Which Aerodrome Mk II [Archive] - Page 3

Duckbutt

21st Jul 2009, 18:46

Sorry, not Chingford or Old Sarum.

Between the wars the field was used by the County Flying Club:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Twyler/Puzz-25d.jpg

There was some military activity in early WW2 then it closed. The hangar survived until about 1970 or so when it was severely damaged in a storm. Some station buildings can still be identified including the Officer's Mess and the combined chapel/NAAFI.

Mr_Grubby

21st Jul 2009, 19:03

So would that County be Kent ?

Duckbutt

21st Jul 2009, 19:05

Could be.......

handsfree

21st Jul 2009, 19:11

Bekesbourne ?

Mr_Grubby

21st Jul 2009, 19:15

Maypole ?

C.

Ridge Runner

21st Jul 2009, 19:21

it is Lydd

Duckbutt

21st Jul 2009, 19:21

YESS!!!!!

Bekesbourne near Canterbury it is. Used by 50 sqn during WW1 to defend the capital against raids by Zeppelins and Gotha bombers.

Wing Cmdr Arthur Harris became the squadron CO in December 1918.

Very special mention I suggest for Ridge Runner (that bloke quietly sobbing in the corner over there) for the huge effort he put in. Also to 'Terrence' who got the right answer to me by pm.

Well done handsfree, you have control,

Ridge Runner

21st Jul 2009, 19:23

check out http://www.lyddaero.co.uk/

handsfree

21st Jul 2009, 19:27

Nothing to offer, so I think it only right that Ridge Runner gets the honour of the next challenge as he was so close on several occasions. (50 Sqn was A T Harris's next posting after 44 at Hainhault Farm)

Really enjoyed that, thanks. Learnt a lot.

HF

Ridge Runner

21st Jul 2009, 19:30

Me too.. give me a little time....I'm ew to this and need to work out how to get an image on to a posting!

Ridge Runner

21st Jul 2009, 19:47

Something isn't right... Here goes again....

http://s1001.photobucket.com/albums/af140/peach38336/?action=view&current=DSC_8625pprune.jpg

Ridge Runner

21st Jul 2009, 19:50

I can't work out what's wrong. Any ideas?

Russell Gulch

21st Jul 2009, 21:24

RR's photo:

http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af140/peach38336/DSC_8625pprune.jpg

Ridge Runner

21st Jul 2009, 21:42

Another attempt!http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af140/peach38336/DSC_8625pprune.jpg

Ridge Runner

22nd Jul 2009, 07:29

Thanks RG! As you can see, I eventually worked it out!!! So, everyone, I'll leave this modern challenge to you........ An interesting place as there are mountains at both ends and you approach down the valley between the houses! The spiralling departure is fun too!

Speak later...

Bigt

22nd Jul 2009, 07:36

Just to get the grey matter moving.......Far East?

Ridge Runner

22nd Jul 2009, 07:49

Well, East at least.....

SmileAirlines

22nd Jul 2009, 07:49

Paro, Bhutan? If correct, open house...

JA

Ridge Runner

22nd Jul 2009, 07:51

Ah, nuts! Well done.... I suppose the architecture is a give away....

Duckbutt

22nd Jul 2009, 08:00

Just before we move on, one poster here seems to be troubled that the photos I put up for my last challenge were not Bekesbourne. I do hope this copy of the unmodified photo puts his mind at ease:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Twyler/Bekesbourne1.jpg

Thanks, carry on!

one11

22nd Jul 2009, 10:04

Staying with the ( relatively) modern...........

http://i637.photobucket.com/albums/uu98/viscount700/prune220747.jpg

merlinxx

22nd Jul 2009, 11:21

Bits look like Embakasi, but I'm not going there:ugh:

1.3VStall

22nd Jul 2009, 13:03

Is it Nairobi?

Davidsoffice

22nd Jul 2009, 13:45

Is it Sydney?

one11

22nd Jul 2009, 14:14

Not Nairobi-Embakasi, or Sydney

skytrain10

22nd Jul 2009, 14:38

Looks like Australia...how about Perth?

one11

22nd Jul 2009, 15:07

It is Perth. Skytrain10 has control.................Doug

skytrain10

22nd Jul 2009, 15:12

Thanks One11....nothing to offer at present as travelling, so Open House.

one11

22nd Jul 2009, 15:53

Here's one I prepared earlier..........

http://i637.photobucket.com/albums/uu98/viscount700/prune2207.jpg

Ridge Runner

22nd Jul 2009, 16:57

Wilhelmshaven?

one11

22nd Jul 2009, 18:09

Not Wilhelmshaven but you are in the right part of the world

Ridge Runner

22nd Jul 2009, 18:15

Bremen? perhaps? Or maybe Ke Kooij (De Kooy).. The steep roofed house sems Dutch

one11

22nd Jul 2009, 18:22

Sorry, not Bremen or Ke Kooij..............

Ridge Runner

22nd Jul 2009, 20:17

The Netherlands?

Ridge Runner

22nd Jul 2009, 20:32

How about Veere? A Fokker C.XIV floatplane base?

one11

22nd Jul 2009, 21:58

Not in the Netherlands - although KLM would have had service here at the time of the picture.

Going offline for most of today - more clues later if still unsolved

Ridge Runner

23rd Jul 2009, 07:53

I'm still hung up on the steep roofed house and therefore is this in Danish territory somewhere? The hanger is RAF-style for sure, though. As i say, its the house that ispulling me away from Scotland/England....

skytrain10

23rd Jul 2009, 08:28

As we are wandering around Europes Baltic coast, the coastal setting/sea plane base would tie up with Copenhagen Kastrup?

Ridge Runner

23rd Jul 2009, 08:57

Yep, I thought of that but all the pics on the web seem to be quite different. Its true, though, that KLM operated seaplane services in to there..... I'm still inclined to agree with you though.....

Ridge Runner

23rd Jul 2009, 09:01

Actually, having receied Kastrup's history, it was more advanced at this stage in its life.... By 1939 it had three runways and a new terminal. I can't find any pics of it though!

Ridge Runner

23rd Jul 2009, 10:42

Having now reviewed images it would be Kastrup for me.. well done again Skytrain10 (assuming we're right!)

one11

23rd Jul 2009, 15:23

Kastrup it is. Around 1926. Here are two more pictures from the same set of contemporary images from Danish carrier DDL , showing one of their Fokker F.Vii 's plus another of KLM.

On the original of the air-view you can make out the name Rohrbach on the hangar, identifying use by this German manufacturer-in-exile.

That one seemed to justify the title "challenge"

Congratulations Skytrain10 and Ridge Runner - something of a team effort maybe but Sktrain10 was first and gets control

....Doug

http://i637.photobucket.com/albums/uu98/viscount700/prune2307k.jpg

Ridge Runner

23rd Jul 2009, 15:41

Nice one......!

skytrain10

23rd Jul 2009, 16:26

Thanks Doug...in fairness Ridge Runner did much of the hard work...I just jumped in by a process of elimination!

Anyway, my first posting...I guess this wont last long?

http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/ii457/kendyer/Which%20Aerodrome/ac01.jpg

NATOPotato

23rd Jul 2009, 17:16

Looks like Bardufoss to me, either from half way up the hill on approach, or on short finals on the easterly runway.

NATOPotato

skytrain10

23rd Jul 2009, 17:27

It is indeed Bardufoss....with a MyTravel A330 departing. No doubt on a NATO/MOD flight.

You have the con NATOPotato

NATOPotato

23rd Jul 2009, 18:19

Thanks for that one, I was there a few weeks ago so it didn't take long to recognise it. I'm 'on the road' at the moment and have no piccies with me, therefore,

Open House

NP

WE992

23rd Jul 2009, 19:13

I have great memories from there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

skytrain10

23rd Jul 2009, 19:31

We used to operate charters for the Norwegian MOD into there....a grim place when the weather is bad!

Duckbutt

24th Jul 2009, 08:08

Now you have learnt how to post pictures, as a next step why don't you try to find out how to resize them to the recommended 800 x 600 so that they can be viewed a little more comfortably?

Ridge Runner

24th Jul 2009, 08:20

Oh dear... sorry! Yes, I know how.... 800x400(not 600) as requestedhttp://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af140/peach38336/DSC_1283quiz800x400.jpg

Duckbutt

24th Jul 2009, 08:22

Keep going, I realise you are trying.

skytrain10

24th Jul 2009, 08:56

Looks like Ushuaia?

Ridge Runner

24th Jul 2009, 09:10

Well done Skytrain10! I guess its fairly unique alongside the Beagle Channel. Approach and departure are very interesting there!!!! We went in by MD80 and out by 737-200, both of which use most ofthe runway length. Appaent the old airport, which was on the area close to the town in this image, suffered an overun by a 737 at one time!

Over to you....

skytrain10

24th Jul 2009, 09:53

Thanks RidgeRunner...we actually put a 747 in there some years ago. Sadly I did not have the opportunity to travel on it. Stunning location though.

And talking of which, lets see how long this one lasts:

http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/ii457/kendyer/Which%20Aerodrome/ac4.jpg

Ridge Runner

24th Jul 2009, 09:59

a 747 on to that strip! Wow! Clearly it made it out and it must have be amazing to see!

Mr_Grubby

24th Jul 2009, 10:58

I hope Ridge Runner wont mind if I intrude on his forum, but I think it could be Kodiak, Alaska.

Grubby.

skytrain10

24th Jul 2009, 11:19

Well done Mr Grubby...it is indeed Kodiak. Over to you.

Mr_Grubby

24th Jul 2009, 13:18

I have nothing to offer so best hand it over to the Ridge Runner.

Grubby.

Ridge Runner

24th Jul 2009, 13:37

Thanks Mr G but I've nothing at present so.... open house!

Ridge Runner

24th Jul 2009, 13:45

Just to keep it going how about this easy one....http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af140/peach38336/Image5quiz.jpg

merlinxx

24th Jul 2009, 14:10

That's LGW looking from the North Park just showing the ramp up to the (now South) terminal behind the Rapide. Hey there's old Jim & Ginge's truck as well:ok:

Ridge Runner

24th Jul 2009, 14:18

Absolutely!!! More interesting for me in the U-6 behind the Rapide. Those were the days, eh? I'm probably there somewhere in my shorts!

Turning finals to land,over to you.....

merlinxx

24th Jul 2009, 14:28

Open house, nil to post. Interesting shot as you can see the north finger which was only a couple of years old when I started, my office was in the north finger and you can just make out the old Landings office as well, great days:ok:

Ridge Runner

24th Jul 2009, 14:49

Yep, its like another world.. Compare it with what we have now! We used to spend many afternoons/evening there just watching the comings and goings of the Daks, Vikings, Connies, etc.... oh dear... I've become all emotional!!!.....

flyingwing

24th Jul 2009, 16:30

Here's one:

http://s462.photobucket.com/albums/qq346/buzzbird/th_img6.jpg

Mr_Grubby

24th Jul 2009, 17:19

Err... well it might help if we could actually see the picture.
I'll start the ball rolling, wild guess, Bahrain.

Grubby.

flyingwing

24th Jul 2009, 17:35

I agree - too small. (Not Bahrain).Try this:

http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq346/buzzbird/img6-1.jpg?t=1248456724

Ridge Runner

24th Jul 2009, 18:03

a wild guess.... Cardiff

flyingwing

24th Jul 2009, 18:12

Not Cardiff, though in UK.

stevfire2

24th Jul 2009, 20:18

carnaby industrial estate?

flyingwing

24th Jul 2009, 20:25

Correct stevfire2! A view of what was the runway of this WW2 'crash' strip. It was 9000' long and 700' wide. Similar purpose to Manston. Stevfire2 has control.

stevfire2

24th Jul 2009, 20:50

One day I must convert all my pictures to digital. Till then I've nothing at hand to submit, open house once again!!

Davidsoffice

24th Jul 2009, 22:26

I'll slide in with another of my pics...
http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/uu285/ds247_photos/DC6.jpg

seacue

25th Jul 2009, 04:37

Re: #558: SXM is 1000 feet shorter than Ushuaia and gets 747s every day.

KeMac

25th Jul 2009, 08:00

a guess - Speke?

one11

25th Jul 2009, 08:04

Davidsoffice...............- Liverpool Speke - the old field with Hangar 1

Davidsoffice

25th Jul 2009, 08:48

Well that didn't last long! Liverpool - Speke it is and KeMac beat One11 by 4 minutes!
You have control!

KeMac

25th Jul 2009, 10:16

Thanks Davidsoffice - I fear I have to declare open house. I have a number of pictures but I am having problems uploading which I am trying to resolve.

one11

25th Jul 2009, 16:14

A gap filler then while Kemac fights the software...........it IS an airport !
http://i637.photobucket.com/albums/uu98/viscount700/prune2507v.jpg

Ridge Runner

25th Jul 2009, 16:42

Kharkov????

Ridge Runner

25th Jul 2009, 17:23

I'll withdraw that one... I just checked my photos and it isn't Kharkov but it is ex-USSR (maybe still Russian). Check out the cyrillic Airport above the entrance. Could be one of hundreds!

one11

25th Jul 2009, 20:49

Could be one of hundreds!

I have been advised by PM that this was a standard design for the Ukraine and subsequently checked this out with some other images on the web. Its actually Lvov = Lviv = Lwow but Chelyabinsk for example is nearly identical. So to make matters simple - Ridge Runner you have control ....

Ridge Runner

26th Jul 2009, 08:53

Thanks one11 but I don't feel that I really got it. However, to keep the flow, I'll offer the following...http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af140/peach38336/IMG11quiz.jpg

bingofuel

27th Jul 2009, 08:42

A bit of a wild guess but could it be an early Schiphol, at what is now the GA ramp?

Ridge Runner

27th Jul 2009, 09:03

Sorry BF, not Schiphol

one11

27th Jul 2009, 10:15

How about Brussels - Haren ???

Ridge Runner

27th Jul 2009, 10:19

Sorry, no.

It was the first airport for this city, which now has a larger one. It is still an operational airfield though.

RR

one11

27th Jul 2009, 14:17

It was the first airport for this city, which now has a larger one.

One more guess, then...........Zurich - Dubendorf ???????

Ridge Runner

27th Jul 2009, 14:23

It is!!!! I was thinking of dishing out another clue too. The only clues I would have had were the hangars and their swiss style. Well done!

RR

one11

27th Jul 2009, 15:29

The first clue did it !. i had been trying to narrow it down by trying to read whether the big biplane (Handley Page ?) had G-E for Imperial or O-B for SABENA markings . Here is another pre-1939...........Doug

http://i637.photobucket.com/albums/uu98/viscount700/prune2407ia.jpg

Ridge Runner

27th Jul 2009, 15:41

Singapore?????

er no.... I'll offer Brussels

one11

27th Jul 2009, 15:50

Not Singapore or Brussels.........

Ridge Runner

27th Jul 2009, 15:51

How about Vienna?

one11

27th Jul 2009, 18:00

Not Vienna - this was this city's second international airport and remains so today, including limited use of this building.

Ridge Runner

27th Jul 2009, 18:16

Milan Linate??

skytrain10

27th Jul 2009, 19:12

Stockholm Bromma?

bingofuel

27th Jul 2009, 19:44

Khartoum,? flying the Khartoum Lagos mail service

Ridge Runner

27th Jul 2009, 19:47

Has Khartoum got two international airports?

one11

27th Jul 2009, 19:59

Not Khartoum - Vienna was the closest you got so far - also not Italy (PM)

Ridge Runner

27th Jul 2009, 20:00

Cologne???????

one11

27th Jul 2009, 20:16

Vienna was closest in historical as well as geographic terms.............

Ridge Runner

27th Jul 2009, 20:21

Zurich???? Maybe a stab but after my Dubendorf offering maybe???

or.. Budapest?

Ridge Runner

27th Jul 2009, 20:23

No.. Prague? The DH86s did operate there and therehas been two PRG airports?

skytrain10

27th Jul 2009, 20:24

Turned into a guessing game...Bucharest Baneasa?

one11

27th Jul 2009, 20:39

Ridge Rider made it ! Saved me using my next clue which would have been "Don't worry, its going to be OK- !" (Yuk)

Prague - Ruzyne . The 1937 terminal . After one war, three invasions/liberations, two revolutions and a state break-up, still virtually unchanged and still in use for Government/VIP flights.

That was fun . You now have control - or maybe Open House in the interests of thread diversity.

Also thanks for the third-party contribution by PM just before the last clue.....

Cheers Doug

http://i637.photobucket.com/albums/uu98/viscount700/prune2707now.jpg

Ridge Runner

27th Jul 2009, 20:41

Yep I'll throw it open...... Come on you others do your worst....! RR

Warmtoast

27th Jul 2009, 22:16

An airfield with a swimming pool or a swimming pool with an airfield?

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r231/thawes/Image1a.jpg

Ridge Runner

28th Jul 2009, 09:57

Good morning!!! Let's kick off with Berlin!

one11

28th Jul 2009, 12:39

Reckon its one of the '30s UK "Country Club" airfields - how about Lympne?

Warmtoast

28th Jul 2009, 19:25

Not Berlin and not Lympne.

It is however it is in the UK and identifying the aircraft flying past may offer a clue (only 12 were built).

Ridge Runner

28th Jul 2009, 20:55

How about Sandown (I.o.W)? I say that because it is close to Cowes - a SaRo location (flying boats!) RR

Warmtoast

28th Jul 2009, 21:54

Not Sandown (IoW)

skytrain10

29th Jul 2009, 08:30

Hamble North aerodrome...maybe the Hampshire Air Pageant?

Warmtoast

29th Jul 2009, 08:52

Not Hamble.

A further clue.
American music composer John Williams has tenuous links to this airfield.

skytrain10

29th Jul 2009, 09:28

Well following the tenuous link theme...Elstree?

Warmtoast

29th Jul 2009, 11:37

Sorry not Elstree.

Further clue: It's north of London

Ridge Runner

29th Jul 2009, 11:42

Hendon?????

goudie

29th Jul 2009, 11:55

Pangshanger

Davidsoffice

29th Jul 2009, 11:57

Leavesden?

skytrain10

29th Jul 2009, 12:06

Remembering what you said about the overflying aircraft being a clue...what about Blackpool (Squires Gate)?

Ridge Runner

29th Jul 2009, 12:09

Oh dear... a scatter gun approach now!

Ridge Runner

29th Jul 2009, 12:35

A Cutty Sark visited the Renfrew Air Pageant in 1938. Is that it?

goudie

29th Jul 2009, 12:48

Hatfield..........

MReyn24050

29th Jul 2009, 12:53

Heston as viewed from Southall Open Air Swimming Pool,Southall Recreation Ground, situated in the old part of Southall with the Grand Union Canal running along the south side.
Mel

Phileas Fogg

29th Jul 2009, 13:32

Denham ,,,,, ?

Storminnorm

29th Jul 2009, 13:38

Ref post 610, He'll never land that thing in that pool!!!
The diving board's in the way!!!!

Warmtoast

29th Jul 2009, 15:27

Goudie has it

Hatfield it is on the occasion of first display to be held by the Royal Air Force Reserve Flying Club.

The aircraft flying by is G-ACDP the Saro Cutty Sark of A.S.T. (Air Service Training) from Hamble. This aircraft remained in service used by No 3 E & RFTS until 1942.

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r231/thawes/SaroCuttySarkwithGenetMotors.jpg

not the prettiest of aircraft IMHO.

The First Flight of SARO "Cutty Sark" can be found here:

YouTube - SARO Cutty Sark first flight (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3pBO5kjTbo)

The John Williams clue is that he wrote the music for Spielberg's film "Saving Private Ryan" ("Hymn to the Fallen") and Hatfield featured in the film because it was where the ruins of the fictional French town of Ramelle were created and used as location shots for the film.

Over to you Goudie

goudie

29th Jul 2009, 15:51

It was the John Williams clue that helped. Taken in '59, not a military airfield

http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu231/GOUDIE_photo/img010.jpg?t=1248883556

Davidsoffice

29th Jul 2009, 16:32

What a show that must have been with the SkyBlazers F100s, Vulcan, Draken, Avro CF-100, Comet, Caravelle etc!
Real noise!
I was only 2 and a half then! Thats months!!!

Ridge Runner

29th Jul 2009, 17:50

Comet, Caravelle, Skyblazers.....?? Do you see something that I don't? RR

goudie

29th Jul 2009, 18:06

Davidsoffice, you've mentioned everything but the name of the airfield but you're absolutely right it was a great show with all the aircraft you mention. I was a young cpl/tech on 617 sqdn at the time and took this pic seconds before the Skyblazers came screaming over. No prizes though for which aircraft stole the show.

PS. How do you know all that?
Ah! just found the website with all the info. Seems it was Sept. '58 not '59

Davidsoffice

29th Jul 2009, 20:38

Put XH483, vulcan, draken into google and you get a report of the show. Unfortunately in German but there are more photos of Basel.

goudie

29th Jul 2009, 20:44

I looked up XH 483 on google and found a rather sad pic of her at Manston, being used for fire practice!

Over to you Davidsoffice.

Davidsoffice

29th Jul 2009, 21:01

Isn't Google wonderful. I used to spend hours in the library or looking through the books I had but now a couple of key strokes and you get the information. Anyway, another I have scanned....

http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/uu285/ds247_photos/dc8.jpg

Ridge Runner

29th Jul 2009, 21:07

It looks familiar but i can't put my finger on it now..... I'll stab at Glasgow to kick off!

Ah, those Capitol '8s! Great, and a staple for us teenage spotters at LGW in the early '70's...

RR

Double Hydco

29th Jul 2009, 21:07

How about Mildenhall?

DH

Ridge Runner

29th Jul 2009, 21:20

Sorry DO, I retract Glasgow and make it Prestwick.......

Davidsoffice

29th Jul 2009, 21:42

Correct with the second guess RR. Prestwick it is.

Over to you!

Ridge Runner

30th Jul 2009, 08:50

Here's one. Not a lot of clues there and so I'll tell you that it was not actually a transport base but had Daks assigned. It may not last long! RR

http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af140/peach38336/Trans106bookquiz-1.jpg

skytrain10

30th Jul 2009, 09:13

Could be miles out, but I'll start the ball rolling, Salonika (aka Thessaloniki)?

Ridge Runner

30th Jul 2009, 09:17

Sorry Skytrain10 but no... I'm saying no more until others chime in. RR

S'land

30th Jul 2009, 12:22

RAF Hartford Bridge (aka Blackbushe)?

Double Hydco

30th Jul 2009, 12:33

Sedes, Greece?

DH

skytrain10

30th Jul 2009, 13:18

Maintaining the Greek theme...Dekelia?

Ridge Runner

30th Jul 2009, 13:50

Well, its been going on for a while and so a small clue. It was/is a recce base for this air arm but allowed us in for four/five chartes while another well known airort was being prepared for civil traffic. RR

skytrain10

30th Jul 2009, 14:42

Larissa...?

Ridge Runner

30th Jul 2009, 14:59

Well done Skytrain10! Here's the view in the opposite direction...
http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af140/peach38336/IMG033quiz.jpg
We flew LGW-LRA-SKG (Thesalloniki)-LGW weekly until Skiathos was ready. Taken in 1982 the base was then home to a number of RF-84Fs and RF-4Es. The Daks were based as a local transport flight and occupied this ramp with a SAR Agusta 205. RR

All yours Skytrain10...........

skytrain10

30th Jul 2009, 16:26

Thanks RR. I was sure the C-47's had to be Greece...just a case of isolating which airfield...your last clue made that task a little easier!

Here's one to think about...
http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/ii457/kendyer/Which%20Aerodrome/ac03.jpg

chevvron

31st Jul 2009, 05:40

Tonopah Nevada?

skytrain10

31st Jul 2009, 08:03

Not Tonopah and not in North America...

Ridge Runner

31st Jul 2009, 08:57

A guess because I can't remember how it is..... Marrakech?

Davidsoffice

31st Jul 2009, 08:58

Shot in the dark...Aktyubinsk, Kazakhstan

skytrain10

31st Jul 2009, 09:05

Not Aktyubinsk

Not Marrakech...but thats the best guess so far!

Ridge Runner

31st Jul 2009, 09:14

OK. I've looked again and the hangerage on the left seems quite orderly, almost military. I think you can make out another ramp further away on the left too - civil? Making an assumption of Morocco asit is probably the most organised military nation in that area I'll plump for Rabat-Sale, civil/military field? RR

skytrain10

31st Jul 2009, 09:27

I cannot see that there is any current military use for this airport, although I suspect there has been a past involvement.
Its not Rabat though.

chevvron

31st Jul 2009, 11:06

Afyon, Turkey?

skytrain10

31st Jul 2009, 11:10

Not Afyon....

Ridge Runner

31st Jul 2009, 11:12

Afyon has parallel runways. I'm still drawn towards the western sahara region but I could be wrong.... RR

chevvron

31st Jul 2009, 13:08

OK how about Badajoz/Talavera la Real Spain?

skytrain10

31st Jul 2009, 13:17

Not Badajoz....

Marrakech remains the best guess so far.

nacluv

31st Jul 2009, 13:29

Ouarzazate?

skytrain10

31st Jul 2009, 13:35

Good guess, but not Ouarzazate, although there is a connection between the two airfields.

nacluv

31st Jul 2009, 13:37

OK then - Er Rachidia?

skytrain10

31st Jul 2009, 13:45

Correct Naclav although I guess the last clue gave it away. It is indeed Errachidia in Morocco. My former company operated some charter flights there in 2007. Its busiest time, hence my clue, is during the Paris-Dakar Rally, and whereas I am not 100% familiar with that event, one of the stages used to be from Errachidia to Ouarzazate.

You have contol Naclav.

nacluv

31st Jul 2009, 14:00

Thanks, Skytrain. A lovely, and very interesting, part of the world.

We're off to a different continent now. Not too difficult either, I suspect...

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk252/kwilson1965/nacluv/Airfield6.jpg

Ridge Runner

31st Jul 2009, 16:20

A big place I know but I'll focus on Australia...... (not sure why!)... How aout Alice Springs?

nacluv

31st Jul 2009, 16:29

Yes I can see why Australia came to mind, but alas, this is not Australian soil we are looking at.

evansb

1st Aug 2009, 16:56

Midland-Odessa, Texas, KMAF ?

nacluv

2nd Aug 2009, 09:26

Hi Brian. Quite right - Midland it is. Home of the Commemorative Air Force.

The grid pattern of buildings in the surrounding area is the greatest clue, in my opinion.

You have control!

evansb

2nd Aug 2009, 11:45

Thanks nacluv. Yes, the gas well heads were a clue. Here is the next mystery aerodrome:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WAD090802.jpg

Krakatoa

2nd Aug 2009, 13:44

Tanapag seaplane base, Saipan

evansb

2nd Aug 2009, 14:18

Sorry, not Tanapag, Saipan.

con-pilot

2nd Aug 2009, 20:33

Papua, New Guinea? I don't know why, just popped into my head.

Tempsford

2nd Aug 2009, 21:36

Is it Iwo Jima?

MReyn24050

2nd Aug 2009, 22:32

Wild guess but I understand the PBM-3D operated from here in 1945. Chimu Wan Base Terminal / Tengan Pier Okinawa.
Mel

Krakatoa

2nd Aug 2009, 23:05

Eagle Mountain Lake, north of Fort Worth, Texas.

evansb

2nd Aug 2009, 23:12

Sorry Gents. Not in the Pacific.

Ridge Runner

3rd Aug 2009, 06:04

Here's a stab...... Coco Solo, Panama?

skytrain10

3rd Aug 2009, 08:45

Guantanamo Bay?

Mr_Grubby

3rd Aug 2009, 15:49

Are we thinking Brazil ? or am I just going nuts.

C.

Ridge Runner

3rd Aug 2009, 16:04

How about the Azores?

evansb

3rd Aug 2009, 16:29

Yes, Mr Grubby, it is located in Brazil.

skytrain10

3rd Aug 2009, 16:43

NAF Recife?

Duckbutt

3rd Aug 2009, 16:52

How about Aratu

Mr_Grubby

3rd Aug 2009, 17:17

Natal, Rio Grand do Norte ?

C.

evansb

3rd Aug 2009, 17:30

Duckbutt is correct.:ok: Aratu, located north of the city of Salvador, now serves as a base of operations for the Brazilian Navy. You have control.

Duckbutt

3rd Aug 2009, 17:43

What about this one:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Twyler/Puzz-26a.jpg

Phileas Fogg

3rd Aug 2009, 17:56

Ivanovo-Severny by any chance?

Duckbutt

3rd Aug 2009, 18:04

Not Ivanovo-Severny

MReyn24050

3rd Aug 2009, 18:48

Datangshun perhaps?

Duckbutt

3rd Aug 2009, 19:02

Yes, that's it MReyn, the China Aviation museum north of Beijing.

You have it

MReyn24050

3rd Aug 2009, 19:08

Thanks Duckbutt. This one will not take long.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Airport/Airportquiz041.jpg
Mel

Ridge Runner

3rd Aug 2009, 19:10

It seems obvious but... Belgrade?

Ridge Runner

3rd Aug 2009, 19:12

Actually, with little to go on, and considering the aircraft's history, could it be Schiphol?? RR

one11

3rd Aug 2009, 19:13

Birmingham (Elmdon) ????

skytrain10

3rd Aug 2009, 19:25

Gatwick..?

MReyn24050

3rd Aug 2009, 19:36

I said it would not take long. Skytrain10 has it, it is Gatwick,the photograph of Adria Airways DC-6B was taken circa the end of the 1960s outside the Air Courier's Hangar located on the south side of Gatwick Airport.
You have control
Mel

Ridge Runner

3rd Aug 2009, 19:43

That one fooled me! Ive been frequenting LGW for 45 years and i didn't recognise those doors! Well done Skytrain10! RR

skytrain10

3rd Aug 2009, 20:26

Thanks Mel. Those hangars appeared in many a 60's photo at Gatwick.

Nothing to offer at present so Open House.

Captain Airclues

3rd Aug 2009, 20:47

A nice easy one.

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc193/Airclues/DSC03425.jpg

Captain Airclues

3rd Aug 2009, 21:06

And to make it even easier.........

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc193/Airclues/DSC03423.jpg

Tempsford

3rd Aug 2009, 21:16

Is it elvington? If so, open house.

Captain Airclues

3rd Aug 2009, 21:30

I knew that it wouldn't take long. It is Elvington.

As declared by Tempsford it is therefore OPEN HOUSE

Dave

Old Bald Pilot

4th Aug 2009, 01:26

Just some of the aircraft attending a very special event. The line was very much longer.

http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww34/ericshipley/90.jpg

Ridge Runner

4th Aug 2009, 05:58

How about Nairobi?

Russell Gulch

4th Aug 2009, 07:39

Spence, Ontario?

merlinxx

4th Aug 2009, 07:52

Does look like Wilson (memories of the Dam Buster club there:E)

Old Bald Pilot

4th Aug 2009, 12:32

Somebody's getting close. The event holds the key to the location.

Old Bald Pilot

5th Aug 2009, 01:55

The event was in December 1981 when the world's oldest pilot (bald or otherwise) took to the air on his 90th birthday in an aircraft he had built himself using the engine from his wife's Beetle. The Airworthiness Authority revalidated his licence for yet another year. It was reported world wide, featured by the BBC amongst others. The Parachute Regiment dropped a team in and the Air Force did a Fly Past when they finally found the field.

http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww34/ericshipley/90th6.jpg

I'm sure I've jogged a few memories by now but where the devil was it?

CathayBrat

5th Aug 2009, 05:22

Found this in Flight safety archive.

"Ninety years old—and still flying. Air Cdre
"Daddy" Probyn, who must be the world's
oldest licensed pilot, steps out of his Jodel at a
special gathering in Kenya last month to
celebrate his 65 flying years. He learned to fly
in 1916, and ended his service career as Commandant
of the RAF College, Cranwell, before
moving to Kenya post-war. Today he still
regularly flies his single-seat VW-powered Jodel"

Still going with Wilson, he's short final for runway 07 with what look like the Ngong hills in the background. The plane is hanging in the roof of the hanger next to the aeroclub. (at least it was last time i was there!)

merlinxx

5th Aug 2009, 05:55

Wilson, I thought so, even though I've not been through Langata for 30 years:ok:

Old Bald Pilot

5th Aug 2009, 09:47

Sorry not Wilson, not the Ngong Hills but the Aberdares.

Mr_Grubby

5th Aug 2009, 10:56

Nyeri ?

C.

Old Bald Pilot

5th Aug 2009, 12:03

Thanks Mr Grubby I thought I was going to get stuck with this one.
Below is the "great old man" cutting the cake and some links to him.
I was priveliged to be there.

http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww34/ericshipley/90th16.jpg

H M Probyn_P (http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Probyn.htm)
The reference to the flight from near Kilimanjaro to Nairobi on his 90th is pure BS. He flew the Jodel in the morning and spent the afternoon and early evening at the Aberdare Country Club for the celebrations. Baden-Powell was also a resident of Nyeri. It is also the location of The Outspan Hotel which is home to "Treetops" where the Queen first learned of her father's death.

daddy probyn 90th birthday - Google Search (http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=0h&oq=daddy+probyn+90th+birthday&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGLJ_enUS310US310&q=daddy+probyn+90th+birthday)

Edición del jueves, 10 diciembre 1981, pgina 1 - Hemeroteca - Lavanguardia.es (http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.es/preview/1981/12/10/pagina-1/32933203/pdf.html)

aero club | take-off run | standard class | 1982 | 0012 | Flight Archive (http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1982/1982%20-%200012.html)

Mr_Grubby

5th Aug 2009, 13:25

OBP,
that was a tough one.
Openhouse.

C.

Davidsoffice

5th Aug 2009, 13:49

One that might not last long....

http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/uu285/ds247_photos/cub.jpg

Tacklebury

5th Aug 2009, 14:11

Old Buckenham ?

Tack.

Davidsoffice

5th Aug 2009, 15:53

Not Old Buckenham, sorry.

Kieron Kirk

5th Aug 2009, 16:40

Ludham.

Ciarain.

Davidsoffice

5th Aug 2009, 16:44

Wrong county!

merlinxx

5th Aug 2009, 20:51

Super one old chap, you really got me there, haven't been to Nyeri in 30 years. Bloody hell time flys:{ Check PM later.:ok:

Davidsoffice

6th Aug 2009, 10:38

While the Cub, the Popular aircraft of its day, could use this airfield with ease it would have been very interesting indeed to see a Whitley or two use the grass runway(s).

JW411

6th Aug 2009, 14:19

So would that be Stapleford Tawney then?

Open house if I'm right.

Davidsoffice

6th Aug 2009, 14:25

It is indeed Stapleford, the base of a SOS with Lizzies and Whitleys for a very short period. Was it the Whitley or the cryptic Popular reference that gave it away?

Open House!

JW411

6th Aug 2009, 18:01

The Whitley reference.

Old Bald Pilot

6th Aug 2009, 18:57

Here's a late 1970s shot of Stapleford which I was hoping to use shortly.

http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww34/ericshipley/bbb.jpg

Never mind, try this one instead,

http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww34/ericshipley/AtlantiqueDC6.jpg

Ridge Runner

6th Aug 2009, 20:35

Would it be Guernsey?

Old Bald Pilot

7th Aug 2009, 01:52

Yes of course RR. Having G-JOEY sitting across the other side of the apron made it far too easy. I used to love flying JOEY, it always seemed to spark life into the pax. I can't find a source for the G-JOEY books any more, as they were published in 1981 I suppose they are collectors items by now.

http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww34/ericshipley/G-JOEY_opt.jpg
Seems like the real JOEY still puts in a full days work. Aurigny Air Services: For cheap flights to the Channel Islands (http://www.aurigny.com)

Any 1980s Aurigny crews out there please PM me.
Thanks over to you RR.

Ridge Runner

7th Aug 2009, 07:05

Thanks OBP. Yes, I enjoyed many a trip eithe JER-GCI or GCI-ALD in the Trislanders in the mid-1980s. Great fun!

Here's one that may not last long.

RRhttp://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af140/peach38336/IMG10quiz.jpg