Which Aerodrome Mk III

[chevvron]

Would that be the mighty Mississippi top left?

[Lightning Mate]

Google Earth.....

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/Lightning_29/maybe_zpsfcfd3d36.jpg

[TheiC]

...or in (American) English:

Decatur, Illinois.

[Lightning Mate]

Well, I gave you the lat & long in the image. ;)

[TheiC]

You didn't name the aerodrome; I simply saved everyone else the bother of looking it up.

[evansb]

TheiC is correct.:ok: Decatur, Ill. You have control.

[TheiC]

I seem to recall that I posted this one previously but then immediately withdrew it (and deleted the image) following a question about its historical significance... I'm now satisfied it is a historically significant aerodrome...

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/8255/3wn.jpg

[Airclues]

Obviously an area with high rainfall due to the colour of the grass and the drainage ditch, so I'll start with.......

Is it in the UK?

Dave

[TheiC]

Hello Dave,

No, this is not a UK aerodrome.

[nacluv]

The Stop sign suggests North America.

[TheChitterneFlyer]

Wasn't this previously posted as a race circuit?

[TheiC]

Wasn't this previously posted as a race circuit?

I'm afraid not.

[TheiC]

...and regardless of how suggestive the stop sign might be, this aerodrome is not in North America.

[albatross]

Africa? Rings a bell somehow.

[Airclues]

Somewhere in the Caribbean?

[TheiC]

Not Africa, albatross.

Airclues? Airclued-up, I reckon...

[TheChitterneFlyer]

Might it be Gerald's Airport, Montserrat?

[TheiC]

TCF, indeed it WAS Gerald's, now John A Osborne... I'd hoped it might be more challenging, and was very pleased when Airclues was led slightly astray with a photo taken in deliberately atypical conditions. Its historical significance is that it was built to replace the previous airport, on the east coast of the island, after the volcanic eruptions which caused so much devastation in 1997. Google earth shows the north-western tip of the previous airport's runway.

TCF has control!

[TheChitterneFlyer]

TheiC, I recall your previous posting of this particular image and I'd then turned my attentions to a different post in "Jet Blast/Where on Earth"... which turned out to be a private racetrack! Hence my previous question!

It took me a little while to find your latest post, but it was AirClues who directed me to the right side of the planet.

By the way, what was the historic connection? Was it the big bang that closed the previous airport?

Open House

You'd posted the connection after I'd hit the send button! Many thanks.

[Noyade]

http://i41.tinypic.com/2qckqx2.jpg

[Heathrow Harry]

the highest point in Tuvalu is 2m above sea level ......... and there are palm trees

[evansb]

The Seychelles then..?

[Lordflasheart]

Green tin roof - gottabe Tropical Australia, or Australian sphere of influence ? LFH

[Noyade]

The Seychelles then..? Hello Brian. Yes, we're on an Island in the Seychelles circa 1992.

[TheChitterneFlyer]

Where has Noyades "challenge" image gone?

[Noyade]

Should be at the bottom of the previous page (201) mate, post No. #4020. Not there?

[Lightning Mate]

No image - just a blue box with a white cross in it.

[Lordflasheart]

still there for me (UK) LFH

[Noyade]

Would it have anything to do with the Image Provider?

Anyway if the image is lost from the bottom of page 201 then I have an aerial view.

Same island from the Seychelles, that needs a name...

http://i42.tinypic.com/sc470y.jpg

[Lightning Mate]

Is it Assumption?

[evansb]

Grand Anse Praslin ?

[TheChitterneFlyer]

Err, still no image!

[Noyade]

Praslin Well done Brian! :ok: Your control.

Err, still no image!
Sorry mate, I've no idea why. I'm using TinyPic as the host...

TinyPic - Free Image Hosting, Photo Sharing & Video Hosting (http://tinypic.com/)

[evansb]

Thanks mate! That was fun. Here is the next mystery aerodrome:
https://imageshack.com/a/img521/4797/nxo2.jpg

[Lightning Mate]

Far East ?

[cuefaye]

Tioman Island, Malaysia (GI again!)

[Lightning Mate]

Cheat............

[evansb]

cuefaye is correct. :ok: The aerodrome is noted for its one-way approach and landing.
Your turn.

[cuefaye]

Here we go ---

http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/o738/HaroldEdward/img176_zpsa58f649c.jpg (http://s1340.photobucket.com/user/HaroldEdward/media/img176_zpsa58f649c.jpg.html)

[chevvron]

Hampstead Norris?

[cuefaye]

Sorry, no, not Hampstead Norris

[chevvron]

But it is England?

[cuefaye]

Indeed it is chev --

[Lordflasheart]

That rules out Oran La Senia mid-1943 then .... :) ..... LFH

[chevvron]

Unusual hangar layout for a 'typical' RAF airfield; vague similarity to Shawbury but I'm sure it's not.

[cuefaye]

Not Shawbury, not RAF

[Phileas Fogg]

Seems to be flat terrain, how about Eastern England, Lincolnshire, East Anglia?

[chevvron]

9th Air Force?

[cuefaye]

Not Eastern, not the 9th AF

[Lightning Mate]

Southern England?

[grollie]

Warton Airfield?

[chevvron]

I think you're right grollie.

[flyingwing]

Holmsley South or Beaulieu?

[TheChitterneFlyer]

I reckon grollie is spot-on!

[cuefaye]

grollie

Well done! WW2 at Warton. The photo was scanned from the book - The World's Greatest Air Depot; and there at the time the photo was taken was a multitude of kit, mainly US, and a plethora of gliders

YHC

[grollie]

Probably very easy but don't have many books or photos so got this off net

http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/l540/grollieh/null_zpsc0c56961.jpg

[grollie]

Well you take it as its a job on am iPhone to doctor images. I only do it for the fun and challenge. I got Warton only because I have it on Fs2004

[Lightning Mate]

Don't understand your last post above..............

[grollie]

When on our conversation earlier i was just saying how I found out the airfield. I have airfields addon on Fs2004 which is very detailed rather than trying to match up on Google? I'd remembered the layout from doing flights around RAF Woodvale. I will read up on your pm when finished work thanks

[MReyn24050]

RAF Wellesbourne Mountford, still active as a civilian airfield now I believe.

[grollie]

Spot on YHC

[MReyn24050]

Thanks grollie. Here is the next:-
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Airportquiz064_zps95c319c7.jpg

[MReyn24050]

No takers? This airport was built in the 1980s.

[chevvron]

And destroyed by the mayor of Chicago about 4 years ago? (Don't remember the name)

[grollie]

You're not on about Meigs field are you?
Unless heavily altered.
That was opened in the late 1940s.

[Lordflasheart]

And I thought I'd got it with Santos Dumont in Rio, but it ain't that either. :* LFH

[India Four Two]

Mel,

Can we narrow it down?

Caribbean or South Pacific?

[Lordflasheart]

Amami Airport – Amami Oshima 28 26 N 129 45 E ?


(NE of Okinawa - 1/2 way to Japan)


Debiru Samanā Souru Hakkāzu. :E


Velly good challenge Mel-San. :ok: LFH

[MReyn24050]

Right part of the world Lordflasheart but not Amami Airport. This one is on the Japanese mainland.


Devil Summoner eh???:)

[Lightning Mate]

Oita.........

[Lordflasheart]

Well bless my soul - They must have used the same set of plans for both constructions. I should've double checked against the rate of change of variation.:(

Devil Summoner eh??? Not me Chief - apparently they set part of the spooky video game in the Amami Tower.

Reckon you got it LM well done.

[MReyn24050]

It is indeed Oita Airport Japan.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/005_ph001_zps2dd4a008.jpg

You have control David. :ok:

[Lightning Mate]

I'll have to throw this one to the floor.

OH.

[India Four Two]

Not a hi-viz jacket or air-side security pass in sight:
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/india42/IMG_1929_zps42e512cc.jpg

Don't bother with GI. This one is not on the web. :)

[sycamore]

E Malaysia,or Kalimantan..?

[India Four Two]

sycamore,

Getting warm, but not Borneo.

[Lordflasheart]

Philippines ?

[Phileas Fogg]

El Nido by chance?

[India Four Two]

pf,

No chance about it! El Nido, Palawan.

Well done. How did you deduce that? Have you been there?

You have control

[Phileas Fogg]

I42,

I live here in the Philippines, on Siargao Island, Cloud 9 to be precise, it was the nipa roof and particularly the Do228 that gave me the clues towards El Nido, haven't been there but since arriving in Philippines, being in the tourism industry, I've familiarised myself with airport locations etc.

Here's the next one:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7281/9148598224_3954148d35_o.jpg

[Lordflasheart]

Philippines ? :) LFH

[Phileas Fogg]

Yes, we're still in the Philippines, knocking on for 10pm at night here in the jungle so another San Miguel or two then offline until around 0100 GMT.

[Lightning Mate]

Borongan ?

[Phileas Fogg]

No, not Borongan.

[cuefaye]

Jolo? ----

[Phileas Fogg]

No, not Jolo

[Lordflasheart]

Well this is tricky :ok:. I thought I might have got it with Mati, but there's nothing in the distance. The pesky clouds and the poor quality of GE for large parts of the area may be obscuring the target. I've just found a semi-official map claiming to show all the airfields in the Philippines – that will take some time to work through. LFH

[Phileas Fogg]

LordFlashHeart,

You are so bl00dy warm you show be glowing, if I tell you this aerodrome has been named after a (currently) serving politician might that help you? :)

[Lordflasheart]

It probably would if I could only find it. :)

[Phileas Fogg]

Think of "shoes" :)

[grollie]

What have levelled Clark AFB and left a small strip?
And planted a few trees. That's one neat trick

[Lordflasheart]

Well in my failure to find anything better I've now convinced myself that it could well be Mati - previously known as Imelda R Marcos Airport. So if anyone else is holding back, now's your chance, because I've got to mow the lawn before it rains.

Sa pamamagitan ng ang paraan, sa tabi ng Martes ay ang kaarawan ng ginang Kinatawan ng 5000 pares ng sapatos.

Grollie - Was that a very erudite bit of modern poetry - or just a fiendish riddle ? Either way - bewildered respect sir. :ok: LFH

[Phileas Fogg]

Well done LFH, at one point you were telling me it wasn't Mati. :)

And Wikipedia is incorrect when it suggests that Mati Airport remains open having changed it's name from Imelda Marcos, the airport didn't change it name from Imelda Marcos before it closed.

That said, there was talk of reopening it but so far no sign of any operations to and from.

And only in the Philippines could a character like Imelda Marcos be allowed back in to politics and only recently have they called off the search for all the missing monies from the Marcos's reign.

[grollie]

Not used to big and complicated words. Forgot all about the Marcos dynasty.

[Lordflasheart]

Thank you Phil. I should have looked more carefully first time.

I would argue with your " And only in ... " I'm not sure there's anywhere where they don't ... these days ...

Here's the next. Clue - it's not the Philippines.

http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj632/LFH99/LFH39_zpsa03a4bb0.jpg?t=1372513140

[Oldpilot55]

My guess would be one of the obscure islands off Tenerife

[Lordflasheart]

That's a pretty good start OP. Doesn't leave much ....
LFH

[chevvron]

Just a guess, La Palma or Hierro.
If either of those right OH.

[Phileas Fogg]

It's La Palma, the two windmills are visible on GE

[Lordflasheart]

I guess honour goes to OldP for isolating the area so quickly; Marks to Chevy for La Palma or Hierro - (I had to look hard for Hierro and I don't know how many alternative guesses one is allowed for a valid compete - anyone ??? ) and credit to Phil for the precise answer.

BTW Phil - while we were discussing the not-so-niceties of local politics, did you get rumbled by TS Rumbia/Gorio or did it pass clear enough ?

So Chevy has it - with La Palma (GCLA Canary Islands and 28N 17W if needed ;) ) but as he's declared OPEN HOUSE and in view of the aforegoing, I exercise my command prerogative and offer the next challenge to Phileas Fogg for his precision.

LFH

[Phileas Fogg]

LFH,

It rained like buggery here over the weekend, roads, well dirt unmade tracks actually, flooded and the ATR72 operations in/out of our island airstrip were cancelled both days.

[Lordflasheart]

Looks like it's OPEN HOUSE.

[Lightning Mate]

PF hasn't called it.

[cuefaye]

No. But I think it's somewhat implicit. So have a go ----

http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/o738/HaroldEdward/img177_zpsdb7cacf0.jpg (http://s1340.photobucket.com/user/HaroldEdward/media/img177_zpsdb7cacf0.jpg.html)

[Cows getting bigger]

Hawarden. OH if correct.

[cuefaye]

Correct CGB - OH it is.

[Noyade]

April 1944...

http://i44.tinypic.com/11jck0h.jpg

[chevvron]

Boscombe Down?

[Noyade]

Not Boscombe Down mate.

[chevvron]

High Ercall then? (Looks like an MU with all those Lamellas)

[Noyade]

High Ercall then?No mate, looking at wiki maps, south-east of that, in Wiltshire...

http://i42.tinypic.com/17vddu.jpg

[ExAscoteer]

Looks like Lyneham to me.

(OH if correct)

[Noyade]

Lyneham it is. :ok:

And Open House.

[Phileas Fogg]

It looks suspiciously like my old stomping ground of RAF Lyneham and we're looking towards the threshold of rwy 36?

alas ... too late :)

[merlinxx]

Yup tis "Romper's Green" ;~))

[Phileas Fogg]

As it's Open House and no other takers how about this one:

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5543/9182069052_366be4d085.jpg

[Lightning Mate]

Lots of mil stuff there as well as civilian.

Guess eastern Europe.

[Phileas Fogg]

E. Europe is correct.

[cuefaye]

Sevastopol?

[Phileas Fogg]

cuefaye has it, Sevastopol/Belbek

[cuefaye]

Thanks Phil.

It could be said that this has been done before, but it hasn't ----

http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/a628/harrymate/img180_zps08f15b5b.jpg (http://s1287.photobucket.com/user/harrymate/media/img180_zps08f15b5b.jpg.html)

[Noyade]

Hey, I remember that! :) The AWM called it Minchinhampton.

http://i42.tinypic.com/vyy15s.jpg

[Noyade]

Open House if it is.
Cheers.

[cuefaye]

Prezactly Noyade. Minchinhampton until 1920, closed, then re-opened in 1938 as RAF Aston Down. Apologies for the slight confusion and unintended repetition.

Next ---

http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/a628/harrymate/img179_zpsa78c9213.jpg (http://s1287.photobucket.com/user/harrymate/media/img179_zpsa78c9213.jpg.html)

[Lightning Mate]

Blimey! Nobody else got a look in.

[Cubs2jets]

Looks like Vietnam?

Phu Cat?

C2j

[cuefaye]

Cubs

Vietnam yes. Phu Cat no.

LM

Wake up man.

[Cubs2jets]

Tuy Hoa?

C2j

[Lightning Mate]

LM

Wake up man.

Why? I don't recognise it, or is that a very subtle clue?

edit: or do you mean an F4 base?

[cuefaye]

Sorry Cubs, not Tuy Hoa

[Lightning Mate]

Phan Rang ?

[cuefaye]

Well recognised - Phan Rang it is. Home to No2 Sqn, RAAF, c.1967

LM, YHC

[Lightning Mate]

I have nothing which is not GI proof, so would have to resort to Google Earth.

Is that acceptable? It's only supposed to be fun.

[cuefaye]

Pre Tennis 'n BBQ -----

http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/a628/harrymate/img184_zps52a4e8e6.jpg (http://s1287.photobucket.com/user/harrymate/media/img184_zps52a4e8e6.jpg.html)

[Phileas Fogg]

RAF Masirah?

[cuefaye]

Sorry Phil, not Masirah.

[Phileas Fogg]

How about Bayhan or Beihan?

[cuefaye]

Neither of those I'm afraid

[spook]

RAF Khormaksar?

[cuefaye]

Not Khormaksar spook

[cuefaye]

Clue - an appealing end

[cuefaye]

Not Embakasi - and 'tis a 208 aircraft.

Answer is in my clue

[oldpax]

would it be RAF Salalha,east of Aden?

[Hen Ddraig]

Farwania also known as Kuwait New?

[cuefaye]

Amman Marka it is Jenks! Oct/Nov 1958 during the withdrawal of British forces from Jordan. 208 Hunters and a 70 Sqn Hastings.

Amman Marka is where Abu Qatada's deportation flight from UK ended, following the end of his appeal process - hence my clue: an appealing end :)

You have the stone ---

[nvubu]

I've been absent for a while, and as it's open house, here's the next mystery aerodrome.

One side:
http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/a35537f6-fbd4-4d9f-906f-020623086c39_zpsbc4c86a4.jpg

The other side:
http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/9a0c6e49-4873-46f5-b9f5-41d9240880b7_zpsd1036031.jpg

And then looking out across the aerodrome
http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/52d6aabd-ca31-46a1-a7bc-0f52589a8621_zps460ad632.jpg

[Gulfstreamaviator]

I was standing at almost the exact spot that the picture was taken three days ago, just before the homecomming.

It has changed, the hills are still there, but 100% covered with housing.

There are a few hunters in the "Museum" at the airport, I will try to get the serials and pictures, from a closer distance than the picts I have at present, (runway).

Glf

[nvubu]

Thought there might have been some suggestions as to the continent.

Anyway - this is what is going at this location.
http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/4501dd01-8ea7-4ea9-bef3-357774d1ecf4_zps058e434e.jpg

With the end result.
http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/436decb1-f2cb-42a7-99c5-98e2be03628c_zpsdd62bf10.jpg

Another photo clue later on.

[Lightning Mate]

A refurbishment base obviously.

Gura sir, Egypt ?

[nvubu]

You're right with the name - Gura Air Depot (15°01'17.53" N 39°02'22.33" E) - but it's in Eritrea, not Egypt.

You have control.

[Lightning Mate]

Thank you kindly.

I'm afraid it will have to be Open House.

[cuefaye]

This shouldn't take long ---

http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/a628/harrymate/img183_zpsa6694a7e.jpg (http://s1287.photobucket.com/user/harrymate/media/img183_zpsa6694a7e.jpg.html)

[Lightning Mate]

Khormaksar ?

[cuefaye]

Sorry LM, not Khormaksar

[cuefaye]

Told you!!

All yours Jenks

[MReyn24050]

Open House?
One to fill the gap:-
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Airportquiz065_zps6cd9a6c7.jpg

[spook]

Budaörs. The KLM DC3 is interesting - as I understand it this aircraft was shot down in June '43 with the actor Leslie Howard on board.

[MReyn24050]

It is indeed Budapest Airport:ok: You are correct regarding Leslie Howard, he was killed on 1st june 1943 on BOAC Flight 777, Lisbon to Bristol. the aircraft was DC-3 G-AGBB which had been KLM's PH-ALI

[spook]

Thank you Sir. Here is the next...
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo311/spook228/DSC02898resize.jpg (http://s387.photobucket.com/user/spook228/media/DSC02898resize.jpg.html)

[Bigt]

Chateauroux

[spook]

In one! YHC

[Bigt]

Open house troops...

[Noyade]

Just fill in the missing letters and you'll have it...

http://i39.tinypic.com/11t0nmd.jpg

[Lightning Mate]

I bet that's in Oz.

[emeritus]

It's "on the Castlereagh" !

First thought it was Illawarra.

OH if awarded ( not expected )

Emeritus

[Noyade]

It's "on the Castlereagh" !Yes it is. Well done mate, Open House. :)

http://i41.tinypic.com/2s698cl.jpg
http://i43.tinypic.com/2euq3ci.jpg

[Noyade]

Just curious, but I recently watched a rather odd movie called "Churchill - The Hollywood Years"...

Churchill: The Hollywood Years (2004) - IMDb (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0359078/)

In one scene a Dominie taxies up to a control tower (carrying Hitler, Bormann and Eva Braun)

Credits indicate some of the film was shot on the Isle of Mann. Is it from there?...

http://i42.tinypic.com/312fp8m.jpg
http://i40.tinypic.com/2ijlnx3.jpg

Cheers.

[Noyade]

But, in the meantime, here's one not on Mel's list...

http://i43.tinypic.com/2eancio.jpg

[Lightning Mate]

Dunno about the airfield used in the Churchill film, but most of it was filmed in and around my home town in Devon.

[Haven't a clue]

Jurby - the tower is original and still there.

[Airclues]

I'll start the ball rolling with Noyade's challenge.................USA?

Dave

[Noyade]

G'day Dave. We're not in the USA. My shot must be the green indicator...and the runways are a little south...

http://i42.tinypic.com/2cp7uqt.jpg

Jurby - the tower is original and still there. Thanks for that. :ok:

[cuefaye]

Possibly Uruguay?

[Noyade]

Possibly Uruguay?

Indeed! :)

[TheChitterneFlyer]

Capitan Corbeta (Laguna de Sauce), Uraguay.

TCF

[Noyade]

Laguna de SauceThat's the one, your control. :ok:

http://i41.tinypic.com/66l0l3.jpg

[Lightning Mate]

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/Lightning_29/hands_twiddling_thumbs_lg_nwm_zpsdf80f4f8.gif

[chevvron]

My wife moans at me when I do that.

[nacluv]

That's quite hypnotic, LM.

But I have no idea which aerodrome it is though.

[Lightning Mate]

WTF is TheChitterneFlyer ?

[Bigt]

Chitterne is a small village on Salisbury Plain in southern England. As it is a small village the forum member may well be the only flyer in the village...

[nacluv]

While we're waiting for TCF here's one I stumbled upon earlier today. I have no idea where it is - or, therefore, if we've already done it (probably quite likely).

http://www.nvva.nl/renekrul/catalogs/airfield.aerial.view.wartime.england.1.jpg

[Cubs2jets]

Since you have no idea where it is, my supposition is Los Angeles International - KLAX. Am I right? Am I right? LOL !!

C2j

[Capot]

The runway pattern reminds me of Sleap, where I learned to fly, but it's a very, very long time since I went there. And of course most WWII airfields had a similar pattern.

[cuefaye]

Moreton Valance -- Google FCS! If we're going to keep this an interestingly and challenging place, can we at least be Google free? 'Tisn't hard.

[Cows getting bigger]

Cuefaye, there was a time when sport was committed by gentlemen who would walk before being dismissed. :)

[Gulfstreamaviator]

and the cows are British too.....

glf

[Duckbutt]

Are you sure about Moreton Valance? No sign of the M5! ;)

[cuefaye]

cgb

Quite so --

[TheChitterneFlyer]

My humble apologies for my not previously declaring "Open House"... I've been away for a long weekend and I was distracted by on-going preparations.

Great weekend though!

TCF

[Noyade]

http://i43.tinypic.com/2cr0qqc.jpg

[chevvron]

duckbutt, if the M5 was there you wouldn't be able to see the runways!!

[Lightning Mate]

RAF Coastal Command middle east?

[ruthin]

Somewhere in Australia I would think what with Ansons,Walrus( Seagull V?) Moth Minor and Bulldog(???)

[dubbleyew eight]

hey lightning mate..

http://www.n56ml.com/australia/070428524.jpg

while you wait try this one.:ok:

[Lightning Mate]

Thanks but it might confuse some people with two up at once.

Anyway, I know where it is in Western Australia.

[Dora-9]

Two posers at once?

Regarding the lovely photo with Ansons, a Bulldog, Walrus (Seagulls?) and a Moth Minor, I doubt that it's Point Cook as I can't fit the "L" shaped configuration with the hangars in the background. Not very far away at Laverton, perhaps?

The second shot is Serpentine, WA.

If I've got both correct, then Open House please.

[Noyade]

Laverton

Well done Dora - your control mate. :ok:

[Noyade]

Open House please.

Sorry, make that Open House.

[dubbleyew eight]

norbert question. how do you guys post a photo that doesnt have the airfield name in it?

[Lightning Mate]

Rename the image once you have it on your hard drive.

[Dora-9]

Nothing new for a few days?

OK, here's one from me - I'm not sure of the etiquette here, as this airfield has featured before, but it's a lovely photo anyway!

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a144/Blithering/VH-SSJ-DHC1-2007-06-17InFli_zpsc8684f84.jpg (http://s10.photobucket.com/user/Blithering/media/VH-SSJ-DHC1-2007-06-17InFli_zpsc8684f84.jpg.html)

[chevvron]

As your address is Queensland, I presume it's somewhere in Oz?

[Lightning Mate]

Watts Bridge ?

[Lordflasheart]

With all those parking spaces - western US ? nb - I can't see the anti spin strakes -is it a CGI ? ;) LFH

[Dora-9]

Chevvron - Yes, Australia.

Lightning mate - NOT Watts Bridge (they'd wet themselves if they ended up with a sealed tarmac that size!).

Your lordship - Not CGI, the photo taken on a weekend fly-in (clue). The Chipmunk does have strakes btw, it's exactly as it came out of the RAF in 1975.

[Crusher1]

Parafield?

[Lordflasheart]

Oakey Qld Army airbase ? Looking west. LFH

[Lightning Mate]

The Chipmunk registration is VH-SSJ.

Anything to do with its' 60th birthday?

edit: somewhere near Brisbane?

[emeritus]

Tricky one that. With that amount of tarmac it had to be a service airfield. We could probably park our entire Airforce fleet on that tarmac !

Not airforce tho. It's Oakey which is Army.

Not able to post pics yet so OH

Emeritus

OOPS...too late!!

[Dora-9]

LFH - correct, it is Oakey.

[Lordflasheart]

Thankyou Dora. Apologies for the CGI remark - Place looked so smart I wondered if it was for real- now I understand - Army Rule No 1 - I hope they saluted you ..... and trust you didn't leave the Chippy stationary for too long ...

Now for something rather cooler -

Edited - the C-123 was too easy - try this instead. LFH

http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj632/LFH99/LFH40_zpsd942f55c.jpg

[dubbleyew eight]

is the lake Bewl Water in east sussex?

[Lordflasheart]

Not Bewl Water W8. Not fresh water either. This was taken some years before Bewl was even thought of. Not England.

[chevvron]

Would it be one of the strips on Iwo Jima?

[Dora-9]

LFH - if I may distract from your current poser for a minute, no offence taken at your CGI suggestion.

LM - well identified, the Chipmunk is indeed VH-SSJ (exWK507), .

The event was a fly-in to support the Museum of Army Aviation (located off to the left of frame). It was held on a Sunday, hence the empty tarmac. It was a stunning clear day, here is part of the gaggle on their way home later in the day:

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a144/Blithering/OK-1.jpg (http://s10.photobucket.com/user/Blithering/media/OK-1.jpg.html)

[Lordflasheart]

Dora - any time. I got my first "air experiences" on Chipmunk, Anson and Auster. Always pleased to see them still flying.

Chevy - Not Iwo Jima - wrong hemisphere. This field opened in the late 30s and was closed by the 80s.

LFH

[Krakatoa]

Is this Northern Ireland

[India Four Two]

Hey Krakatoa, last time I looked Iwo Jima and Northern Ireland were in the "same hemisphere". ;)

LFH,
The topography looks tropical. Is this in the Bismarck/Solomon Sea area?

PS Lovely pictures, Dora 9

[Lordflasheart]

:uhoh: Oops fellas, my mistake - slack language - that's the problem with knowing where it is. How many hemispheres have you got ?

I meant Western rather than Eastern - as opposed to Northern rather than Southern.

So - Western hemisphere but not Northern Ireland.

Northern hemisphere so not Bismarck/Solomon Sea (and not tropical.)

That should narrow it down. Apologies to all.

ps I'd better go and check the defo of Western hemisphere. ****

Okay, further edit after 5 mins - I've found four definitions already so let's just say this is somewhere between 90 deg West and 90 deg East and I am not claiming that as a hemisphere - before this gets me into any more trouble.
LFH

[Lightning Mate]

ps I'd better go and check the defo of Western hemisphere.

West from 0 degrees longitude to 180 degrees longitude. This is the only definition.

[sycamore]

Must be in Canada..?

[Lordflasheart]

Thanks for the professional definition LM. :ok:

Not Canada, Sycamore.

To recap - between the Equator and North Pole and between 90W and 90E - the part that passes through 0 deg long. at Greenwich - and it's salt water. Nuff diggin' here - no more haitch-word for me.

[TheChitterneFlyer]

North America?

[Lightning Mate]

between the Equator and North Pole and between 90W and 90E - the part that
passes through 0 deg long. at Greenwich

Nothing too difficult then.....

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/Lightning_29/mc-eur-302256_comp_1_3_zps4ce9960b.jpg

[Lordflasheart]

TCF - Not North America.

LM - Thank you again. " ..... worth a thousand words."
However, it did start with the entire globe and our razor-sharp contestants have already reduced it to a quarter of that. But to assist further - not Greenland or Africa or the Caribbean (or Northern Ireland ... or Bewl Water ;).) LFH

[Lightning Mate]

I'll thus shoot for mainland Europe.

[Lordflasheart]

Mainland Europe it is ....

[Lightning Mate]

It appears to be of WW2 vintage.

Italy?

[Lordflasheart]

It is WWII but it's not Italy.

[Airclues]

Scandinavia?

[Lordflasheart]

Indeedy Davey, Scandinavey. How ya doin ?

[Lightning Mate]

Fornebu?..

[Krakatoa]

I will go for Sola

[Lordflasheart]

Oslo Fornebu (Norway ;)) spring 1940 during Weserübung - Well done Lightning Mate. You have control.

BTW Wiki has a much sharper picture of Fornebu littered with all sorts - barely room to fly. I thought I could hear the tannoy echo - "Letzte Pilot im Bierkeller zahlt die Rechnung."

This is what it looked like six years ago - LFH

http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj632/LFH99/Later_zps070ff82f.jpg?t=1375275239

[Lightning Mate]

Cheers.

If there are no objections I will donate this to Airclues.

He hit the country or I would have been going all over the place.

[Lordflasheart]

By Jove you chaps have been busy - three posts while I'm off editing my German grammar.

To celebrate ? his 13,000th post -
LM offers it to Airclues - Take it away Dave !

[Lightning Mate]

Hadn't noticed 13,000 posts!

[Airclues]

Thanks LM, but unfortunately all of my airfield photos are on slides. Can anyone recommend a scanner that works with an iMac (please PM rather than clog up the thread (and possibly infringe the advertising rules))?

Could I please either hand it back to LM or declare open house.

[dubbleyew eight]

have a go at this one. put a ruler on the screen. you can see the curvature of the earth.

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y421/dubbleyew8/airfield_zpsbd991a97.jpg

[TheChitterneFlyer]

Maralinga?, Australia (the aircraft registration is a big clue!).

I think the perceptual curvature of the earth is a lens effect at that low altitude!

[Lightning Mate]

More likely a fairly wide angle lens I would suggest.

[MReyn24050]

List updated today up to and including 31 July 2013. Unfortunately the Mods in their wisdom have decided that this thread should no longer be a "Sticky". I will endeavour to try to keep it on the same page.
Mel

[dubbleyew eight]

sorry the airfield is not maralinga. it is a lot closer to the coast. next try.

yes it is in australia. the airfield does not have an entry in ersa.
no more hints.

[TheChitterneFlyer]

More likely a fairly wide angle lens I would suggest.

I think that's what I said earlier!

I've spent this evening searching just about every Australian coastal airfield and... it's time for my bed!

I dunno... it's in Oz!

TCF

[dubbleyew eight]

chilternflyer
while the answer you give is indeed correct it is so vague ...

c'mon where is it?
:D

I'll give you a totally useless clue.
see the aeroplane on the tarmac just under the strut. well if you stand behind that aircraft at the edge of the bitumen at night time, in the entire 360 degree sweep around the horizon there is not the slightest hint of a man made light.
it is so dark at night that you can see all the subtle graduations in the Magellanic clouds of the milky way. Lying on the bitumen is incredibly uncomfortable but do it and the stars are so bright that they appear to be just off the end of your extended arm. You can see stars all the way down to magnitude 9 I think. A most amazing view.

[Dora-9]

W8 - you're correct, that is a totally useless clue.

[dubbleyew eight]

Dora
not really a useless clue.
the nights are so dark that there is no light pollution from a nearby city.
hence it is not near a city.
let me taunt you further :ok:
does the landscape look like cane fields?
does it look like the great dividing range?
does it look like the rolling hills of new south wales?
does the environment look tropical?
no?
well it is probably nowhere near those parts of australia.

would you say that it looked like an ancient landscape?
where are the oldest landscapes on the planet?
believe it or not people holiday nearby.

[India Four Two]

would you say that it looked like an ancient landscape?
where are the oldest landscapes on the planet?
believe it or not people holiday nearby.

"Nearby" mean Uluru?

[dubbleyew eight]

no not uluru. it's near the coast.

uluru, Ayer's Rock is the world's largest boulder.

nearby to this airfield you will find very old rocks created by blue green algae called stro..........