Which Aerodrome?

[621andy]

As BAMRA hasn't officially confirmed that it is in fact Orkney, I Googled it to be sure, and can confirm that it's Hatston.

I assume the reference to it being too dry is aimed at my pic and not the Orkneys:}

Turin it is not;)

[the incivil beast]

The Robin inside the hangar and the runway markings have definitely some French touch. Most probalbly Provence or Languedoc (based on the countryside)

Cuers-Pierrefeu, per chance ?

[621andy]

Cuers-Pierrefeu- mais non!

[evansb]

Is the aerodrome in Greece?

[621andy]

Sorry, not Greece:)

[Fishtailed]

Is it Limmasol, Cyprus

[BSD]

Ajaccio, Corsica perhaps?

BSD.

[621andy]

Not Limmy, or Ajaccio either...

[Russell Gulch]

Small clue, perhaps, Andy?

Russ

[621andy]

I thought this one would go in minutes!

Someone got very close early on...

[Fishtailed]

Somewhere on the Med coast like Frejus.

[mustpost]

Lucca airfield?

[621andy]

Not Luqa, but Frejus is warmer...

[the incivil beast]

Le Luc - Le Cannet ?

[621andy]

Here's a pic from the air that I've just found on the net...

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg244/621andy/024.jpg

[621andy]

Not Le Luc.

[the incivil beast]

Vinon sur Verdon !

I knew I had seen this tower somewhere :ugh:

Edited for typo induced grammar offence

[621andy]

the incivil beast (http://www.pprune.org/forums/member.php?u=181425) has it...Vinon it is!

Had a flight in a Duo Discus here in december in the most unlikely conditions, and still managed an hour and a halfs soaring*:ok: Great place!




*Only came down cos I was bluddy frozen:O

[the incivil beast]

thanks andy

here is the next one :

http://www.marc-till.com/tmp/aero1.jpg

[aviate1138]

I need to find info on wartime photos of RAF Stapleford [Tawney]? Does anyone have any pics of the airfield during WW2 please? However tatty or faded..... :rolleyes:

Unlucky for some it got hit twice by V-2s.

Thanks in advance for links or pics.

[621andy]

Is it Chartres?

[the incivil beast]

Sorry, not Chartres.

[barit1]

Interesting diversion (http://maps.google.com/maps?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2004-35,GGLD:en&q=41.653315,-86.037632&um=1&sa=N&tab=wl) - near my home town.

Zoom in, switch to satellite view, have a swim!

[evansb]

Grenoble - Le Versoud, France (LFLG).

[the incivil beast]

Oui, Monsieur :ok:

Out of sheer curiosity, how did you find it ?
You have the floor

[evansb]

The next photo is both historic and nostalgic.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/4496952-1-1.jpg

[Russell Gulch]

Burbank, Ca?

[barit1]

Given the number of North American Aviation products (F-86, T-6) I'm inclined to say either Inglewood, CA (LAX) or Columbus, OH (CMH) - but I don't know why the military formation in front of the administration building. :confused:

[evansb]

Sorry, it is not Burbank/Lockheed, (posted on this thread a few months ago by your's truly), nor is it Inglewood. CA. It is not Columbus, Ohio. I do like it when people identify the state/province/country on their photographs.

[KMG 365]

Is it Cartierville Airport in Cartierville, Quebec, Canada?

[sabredog]

No2 Wing, R.C.A.F Uplands, 28th,September, 1952.
Parade prior to the wing departing for R.A.F North Luffenham.( Operation Leapfrog). 421 Sqd. left , 416 Sqd. centre and 430 Sqd. right.

[Snifferdog]

Could you be a bit more specific?

[evansb]

Sabredog is correct:ok: Uplands Airport, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Well done:D You have control.

[sabredog]

Thank you, evansb.
Open House, Gentlemen.

[Fishtailed]

A lower shot than my last one!


http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f280/fishtailed/IMGP0002.jpg

[chevvron]

Lee on Solent?

[Fishtailed]

Sorry, not Lee on Solent.

[G-ARZG]

Humberside?

[Flap40]

31 at Blackpool.

Interestingly, the Red Arrows are shown parked on 25 on Google earth.

[Fishtailed]

Flap 40 spot on with runway also. Over to you.:D

[Flap40]

Thanks.

Next one is this:

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

[621andy]

Looks ex military? transport?

One of the 'avons - Upavon or Netheravon????

[chevvron]

Hullavington?

[Flap40]

I think that both of the 'avons are grass fields. It's not Hullavington either.

[621andy]

Got it! ...Jurby:)

[Flap40]

Correct! The floor is yours.

[621andy]

OK thanks!

Here's the next one...a clue - home airfield of a record breaker:

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg244/621andy/25_3.jpg

In fact home of two record breakers now I think about it....;)

[mustpost]

Early Elvington?

[G-ARZG]

Friedrichshafen?

[621andy]

Not Elvington or Friedrichshafen...

[the incivil beast]

The landscape looks continental, probably even French, but I cannot find the place. There aren't that many airports with a long concrete runway and glider winch launching.

Maybe it is Germany after all.

Some clue would be welcome (maybe the record category)

[aviate1138]

Oberpfaffenhofen?

[mustpost]

Is it Lubeck?
Or Lübeck-Blankensee to be precise?

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj9/mustpost/Allemagne-Lubeck-Blankensee-Airport.jpg

[621andy]

Mustpost gets it. Lübeck it is!:)

As to the records, well, Hans-Werner Grosse flew 1460km to Biarritz from here in an ASW12, on the 25.4.72. This distance was only recently beaten, I think in wave in south America. Still the longest thermal flight ever.

The second record is his ETA glider which is based there. It has the largest wingspan of any glider of 30.9m and a glide angle of 1:70:ooh:

[mustpost]

Thanks 621andy. The gliding record did it - I remember when he set it. This should not take too long - apologies if it's gone before, but I'm at work.
Like the 'first flight out of Heathrow' thread, this is the airport I first flew in to - in a DC3...:O

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj9/mustpost/TN_021_21.jpg

[MReyn24050]

Tiree Airport.

[Fishtailed]

Is it the 'other side' of Ronaldsway?

[mustpost]

Hmmm..too easy by far – Tiree it is, and MReyn24050 has it. :D Flew there as a lad on hol in 1960 in a DC-3 – two days later Grandad seriously ill so flew home in DH Heron. Short hol, but I think I preferred the Dak…:}

[MReyn24050]

Thanks mustpost. It was the Piper PA-28 aircraft belonging to British Airway's Flying Club that gave it away. Incidently the nearest aircraft on the left side of the photograph is G-ODAK a PA-28.236 Dakota :).
Here is the next challenge, which I am sure will not last long.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Airport/Airportquiz033.jpg
Mel

[Racing Snake]

Santo domingo , Dom Rep?

[MReyn24050]

Not Santo domingo , Dom Rep I am afraid.

[Reimers]

Accra, Ghana, and look at the size of the protection area around the VOR!

[MReyn24050]

Reimers has it.:ok::D It is indeed Accra, Ghana.
You have control.
Mel

[Reimers]

We finally have reached the stage where the prominent feature in the pic is no longer aviation related

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj273/SREIME/ship_in_the_water_airplane_on_tarma.jpg

[Wycombe]

Venice, perhaps?

Open house if I'm right.

[Phileas Fogg]

Wot, it doesn't have a helipad? ..... How common :)

[Flap40]

The Airbus factory at Hamburg-Finkenwerder (sp?).

[barit1]

I used to have a pic of a new HFB320 parked at the wet end of the runway.

[Reimers]

Flap 40 has it, Finkenwerder it is.

[Flap40]

Thanks. Open house on this one.

[Russell Gulch]

OK, since we're Open House, here's one that won't take too long:

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/868mick/filezzzz.jpg

[evansb]

San Sebastian Airport, Hondarribia, Irun, (Donostia) Spain.

[Russell Gulch]

I told you it wouldn't last long!

Over to you.

[evansb]

Thanks Russell. A pleasant place for a vacation. Here is the next 'Which Aerodrome?'
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/4561640.jpg

[Cubs2jets]

Adana, Turkey?

C2j

[KMG 365]

Is it Beale Air Force Base in Marysville, California???

[evansb]

Not Adana, Turkey, nor Beale AFB, California.

[KMG 365]

How about U.S. Air Force Plant 42, now known as Palmdale Regional Airport in Palmdale, Cailifornia???

[StbdD]

Groom Lake, "Area 51"?

[Cubs2jets]

Incerlik, turkey?

C2j

[aviate1138]

Tehachapi ?

[sabredog]

Ames Research Centre,Moffet N.A.S, California?

[KeMac]

Rawalpindi

[sidtheesexist]

Edwards AF base, California (muroc lake beds )?

[MReyn24050]

Incirlik Air Base if not Area 51 Nevada. Posted together because of the server problems.
Mel

[Russell Gulch]

Sooner or later, I'll be correct with Burbank. Perhaps not this time Maybe not even next time, but one day.

Lockheed, anyway.

[evansb]

StbdD is correct.:ok: Yes it is indeed Groom Lake, near the site of Watertown, Nevada, now known as "Area 51". Over to you. Oh, by the way Russell, I posted a photo of the Lockheed/Burbank/Bob Hope airport a few months ago.

[StbdD]

Cheers evansb, I thought I recognized the ridgeline. Next up:

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e78/Evileye03/Challenge6.jpg

(I'll not ruin the pic by dusting out the 'Burbank Air' painted on the electra) ;)

[evansb]

El Habana vejo? Cuba, ci?

[StbdD]

On the spot evansb! Bring on the next!

[evansb]

Thanks StbdD! Here is the next 'Which Aerodrome?'

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/457048.jpg

[sidtheesexist]

Sikorski plant, Oranoque field, stratford CT?

[dash7fan]

Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

[evansb]

dash7fan is correct:ok: The photo was taken in 1943. Over to you.

[Russell Gulch]

Oh, by the way Russell, I posted a photo of the Lockheed/Burbank/Bob Hope airport a few months ago My apologies...I should keep a closer eye on the list of Aerodromes already listed. I was looking under B for Burbank. And B for Bob. And L for Lockheed. <G>

I see Bridgeport, Ct, was mentioned November 14 2007 already; I should have got this last one since I used to work there. <Oops>

Looks like dash7fan carries the flag.

[dash7fan]

Thanks evansb

At the moment only pictures with too many pixels, so open house.

Tks

[Russell Gulch]

Oops, crossed with LFT I'll wait for the next one.

[LFT]

And I crossed with you but I see you've deleted yours so here goes again -

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd11/DJ17DJ/GLAJAN2006108-1.jpg

[Russell Gulch]

No probs, LFT, none of us are in a hurry.

Now, what I see is in England: Dilapidated, the paint flaking off, everything falling apart. Nothing that a lick of paint couldn't cure.

Anyway, enough about the aeroplane; the Tower looks fine to me. Lordy knows where...my choice is somewhere in Devon. Or the Derby Dales.

Russ

and if it's the old Hus Bos Tower, I'll shoot myself

[Tempsford]

Wombleton?

[Flap40]

The hedge behind the tower certainly reminds me of Wombleton and so do the hills but I don't remember the dilapidation or the power lines across the moors.

[LFT]

Sorry guys, it's neither,

[chevvron]

Dunkeswell?

[LFT]

Not Dunkeswell,

[chevvron]

Well it's sunny so it can't be too far north (says he fishing for another clue)

[621andy]

Wild guesses-

Eaglescott? or Rhigos?

[LFT]

Sorry Andy it's neither of those.

[LFT]

Ok, I've heard of airfields having a "Strawberry Fly-In" but this airfield would probably have a "Rasberry Fly-In"... :E

[LFT]

You guessed right :ok:

[LFT]

Ok, I'm on a roll so here's another, and looking more north than it is south... -

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd11/DJ17DJ/Picture020quiz.jpg

[cleo]

I'll have a guess at Turnberry :confused:

[Russell Gulch]

Stretton, perchance (although that's been here before, so can't be.)

[LFT]

"I'll have a guess at Turnberry"

Turnberry it is! :ok:

[cleo]

Since I'm at my place of employment with no pics to hand its 'Open House' again. :)

[REF]

Those last two had me stumped!

As its an open house I'll nip in with this one:

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb198/Flyer719/20010308.jpg

Richard

[evansb]

Is the airfield in Florida?

[REF]

It is in Florida

[spook]

Crystal River CGC?

[seacue]

Looking at Google Earth, Crystal River,FL, seems to be a perfect match. It would seem that spook has it.

[spook]

..but alas I have nothing further to offer - so open house!

[621andy]

Hope I'm not jumping the gun with this one...

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg244/621andy/8794305.jpg

[chevvron]

The church in the background reminds me of Greek architecture; hmm jumping the gun; Navarone? (says he tongue in cheek)

[REF]

Sorry, been at work today - Crystal River is correct!

[621andy]

Sorry, not Navarone:}... When I wrote about 'jumping the gun', I was meaning starting a new pic before the last one was confirmed as being correct by REF!

As to the other guesses.....all wrong I'm afraid:(, although Speechless two is correct with the aircraft type and reg:D;)

[evansb]

Kingsfield Airstrip, Dhekelia, Larnaca, Cyprus?

[621andy]

Evansb does it again!

Kingsfield is used by Crusaders Gliding Club(whom I can recommend incidentally:)) and the Army parachute club.
Its reason for exisiting is as an evacuation strip should the TCs get nasty again...Its proximity to the border meant that it was built cross to the prevailing seabreeze which means you get very good at x-wind landings;)

Incidentally, the T-Porter was there in support of the Red Devils who were doing their pre-season warm-up in Cyprus- much like the other 'Reds' do as well:ok:. It stopped us flying for 10 minutes, but at least I got a good shot of it...

[chevvron]

Well at least I got the Greek church right!!

[evansb]

Thanks Andy. Here is the next 'Which Aerodrome?'

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/whichAD0823.jpg

[evansb]

The photo was taken in the 1940s. The aerodrome is not in Europe.

[sidtheesexist]

Pacific and a US base at all...........Thinking Marianas........

[sabredog]

North Field Tinian?

[evansb]

It is located in the Pacific. It is a U.S. base. It is not in the Marianas, nor is it Tinian.

[StbdD]

IE Shima. Okinawa, Japan.

Site of the untimely death of one of the most beloved of war correspondents, Ernie Pyle.

If correct these might be of interest:

http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-P-Okinawa/USA-P-Okinawa-7.html (http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-P-Okinawa/USA-P-Okinawa-7.html)

http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/apjinternational/apj-s/2005/4tri05/howardeng.html (http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/apjinternational/apj-s/2005/4tri05/howardeng.html)

[evansb]

StbdD is correct.:ok: Ie Shima was also the base from which U.S. fighters downed the last Japanese aircraft of WW.II. You have control.

[StbdD]

Thanks Evansb. Unfair advantage as that one is in my logbook.

How about this one folks?

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e78/Evileye03/Prune2.jpg

[621andy]

I thought Tinian as well but couldn't get the island shape to match up. May have been the angle the photo was taken:confused:

[VitaminGee]

Risking being wrong on both counts :rolleyes:, Sembawang with Sea Furies?

[Tiger_mate]

More like Kittyhawks at Pearl Harbour then Sea Furies

[evansb]

Hamilton AAF, San Rafael, Marin County, California. (north San Francisco Bay area)

[sabredog]

Good Call, evansb. Awaiting confirmation from stbdD.

[StbdD]

Precisely so Evansb! I had hopes it might last longer. :ok:

This is a more recent pic. :(

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e78/Evileye03/PPRune3.jpg

You have control!

[evansb]

Here is the next mystery aerodrome:

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WAD080126.jpg
Here is a better photo taken in the early 1950s.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WAD080126a.jpg

[evansb]

No takers? I originally posted it on an appropriate date, (UTC).

[StbdD]

Lots of folding wings there. Is/was this a naval aviation facility?

[sabredog]

Clinton Naval Air Station ,Burns Flats.Oklahoma?

[Herod]

RAAF? Possibly Richmond or Sale?

[evansb]

Not RAAF. It is a naval airfield. It is not located in the United States.

[MReyn24050]

Naval Air Facility Atsugi?

[evansb]

Sory Mel, not NAS Atsugi.

[MReyn24050]

No problem Bri. I was going on what appears to be Chance Vought Corsairs in your photographs and the USN involvement in the Korean War.

[evansb]

The airfield was involved to a degree by the Korean Conflict.

[India Four Two]

Not RAAF.

Being tricky, Bri? ;)

How about RAN? Nowra, HMAS Albatross.

[evansb]

India Four Two is spot on:ok: Well done:D HMAS Albatross, Nowra, is Australia's last remaining naval air base. I posted the photo on January 26th, Australia Day.
Over to you.

[India Four Two]

I completely missed the Australia Day reference.

Here are a couple of photos of an airfield near where I used to live, although taken a bit before my time:


http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/india42/af02.jpg


http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/india42/FG1.jpg

[sabredog]

Eagle Farm Airfield, Brisbane.
P-47Ds of of the 69th,Fighter Sqdn., 58th,Fighter Group, U.S.A.A.F.

[India Four Two]

Well done, SD. BNE it is. This piece of the airfield is no longer in use. The new terminals and runways built in the 80s are further east.

[sabredog]

Thank you India Four Two. The squadron markings gave me a good lead!
The photograph must have been taken in early Spring'44, as shortly afterwards they deployed to Saidor, New Guinea.
Give my regards to the Rex Hotel when next in Saigon/Ho Chi Min City .
Open House ,Gentlemen.

[LFT]

Thanks sabredog, here goes -

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd11/DJ17DJ/proone1.jpg

[Shaft109]

Campletown / Macrihanish?

LLanbedr

[Squadgy]

West Freugh?

[LFT]

Oh well, I didn't think it'd last long, well done Squadgy :ok: West Freugh it is.

[Squadgy]

Thanks - Hold on - working on a new one - be right back :)

[Squadgy]

Here's the next:
http://www.egcb.flyer.co.uk/proone2.jpg

[Talkdownman]

Crosland Moor

[Squadgy]

:ok: Crosland Moor is correct, all yours TDM.

[Talkdownman]

Not up to image posting yet.
Floor is open.

[mustpost]

If I've done this before I'll take it down....
now looks too easy :}


http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj9/mustpost/wotairfield.jpg

[LFT]

East Fortune.

[mustpost]

Hmm..didn't last..:O Well done, all yours LFT- 13 minutes ; what took you so long? :}

[LFT]

I was at work....:E I'll post a challenge shortly.

[LFT]

Ok, here goes, clues available on request :)

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd11/DJ17DJ/proone2.jpg

[SilentHandover]

Hook-Scotland Farm?

[LFT]

No, not Hook-Scotland Farm SilentHandover.

[Tempsford]

Twinwoods?

[LFT]

Not Twinwoods.

[LFT]

Yup :D Over to you Speechless Two.

[Cubs2jets]

Diego Garcia?

By the way, are those numbers SM, NM, KM or furlongs per fortnight?

C2j

[barit1]

Using statute miles - the only set of circles I could make converge - it's one of the British Indian Island Territory (http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/asia/biot.htm) (Chagos Archipelago, including Diego Garcia).

[Itswindyout]

Looks like the old apron, taken from the baggage area

windy

[Dan Winterland]

I think it's Gan.

[Dan Winterland]

Sorry, can't continue with the poetry!

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

That's blowing snow streaming across the runway!

[Roland Pulfrew]

Dan

The picture hasn't appeared.

I'm guessing Goose Bay in winter!! ;)

Regards

Roly P

[Dan Winterland]

Bl**dy hell. Correct! Five minutes - and without the picture! Well done Roly. You must have seen a similar view more than once in your career.

The picture should have appeared by now. It didn't at first because I had named it in photobucket with an expletive to suggest it was very cold. It appears pprune stops expletives - even in links. It does fit the criteria for being historic as it was taken from a Victor about tenty years ago.

It is indeed Goose. Taken on an exercise 'Snow Goose' the aim of which was to perfect operating in cold weather. Exercise 'Practice Bleeding' if there ever was one! having said that, I've been flying around China for the last week, and the experience of Snow Goose has been very useful!

Best regards, and you have control.

[Roland Pulfrew]

D@mn

The first time I get one of these right and I haven't got any suitable pictures on this new laptop. Can everyone wait until I get back tonight?

Dan

It was a wild guess and I would have got the aircraft type wrong, I assumed VC10K, but it had to be Goose!!

RP

[Roland Pulfrew]

OK, sorry for the delay. Let's try this one...

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x133/RolandPulfrew/DSC00851.jpg

[LFT]

Is it coming up or going down ? ;)

[Background Noise]

Scunthorpe as viewed from Humberside?

[Roland Pulfrew]

Coming up!!

And no, not Humberside.

[Background Noise]

So, looking the other way - Fenton?

[Roland Pulfrew]

Damn! Less than 30 minutes!!! And I thought it would be quite tricky. I should have said not Scunthorpe. Church Fenton taken from 3 hangar looking towards D, E, F.....Drax, or was it Eggborough power station, sometime close to the winter solstice.

What gave it away?

Background Noise over to you.

[Background Noise]

It just looked like that part of the world - well lincs/south yorks - often seen at low level but not usually that early. Had to be somewhere with industry/power stn either east or west. Haven't got the old pics I'm after yet from my dad - the only other one I have to hand is only a month old so I guess its OPEN HOUSE.

[REF]

if nobody minds I'll jump in with this one;

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb198/Flyer719/20041020.jpg

I'll not be around until thursday evening so guess away!

Richard

[Roland Pulfrew]

Well I'm guessing Middle East so - Al Udeid?

[Tiger_mate]

Northern hemisphere?

Kuwait Intl?

[evansb]

Historic? Nostalgic?

[Phileas Fogg]

It looks like 'virgin' tarmac as if it's never been used ..... very Historic :)

[evansb]

Quite right.

[Speedpig]

But where?

[REF]

Not middle east but it is north of the equator

[Fishtailed]

Probably somewhere in the USA, howabout Alamogordo, White Sands, New Mexico?

[No_Speed_Restriction]

Ovda, Israel?

[REF]

I'll give you a clue, its in a nothern african country

[Speedpig]

Well, let's just try Tunis them

[Tiger_mate]

Morroco..............
http://www.aircraft-charter-world.com/images/countries/africa/morocco.gif

Casablanca? But lets face it, it could be anywhere

[No_Speed_Restriction]

Luxor? Sharm El Sheikh?

[REF]

Algeria should help then!

[Fishtailed]

Alger Huuari Boumediene

[computer jockey]

The bleak hills and the power lines everywhere remind me of Hassi Messaoud.
Is it DAUH?

[REF]

computer jockey has it spot on! over to you.

[computer jockey]

Gosh, I've been lurking on this thread for so long and this is the first one I've got right!
They must have resurfaced the apron at Hassi Messaoud since I was last there.

I am at work and have no pictures to post, so I declare Open House.

Bring the next one on...

[Fishtailed]

Try this, no extra points for the aircraft, squadron or year.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f280/fishtailed/scan0008-1.jpg

[Roland Pulfrew]

Nice Art Deco office space on the hangars, but somehow Germanic looking. Somewhere in "west" Germany in the 50s?

[dash7fan]

Fassberg, Germany

[Fishtailed]

Dash7fan, you're right.
Here's another shot of that control tower on the hangar end, from my fater-in-law's album of his time at Fassburg with 14 SQN in 1952.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f280/fishtailed/scan0009-2.jpg

[dash7fan]

Thank you Fishtailed!

Here is the next airport

Inside this terminalbuilding are:
ATC, Operations, Check-in, Customs, Restrooms and a Bar.
Outside is the "waitinghall", baggageclaim.


http://member.file-upload.net/seneca/File0987.jpg

[Sultan Ismail]

Plettenburg Bay, Eastern Cape, South Africa

[chevvron]

Nearly as big as Newquay.

[Russell Gulch]

...and only slightly larger than Tresco.:)

[evansb]

..and smaller than a Tesco.

[Phileas Fogg]

He was obviously talking about a Tesco Express :)

[dash7fan]

Well Gentlemen, this airport is in Europe

[Speedpig]

Nice, Cote d'Azur?

[dash7fan]

No, more to the east

[dash7fan]

A view during an approach to this aerodrom

http://member.file-upload.net/seneca/File0067.jpg

[MReyn24050]

Here is the latest list of Aerodromes published to date:-
http://www.geocities.com/artificer356/WhatAerodromeList020208.htm?20082

Please advise of any corrections required.
Mel

[sabredog]

Poretta (Bastia) Airport,Corsica?

[Tiger_mate]

Few countries in that part of the world refer to Police as 'Police'. Each having alternative titles eg Polis. The police car colour scheme is compatable with Greece, therefore, is it a Greek Island?

[dash7fan]

Yes Tigermate, its a Greek Island Airfield, 750 m runway, scheduled services with Olympic and Dash 7 Charterflights from Austria with 50 Pax in the eighties.

[Soddit]

Paros ( LGPA).If correct,open house whilst I try to follow the uploading instructions!

[Upyer RRR]

Is it Santorini?

[dash7fan]

Soddit has it. It is Paros, Greek island south of Mykonos.

[Soddit]

First attempt at this so bear with me. Here ( hopefully) is the next offering. Ninth attempt.

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg307/Soddit_photos/apt4jpg.jpg

Many thanks speechless two. You have saved me the cost of a new laptop:)

[Tiger_mate]

To get the clues rolling:

It has all the signs of being a 'caye' associated with a corel reef. Logic says to look towards Australia or Belize/Mexico, and I shall opt for the latter.

Is it a Central American airstrip?

[Soddit]

Tiger Mate: I regret that you are ( geographically)! just about as far out as you could be! This one is East of Suez.

[Russell Gulch]

Maldives?....

[Soddit]

Not Maldives but definitely in the right direction!

[Russell Gulch]

Agatti Island, Lakshadweep?

[Roland Pulfrew]

Cocos Islands?

[Soddit]

Russell Gulch has it. Agatti ( VOAT) it is.Congratulations... will try to be a little more challenging next time!:)

[Russell Gulch]

Thanks, Soddit. Here's the next "which aerodrome"; this one won't last long. I've looked on the list to ensure it hasn't been posted before. Honest.


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[India Four Two]

Russell,

It's not that easy - I need a clue - East or West of Greenwich?

[Russell Gulch]

I suppose if one were to travel far enough, everywhere is east of Grenwich. And west of it.

But by modern criteria, this location is east !

Russ.

[ATMspecialist]

I think we`re in Norway, Sandane (ENSD/SDN) to be more precise.

If correct, open house, Ladies and Gentlemen.

Cheers,

[Russell Gulch]

I told you it wouldn't last long.

Well done ATMspecialist

Russ.

[LFT]

Ok, open house, thanks guys. Taken from what airfield, or what remains of it -

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/4026/picture1112dk8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[sidtheesexist]

Looks UK to me. V v v long shot, Kirmington?

[Flap40]

Looks a bit like Exeter to me.

[Flap40]

Looking at it again I would agree that it is Scottish and I think it has featured twice already.

Threshold of 03 at Prestwick?

Edit 'cus I've just read what LFT wrote...

.... Taken from Ayr!

[LFT]

Flap40 is correct, 2 for the price of one, PIK's 03 threshold and what's left of one of Ayr Heathfield's runway's directly in line between me and the DC-8 which incidentally was loading a "hot" cargo. :ok:

[Flap40]

Thanks. Interested to know what you mean by "hot" though!

next one...

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