Which Aerodrome Mk II

[SMOKEON]

Thank you, Mr. Grubby.
Pure luck. I found Congonhas Airport whilst researching Descol's earlier challenge. I considered it to be a possisible contender for the future, so I made a note of it!
Smokeon.

[Cows getting bigger]

OK, aiming to stump Smokeon for a little more than 64 minutes :O

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g476/Cows-getting-bigger/CIMG1082.jpg?t=1298454636

[RegDep]

Newtownards

Or am I a spoilsport?

[Cows getting bigger]

OK, I'm going for a sulk. Open House. :D

[RegDep]

Don't. Is this from the same day as Belfast?

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/sulkingsmilygif.gif

Well, maybe I'll take the open house, because I apparently have made my esteemed colleague so sour that he wouldn't grant me the challenge :hmm:

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/M-1.jpg

Sorry, for a while the picture was lost in cyberspace :O.

[Cows getting bigger]

Ooops, so busy having a strop I forgot the rules! :eek:

[TheChitterneFlyer]

Could it be RAF Conningsby?

[RegDep]

Not that, TCF.

Edit to say affirmative to RAF, negative to Conningsby. And.....

[RegDep]

10-hour clue, because of lost challenge picture due to my mixup with Photobucket :O:

Edit to say affirmative to RAF, negative to Conningsby. And.....

And affirmative to unsinkable.

[SMOKEON]

R.A.F. Ta Qali, Malta,G.C.
Open House,if correct.
Smokeon.

[Russell Gulch]

Hey SMOKEON, are you perchance related to MOREOIL (caps intentional) of a different forum?

Russ

[RegDep]

SMOKEON R.A.F. Ta Qali, Malta,G.C. is correct.

Open House.

[sisemen]

OK. Let's run this one up the flagpole. Should be fairly easy.

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c92/allan907/DSCF0021-1.jpg

[SMOKEON]

Russell Gulch.
Sorry, no association with "MOREOIL",one Forum is more than enough!
Please check P.M.s
Smokeon.

[SMOKEON]

Northam Airfield,Australia?
Smokeon.

[sisemen]

On the money Smokeon.

2002 - start of Steve Fosset's successful solo round the world balloon trip.

Open House

[Duckbutt]

Don't think this one is too difficult:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Twyler/Puzz-37.jpg


Smokeon, given that you don't seem to be willing to enter into the spirit of the thread by taking the trouble to find challenges, and also the fact that you have been rather hogging the limelight lately I would like to ask you to keep out of this one. DB

[chevvron]

I'll take a stab at Netheravon.

[Duckbutt]

Not Netheravon, Chevvron.

[SMOKEON]

My apologies,Dubutt, for causing you such concern and angst.
I am more than happy to leave the Forum as requested. Should you wish to discuss the issue further, please contact me by P.M.
Regards,
Smokeon.
P.S.The airfield is #######.

[Mr_Grubby]

Now come on guys.

There is no need to start falling out. Life is too short.

This is just a bit of fun for all of us who are in the departure lounge of life. Well not yet 'Boarding Now' or 'Last Call !!' let's all hope.

Get a grip. Be friends.

Clint.

By the way, Gosport. :ok::ok:

[Steve Bond]

Errm...just a small point from a couple of pages back, but it is Coningsby please chaps, not "Conningsby"

[Duckbutt]

Absolutely no need to leave, Smokey, just perhaps enter into the spirit by finding a challenge or two when appropriate?

Comment re hogging the thread withdrawn as with hindsight somewhat petty.

Gosport it is Clint. Over to you.

[SMOKEON]

Thank you,Duckbutt. Best to leave the situation as it is, due tech.problems in providing challenges.
All the best
Smoke "open House" on!

Wise words, Mr. Grubby.

[Mr_Grubby]

Ok, lets all settle down and try this :-

C.

http://www.btinternet.com/~simon.gurry/Dadsphotos/airport132.jpg

[descol]

Well done C - so, this one may be North America ?

[Mr_Grubby]

No des.

A long way from America.

C.

[Russell Gulch]

France? .

[Mr_Grubby]

Russell,

No.... Not France.

C

[Russell Gulch]

I've been away for family duties for a day or so, and hope that everyone has had a wonderful Sunday like wot I have. Does everyone remember the the time when one chose one's friends and put up with one's kin? :mad:

I digress; forgive me.

I notice no progress on the current challenge, Mr G, can we say Europe?

[evansb]

A Benelux country ?

[Mr_Grubby]

Russell.

Yep, I know exactly what you mean.
Yes, it's Europe.

Bri.

No, not Benelux.

C.

[evansb]

Flugplatz Kassel-Waldau ? Yeah, I know, "where's Waldau?"...
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/Whereswallylogo1.jpg

[Mr_Grubby]

Bri.

Correct. Waldau, Germany.

Once the home of the Fieseler Airplane Werkes. Now an industrial park.

Here is another view :-

http://www.btinternet.com/~simon.gurry/Dadsphotos/airport133.jpg

Over to you.

C.

[evansb]

Thanks Mr. G! I'll bet not one car in the Waldau photo remains, but the aircraft pictured probably do. Here is the next challenge, and yes, you have to identify both aerodromes, but it should be a slam-dunk:http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WAD110228.jpg

[seacue]

Foreground is Kansas City, Missouri. Now Kansas City Downtown. [KMKC]
Background is Kansas City, Kansas. Google Earth shows it being redeveloped.

United Airlines used to stop at KMKC on the trip from DCA to DEN. One one of my trips as a PAX, they shut the plane's door before the first officer reboarded from his walk-around. Something of a joke, I think.

Magazine photo of KMKC, likely taken in 1932.
http://members.toast.net/rcarpen/kmkc1932.jpg

[evansb]

seacue is correct.:ok: The airport in the background is Fairfax Airport, and was home to a B-25 plant during WW.II, and now a GM auto assembly plant. You have control.

[seacue]

Unfortunately, I don't have anything ready to upload. Maybe I'll have something in a few minutes.

OK I have one for a challenge now. This aerodrome has been used before, but not this picture (I don't think).

http://members.toast.net/rcarpen/airp592.jpg

[seacue]

About 12 hours have passed and time for a clue.

When this picture was taken, this aerodrome was the main passenger field for a major city.

[kenparry]

Oakland, CA?

[seacue]

Right country, wrong airport.

[seacue]

Another hint:

Even today, this aerodrome is a very major passenger port to a very major city.

[RegDep]

Glenn H. Curtiss Airport a.k.a. North Beach Airport a.k.a. LaGuardia Airport

[seacue]

RegDep

Much, much closer, but you are in the wrong state.

[RegDep]

Without looking further, I'd give a stab for Newark Airport, but must look for the old name. Something to do with Brewsters.....

Edit to say that Newark Airport has always been called so (save for Liberty and International). The Brewster connection is something else - need to check history (or get my head checked :()

[seacue]

Yes, it's Newark Airport. I think the passenger terminal was next to the car park nearer the camera. The port facilities in the background should have helped identify the site.

It is a convenient airport to downtown New York City because of the good road connection to the Holland Tunnel.

In the early 1930s American Airways ran an hourly shuttle from Newark to Washington, DC.

RegDep has control.

[RegDep]

Thanks seacue!

The next one may have been here before but from a different era:

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/Bildschirmfoto2011-03-01um191025-1.png

[RegDep]

Clearly time for a clue!

The stadion-looking thing on the right was not for football, but.....

[India Four Two]

but..... for launching rockets.

Test Stand VII at Peenemunde.

Open House if correct.

[RegDep]

I42, correct! :D

It is Peenemünde airfield on the left and the V2 Test Stand VII on the right. Later Peenemünde Air Base for Soviet Air Force.

Closeups from the same era (same British intell stuff) of the Stadion before and after the UK fans visited it:

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/peenem_5-1.jpg

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/peenem_6-1.jpg

Open House requested.

[descol]

Interesting - challenge there ?
Here's something to keep things going


http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv14/descol/prune3march.jpg

[Upyer RRR]

Original Wolverhampton Airport at Pendeford?

[descol]

UPYER r r r
not this penderford
des

http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv14/descol/penderfordwolverhampton.jpg

[evansb]

With the air conditioning units, I'd guess it is from the Americas. With the obstruction lights on the deck rails, I'd guess the aerodrome has a number of helicopter movements, or perhaps it is a water'drome control tower and terminal.. How so far?

[descol]

evansb - yes to America - not water - not sure about helicopters !

[chevvron]

I'd like to respectfully point out that Peenemunde has been done before - I know because I got it!

[RegDep]

chevvron your point is equally respectfully acknowledged :).

I posted it before, too, hence my qualifier (slightly encrypted :E) now:
The next one may have been here before but from a different era:


Best
Reg

[olympus]

What's happening please? Is it Open House or is there still a squabble going on?

[RegDep]

I don't think any squabble is going on Sir.

descol's challenge in #4817 is on.

[descol]

Yes, it's still on - a clue - it's east coast USA

[descol]

time for another clue - this airport opened in 1931 - in 1998 facilities expanded to 350,000 sqft with 19 gates ?

[RegDep]

TF Green Airport (PVD, KPVD), Warwick, Rhode Island, USA

I think picture is from the time it was called Hillsgrove State Airport.

Just Giggled the clue.

[descol]

yes Reg - Warwick - TF Green RI
over to you

http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv14/descol/TFgreen-providenceRI.jpg

[RegDep]

Thanks descol!

Here we go:

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/d-1.jpg

[evansb]

Dortmund Flugplatz, Deutschland, ja ?

[RegDep]

Spoilsport. It was meant to last longer :(.

Jawohl, Dortmund Flughafen, DMD, Deutschland, ca. 1930

evansb has the thread!

[evansb]

Es tut mir leid. Here is another one:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WAD110305.jpg

[RegDep]

Was this built after the end of WW2 or before its end?

[evansb]

Built before WW.II, and still in use, but in a different runway configuration.

[RegDep]

Is it in Japan?

[one11]

Shushan, New Orleans.

Nothing prepared so open house if correct

[evansb]

one11 is correct. Nothing prepared? That sucks! Yes, it is Shushan/Lakefront Airport, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.
As he declared, it is OPEN HOUSE.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/4-lake-front-airport1.jpg

[Mr_Grubby]

How about this place ??

C.


http://www.btinternet.com/~simon.gurry/Dadsphotos/airport130.jpg

[descol]

no movement on this one C !
so, is it in Australia ?

[Mr_Grubby]

des.

I thought this might go straight away !!!

It is the other side of the world to Australia.

C.

[RegDep]

West Indies, then?

[evansb]

I'd say Europe.

[Mr_Grubby]

Bri.

Yes, Europe.

C.

[Cows getting bigger]

I'm thinking France - it looks vaguely familiar.

[Mr_Grubby]

Cows. No, not France.

[barry lloyd]

The tower is reminscent of many I have seen in eastern Europe...

[Mr_Grubby]

barry.

Getting warmer !!

C.

[Flap40]

I think that it is Debrecen in Hungary.

[Mr_Grubby]

Flap40.

I think that you are right !

You have control.

Clint.:ok:

[Flap40]

Thanks Next one.

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj36/jodel_bucket/mystery7311.jpg

[Russell Gulch]

Initial response is: what a great photo! (Can I have a full-size copy?)

England, leading up to D-Day. Not East Anglia? Am I warm?

As a guess, Twinwood?

[Kieron Kirk]

Tarrant Rushton.

Ciarain.

[Flap40]

Correct, Tarrant Rushton.

[Kieron Kirk]

Great photograph, what an amazing sight.

I have nothing to post, anyone?

Ciarain.

[Russell Gulch]

OK, here's one:

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/868mick/wa/image4.jpg

[evansb]

Is it former Belgian Air Force Base Sint-Truiden/Brustem, which is now open to general aviation ?

[Russell Gulch]

It is indeed, and my apologies for the delay in responding. The Fouga is mounted on a new roundabout at what was the old entrance to the base.

You have the Chair, evansb.

[evansb]

Thanks Russell. Here is the next mystery aerodrome:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WAD110308-1.jpg

[Mr_Grubby]

No. 7 Bombing and Gunnery school, Paulson, Manitoba.

C.

[evansb]

Mr_Grubby is correct.:ok: Your control.

[Mr_Grubby]

Thanks.

C.

http://www.btinternet.com/~simon.gurry/Dadsphotos/airport129.JPG

[Mr_Grubby]

JENKINS.

Mmm............. maybe but not a major influence on the airfields development.

[barry lloyd]

Carlisle (Crosby on Eden) ?

[Phileas Fogg]

It's a typical UK military triangle runway pattern with two thirds of the triangle now steeped in history, it seems there is a busy road, perhaps a motorway, in the background, yet the layout/colour of the buildings don't indicate it being, now, a military airfield likewise the runway markings don't appear to be military.

What is different to many 'triangle' airfields is that this main runway has a taxiway running alongside the length of the runway, kind of like Machrihanish but a busy road, alone, wouldn't fit in with Machrihanish. :)

[Mr_Grubby]

Gents.

This place is not in the UK.

C.

[Little cloud]

Mr G, I'm nigh on 99% certain it's Angelholm in SW Sweden, that is unless it has a doppelganger! Looks like the main north south road in the background.

I recall watching an impromptu single mil aircraft aerobatics display here early one morning - stunning and heart stopping at times, I was relieved when it was over.

[Mr_Grubby]

Little cloud.

Spot on sir !! Well done.

You have control.

Clint.:ok::ok:

[Little cloud]

Thanks Mr G,

UK, WW2, long abandoned, RAF:

http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l517/littlecloud1/abc.jpg

[con-pilot]

I can see why it was abandoned, somebody dug a really big hole in the middle of the aerodrome. :p

[Mr_Grubby]

Is it Northumberland somewhere ?

C.

[RegDep]

Did they start digging the hole after July 2006?

[Little cloud]

Not Northumberland Mr G. It was a satellite of a nearby larger airfield which in civilian use today. The view is looking SW and the coast is 'behind'.

Played it's part in the War in Norway in 1942.

Regdep, I don't know when the quarry was opened.

[RegDep]

Was it an auxiliary to Lossiemouth?

[Cows getting bigger]

Skitton, just NW of Wick.

[RegDep]

Ouch!!!!!!!

[Little cloud]

Skitten/Skitton it is cgb, well done.

Some background on Operation Freshman here:

Operation Freshman Report (http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/fman_report.htm)

[Mr_Grubby]

Smokeon.

Where are you ???

C.

[Cows getting bigger]

Open house chaps.

[Cubs2jets]

As cgb has declared Open House...

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj200/Cubs2jets/untitled3-1.jpg?t=1300054390

C2j

[evansb]

It is where I want to be for the rest of my life. Walker's Cay, Abaco, Bahamas.

[Cubs2jets]

Well, that didn't last long. I'd say our friend evansb has "been around"! Your wish is my command - the island IS for sale: Walker's Cay (http://www.walkerscay.com/) Hmmm...they don't list an asking price.

Flew a Cheyenne in and out of there two dozen or so times in the early eighties. Even landed on the "short" runway. Only stayed one or two nights though...

Over to you evansb.

C2j

[evansb]

Save for the hurricane season, yeah, I can picture myself living there. Such things dreams are made of .. (and winning lottery tickets..) Here is the next mystery aerodrome:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WAD0314.jpg

[Mr_Grubby]

N06, SFTS. Dunnville,Ont. Canada.

C.

[evansb]

Yes, Mr.Grubby is correct. Just as easy as Paulson, Manitoba, for you. Your turn.

[Mr_Grubby]

And the next one.


http://www.btinternet.com/~simon.gurry/Dadsphotos/airport119.jpg

[Little cloud]

The colour scheme looks Indian and the vegetation suggests tropical and wet. Almost art deco, the lower part of the tower - late colonial era, with an addition on top?

[sycamore]

Is it on a hilltop in Nepal ?

[evansb]

Port Blair, Veer Savakar, Andaman & Nicobar Islands ?

[Mr_Grubby]

Bri.

Port Blair it is. Over to you..
C.

[evansb]

Thanks. An interesting approach to that airport! I found it by looking at photos of Rangoon of all places! Here is the next "What Aerodrome?":
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WAD110315.jpg

[sisemen]

Definitely RAF - but is it still operating??

[evansb]

Yes, former RAF base. Runways no longer visible from google earth, but the hangars and perimiter are.

[kenparry]

RAF Feltwell, Norfolk. The picture is quite old, there were in recent years some domes on the airfield. There never were any hard runways.

Open house if correct.

[evansb]

kenparry is correct. Feltwell now home to three large radomes, baseball diamonds and a golf course. As he wishes, it is OPEN HOUSE...

[Corsairoz]

Sorry folks , put one up last night that amazingly (to me) was a recent duplicate despite me checking the lists (but not checking recent posts).

Deleted it now. Remains OPEN HOUSE

[Kerling-Approsh KG]

As it's open house, I'll try this one... Apologies for the bit of wing, I snapped it as I went past with the family.

http://i1113.photobucket.com/albums/k518/iCiCiCiCiC/IMG_0429cropped1.jpg

[TheChitterneFlyer]

North Coates, Lincolnshire.

[Kerling-Approsh KG]

I thought it was an easy one... Spot on. TCF, you have control!

[TheChitterneFlyer]

My apologies... OPEN HOUSE

[India Four Two]

The original caption of this photo includes the word "Spitfires" :eek:

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/india42/Spitfires.png

[RegDep]

..and the rest says "of Australia".

And the small print says "....Oakey Airfield-late 1946"

[India Four Two]

Three minutes. Is that a record?

Oakey, QLD. Now home of the Army Aviation Centre.

Those P-40s (and the Spitfires not in the picture) were going for £20 each (without engines)!

RegDep has control.

[RegDep]

Let's try this. Not my picture - mine are older and I could't find them.......

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/t-2-1.jpg

[chevvron]

Well the tower looks like Gravesend, and the river in the background could be the Thames, but not with a hard runway and a Cessna 414 in the picture; are you montaging us?

[RegDep]

Montaging? Who? Me?? Would I do that? :E

Naw. Not Thames. One can sail from here to Thames, though :8.

[TheChitterneFlyer]

Reykjavik Airport... I feel sure we've seen this one before; quite recently.


TCF

[RegDep]

TCF has it

Reykjavik Airport.

In fact it is the old RAF control tower there, but not montaged by me chevvron. The British put it there themselves :p

Over to you :D!

Edit to say that yes, we have had Reykjavik recently. Confession to make: I didn't check :sad:. Checked now: Yes we had, same picture but the registration of the aircraft not redacted. I am sorry.

[TheChitterneFlyer]

RegDep... I've not got anything "interesting" ready to hand so why don't you go ahead and make another challenge.

TCF

[RegDep]

Thanks TCF!

This has not been here:

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/big_img_1292235179.jpg

Clues in due course to keep the thread alive. Many already in the pic to start zeroing in.....

[Flap40]

Given the amount of snow clearance equipment in use, it must be a BAA airport!

[RegDep]

Well, no......... :D

[RegDep]

Clue time: The records are silent whether or not a soldier ever made it there.

Edit to ask: No beer-lowers here?

[RegDep]

No takers?

OK, it is not St. Louis.

[Bigt]

Truck pushing plough looks of East European origin..

[Flap40]

Purely based on the clues, i'll take a wild stab at České Budějovice.

[RegDep]

Flap40,

České Budějovice in Czech Republik it is. Where the Good Soldier Švejk was heading to in the novel of Jaroslav Hašek, "The Fateful Adventures of the Good Soldier Švejk During the World War (I)", but didn't make it there.

The home town of original Budweiser Budvar.


Flap40 has the thread!

[Flap40]

Thanks. Open House.

[descol]

Where's this ?
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv14/descol/prune20march.jpg

[RegDep]

Is that building across the bay a nuclear power plant?

[descol]

regdep
no-it's not nuclear

[sycamore]

Possibly in Norway ?

[descol]

sycamore
yes - that should do it ?

[evansb]

Floro, Sogn og Fjodane, Norway, (ENFL). ?

[RegDep]

So it wasn't a power plant but a pellet factory…..

And the suspect white panels on the foreground are the modern buildings of the Coastal Museum…..

[descol]

evansb
correct
over to you

[evansb]

Thanks descol. Some say Floro is a difficult and dangerous airport, but it is Norway's busiest regional airport none-the-less. Now for the next mystery aerodrome: (I couldn't find a nostalgic black-and-white photo showing the runways, so this will have to do)
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WAD110320.jpg

[Davidsoffice]

That looks like a Nolinor Convair having just seen details of one damaged this weekend? JACDEC - Current News (http://www.jacdec.de/news/news.htm)
Suggest the field is in Canada then.......

[RegDep]

The majority of destinations of our flights are various remote regions across Canada.

Say Nolinor Aviation :ooh:.

[evansb]

Yes, it is Canada.

[Davidsoffice]

Process of elimination given the VIH Hangar... Sandspit?

[evansb]

Davidsoffice is correct. Sandspit, (CYZP), Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. Your turn.

[Davidsoffice]

Nothing to offer at present... Open House!

[Phileas Fogg]

How about this one:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5298/5546614083_8f5cc38467.jpg

[evansb]

Pindra Aeroporte, El Hierro, Islas Canarias ?

[Phileas Fogg]

evansb has it.

[evansb]

Thanks PF. Here is the next mystery aerodrome:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WAD110321.jpg

[Cows getting bigger]

KPGA, Page Muni. My logbook says 8 Aug 1985. If correct, open house.

[evansb]

Cgb is correct. Page, Arizona. He says OPEN HOUSE.

[Noyade]

http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/1015/4362322656f5d10526c3.jpg (http://img832.imageshack.us/i/4362322656f5d10526c3.jpg/)

[Noyade]

http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/9484/800pxraafwaggaheritagec.jpg (http://img834.imageshack.us/i/800pxraafwaggaheritagec.jpg/)

[Tacklebury]

Wagga Wagga Airport.
Must be an old photograph, Noyade, as the control tower has been closed for some time. The Quantaslink Dash 8 was a good clue though.
Open House , if correct!
Tacklebury

[sisemen]

That makes it a bit easier. RAAF Pearce by any chance??

[Noyade]

RAAF Pearce by any chance?? Close! :)

Wagga Wagga Airport.:ok:

Open House.

Originally I was going to post this as the clue but thought there wasn't enough resolution to see the road sign answer...

http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/1959/800pxuranawatertowerspi.jpg (http://img846.imageshack.us/i/800pxuranawatertowerspi.jpg/)

[Phileas Fogg]

Hopefully this will last longer than the 5 minutes my recent attempts have lasted :)

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5305/5549782107_390e0e0e46.jpg

[descol]

Looks like one of the Kiribati atolls - ?

[Phileas Fogg]

Not one of the Kiribati's.

[Phileas Fogg]

Another pic of it:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5306/5552543823_d878f7f217.jpg

[LXXIV]

Canton Island, if correct OH, LXXIV

[Phileas Fogg]

Nope, not Canton/Kanton Island.

[descol]

PF
Is the island located in the south pacific ?

[Phileas Fogg]

Nope, not S. Pacific

[descol]

is it or was it French ?

[Phileas Fogg]

I don't believe it has been 'French' at any time.

[con-pilot]

Caribbean?

It reminds me of Bimini Island, but it has been a real long time since I was there. I was flying a fairly new Jet Commander at the time, if that tells you anything.

[Phileas Fogg]

Not the Caribbean.

[Tacklebury]

Long shot;
Quilálea Island,Mozambique.
Tacklebury.

[Phileas Fogg]

No, not Quilálea Island

[Tacklebury]

Santa Carolina Island,MZ.,also known as Paradise Island.
Tacklebury

[Phileas Fogg]

Tacklebury has it, once Mozambique came in to the equation I guessed it wouldn't be too long.

Here's another pic of it I found on the web:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5309/5552539031_e55fa41687.jpg

[Tacklebury]

Thank you PF. Quite a challenge!
I am presently "Down Route", so not able to access Photobucket.
Open House.
Tacklebury

[descol]

Good one PF

[Phileas Fogg]

Thanks descol,

I did have to chuckle myself when I found it, I too would have been searching the atoll's, Fijian islands etc. as I'm sure most of you were, one would barely imagine an island like that in Africa!

[Duckbutt]

I would not for one minute confess to wasting time searching images of Pacific islands and atolls.

To keep things moving have a look at this (probably just a five minute wonder but then again....):

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Twyler/Puzz-38.jpg

[dash7fan]

Muroc Army Airfield (Edwards A/B now)

[Duckbutt]

OK then, a six minute wonder! Lightly disguised Bell jet prototype in the 40's. You have it dash7fan.

[dash7fan]

Genlemen, open house pls

[olympus]

Try this one...

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg150/gwpcrescue/mini-Airfieldscan11.jpg

[olympus]

Time for a little clue...

This airfield was formerly the principal airport for this city, which is the country's capital. After a period of disuse it is now, I believe, back in service but not as an international airport. I once landed there in something of a hurry with what turned out to be a faulty oil pressure gauge.

[barry lloyd]

Are we in Central/South America?

[olympus]

Negative; not Central/South America.

[Mr_Grubby]

Africa ??

C.

[olympus]

Yes, Africa.

[Cows getting bigger]

Addis Ababa. OH if correct.

[TheChitterneFlyer]

Google Earth certainly does confirm Addis Ababa; Liddetta to be precise.

Lets try this one...

http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab107/cortonflyer/26511235-1.jpg

[TheChitterneFlyer]

I guess it's time for a clue...

"Black Gold"

TCF

[Mr_Grubby]

Venezuela ??

C.

[RegDep]

Funny, Mr Grubby - I was looking at Venezuela, too, but Oro Negro Aeropuerto it does not seem to be….

[TheChitterneFlyer]

Gentlemen; not Venezuela.

[evansb]

Malabo, Bioko, Equatorial Guinea ?

[Cows getting bigger]

Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. (Ooops, just beaten).

[TheChitterneFlyer]

evansb has it. Over to you sir.

[evansb]

Thanks TCF. Here is the next mystery aerodrome:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WAD110328.jpg

[sisemen]

French Dewoitine - but probably not mainland France? Looks a bit Aleutian/Icelandish or Syria??

[Noyade]

Rayack Lebanon...?



Dewoitine 520 sur la base de Rayack
n°382 du capitaine Rivals Mazères (33)
Pierre LE GLOAN - Pilote au GC III/6 (3/6) - As de la Campagne de France (http://www.bibert.fr/Joseph_Bibert_fichiers/Pierre%20LE%20GLOAN.htm)

Open House if it is Bri.

[evansb]

[I]Noyade[I] is correct.:ok: As he said, it is OPEN HOUSE

[India Four Two]

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/india42/Screenshot2011-03-29at212607.png

[evansb]

What's that? Is it the hotly contested Spratly Island of Itu Abu, aka Taiping (Taipingdao) ?

[India Four Two]

Bri,

"Close but no cigar"

Yes, it is one of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea (or Trung Sa Islands in the Eastern Sea as we say here in Vietnam), but not Itu Abu. Only another "147 islets" to search ;)

[evansb]

Dao Truong Sa - Big Spratly Island ? (8DEG,38' N 111DEG,55'E)

[Sultan Ismail]

Don't know the name but its 8.644393N 111.919999E

[India Four Two]

You are both right, but evansb got there first.

Spratly Island, the largest island in the group that is occupied by Vietnam. Other islands and reefs are occupied by China, Taiwan, Philippines, Brunei and Malaysia.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/Spratly_Islands-CIA_WFB_Map.png

This whole disputed area is a maze of reefs, some not charted. It is justifiably marked on Admiralty charts as "Dangerous Grounds". The main shipping lanes are just to the west of this map, in very deep water.

Over to you, bri.

[evansb]

Thanks Simon. Enjoyable challenge. Here is the next mystery aerodrome:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WAD110330.jpg

[RegDep]

Brazil, late 60s or early 70s?

[evansb]

Sorry, not Brazil, nor from the 1960s or 70s.

[StbdD]

Has the feel of a smoke jumper or fire bomber base to me. My guess would be western US or Canada.

[RegDep]

Has the feel of a smoke jumper or fire bomber base to me. My guess would be western US or Canada.

What would this Brazilian aircraft do there….. :\

[sisemen]

Argentina late 30s???

[evansb]

Sorry, not located in North America nor South America.

[Sultan Ismail]

Africa was my first choice with Nairobi and Kampala as prospects, the Sun is high, the apron personnel are in shorts and long socks, however all the aircraft are American.

The tower has a structure common around S.E. Asia, but not likely to be Malaysia or Singapore as no British influence (apart from the long socks).

So I'll go for somewhere in the Philippines and Eastwards to Guam.

Nagging doubt about the terrain, doesn't look tropical.

[evansb]

Keen eye. There is indeed a British influence. Yes, most of the aircraft are American built. The Norseman is Canadian built. The aerodrome presently has a beautiful new control tower.

[Mr_Grubby]

Bangalore, 1947.

C.

[evansb]

Mr Grubby is correct.:ok: Bangalore is also known as the Garden City of India.
Your turn.

[Mr_Grubby]

Thanks Bri.

I continue to have problems with the 'iron brain' so unable to post.

Open house.

Clint.

[TheChitterneFlyer]

OK; let's try another one from my list... it might not last too long!

http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab107/cortonflyer/WA8.jpg

[TheChitterneFlyer]

Time for a clue... the official language is Spanish.

[Mr_Grubby]

Annobón (or Annabon or Anabon; from Ano bom Portuguese for Good Year), also known as Pagalu or Pigalu, is an island of Equatorial Guinea.

The island's main language is the Annobonese language (Fá d'Ambô), a Portuguese creole. Spanish, the official language, is also widely spoken, especially by schoolchildren and those working in tourism. Spanish is also a second language of the majority of residents.



C.

[TheChitterneFlyer]

Well done Sir. Mr_Grubby has control.

[Mr_Grubby]

TCF.

Thanks. I still have not got full control of my PC, so open house again.

C.

[sisemen]

As it is open house....if I may be so bold gentlemen....

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c92/allan907/ibw02.jpg

[TheChitterneFlyer]

I don't have a clue where this place is; however, it was, obviously, a splendid day for flying. Might it be in Canada?

[sisemen]

Not Canada, but a place renowned for clear blue, almost traffic-free skies.

[twochai]

Not Canada, but a place renowned for clear blue, almost traffic-free skies.

Western Australia, by chance??

[sisemen]

Western Australia? Yes. I guess one of the clues was my location :}

[Mr_Grubby]

Leeman Airfield, W.A.

C.

[sisemen]

Top marks Mr Grubby.:ok: Over to you.