Which Aerodrome Mk II

[Noyade]

Couldn't find this on Mel's list...

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/550/looksfamiliar.jpg (http://img97.imageshack.us/i/looksfamiliar.jpg/)

[sabredog]

BOAC Flying Boat Terminal,Southampton Docks.

[Noyade]

BOAC Flying Boat Terminal,Southampton Docks.

:ok:

Your control or would you like another?

[sabredog]

Nothing to offer at present,Noyade.
YHC.

[Noyade]

:)

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/1701/tryagainn.jpg (http://img842.imageshack.us/i/tryagainn.jpg/)

[sabredog]

Baiyun Airport, once known as White Cloud Airport.

[Noyade]

Baiyun AirportIs that Canton?

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/7931/hmmmmp.jpg (http://img189.imageshack.us/i/hmmmmp.jpg/)

[sabredog]

Guangzhou (Canton) - Baiyun (White Cloud) Airport.

[Noyade]

Want another one? :ok::)

[sabredog]

Just "one for the road", Noyade.

[Noyade]

Located at an airport....not on Mel's list...:)

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/3964/newhb.jpg (http://img171.imageshack.us/i/newhb.jpg/)

[HappyPass]

Man, you gotta know... those distances are seriously f*****-up...:)

http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/5687/wtfrd.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/854/wtfrd.jpg/)

[RegDep]

Bunia……...

[Noyade]

Hmmm....I could be wrong. Is the airport locatable with a map that has a good scale and a pair of dividers?

If I'm wrong, kick me up the arse and make it open house!

[Noyade]

Bunia……...

Caption says no mate. Should I just reveal the location and see if the sign is right?

[HappyPass]

I'll say it's in Nairobi, based on the smaller among those distances.
Since those might be road distances there could be major inaccuracies over long distances.

http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/9850/wtfih.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/607/wtfih.jpg/)

See? much better now...

[Noyade]

Nairobi,

:ok::D:D:D:D

Your control!

[HappyPass]

Thanks, fascinating challenge indeed...
I'll OH as I'm out of ideas right now... :ouch:

[Noyade]

I'll OH

OK...

http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/8617/everyhere.jpg (http://img851.imageshack.us/i/everyhere.jpg/)

[HappyPass]

Airframe should be VH-ANG...
Could I venture into saying that the airfield might be Essendon?

[Noyade]

Essendon?

Bloody hell! I'm running out of images! :ok::)

Your control mate....

[HappyPass]

I'm on fire today! 1 SC & 2 WA...
Lunch now, so another OH.
I promise I'll make up for it...:O
See you soon.

[MReyn24050]

Open House?
Here is one to keep the thread going:-
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Airportquiz048.jpg

[sabredog]

Homestead Air Force Base.
Mel, if correct, "Open House".

[MReyn24050]

Sabredog. Got it one and I thought that this would run for a bit. :ok::D

Open House as Sabredog says.
Mel

[HappyPass]

Well, I'll keep my promise. :ok:

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/623/wachallenge.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/193/wachallenge.jpg/)

[Dora-9]

Mallacoota, Vic, Australia?

If correct, "Open House"....

[Dora-9]

Mallacoota?

If correct, "Open House".....

[HappyPass]

Yep, that one! :D:D:D
A short hop south of the Merimbula airport, near a scenic inlet.
Beautiful place, if you ask me.
OH

[Mr_Grubby]

Try this one.

http://www.btinternet.com/~simon.gurry/Dadsphotos/airport159.jpg

[RegDep]

Jacksonville Municipal Airport, Mr Grubby

[Mr_Grubby]

Reg, correct !!

You have the helm.

C.

[RegDep]

Thanks Mr Grubby!

Another easy one:

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

[sabredog]

Ursel,Belgium.

[RegDep]

Yes sabredog. It works, doesn't it?

Over to you.

[sabredog]

It is knowing where to search,Regdep.
Open House.

[Mr_Grubby]

Hurry up and get this one gents as I'm going out in 45 mins !

http://www.btinternet.com/~simon.gurry/Dadsphotos/airport160.jpg

[RegDep]

KSPI Springfield, from the same blog.

[RegDep]

May I reciprocate and give you something for your remaining minutes…

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/290843096_PQD47-L-2.jpg

[Mr_Grubby]

Thanks Reg.

You must read Spocks blog too !!

Toodle pip. Over to you.

C.

[RegDep]

That's where I found them ;). In anticipation of my stunning victory, I have already posted a new one…. :O.

[sabredog]

R.A.F.Memorial,Vis Island, Croatia.

[RegDep]

R.A.F.Memorial,Vis Island, Croatia

That's what it is sabredog :ok:

Don't tell the WoE folks :E

Over to you.

Edit: Oh you did…...

[sabredog]

Thank you,Regdep. Apologies, have been there already.
Open house.

[RegDep]

Never mind sabredog. Well done.

Here is the proof that we are talking about an aerodrome

Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Croatia (http://www.ronaldv.nl/abandoned/airfields/HR/split.html)

For the record: sabredog has requested Open House

[HappyPass]

Well, since I'm still in debt... ;)

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/4967/challengeym.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/263/challengeym.jpg/)

[Corsairoz]

I'm going to guess Northern Europe, maybe Germany.

I am also going to guess a North/South runway or thereabouts judging from the long (presumably evening) shadows.

C

[HappyPass]

Not in Europe.
16/34.
Presumably evening. ;)

[RegDep]

What are the things that delineate the runway and also the perimeter down left? Doesn't even seem like a fence…..

[chevvron]

I think they're car parking spaces Reg.
Anyway if it wasn't for the runway being 16/34, I'd say it was Baynards Park.

[HappyPass]

Trees. White markers are not visible from this height.

[RegDep]

Trees? How does that reconcile with the shadows?

[HappyPass]

Easily: one circle is the foliage, the other is the shadow. ;)

See?
http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/1939/cluel.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/847/cluel.jpg/)

[HappyPass]

About to leave, will be back to monitor late this evening or tomorrow morning.

[Ridge Runner]

Down under, mate?

[HappyPass]

Up over, mate ;)

Edit: I will be away the whole afternoon and evening. See you tomorrow.

[HappyPass]

Well, that challenge's doing his job pretty well...
I'll sum up and add two clues.

- Not in Europe
- Not in Australia
- Rwy hdg is 16/34 (both are used)
- Rwy is lined with smallish trees
...
- Airstrip is privately owned
- Airstrip is very near (< 5mi) to another airport

Good night and good luck
HP

Edit: ok, I'll wax eloquent.
"what do you call a piece of enclosed land planted with fruit trees?"

[SincoTC]

Afternoon HP,

Playing away eh!!, Two (or more) can play at that game :)

Wax Orchards Airport, Washington State USA ?

Open House if correct.

[HappyPass]

Correct! :D:D:D
WA69 Wax Orchards, three miles south of Vashon Muni Airport.

TC has requested Open House.

[Noyade]

Here's another which I couldn't find on Mel's list...

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/8327/overseas.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/202/overseas.jpg/)

[SincoTC]

G'day Graeme,

A wild guess before hitting the hay!

By the large mainwheels, it's the prototype Comet and could it be Cairo ??

Open House if correct as I'm off now. Have a good day mate :ok:

[Noyade]

Tis Cairo mate! :ok:

Are there a couple of airports in Cairo? This one started with "F", I think...I'll have to find the caption again.

Anyway. :ok:

Open House if correct as I'm off now

[Noyade]

Another...

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/7885/tamworthg.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/228/tamworthg.jpg/)

[Noyade]

Aviation wise the city is famous for this historical event...

http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/601/tamworth2.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/847/tamworth2.jpg/)

[HappyPass]

Afternoon, just switched off the tv, great GP really.

People pulling with ropes a Dc-2 should make that plane the Uiver and that aerodrome Albury.

London Melbourne Race (http://www.avsim.com/hangar/flight/dc2uiver/race/london_melbourne_race.htm)

I would also like to second Mel's congratulations to Cadel Evans.
I couldn't watch the contre-la-montre yesterday, but I really liked how he put his heart in every single stage of this Tour.

[Noyade]

Albury

Done! :ok: Your control HP. :)

Cadel Evans
I like his parents - my sort of people....

I can go to bed now! Cheers.

[HappyPass]

Thanks Graeme, sleep well :)

Next one:
http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/623/wachallenge.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/820/wachallenge.jpg/)

[HappyPass]

Clue: this is gonna be really hard, and don't be fooled by the rwy surface...

[RegDep]

OK, it's not tarmac but sort of gravel (volcanic?).

[HappyPass]

No, the surface is asphalt, just like it seems. :E
But...

[RegDep]

But...

the markings are not numbers….

[HappyPass]

the markings are not numbers…

I can read a 25, and since it is, I think you should get a new pair of glasses ;)
No. There's an elaborate pun in the background, but once you have solved it you automagically get the name of the airport/town.

[RegDep]

Well, I read the plot of The Notebook, but still cannot find the airfield :(

[HappyPass]

The NotebookAnd what's that? :confused:

Just concentrate on "asphalt" and "hard" ;)

[sabredog]

Concrete airport,Washington state?

[HappyPass]

Spot on!
3W5 Concrete Muni, aka Mears Field.

You should take a moment to watch the video from which this picture has been taken... talk about close calls!!!

My Scariest Moment as a Pilot (http://www.flyaoamedia.com/aviation/my-scariest-moment-as-a-pilot/)

The author says that weight, balances, p.a. and winds were all ok and he found a "pocket of air" at the end of the runway...

sabredog has requested Open House.

[sabredog]

Open House.

[Duckbutt]

Try this one then:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Twyler/Puzz45.jpg

[CharlieOneSix]

Netheravon?

[Duckbutt]

Not Netheravon

[Davidsoffice]

It looks flatter than I imagine Netheravon would be and its obviously very early, pre concrete, tarmac and proper buildings. Complete wildshot, could it be Cranwell and the A15 in the foreground?

[Duckbutt]

Sorry, not Cranwell or the A15.

Not sure of the exact date but the source of the photo says it was taken around 1918. I have looked around the net and as far as I can establish this cannot be correct as one of the two units depicted was definitely NOT here at any time during that year. Without wishing to mislead my best guess would be that it was taken around 1923 or so.

[Bigt]

Would Netheravon be nearby?

[Whispering Giant]

RAF Yatesbury maybe.

[Duckbutt]

Not Yatesbury. The aircraft in the picture would not be capable of flying from here to Netheravon.

[SMOKEON]

Possibly a U.S. Army Air Service field?

[Duckbutt]

Much warmer, Smokeon.

[con-pilot]

Langley? A pure WAG.

[SMOKEON]

I noticed the car at bottom of the photograph was driving on the right side of the road! The very neat layout of the encampment and lineup of aircraft was typical USAAS/AAC.

[Duckbutt]

Not Langley, Con but I do not rule out a connection with both the units in the picture.

Smokeon you, probably innocently, used a relevant word.

[sabredog]

WWI US Army Air Corp. Aerial Photo 96th & 20th Squadron of the 2nd Bombardment Group Camp, Princess Anne, M.D.

[Duckbutt]

Sneaking up on the rails, Sabredog does it again!

Over to you Terrance.......

[sabredog]

Thank you,Duckbutt, and thanks also to "Smokeon" for the U.S. connection.
The next challenge is;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/Quiz20-1.jpg

[HappyPass]

Is it in the U.S.?
Lots of chimneys... cold climate?

[sabredog]

Not the U.S.A, Happy Pass.

[sabredog]

Time for a clue.
U.K. Airfield,and played an important role in WW2.

[Cows getting bigger]

That reminds me of Henlow near the MT section.

[sabredog]

CgB,not R.A.F. Henlow.

[HappyPass]

Ratcliffe aerodrome, Leicestershire.

[sabredog]

Correct,Happy Pass.
YHC.

[HappyPass]

Thanks.

Next one...
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/4520/challengezn.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/155/challengezn.jpg/)

[RegDep]

Ringtail, a Royal Naval air station (known as a “stone frigate” to those in the service), built in 1942 to accommodate both the Carrier borne aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm when docked in Liverpool and to act as an assembly plant and distribution point for the Royal Naval aircraft shipped into Liverpool docks from America for Fleet Air Arms

HappyPass. What did I say?

[HappyPass]

That's the one, Reg (RAF Burscough), and in 3 minutes flat!
Pm reply you little ***... ;)

You have control.

[RegDep]

Thanks HappyPass.

That'll be Open House at this point.

[Noyade]

Open House

You're a good man Reg! :ok:

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/8742/jetsi.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/64/jetsi.jpg/)

[sabredog]

OTA Air Base Portugal?

[Noyade]

You're a machine! :)

Your control Sabredog! :ok::)

[sabredog]

Thank you,Noyade.
The next challenge should not last very long;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/quiz21.jpg

[RegDep]

X2PL Plaistows Auxiliary

[sabredog]

Correct,Regdep.
It is Plaistow Farm Airfield.
Well done,and in a good time as well.
YHC

[RegDep]

Thanks sabredog!

Next

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/Bildschirmfoto2011-07-29um101006-1.png

[Tempsford]

East Kirby?

[RegDep]

You mean RAF East Kirkby? Mine is not in the UK.

[Davidsoffice]

Looks like an old 'Soviet' airfield

[RegDep]

Not that either, Davidsoffice. Not at all…...

[chevvron]

I would have guessed UK; an old Thor or Bloodhound base looking at the fenced off compound at the bottom of the picture, but you say it's not UK!

[RegDep]

The fenced off compound is for some other purpose, after the airfield was no longer in its original aviation use.

[sycamore]

European,or N American; looks a little `Canadienne`?

[RegDep]

USAmerican but not in the USA…..

[descol]

is it Guam ?

[RegDep]

In Guam, yes…..

[Duckbutt]

OK then, Orote Peninsula Airfield, Guam.

[RegDep]

Correct Duckbutt, Orote Peninsula Airfield, Guam.

Picture taken in 1999; the fenced-off area is a tent "village" during "Tandem Trust '99" excercise.

Over to you! :ok:

[Duckbutt]

descol's bird I think, over to him.

[descol]

reg - tnks - nothing here at present - open house

[India Four Two]

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/india42/WAD110729.png

Visited this airfield yesterday.

[India Four Two]

The tall objects in the top right corner are wooden oil well derricks.

[Gulfstreamaviator]

close or closer.........

then I saw RW designator 31


glf

[India Four Two]

Texas? Well, after my clue, that would be an obvious guess, but wrong.;)

I hadn't noticed the 31. Today, it's 29.

[RegDep]

Zamperini Field, Torrance, CA

As a major oil-producing region, Torrance was once dotted with thousands of oil wells and oil derricks.

The airport was built by the United States Army Air Force about 1942, and was known as Lomita Flight Strip.

Found the picture in web

"The Lomita Flight Strip in late 1945. Note barracks in lower left later demolished for Crenshaw Boulevard. Note P-38 hardstands, oil wells (upper right), Walteria Lake (dark area, top left).

Completed by the Army Corps of Engineers in March 1943, the Lomita Flight Strip served as a training base for P-38 fighter pilots (June 1943 to April 1944) and Air Transport Command pilots (August 1944 to September 1945). In early 1946 it housed nearly 1,000 Japanese-Americans returning from relocation centers. The City of Torrance obtained a Use Permit in December 1946 and final Deed in March 1948, renaming it Zamperini Field.

Legendary Louis (Lou) Zamperini attended Torrance High School and as a junior in 1934 set a world interscholastic mile run record that remained unbroken for 20 years. Lou was the first American to finish the 5,000 meter race in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. While attending U.S.C. in 1938, Lou set a new N.C.A.A. mile record that stood for 15 Years.

A legacy of WWII, Captain Louis Zamperini crashed in the South Pacific, was listed as Missing in Action on May 23, 1943, and was declared dead by the war department on August 28, 1944. At the end of the war it was learned that Captain Zamperini had survived 47 days adrift in an open raft and 2 ½ years as a P.O.W. in Japan."

[India Four Two]

Here's a more recent picture with fog obscuring the coast:
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/india42/Torrance.jpg

I went there on Thursday to see the Western Museum of Flight and in particular, their Lockheed Quiet Star. I'll post my pictures when I get organized.

The three large buildings with the white and grey roofs are the Robinson Helicopter factory. The museum is in the hangars with red doors.

RegDep has control.

[RegDep]

Thanks I42!

Next:

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

[evansb]

The former Kent County Airport, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I understand this airport closed in late 1963. Correct ?

[RegDep]

Correct Bri!

Closed and urbanized.

The main runway is nowadays Roger B Chaffee Memorial Boulevard.

Over to you!

[evansb]

Thank you. Here is the next mystery aerodrome:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/IM_OKAY_YUR_OKAY.jpg

[RegDep]

Swedish Bristol Bulldogs (J7) at Hässlö aerodome, Västerås, Sweden. ESOW/VES Vesteras.

The buildings on the right are a give-away. As Swedish as they come.

[evansb]

RegDep is correct.:ok: Your control.

[RegDep]

Thank you!

Next

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/Bildschirmfoto2011-08-01um173428-1.png

[ZH875]

Looks like the racetrack at Kimbolton Airfield.

[RegDep]

Correct, ZH875, it is Kimbolton Airfield.

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/Bildschirmfoto2011-08-01um194037.png

The Hunts Kart Racing Club track on the east side of the airfield, upper left corner of the aerial picture.

Over to you, Sir!

[ZH875]

Ahh, the number of times I have walked around Kimbolton.

Just realised the picture I had ready I have used before, so Open House.

[Corsairoz]

How about this one? Flew in and out of here in the late 80's. No clues yet.

I cannot find it on the list or in a thread search. I'm surprised its not .....

C

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u249/corsairoz/number9.jpg

[RegDep]

RDLP/PAD Padeborn - Lippstadt, Germany

[SincoTC]

You certainly seem to have a way of finding these aerodromes mate :D:D:D

[Corsairoz]

Well, that one did not last long. Absolutely correct. I don't know how RegDep does it either......

I last flew into Paderborn in my one and only flight in a Cessna Titan on my way to visit Nixdorf.

It lasted a total of 36 minutes (the challenge, not the flight....). RegDep you have control.

C

[RegDep]

Thank you!

Some challenges are less difficult than others.

Next

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/Aerodrome1.jpg

[sabredog]

Shaibah Aerodrome, Iraq.

[RegDep]

Shaibah Aerodrome, Iraq.

Exactly sabredog!

Your turn, Sir.

[sabredog]

Apologies for the delay in responding,Regdep. Presently enjoying our English "Summer"!
I am afraid it is still;
Open House.

[Duckbutt]

Try this one then:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Twyler/Puzz43.jpg

[sabredog]

Tower of Flugplatz Peselhoek near Poperinge.

[Duckbutt]

Right again Terrence! You have it.

[Liobian]

Certainly not a tower I've ever worked in; but I did inhabit some places with restricted vision.

And why did they put the radar room on the top floor ? (bricked up windows)

[sabredog]

Thank you,DB,but nothing prepared at the moment.
Open House.

[Noyade]

Here's another...

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/8435/aerodrome2.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/98/aerodrome2.jpg/)

[SincoTC]

Good afternoon Graeme :),

I think that maybe the US Coast Guard air station at Elizabeth City, North Carolina ??

Open House if correct please, as I'm off to work in a few minutes!

[Noyade]

That's the place Trevor. :ok:

Open House if correct please

[MReyn24050]

The list of Which Aerodrome Challenges made has been updated, up to and including 31 July 2011.

[Noyade]

Thanks Mel. :ok:

[Mr_Grubby]

Thanks Mel, you're a star !!

Clint.:ok:

[chevvron]

I know it's a bit late but I feel I should point out that Kimbolton (5904) was done before about 2 years ago.

[RegDep]

My apologies chevron :(. Kimbolton, and apparently the kart track, too, has been posted earlier and cracked by you! Unfortunately, the pictures are no longer in the thread.

I promise to be more careful in the future. Thanks for straightening things up :ok:.

Reg

(And I remember Peenemünde)

[sabredog]

Thank you,Mel, for all your endeavours with the various lists.
"Arte et Marte" .

[Noyade]

I promise to be more careful in the future.Reg, I think the more careful I am the more likely I am to stuff it up.

This could be a stuff up....

http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/8158/aerodrome.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/638/aerodrome.jpg/)

[RegDep]

My only stab before I go to be would be Francophone Africa.

Good European night Graeme!

[Noyade]

Francophone

Dunno mate. Does that include Ghana?

The "Garden City" of Ghana, so Wiki says.

[twochai]

The dapper gent with the briefcase, fedora and a bow tie must be a USAID type?

[Phileas Fogg]

UB40? ..... :)

[spook]

Very strange briefcase! The back end is behind the robes of the gent behind the fence! Or am I suffering from parallax error?

[Noyade]

parallax error?

Didn't notice that till now! Maybe the black guy is a magician? He seems to be waving his right arm about...

[Noyade]

Very strange briefcase! Hmmmm...........:)

http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/1729/weirdbag.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/847/weirdbag.jpg/)

[twochai]

'Kumasi' on the balcony tells the story! Home of Kwame Nkrumah! Was that man with brief case 'photoshopped', or whatever we called the process in the early sixties?

[Noyade]

'Kumasi'

Kumasi Airport.

That's the one mate! :ok::) Don't know about the bag. Looked again and is it possible the curvature of the case at the rear simply follows the line of the gents clothing?

Anyway, your control twochai.

[PPRuNe Pop]

Time for a new thread guys. This one is too big. You will be able to access after it is closed. In the meantime feel free to start another.

PPP