Which Aerodrome Mk II

[Ridge Runner]

Butterworth??????

[Tacklebury]

evansb.

You are so close !!!!!!

RR, you are not that close.

Tack.

[Capot]

It's wild guess time.........Ohakea?

[Ridge Runner]

OK, back to Oz .... Townsville? RR

[Tacklebury]

Capot.

Ohakea, isn't that a Swedish store that sells furniture ???

RR

No not Oz.

Tack.

[grizzled]

New Plymouth (NZ)?

[evansb]

Wigram, Christchurch, NZ ?

[Tacklebury]

No guys !!! Not NZ.

Come on, how many countries are there in that part of the world ???

Tack.:ugh:

[grizzled]

Jeeezz Tack! Easy for you to say . . you know where it is!

Seventeen countries BTW -- depending what you mean by "that part of the world"

SE Asia or Oceania?

[evansb]

Hobart, Tasmania ?

[Tacklebury]

Ok chaps.

Concentrate on Australia and its very near Islands.
It's not too difficult. A big Island.

T.

[Tacklebury]

evansb

Our posts crossed in cyber space !!

Tasmania yes but not Hobart.

T.

[Captain Airclues]

Wynyard?

Dave

[goudie]

Western Junction

[Tacklebury]

Captain Airclues.

Mavis, give the man a coconut !!!

Well done sir.

Wynard Airfield in north west Van Diemans Land or Tasmania.
Bert Hickler used land on a near by golf links. The D. H. Vampire pictured was the first jet aircraft to land in Tasmania at an Air Pagent in 1950.

You have control.

Tacklebury.:ok:

[Captain Airclues]

Many thanks Tacklebury.

Nothing to post (apart from hangar doors) so;

OPEN HOUSE

Dave

[grizzled]

Still not on the list . . .

http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt110/grizzled/Bucket71.jpg?t=1254529420

[grizzled]

Ahhh . . . the western world sleeps . . .

[minuteman]

Queenstown, New Zealand?

[India Four Two]

"The Western world sleeps", .... but someone in the Orient has been to Beautiful British Columbia.

CYYF, Penticton.

[grizzled]

Excellent response I42!

Yes, it's one of those places you just dont forget. Gorgeous spot -- and the location of my first ever job in aviation!

You have control sir . . .

grizz

[India Four Two]

Thanks, grizz.

As you say, a gorgeous place, as is the whole Okanagan Valley, but then what would you expect when you see towns with names like Summerland and Peachland?

If you will excuse a bit of thread drift, about 15 years ago I was on vacation in a cabin at the other (North) end of Lake Okanagan. One afternoon, I heard the drone of big pistons and rushed out onto the dock to see what I expected would be a water bomber. Instead, what did I see, cruising slowly down the lake at 500'? The CWH Lancaster. She was transiting between Namao and Abbotsford for the airshow. The crew must have night-stopped at Kelowna or Penticton, because I saw her again the next day, heading north.

Now here's an easy one:

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/india42/WAF091003.jpg

[TheChitterneFlyer]

I believe it's Springbank; near Calgary, Alberta. That's the Bow River in the distance.

Open House

[goudie]

Pleasant part of the world, I have a daughter, lives not far from herehttp://dt.org/jpegs/2006flying/DSC03530.jpeg

[India Four Two]

TCF,

As goudie has assumed, you are correct. Springbank CYBW.

[Mr_Grubby]

Mmmm...... been a while and no bites.

Obviously no one knows gouldie's daughter.

Grubby.

[goudie]

Yes, could be mistaken for a clue My Grubby, though not intended as such.

[Mr_Grubby]

Ok,

I'll start, choice of five Continents.

New Zealand, Australasia ?

G.:confused:

[goudie]

Not in the Antipodes Mr Grubby

[chevvron]

Savannah? (looking at the surrounding countryside anyway!!)

[seacue]

Those rugged snow-capped mountains in the background can't be eastern USA. Also, trees are not conifers.

Could possibly be California. Maybe not too far from Fresno, but where is the agriculture?

[goudie]

Very warm Seacue, you and the locality!

[grizzled]

Hmmm . . . That sure looks like one of the westcoast's line of old volcanoes in the background (Hood, Shasta, Rainier, Baker . . etc).

I'm googling . . . .

[evansb]

Redding, California. Redding Municipal Airport, KRDD.

[grizzled]

Evansb

That looks like a "bingo" to me . . :)

[goudie]

'Bingo' it is evensb, you have control

[evansb]

Thank you. Here is the next challenge:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WAD091005.jpg

[TheChitterneFlyer]

I'm taking a guess at Calshot.

TCF

[evansb]

Sorry, TCF, not Calshot. Not England.

[MReyn24050]

The aircraft I believe are Curtis HS-2s.
Mel

[goudie]

Is it on the East coast of USA, say, New Jersey?

[MReyn24050]

Naval Air Station Halifax possibly?
Mel

[MReyn24050]

If not Halifax then possibly a US NAS at Brest France.

[evansb]

Mel, the aircraft are U.S. Navy Curtiss HS-1s. Sorry, not Brest, France but very, very close. The concrete dock is still visible on Google Earth.

[goudie]

Île Longue ....Rostellec?

[evansb]

Sorry, not Ile Longue, Rostellec. Go nord.

[goudie]

Ile de Batz.............Roscoff

[evansb]

Sorry, not Ile de Batz. Too far nord.

[handsfree]

L'Aber Vrach US NAS October 1918
OPEN HOUSE if correct

[evansb]

handsfree is correct. The aircraft were part of the American Expeditionary Force, and were flown by U.S. Marine Corps pilots, most of whom were former U.S. Navy Reserve pilots eager for action. The photo was taken 91 years ago, on October, 1918.

[handsfree]

Open House

[Mr_Grubby]

Try this one.


http://www.btinternet.com/~simon.gurry/Dadsphotos/Airport6.jpg

[one11]

Kiev - Borispil

[Mr_Grubby]

one11

Spot on, well done.
Over to you.

C.:ok:

[one11]

Thanks Mr_Grubby...here is another from the archives.........Doug

http://i637.photobucket.com/albums/uu98/viscount700/prune0510-1.jpg

[WE992]

Bolling AFB, DC.

[one11]

Not Bolling and not USAF although there had been a military presence....

[Ridge Runner]

Somewhere scandinavian?

[one11]

Not Scandinavia, despite the Finnair Convair.........

[Mr_Grubby]

Germany or Holland ?

C.

[one11]

Germany........

[Mr_Grubby]

Hamburg.

C

[Tacklebury]

Could it be Schoenfeld ??

Tack.

[simon niceguy]

Well, I think it could be Koln, Bonn.

[one11]

Well, I think it could be Koln, Bonn.

....and you think correctly, Simon Niceguy, its the first civil terminal at Koln-Bonn, previously RAF Wahn, mid 1950's. You have control............Doug

[simon niceguy]

Thanks one11.
I have nothing to post, so open house.

[Ridge Runner]

OK, how about this? (no complaints please from the "only hangar doors" brigade!!) RRhttp://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af140/peach38336/PPrune081009.jpg

[Double Hydco]

Is it the seaplane base at Port Pollenca, Mallorca?

DH

[TheChitterneFlyer]

Err, nice hangar doors.

[Ridge Runner]

It is Pollenca on the Spanish island of Mallorca, used annually for the summer season by the Spanish AF CL415s. In times past it was more significant as a flying boat base for the Italians, together with the bay itself which hosted numerous warships.

You have control!

RR

[Double Hydco]

Thanks RR. I've seen the Canadairs parked outside in the summer months.

Here's another to try.....

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_yYJ_r1Fv8Go/Ss2sj452stI/AAAAAAAAAxU/sWZo4c75870/s720/Unknown.jpg

[Mr_Grubby]

RAF Chivenor ?

[Double Hydco]

Correct Mr G. It is RAF Chivenor, a jewel of a base (RAF Butlins to the locals), and home to No2 TWU Hawks in my time there. It's now of course RMB Chivenor.

You have control.
DH

[Mr_Grubby]

D H

It was the Norman Church on the horizon far left that gave it away !!

Here's the next one.

http://www.btinternet.com/~simon.gurry/Dadsphotos/Airport8.jpg

[nacluv]

Kirton-in-Lindsey?

[Mr_Grubby]

nacluv.

Sorry.

[chevvron]

Shennington aka Edge Hill.

[Mr_Grubby]

chevvron.

No T, not Edge Hill.

C.

[Hyperborean]

Aboyne perhaps?

[Mr_Grubby]

Hyperborean.

I have just had to look up where Aboyne is. Well I am a Sassenach !!

It is not Aboyne.

This aerodrome is much further south.

C.

[Ridge Runner]

Lashenden (Headcorn)?

[one11]

Dunstable ?

[Mr_Grubby]

Not Dunstable or Lashenden.

C.

[Fitter2]

Redhill, around 1950?

[Old Bald Pilot]

Winfield, Northumberland

[Mr_Grubby]

Not Redhill or Winfield.

C.

[Ridge Runner]

how about Lasham?

[Mr_Grubby]

Sorry RR, not Lasham.

C.

[Mr_Grubby]

Ok chaps, time for a clue.

So far all the guesses have been in England and one in Scotland.

This aerodrome is not in the UK.

C.

[chevvron]

Thje Wasserkupe?

[Mr_Grubby]

chevvron.

Good guess. I see what you are thinking. The connection with the gliders but I'm afraid you are wrong.

C.

[chevvron]

Well the Channel Islands are not UK, so how about Alderney?

[Mr_Grubby]

T.
Not EGJA.
C.

[Old Bald Pilot]

San Tome del Puerto ? Spanish Gliding Club on the N IV. 50 miles north of Madrid

[Mr_Grubby]

OBP.

No, but the right Continent.

C.

[Old Bald Pilot]

C.

So can we assume it is not Iberia.

OBP

[Mr_Grubby]

OBP.

It is not Iberia.

C.

[Mr_Grubby]

Still no bites !!

Another clue.

The country is famous for it's chocolates.

C.

[bingofuel]

St Hubert, Belgium. EBSH

[Mr_Grubby]

bingofuel.

No but getting warm.

C.

[Background Noise]

Sanicole maybe?

[Mr_Grubby]

Background Noise.

No, not Leopoldsburg vliegveld Sanicole.

This aerodrome is much smaller.

C.

[goudie]

Theux - Verviers EBTX

[Mr_Grubby]

goudie

Well done sir. It is indeed Verviers EBTX, Belgium.
Home of Royal Verviers Aviation.

The picture was taken in 1953 but apart from more foliage and an extra hangar the place seems much the same.

You have control.

Clint.

http://www.btinternet.com/~simon.gurry/Dadsphotos/airport12.jpg

[goudie]

Nothing to show at the moment.

Open house

[MReyn24050]

I am sure this will cause no problems.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Airport/Airportquiz047.jpg

[chevvron]

I thought that '39' referred to the runway in use at first! Anyway how about Mauritius/Plaisance?

[MReyn24050]

Sorry Chevvron not Mauritius/Plaisance.
Mel

[Mr_Grubby]

Roosevelt Fields N.A.S. Puerto Rico.

C.:ok:

[MReyn24050]

Clint you have it. It is indeed a photograph of the Former NAS San Juan, Puerto Rico, Roosevelt Roads :ok:
Here is another shot taken from the crew door of a RAF Hercules during a visit in 1986.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Airport/RooseveltRoads.jpg
You have control.
Mel

[Mr_Grubby]

Here we go. There might be a bit of a clue in the ref. at the bottom of the picture but I am not clever enough to crop a picture !!

C.

http://www.btinternet.com/~simon.gurry/Dadsphotos/Airport5.jpg

[one11]

Birmingham.............the Alabama one. Yes, the clue was the National Air Carnival text.

[Mr_Grubby]

one11.

Yes of course it is.
Sorry for posting such a wet squib !!!!!

Over to you.

Clint.:ugh::{

[one11]

Don't suppose this will stay in the dark for too long either....

http://i637.photobucket.com/albums/uu98/viscount700/prune1110.jpg

[englishkev]

Paris CDG terminal 2 ?

[Ridge Runner]

I'd say it was in a hot climate judging by the number of a/c outlets?

[TheChitterneFlyer]

I believe it's Cairo

[Ridge Runner]

Yes, I think you're right - the old terminal. RR

[one11]

Hot climate is correct, but not Cairo ...or Paris

[Mr_Grubby]

I think it is somewhere in the Gulf. Looks like a Saudi 707 there.

C.

[Ridge Runner]

How about Tripoli?

[one11]

Correct on the Saudi 707 but not in the Gulf or Tripoli but the general trend is in the right direction

[Ridge Runner]

Casablanca????

[one11]

Yes, RR...Casablanca Mohammed V. You have control.

[Ridge Runner]

Thanks One11. Here is another..... http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af140/peach38336/PPrune121009.jpgmaybe easy? RR

[mystic_meg]

St. John's CYYT Nfld?

[mystic_meg]

Here is another shot taken from the crew door of a RAF Hercules during a visit in 1986 Surely port paratroop door? (Stop calling me Shirley!)

[Ridge Runner]

Sorry MM, not St. Johns

[MReyn24050]

Surely port paratroop door? (Stop calling me Shirley!)
Thank you :), you are of course correct. Crew door is well forward of the props.
Mel

[Ridge Runner]

For the first time in my memory this thread has slipped to page 2! Maybe little interest so, in order to wrap it up and get on to another post....

The airfield was the international airport for this destination until the military airfield nearby was converted in the 1960s. Nowadays it still gets the likes of DC-3s (occasionally!) but it is too close to the city for much large traffic. It now houses flying schools and the local fire watch operations.

RR

[Davidsoffice]

Initially I thought it was in France but now I don't think it's even in Europe. Having said that I have no idea where it is!
More clues!

[Ridge Runner]

Well, a pilot school was opened there in 1935, with national scheduled services using Ju-52s beginning in 1936. Customs arrived 1946 and it opened to international traffic thereafter. It remained the national and international airport for the city until 1959 when the then military field nearby was upgraded because of space limitations at this airfield. Certainly I recall pilots telling me that they flew there from the UK in the like of Vikings.

RR

[Flap40]

Purely from the clues, How about Son Bonet, Majorca?

[Ridge Runner]

That's it! Yes, Son Bonet (LESB). Of course Son San Joan is now the main airport, having been a EdA base for Sabres and T-33s years ago, but this field served well for many years. You can still see the odd Dak there and often AN-2s seem to transit. You have control! RR

[Flap40]

Thanks. Open house.

[norwich]

Havn't done this for a while ! Another of my 'nano second' posts ?? Yes thats the runway ! but where ??

Keith.

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii58/keithnewsome/DSC_0162.jpg

[Maxibon]

Is it Lincolnshire?

[Old Bald Pilot]

Must be East Anglia. The hills resemble Langdon Hills west of Basildon but the R/W direction at Thurrock would not fit, so I'll go with Elmsett. Long time since I have been to either, maybe the hill has grown.
OBP

[norwich]

Well ! far to early for clues just yet ! but on a global thing you are in the ballpark ????

Keith.

[Tacklebury]

Well norwich, given your name and location, how about Northrepps, Cromer, Norfolk.

Tack.

[norwich]

Tacklebury ! Yes indeed it is Northrepps ! known locally as Cromer International ! Well done ! We eagerly await your challenge !

Keith.

[Tacklebury]

Keith, only got it because I seem to remember the Paramotor Championships 2008 were held there.

Try this one.......

http://www.btinternet.com/~simon.gurry/Dadsphotos/Airport10.jpg

[Agaricus bisporus]

Belet'uen , Somalia?

[Tacklebury]

Ag. bis.

No sorry, not Somalia.

Tack.

[chevvron]

Presumably 'somewhere in Africa'??(Red Laterite runway surface)

[Old Bald Pilot]

Looks a bit like the escarpment running parallel to the Mara River.

http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww34/ericshipley/KichwaTembo1.jpg

Have they by any chance put in a new field to serve the Masai Mara Game reserve.

[Tacklebury]

Chaps.
Not Africa.

Tack.

[descol]

Is it Oz then ?
Probably WA ?

[Tacklebury]

descol.

sorry, not WA.

T.

[chevvron]

Well the surrounds look like savannah rather than rain forest, so it's unlikely to be Malaysia or Indonesia.

[con-pilot]

What it looks like is an practice assault landing strip like the ones at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.

[Tacklebury]

chevvron.

Thanks for the geography lesson !!

con-pilot.

I agree with you about Ft. Bragg, but it is not.

T.:ok:

[one11]

Difficult to judge the scale, but could it be Brasilia where they built the airport before the city.

[Tacklebury]

one11.

No, not Brasilia.

T.

[Capot]

It looks a bit like the Joint Rapid Airfield Construction demonstration project, 2007, Bradshaw Field training area, NT, Oz.

In the very unlikely event that this is right, I'll cede immediately to whoever can pinpoint the location in lat/long, which I cannot. I haven't got a pic available anyway......................

[Tacklebury]

Capot.

You have just about got it, but it is not Bradshaw Field as such.

Anyone else want to have a go before we declare open house ??

Tack.

[descol]

How about Halls Creek ?

[Tacklebury]

descol.

Very close, but not quite !!!!

T.

[descol]

Elliott ?
Daly Waters?

[Tacklebury]

Descol.

Doh !!!

No... NT Oz !!

T.

[Tacklebury]

Ok chaps,

I think Capot must have it and wins the cigar !!

It is indeed Bradshaw Field training area. The Joint Rapid Airfield Construction team built the landing strip in just 14 days in a US, Australian forces exercise.

The site is Timber Creek.

First inbound was a C-17

http://www.btinternet.com/~simon.gurry/Dadsphotos/Airport7.jpg

So as Capot declared, open house.:ok:

Tacklebury.

[aviate1138]

Slightly tongue in cheek but worth a try.

There is an aerodrome in this picture. Part of runway in foreground.

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn77/aviate1138/air2.jpg

[evansb]

Lockheed Air Terminal, Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena, Bob Hope airport. Done previously on 24/03/2008.

[aviate1138]

Doh! evansb, it's all yours. Every time I check, except this time. Slaps wrist.

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn77/aviate1138/air1.jpg

[evansb]

No worries, I like the camo effect! Here is another mystery aerodrome:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WAD091016A.jpg

[Ridge Runner]

Germany???????

[Krakatoa]

Ah....T33's Prestwick

[evansb]

Yes, Ride Runner, it is in Germany. For Krakatoa, no, not Prestwick. Prestwick has been posted five times on this thread, and I've noticed it is also one of the most guessed locations.

[Ridge Runner]

How about Wiesbaden?

[Mr_Grubby]

The T-33's could be from the 7030th Air Base Wing, Ramstein.

C.

[evansb]

Ridge Runner is correct.:ok: Wiesbaden-Erbenheim, Hessen, Germany. You have control. Here is photo taken during the Berlin Airlift: (for an excellent B&W aerial shot circa 1950, go to usarmygermany.com)
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WAD091016.jpg

[Ridge Runner]

Thanks EvansB. I'm stuck for a new image at the moment so OPEN HOUSE! RR

[descol]

How about this

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

[one11]

Brunei Darussalam ?

[descol]

that was quick
you have one 11

[one11]

It was the distinctive yellow Royal Brunei colour scheme that speeded up the search. Here is another ( relatively) modern one.......

http://i637.photobucket.com/albums/uu98/viscount700/prune1810.jpg

[seacue]

Maybe Kuala Lumpur. Maybe not.

[Double Hydco]

Is it A.B. Won Pat International Airport, Guam?

DH

[one11]

Yes Double Hydco, it is. Alias Guama Dai Nin (Guam 2), Agana NAS, Brewer Field & Guam International. You have control...........Doug

[Double Hydco]

Thanks one11. Nothing to post at the moment, so open house.

DH

[Mr_Grubby]

Well try this. Not so sure it is what aerodrome, more what landing strip.
If everybody thinks it is too obscure, I will delete.

Clint.

http://www.btinternet.com/~simon.gurry/Dadsphotos/Airport9.jpg

[Mr_Grubby]

No bites yet ???

Here's a clue. It's not Basingstoke.

C.

[Ridge Runner]

How about the field for "Tree Tops"?

[Mr_Grubby]

RR.

No. Sorry.

C.

[Ridge Runner]

It looks very East Africa though!

[Mr_Grubby]

RR.

You could be right !!

C.

[Old Bald Pilot]

The Strip for Lake Baringo Lodge ?

[chevvron]

How about west Africa; the Gambia; there's a strip upriver which I can't remember the name of and the picture does show a river in the background.

[Mr_Grubby]

OBP.

Not Lake Baringo, nor Kenya.


chevvron.

Not West Africa, East.

C.

[Old Bald Pilot]

I got one right once, a long time ago.
How about Tanzania then ?

[Mr_Grubby]

OBP.

Yes Tanzania.

C.

[Old Bald Pilot]

C

Thanks. that's as far as I can take it, not my neck of the woods.

OBP

[KeMac]

How about Mwanza?

[Mr_Grubby]

KeMac.

Not Mwanza, it has a tarmac runway.

This place is further south east in a reserve. Now that should give it away !!!

Clint :ok:

[handsfree]

Mtemere airstrip in the Selous Game reserve ?

[Mr_Grubby]

handsfree.

No, not Mtemere but ..........

Clint.

[handsfree]

Siwandu then at 7 ° 41 '27 " S - 38 ° 08 '21 " E, maybe ?

[Mr_Grubby]

Handsfree.

Yes !!! Sirwandu. Well done.

There are four strips in the Selous Game Reserve.
Mtemere, Sirwandu, Kiba and Stieglar's Gorge.

You have control.

Clint. :ok::ok:

[handsfree]

Sorry nothing to post that would do justice to this thread. So OPEN HOUSE.

[descol]

how about this one ?
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv14/descol/strip-2.jpg

[evansb]

Nauru International Airport, Nauru, South Pacific. ?

[descol]

Yes - That's It

[evansb]

Thanks. Here is the next "Which Aerodrome?":
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WAD091023A.jpg

[evansb]

Not China. Here is another view:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WAD091024.jpg

[seacue]

The hangar roof says United Air Lines in both photos. The DC-3 is painted in United's scheme in this second photo, which was initially posted for a short while.

Now busily searching for likely places United would have had a hangar in the late '30s or early/mid '40s.

Edited to add: Perhaps the other plane in one of the pictures is from American Airlines.

Because of the hills, I nominate California, specifically Los Angeles, KLAX.

[merlinxx]

KOAK Oakland CA.

[evansb]

Sorry Gents, not Oakland, nor Los Angeles. Not in California. This aerodrome has historical significance. The photos were taken in 1948.

[Mr_Grubby]

I think it might be Elko Airport, Nevada ??

C.

[sycamore]

Just a guess-Reno ?

[evansb]

Mr_Grubby is correct.:ok: Elko, Nevada was the terminus for America's first scheduled commercial air mail flight in April, 1926. You have control.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/elkoairport1920s.jpg

[Mr_Grubby]

Thanks.

The historical link with the airport is as follows;
"On April 6, 1926, Varney Air Lines pilot Leon Cuddeback, carrying one bag of mail, landed his tiny Curtis Swallow bi-plane at Elko, Nevada, completing the first scheduled air mail run in the United States.

Here's the next one.


http://www.btinternet.com/~simon.gurry/Dadsphotos/Airport16.jpg

[Ridge Runner]

With the dog trotting out to gret them it must have been home base? Whenuapai?

[Mr_Grubby]

Mmm....... RR.

Not so sure pooch would be so happy being so far from home !!

Clint.

[MReyn24050]

Looks like it might be a US base. The two guys stading between the Servicemen walking away from the aircrft seem to be saying or thinking "What the hell is that machine?"

[Bigt]

Hickam AFB

[JW411]

Forgive the thread drift:

RAF Hastings at Clark Field in the Phillipines.

Two American airmen looking at said Hastings remark to Scottish flight engineer who is doing his walk round:

"Gee, that's an interesting airplane but why does it land on its tail?"

Response:

"Hiv ye ever seen a burd land on its bluidy beak?"

I'll get my coat.

[evansb]

40 Sqd. RNZAF hastings at NAS Kwajalein ?

[Mr_Grubby]

Mel.

Yes it is a US Base.

Bigt.

No sorry.

JW411

No, sorry but still get your coat. I'll ring for the taxi.

evansb.

No sorry.



Clint.

[Ridge Runner]

Hawaii????

.... just saw your Hickam note, sorry.......

How about Florida?

[MReyn24050]

Kwajalein Airport, Marshall Islands?

[Mr_Grubby]

RR

Not Florida. The other side of the world.

Mel

Not Kwajalein. Brian already sugested that !!!

But stay in the Pacific region.

Clint.

[MReyn24050]

Thanks Clint sorry I missed Bri's posting. However The reason I gave Kwajalein Airport was that I found a similar photograph of a RNZAF Hastings at Kwajalein Airport on route to Guam. So I will go for Andersen AFB (Guam)

[handsfree]

A wild guess - Yokota AFB ?

[Mr_Grubby]

Mel.

Not Guam, Andersen AFB but.........

handsfree

Not Yokota.


Clint.

[WE992]

NAS Agana, now known as Guam Intl Airport?

[Mr_Grubby]

WE992

No, not Guam but you are all so close to getting it !!!!

C.

[mr ripley]

How about Wake then?

[MReyn24050]

Naval Air Base: Saipan, Mariana Islands perhaps?

[handsfree]

And I'll throw in Rota just for fun.

[Mr_Grubby]

No guys.

Time for a clue I think !!

John Wayne.

That should give it away.

Clint.

[Ridge Runner]

Santa Ana, Ca???? Surely not?

[chevvron]

Pima Uncle on Iwo Jima.(Film: Flying Leathernecks starring John Wayne)

[Mr_Grubby]

chevvron.

Yes !! IWO JIMA.

I was thinking more along the lines of John Wayne in, The Sands of Iwo Jima.

Next clue would have been Clint Eastwood in, Letters from Iwo Jima.

You have control.

Clint.:ok:

[chevvron]

Would you believe that, when I got up this morning, the name 'Pima Uncle' kept running through my mind - I must be psychadelic!!


Open House.

[one11]

As Chevvron has declared open house............

http://i637.photobucket.com/albums/uu98/viscount700/prune2710a.jpg

[Mr_Grubby]

chevvron

Interesting reply.

The Flying Leathernecks was about the Marine squadrons on Guadalcanal not Iwo Jima.

Who or what is Pima Uncle ? Do tell.

And as for being psychadelic, mmmm.... from my memory of working with you in 1971.....

As God said to Moses, Keep taking the Tablets.

Clint.:ok:

[sycamore]

Must be an airship station,somewhere in USA...

[Old Bald Pilot]

I think it's a helicopter training area. The one I saw was in Alabama but I suppose there are many more.

[one11]

Not intended for Airships or helicopters and not in the USA. The picture is from around 1938

[Ridge Runner]

Is it a balloon site?

[one11]

No not for balloons - at the time of picture it had international airline service

[bingofuel]

I cannot help with the location, but is it based on the idea that only the initial part of the runway requires to me a concrete hardstanding for touchdown and /or the take off.
The theory being that once on the ground stopping on a soft surface was easy, and whilst taking off, by the time you were onto the grass bit, the wings were developing some lift to lighten the load on the wheels.

[one11]

is it based on the idea that only the initial part of the runway requires to be a concrete hardstanding for touchdown and /or the take off.


I can speculate that this was the case but have not found confirmation. Local conditions meant that prior to this construction most air traffic in this country used some form of water.

[KeMac]

An extremely rough guess - Stockholm Bromma

[one11]

An extremely rough guess - Stockholm Bromma

Getting seriously close now..............

[chevvron]

I suddenly realised last night that Flying Leathernecks was Guadalcanal not Iwo Jima; intended to admit my mistake this a.m. but I see I was beaten to it!!
There was an excellent issue of 'After the Battle' magazine (sorry if I've advertised)dedicated to the assault on Iwo Jima; this included details of all the airfields both American and Japanese; Pima Uncle was the name of one (I think there were about 6 in total- probably most re-claimed by jungle nowadays).
I seem to recall another 'Iwo Jima' film starring Tony Curtis; he played the part of a 'native American' who was one of the group who raised the flag on Mount Suribachi.

Oh his tribe by the way was the Pima!!

[HighTow]

Tullinge? 10chars

[Mr_Grubby]

Helsinki - Malmi ??

C.

[one11]

Helsinki - Malmi ??

Closer and closer. This other Finnish field preceeded Malmi with the "all-weather" surface. Malmi used asphalt for the runways and gravel instead of the central grassed area, while this one used gravel for the stub runways and left the centre grassed.

[Mr_Grubby]

How about Tattarisuo then ?

C.