReyne has the reins :D

[MReyn24050]

Thanks LFT. Seeing as it is the weekend here is a nice easy one.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Airport/Airportquiz031.jpg
Mel

[con-pilot]

Naw, couldn't have been Lubbock, I saw a tree in the picture. :p

Mel, would that airport be located on the west coast of Central/Latin America? It looks very familiar to me, but I only operated there a couple of times.

Costa Rico perhaps?

[MReyn24050]

con-pilot.
Mel, would that airport be located on the west coast of Central/Latin America? It looks very familiar to me, but I only operated there a couple of times.
Costa Rico perhaps?
Not Costa Rica, but it is near the coast of Central/Latin America but not on the west.

[Tiger_mate]

I know, cause the grey hangar on the right used to have some of our aeroplanes in it. Therefore I shall refrain from this one, and suggest that my 'handle' may provide a clue. The rest were little deers.

[Duckbutt]

Philip S W Goldson Intl, Belize City?

[MReyn24050]

Duckbutt, has it it is indeed :ok::D Philip S W Goldson Intl, Belize City, taken from a Gazelle of 25 Flt AAC in 1985.
Tiger_mate I knew, that you would know this one. I think I can honestly say that my various tours here were some of the most memorable postings of my service career.
Duckbutt you have control.
Mel

[Duckbutt]

Duplicated entry

[Flap40]

Denver, and I'm fairly sure that we had this one recently.

[MReyn24050]

We did at post #181 Page 10.
Mel

[Flap40]

Here's the next one then.
http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~jodel/photos/airfields/quizc.jpg

[LFT]

RAF Leuchars?

[Duckbutt]

My apologies for the duplication. Someone carry on with another then? Oh you already have.......

:p

[Flap40]

Obviously too easy! Leuchars it is.

[LFT]

Thanks Flap40 - Here's the next one -

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/3347/pprune2uq1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Flap40]

Departing Rwy 12 at Edinburgh.

[LFT]

Nope, sorry :E

[MReyn24050]

Wild guess Bristol Lulsgate? However, I am sure that is an Atlantic Airlines Lockheed Electra.

[LFT]

Not Bristol.

[Flap40]

Second guess. I'll try reversing the numbers and try 21 at Prestwick. The runway markings, turnoffs and papi's fit with google earth as does the red barn next to the house. Unfortunately, on google earth the house is missing its dorma windows!

[LFT]

R/W 21/03 at PIK it is, with an Atlantic Electra departing - You're on Flap40 -

[Flap40]

Try this.
http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~jodel/photos/airfields/quiza.jpg

[sidtheesexist]

Grafton Underwood, northants..........?

[Flap40]

Sorry, not Grafton Uderwood.

[chevvron]

Dunsfold??

[Keepitsimplestupid]

Is it Davidstow Moor, North Cornwall near the cheese factory?

[Flap40]

Not Dunsfold or Davidstow Moor.

This airfield is disused and lies on the west coast of the UK.

[larssnowpharter]

Hmmm. Shades of St Eval there.

[chevvron]

Llanbedr??

[Flap40]

Not Llanbedr or St Eval.

This one is also in Scotland. You are looking along the main runway which is 02/20 ish (might be 03/21). There is a third short cross runway behind you. There are hills to your left.

[Moondance]

Turnberry?

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h78/Moondance1/1-5.jpg

[Out Of Trim]

West Freugh?

[Flap40]

Well done Moondance. It is Turnberry.

Your turn to post a picture.

[Moondance]

Where was this?

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h78/Moondance1/2-5.jpg
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h78/Moondance1/3-5.jpg

[chevvron]

Hatfield?? No cancel that; Leavesden.

[Moondance]

Neither...

[chevvron]

Castle Bromwich then?

[sabredog]

Burnaston, Derbyshire?

[Out Of Trim]

I reckon Sabredog's correct!

[Moondance]

Sabredog is correct...two pics dated 26 March 1990, which I'm pretty sure was the last day of operation before being swept away for Toyota

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h78/Moondance1/4-4.jpg
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h78/Moondance1/5-4.jpg

Over to Sabredog

[Flap40]

Given the state of the building (no broken windows etc) it must have only just closed. The car ties it to being 1984 or after so I think it might be Burnaston which closed in 1988.

.... must learn to type quicker!

[sabredog]

Thank you, Moondance.
Apologies for the delay in replying.
Open to the floor, Gentlemen.

[Moondance]

In which case...I've been trying to find this pic for ages. Easy if you know, WTF if you don't!

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h78/Moondance1/1-6.jpg

[Flap40]

A quick google on "Giraffe" and "Hangar" tells us that this is Blackpool Municipal Airport.

[Phileas Fogg]

And the rain puddles would serve to confirm that :)

[Moondance]

"And the rain puddles would serve to confirm that"...not to mention the piles of sh*t!

Stanley Park Aerodrome, now Blackpool Zoo. My pic about 15 years old, this site http://www.controltowers.co.uk/S/Stanley_Park.htm states it now to be the elephant house!
Back to Flap40

[Flap40]

Thanks. Try this one.
http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~jodel/photos/airfields/quizd.jpg

[Moondance]

Think that's Wisley

[Flap40]

And the prize for the quickest correct answer goes to.......


Your turn.

[Moondance]

See how long this one lasts

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h78/Moondance1/2-6.jpg

[Flap40]

Evanton near Alness. A9 and Cromarty firth.

[Moondance]

26 minutes....over to you!

[Flap40]

This might last a little longer!
http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~jodel/photos/airfields/quizb.jpg

[MReyn24050]

Bristol Filton early 1930s perhaps?

[Flap40]

Dix points!

[MReyn24050]

Thanks Flaps40, I must admit the reason I recognised it so quickly was that I had a slightly later photograph (1935) of the same hangers as a possible challenge.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Airport/BristolFlyingSchool1935.jpg
next challenge to follow shortly.

[MReyn24050]

Again back in time.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Airport/Airportquiz028.jpg
Mel

[MReyn24050]

It is UK date circa 1933

[Kieron Kirk]

How about Shoreham.

[MReyn24050]

Not Shoreham Kieron

[Kieron Kirk]

Whitchurch.

[MReyn24050]

Not Whitchurch, but like Whitchurch the land became a housing estate. A very famous aircraft was in fact built on this airfield.
Mel

[chevvron]

Christchurch/Airspeed Ambassador

[MReyn24050]

Not Christchurch this airfield was a little further north and the aircraft I was somewhat smaller.
Mel

[chevvron]

Riddle me this:
Wood that be a few Miles away?

[MReyn24050]

Slightly more than a few miles away but not a Miles aircraft. The aircraft company that built this famous aircraft was to move even further north a couple of years after this photograph was taken.

[chevvron]

I would say Gravesend, but I can't think of anything built there; certainly it's a housing estate though. Not Brooklands either although the building does bear some resemblance to the old clubhouse which still stands, but it's an industrial estate not housing.

[MReyn24050]

chevvron. It was indeed Gravesend Airport :ok::D.
Opened in 1932, an airfield built near Chalk and operated by Gravesend Aviation Ltd served Gravesend and has a significant place in the history of British aviation. From 1933 to 1936 it was home to Percival Aircraft, building the famous Mew Gull racing aircraft among others, before the company moved to Luton. After 1936 Essex Aero was based on the site, and maintained the airfield's link with racing aeroplanes by preparing the de Havilland DH.88 Comets and Alex Henshaw's Percival Mew Gull that set the record for a flight from England to South Africa.
The airfield site today has become a housing estate called RIVERVIEW PARK and little can be identified of the original use, but Leander Drive and Vigilant Way seem to have been built on the original perimeter track. "CASCADES" Leisure Centre in Thong Lane which is between Vigilant Way and Leander Drive has a plaque which is dedicated to the airmen of WWII which served at Gravesend Airport. The Control Tower from the Airport was located in the grounds

You have control.

[JB007]

These are easy because mine are all airborne shots....

http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd150/RickBJohnson/LSI1.jpg

[chevvron]

Sumburgh and open house. Too easy, I worked there for a month in '72 and did a couple of 'compulsory' flights with Loganair!

[JB007]

That took 5 minutes!

Ok, in which case, you'll get this too...

http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd150/RickBJohnson/WICApproach-31.jpg

[Flap40]

Wick rwy 31?

[seacue]

<Pedantic mode ON>
Pardon me, but aren't the "rules" of this game that only the winner of the previous challenge should post the next challenge or specifically offer Open House?
<Pedantic mode OFF>

[Flap40]

Correct, but Chevron has declared open house so I guess JB007's second post is "legal"

On another matter, can someone point me to the list of airfield that have already been posted?

[MReyn24050]

http://www.geocities.com/artificer356/WhatAerodromeList16Nov2007.htm?200728

Will be updated at the end of the month.
Mel

[LFT]

Flew in there (LSI) a couple of times, here's a pretty good vid -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz5_7gXkqgs

[Flap40]

Given that I believe that my guess of Wick was correct for JB's last post, here is the next one.
Not a lot to go on but it is UK 1930's
http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~jodel/photos/airfields/quiz2711.jpg

[MReyn24050]

Might be Folkstone Airfield, I know the aircraft is the Spartan Cruiser

[Flap40]

Not Folkstone - further north.

Aircraft ID is correct though.

[Moondance]

Is it Renfrew?

[Flap40]

Yes it is Renfrew. If you put "Spartan Criser" into google images then this is the first omage that you get:eek:

[Moondance]

And there's me flicking through old fashioned books to find Renfrew pictures....next one (what is it about airfields and graveyards?)

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h78/Moondance1/1-7.jpg

[evansb]

Is it Broadford Airport, (SKF), Isle of Skye?

[Moondance]

Broadford it is (is it still open?) Well done evansb

[evansb]

Thanks Moondance. A company was planning on Dash-7 service way back in 2003, but I haven't heard of any current sked carriers into Broadford recently. The airport operator is listed with a tel: 01478 612727, fax: 01478 612255. Here is the next 'Which Aerodrome?'

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/4030316.jpg

[GHNRY]

New boy here. Is it time for a clue after 24 hours, evansb?

My guess is Northern hemisphere, probably North American continent and, judging by the length of runway, lack of dispersals and size of car parks - a manufacturing base?

ghnry

[evansb]

The airport is in the United States, and it was the home of an aircraft manufacturer.

[Web-Footed Flyer]

Looks like William T Piper Airport in Lock Haven PA.
Floor open if I deserve it.

[evansb]

Sorry, not Piper's plant in Pennsylvania.

[Flap40]

Hughes, Culver City California.

[evansb]

Flap40 is correct:ok: The Hughes Airport was at one time the largest private airport in the U.S. The runway wasn't paved until after WW.II.
The giant Hughes H-4 "Hercules" flying boat was built there, and trucked to the harbour at Long Beach. The airport was closed in 1985. Hughes also built this giant there.
You have control.

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

[GHNRY]

Well done Flap40. I was getting there slowly. Last went there in a Citation in 1980

ghny

[Flap40]

I found the patch of bare earth on googleearth an hour or two ago. The hard bit was finding what it was called!
Here's an easy one.
http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~jodel/photos/airfield/quiz3011.jpg

[Duckbutt]

Lakehurst NJ I think.

[Flap40]

Correct! Over to you.

[Duckbutt]

I don't think this is a duplicate......:O

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Twyler/Puzz6.jpg

[India Four Two]

English Midlands?

I thought perhaps Hucknall, but I see from Google Earth it isn't. However, can anyone tell me what the structure is in the middle of the runway at Hucknall?

[KMG 365]

IFT, that's an engine test bed for Rolls Royce. It can simulate rain, birdstrikes, cold, etc. Click link to see picture and read more.

http://www.rolls-royce.com/history/heritage/offices/hucknall.jsp

[evansb]

Geeze.. and here I thought it was a Q-hut for drying spuds.

[India Four Two]

KMG 635

Thanks. I could see it was some kind of pole, but I was mystified by the large embankment around it. It all makes sense now, but why did they have to put it in the middle of a perfectly good runway!!

evansb,

The spud drying machine would make more sense if it was at CFB Summerside ;)

[Duckbutt]

It is in the UK but not in the Midlands.

[Spot 4]

There is a motorway this side of it, is it Stretton, nr Warrington? ex RNAS

AL1 Just checked Google & it is.

Open House, I was only passing through and not ready to join. Sorry

[Duckbutt]

Well err, Spotted!

[Spot 4]

OPEN HOUSE

[TheChitterneFlyer]

Just how do I attach a picture file in here?

[India Four Two]

I hope you'll stick around instead of just passing through.

Don't worry about not having a picture, because it gives me an opportunity to step in with pictures of an airfield I have been trying to find for a long time.

I just found them yesterday and they are better than I expected. I can just see Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings walking into this terminal:

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/india42/WAF230Nov07.jpg


http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/india42/WAF130Nov07.jpg

Notice the Spartan Cruiser in the first picture. It looks like they are becoming mandatory in What Aerodrome pictures!

Chitterne, sorry to jump in ahead of you. Have a look at the Sticky at the top of this forum http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=203154

[The SSK]

Hmm, I've seen those piccies before, presumably on a search related to this thread. All I need now is to remember where. Wouldn't be Le Touquet again, would it?

[The SSK]

http://www.diecastaircraftforum.com/attachments/forum12/40837d1195917040-wee-ramsgate-1.jpg

In which case it's Ramsgate

[India Four Two]

Ramsgate it is.

My first flight was there in about 1958 in a Rapide (7/6d or 37.5p). Perhaps it is the one in SSK's photo (although looking closely, it might be a Dragon).

The rows of tents are from an Airport Camping Weekend.

And sadly, the whole airport and that wonderful terminal are buried under an industrial development.

Over to you SSK.

[The SSK]

Agree about the terminal. Here's the next challenge:

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d43/TheSSK/Airport1-1.jpg

[Out Of Trim]

Sisteron, France Perhaps?

[The SSK]

No, further east than that.

[evansb]

Lesce-Bled, Slovenia?

[The SSK]

Bled it is, over to you.

[evansb]

Thanks, that was fun. Here is the next airport:

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/4046412.jpg

[Flap40]

I just found this when I was looking for something completely different.

Addid Ababa.

[evansb]

Flap40 is correct:ok: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. You have control.

[Flap40]

Thanks
http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~jodel/photos/airfield/quizf.jpg

[sidtheesexist]

Zurich Kloten quite a few yrs ago perhaps.......

[Flap40]

Not Zurich, sorry.

[Reimers]

Perhaps Oslo Fornebu?

[Flap40]

yes it is Oslo

[Reimers]

I only have been there once before it was closed, and surely this was not the main runway in use then...

Well, since the scan of the picture I wanted to post proved not to be in an acceptable quality I ask someone else to continue

OPEN HOUSE!

[LFT]

Perth Scone (pronounced 'Scoon') :)

[LFT]

Thanks Speechless Two, here's the next one -

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd11/DJ17DJ/pprune-2.jpg

[LFT]

Quite a few Southwest 737's down there...

[MReyn24050]

Possibly Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport?

[LFT]

Yep, that's the one MReyne - You're on :ok:

[MReyn24050]

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Airport/Airportquiz032.jpg

[KeMac]

Pure Guess - Zurich Kloten?

[MReyn24050]

KeMac :) if that was a guess well I would love to be around when you pick horses. It is indeed a photograph of Zurich Kloten taken back in the mid 1950s :ok::D
You have control

[KeMac]

I am still trying to fugure out how to upload an image off my PC onto this - would someone else like to take the floor? I would like to post a pic I have from the 50s. :confused::confused::confused:

PS I am not a gambler but I did pick an outsider once at the Hennesey Gold cup a few years back and my mate and I split just over 4,000 quid between us - pure fluke !

[KMG 365]

KeMac,

Please see the following thread to learn how to post pictures on this site:

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

[KMG 365]

Here is the next one:

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/2231/arprt9qy9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Flightwatch]

Reunion - St. Dennis or Roland Garros if you prefer.

Unable to post right now so open house if correct.

[KeMac]

KMG365 - Many thanks for the link. I am struggling, I will give photobucket a try.

[KMG 365]

Yes, Reunion it is. I didn't think it would take very long.

The floor is open.

[bottom rung]

I think this a new one....
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w127/shetlandnick/appr.jpg

[Hyperborean]

I suspect it's me old stamping ground Scatsta. I did the first SRAs into there more years ago than I care to recall. No pics ready so open house if correct.

[bottom rung]

Yes indeed, Scatsta it was. Guess its an open house then.

[KeMac]

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj189/keef_010/AIRPORT.jpg

[KeMac]

Sorry - This is as close as I could get - its driving me nuts :mad:

[LFT]

You want to copy and paste - "IMG Code" for this forum KeMac - Anyway a wild guess - Luqa?

[KeMac]

Thanks LFT - got there eventually! Sorry not Luqa.

[Kieron Kirk]

How about Sharjah ?

[PaperTiger]

Not an "official" entry, this photo was taken in the last couple of days :sad:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2007/12/04/2004052213.jpg

[KeMac]

Sorry, Not Sharjah.

[KeMac]

I am just off to my pit - back in the morn.

[sidtheesexist]

El Adem per chance................

[India Four Two]

How about somewhere farther east? Malaysia, perhaps? The fashion style is very clearly tropical and that looks like an RNZAF Bristol Freighter lurking in the background.

And I've just noticed the mounted cavalry being used for crowd control :)

[ICT_SLB]

Paper Tiger,
While the Europeans are in their beds, is that Chehalis (KCLS)? Have a lot of friends in the Pacific NW - comes from working at the Lazy B for five years - hope they & you are keeping "feet dry".

[KeMac]

Not El Adem and not Malaysia. The mounted Cavalry is a clue though.

[India Four Two]

The mounted Cavalry is a clue though

Possibly India or Pakistan, but since I now know that the PAF operated Freighters, I'll guess Pakistan - Lahore?

[sabredog]

Kano Airport.

[sidtheesexist]

Iddris, Khartoum...............

[India Four Two]

I think Sabredog has got it. The question I have now, is what is a camouflaged Bristol Freighter doing in Kano?

[PaperTiger]

Paper Tiger,
While the Europeans are in their beds, is that Chehalis (KCLS)? Have a lot of friends in the Pacific NW - comes from working at the Lazy B for five years - hope they & you are keeping "feet dry".Yes it's KCLS, looks like they just managed to get everything out of harm's way. Still not good hereabouts, all main N-S roads impassable, 7 dead, damage in the $billions :(

Now back to our regularly scheduled programming...

[KeMac]

Sabredog has it - Kano. I thought it would have lasted longer. I don't know what the Bristol Freighter is doing there. The photo belonged to my dad who worked there. The date on the photograph is 4th May 1957 so I don't know what the event was. The mounted Cavalry on crowd control belong to the Emir of Kano.
Over to you Sabredog.

[sabredog]

Thank you.
Open House, gentlemen.

[sabredog]

My first attempt at posting an image.
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh236/sabre86d/IMGP0129.jpg

[computer jockey]

Looks like India from the building and the fire truck...

...Hyderabad VOHY?

[sabredog]

Computer Jockey.
India, yes. Hyderabad (VOHY) ,No.
Top marks for spotting the clues.
Sabredog

[computer jockey]

India, yes. Hyderabad (VOHY) ,No.

Admittedly Hyderabad was a shot in the dark. On closer examination it looks like an Indian provincial airport.

Pune?

[sabredog]

Sorry, C.J, not Puna ( Poona)

[sabredog]

Apologies C.J. for the typo. Not Pune

[Mr_Grubby]

Is that the Taj Mahal in the background ?

Grubby.

[sabredog]

Sorry Clint, it is not the Taj in the background,so it is not Agra. Well spotted though.

[om15]

Baroda? i don't remember the vegetation, but this could be after the rains.
Best regards,
om15

[sabredog]

Not Baroda, the Sanskari Nagari, OM15.
This airfield was operational during the days of the Raj and remained so after Independence. Now relegated to light aircraft and helicopter movements. Was once operated under a British name.

[G-ARZG]

Delhi-Safdarjung?

[sabredog]

Spot on, G-ZG.
Well done, and you have control

[computer jockey]

Well done ZG. That was a good challenge.

This must be the most enjoyable thread on the net!

[G-ARZG]

Don't know if still there, but in 1999
there was a Puss Moth encased/preserved in the street
outside Indian AL offices on this field. Replica or not, unsure,
but it represented the first aircraft flown by J R D Tata,
founder of Tata Airlines, precursor of Air India.

Sorry, no pix to post - open house........ 'ZG

[sabredog]

Z-G . I think this is the one you refer to;
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh236/sabre86d/AozTpvjjtTkcezSWCG4YLknvLoaALFZ5006.jpg
I hope the sizing is not too small. A bit too technical for me to change I am afraid.

[Duckbutt]

Can I have another go then?

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

[Tempsford]

SD is it Prague?
Temps

[sabredog]

Piarco,Trinidad. Taken on the 16th, November,1954. A proving flight by B.OA.C

[Duckbutt]

Mmm, bit short on detail there Sabredog, nevertheless you have it.

[sabredog]

Thank you ,Duckbutt. Due entirely to the June,1996,edition of Aeroplane Monthly, which ran a series of articles on the Boeing Stratocruiser.
Open House,Gentlemen, as I have nothing to post.

[KeMac]

not as difficult as it seems - the clue is in the airline
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj189/keef_010/Classics005.jpg

[Kieron Kirk]

Must be Gatwick.

Having said that , if it is I do not have anything to post!

It is not Gatwick.

Both eventualities covered!

[KeMac]

Not Gatwick, but think BUA route network.

[The SSK]

So the 1-11 demonstrator would be on a hunt for new customers? Lagos?

(If so, then 40 years on, it was in the right country)

[KeMac]

Not Lagos but you are on the right track

[The SSK]

Then Accra?

[KeMac]

Not Accra!

[The SSK]

Lusaka?
That's my third and final guess.

[KeMac]

Not Lusaka either I fear. Right continent though.

[Phileas Fogg]

Nairobi ?

[KeMac]

Not Nairobi.

[MReyn24050]

Must be Entebbe then

[KeMac]

Not Entebbe but a move in the right direction away from Nairobi towards West Africa. I appreciate there are no real clues other than the aircraft but from what I can remember it was only BUA VC 10s that flew the route normally.

[The SSK]

Freetown ?

[KeMac]

Thats the one! Freetown - Lunghi. My dad was working there in the early to mid 60s when he took the picture. Over to you.

[The SSK]

Oh help, I'm stuck.

This is the best I can do on the spur of. It is neither historic nor nostalgic, but pretty impressive nonetheless. I won't be around to confirm but he who gets it right will be in no doubt, so don't hold the game up waiting for me.

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d43/TheSSK/Airport2.jpg

[Tiger_mate]

Is it the (ex)TWA Terminal at JFK?

[BSD]

Tiger mate,

The terrain in the background to the right of the photo doesn't feature at JFK.

Beautiful building, which must be paying some architectural homage to the TWA terminal building though.

BSD.

[Reimers]

The new terminal of Bilbao?

They were still building it when I was there last, but this might have been the result.

[Speedpig]

I believe he's got it

[Reimers]

So do I now, there is a picture on their website that looks similar.
http://www.aena.es/csee/Satellite?cid=1047658432525&pagename=Estandar%2FPage%2FAeropuerto&SMO=-1&SiteName=BIO&c=Page&MO=0
Here is the next one, rather recent:
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj273/SREIME/quest.jpg
Not much to see, but the smokestacks do cause some turbulence when overflying the outer marker.

[chevvron]

Are landers expected to go between them or to one side?

[Reimers]

Following the Glide will take you above them, and there are no non-precision approaches from that side