Which Aerodrome Mk III

[skwinty]

Okay, try this one.:confused:

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af92/skwinty/93.jpg

[RegDep]

Black Pond Airfield, Farmer's Mills, NY, skwinty.

[skwinty]

RegDep has control.:ok:

[RegDep]

Thanks skwinty!

Next
http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/Bildschirmfoto2011-09-05um190805-1.png

[StressFree]

Reg, Schipol?

[RegDep]

Not Schipol, StressFree.

[evansb]

Okay, isn't this supposed to be Aviation History and Nostalgia?..and shouldn't the challenge photo show a runway or airside area? Or is this "Name that Concession Kiosk"? Early on it was feared that this thread would degenerate into a "Name that isolated airstrip" or worse to "Name that Control Tower"...but this?? Seriously, gentlemen.

[RegDep]

Brian. Trust me, just this once.

This has everything to do with Aviation History and Nostalgia. I am sure you will agree when we learn which airport it is. And if you do, please say so then.

Brian, I tip my hat to you and your knowledge, I honestly do.

(All information that you need is in the picture.)

[Corsairoz]

Fornebu, Oslo?

Based purely on a vague old memory of the old terminal building many years ago.

C

[RegDep]

Corsairoz, it is not Oslo Fornebu. I am not sure if Fornebu is still in use, but my picture was taken last Friday.

And there is something very specific in the picture that will tell you which airport it is. No vague memories needed :). At least not really.

[skwinty]

The only special thing I see in the picture is an open observation deck in close proximity to a bar. That must be pretty rare.:hmm:

[RegDep]

Think out of the box, skwinty (figuratively speaking).

Edit: Or, look what has been boxed in……..

[sycamore]

Who is the chap crawling across the floor,or did he fall off his stool ...?

[sabredog]

Flughafen Schönefeld,Tegel or Templehof.

[RegDep]

Who is the chap crawling across the floor,or did he fall off his stool ...?

Sycamore, you tell me!

Well, Sabredog, take your pick. Would be interested in your reasoning for your final pick, though :).

[sycamore]

Tegel, and Uncle Otto,after his first crash...

[sabredog]

Last day of Templehof operations, or possible a Music Festival.

[RegDep]

As much I appreciate your approach Sabredog, this has to go to Sycamore.

It is Otto Lilienthal, flat on his face, in Berlin Tegel (Otto Lilienthal) Airport (TXL). Picture taken on Friday on my flight out of there, and especially taken to be posted on this thread.

Otto Lilienthal is lying there, covered by pigeon sh_it, apparently commemorating his death crash in Berlin. Posted below here is a closeup of him.

I had visited Otto Lilienthal Museum in Anklam, a small town up Northern Germany (not far from Peenemeünde), the previous Tuesday. A very well kept small museum, people who love their work and are very proud of what they have built up after the status it was left by the East Germans.

(The story goes that when Yuri Gagarin, after his space flight, visited DDR /East Germany and wanted to pay a visit in Otto Lilienthal Museum, there as a major havoc around because the museum was not part of Socialist History, and had been left to rot).

Now this statue of Lilienthal, outside one of the two entrances to the Main hall, was still some 12 years ago free and visible, although people tended to stumble at it. Hence, it was fenced, and a year or so ago got the bar stands around it, and apparently was let to be covered by litter from the bar and the already mentioned pigeon sh_it.

If this is a disgrace or a piece of Aviation History and Nostalgia, I'll leave to you, Gentlemen of the Jury, to decide.

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/IMG_0726-2.jpg

Over to you Sycamore.

[sycamore]

" To invent an airplane is nothing.To build one is something.To fly one is everything".Otto Lilienthal 1848-96; died after crashing and breaking his back .."Sacrifices must be made"... Open House...

EDIT..Bit of a disgrace really.and my earlier comment..

[skwinty]

Good grief,

Time for new glasses.

I saw a suitcase and leather jacket in the first picture.

Now of course, it's as clear as daylight.

Good one, RegDep:ok:

[KeMac]

I have not been able to get anything on here for ages but may I congratulate you RegDep on a magnificent challenge!

[StressFree]

As sycamore kindly declared open house, may I invite offers for where this airfield is?

http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m504/stressfree6/PB190032.jpg

[sycamore]

Middle East or India/Pakistan ?

[StressFree]

sycamore, greetings from west Essex!

No its not Middle East or Pakistan.

[RegDep]

Snow on the ground, StressFree?

[skwinty]

The car that I can see is driving on the left side of the road, so I guess it is either Africa, Australia or Afghanistan.:hmm:

[RegDep]

Where would it be rain enough to justify the roofs and arid enough to justify the rest, unless the gray matter is snow and not dust?

Houses are a bit too orderly for Russia or its neighbours, the airfield is not Russian/ex-Soviet, methinks.

Key question at this point is the snow.

[StressFree]

Its a very heavy frost (-15c)......... photo was taken in November.

[StressFree]

Skwinty, no, none of those places.....

[RegDep]

Tough. Could be almost anywhere between 50° and 70°N, even more South in higher areas :suspect:. How about a hint about the altitude?

Not that many parallel runways so far apart on the Eastern hemisphere in areas like that (although there is a lot of long lens effect in the picture). So must be in North America.

[sabredog]

Atyrau airport in Kazakhstan

[skwinty]

I think sabredog has the correct answer.

They drive on the left, it is in a desert ( Betpak Dala ) and the google images of the airfield tie up with the posted picture.:cool:

[RegDep]

And, apparently, it is not enough to know that there is a long lens effect, one needs to read it correctly. Almost only airport in Kazachstan that I DID NOT look at :ugh:.

As an ex-Soviet state, I don't think they drive on the left, however…..

And the altitude is -72 ft Minus 72 feet (StressFree probably has fits of laughter right now), and the other (Right this direction) runway is not active. The latitude was not bad, though, 47°N.

[StressFree]

Sabredog, yes its Atyrau in Kazakhstan :D

Somewhere that I fly to several times a year.

Over to you sir.


Reg, its a grim place in the winter. We usually go from here to Uralsk, which is FAR worse. The boss is an oil man and theres lots in this area.......even at -72'. :O

[sabredog]

Thank you,Stressfree.
The next challenge;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/Quiz28.jpg

[StressFree]

Blackbushe Airport, near Farnborough?

[skwinty]

The US of A?

[sabredog]

Sorry Stressfree,not Blackbushe,although there is a passing resemblance.
Correct,Swinty,it is in the U.S.A.

[skwinty]

Is it in New England?

(passing resemblance to Blackebush, Farnborough)

[sabredog]

New England is correct,Swinty.

[descol]

New Bedford ?

[sabredog]

Not New Bedford,Descol.

[skwinty]

Auburn Lewiston municipal airport, Androscoggin County, Maine, United States.

My eyes are sore. :ouch:

[StressFree]

Swinty, I also think its Auburn, took a lot of finding but I think you've got it..............

[sabredog]

Correct,Swinty.
YHC

[skwinty]

Here's an easy one.

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af92/skwinty/t.jpg

[skwinty]

Not Sondre Stromfjord.

[sabredog]

Lugano Airport.

[StressFree]

Definately Lugano.

[skwinty]

Not Lugano either I'm afraid.

Ernie's Cafe at Friday Harbour should give you a clue.;)

[StressFree]

Stewards enquiry needed, this photo is of Lugano, 100%.

[skwinty]

Okay, conflicting information.

I looked for a photo of Narsarsuaq, otherwise known as Bluie West One and found this picture,

Narsarsuaq Airport (http://www.atlasnavigator.com/airports/narsarsuaq-airport.html)

On closer scrutiny, it seems that this picture is actually Lugano, so saberdog has control.

My apologies.:uhoh:

[sabredog]

Friday Harbour Airport!!!

[sabredog]

Thank you, Swinty.
The Web often speaks with fork tongue!
Open House

[skwinty]

If you ever read any of Ernest Kellog Ganns books then the clue "Ernies Cafe at Friday Harbour" would have been relevant.

Gann wrote about his first flight to Bluie West One in the 40's and the cafe was named after him.:)

[evansb]

Here is a pair of aerodromes not mentioned in Fate is the Hunter:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/SURF_AND_TURF.jpg

[RegDep]

Aéroport de Lac-à-la-tortue, Quebec, Canada

[evansb]

RegDep is correct.:ok: Well done. You have control.

[RegDep]

Thank you!

Here's the next

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/0709.jpg

[sabredog]

Paphos Airport

[RegDep]

Of course it is Paphos!

Sabredog's turn :ok:

[sabredog]

Thank you ,Regdep. This should not last very long!
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/quiz29.jpg

[skwinty]

Lake Boga, Victoria, Australia. Home to the RAAF museum.

[sabredog]

Excellent reponse time,Swinty.
YHC.

[skwinty]

Thanks sabredog.:ok:

Try this one. Should be quick and easy.

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af92/skwinty/ba.jpg

I see this has been on before. It was not listed under airfield name though, So OPEN HOUSE

[RegDep]

I think we have had this Shorty before, skwinty, you may wish to try another one.

OK, I withdraw my case.

I think we had it as

Saba Cove Netherland Antilles

[StressFree]

Definately Saba Cove.

[skwinty]

I looked for "Juancho Yrausquin Airport" on the list and it wasn't there, hence i posted the picture.

I looked again on the list and saw Saba cove, looked for an image and it was the same.

So, I retracted the image and declared open house as my punishment.:ok:

New aerodrome please.:hmm:

[StressFree]

Wheres this then?

http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m504/stressfree6/P1270196.jpg

[skwinty]

Salalah Airport.

Salalah is situated in the southern region of Dhofar

[RegDep]

How on earth you post a minute before I. We must find these at the same time. Should I sit in a Faraday cage to prevent you learning what I do skwinty? Or just learn posting faster?

Oman Salalah Airport, which goes to skwinty.

[StressFree]

Yes its Salalah, Oman. I've got some others of remote Oman strips I've been into, can't find them at present but will post another time.

Over to you.

[skwinty]

Try this one.

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af92/skwinty/l-1.jpg

[RegDep]

Been in the country but the other (at the time) airport, so I leave this to others.

[sabredog]

Matekane Airport , Lesotho.

[skwinty]

sabredog has control:ok:

[sabredog]

Thank you,Skwinty, and my apologies for the delay in responding.
It is still;
Open House.

[StressFree]

Try this, it should be the right size......

http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m504/stressfree6/P3110268-1.jpg

[skwinty]

Hi Stressfree is it Seeb International?

[StressFree]

Skwinty, no sir its not Seeb.

Clue - its a big runway for a fairly small place..........

[StressFree]

Folks, I can't monitor this for a few days so I'll have to reveal the photo, its of Sfax in southern Tunisia..............

In all honesty would anyone have got it? There were few clues..............

[RegDep]

Not me, not in a short time, anyhow. Although the houses were not typical for "regular oil producing places" :rolleyes:.

[skwinty]

I would only started looking at Africa after I had looked at all the Oman airfields.:*:)

I took your earlier post about Oman seriously.:8

[Airhopper]

I believe it is open house so here is one which does not appear to have been posted before.

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~ah12/export/airport%20resampled.jpg

[jindabyne]

PNG possibly?

[Makamba]

Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles?

[Russell Gulch]

This end of the runway looks extended, and with the embankment, reminds me of a memory of a recollection of a thought of an overrun accident, but I struggle to recall any more.

[Airhopper]

It's very remote.

[KeMac]

Easter Island

[Airhopper]

Correct - you have it

[KeMac]

Thank you Airhopper - I will have to declare open house. I only recognised it because I am thinking of taking a holiday there and was looking at it on Google earth

[jindabyne]

Here goes

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb59/malgrosse/fpk.jpg

[jindabyne]

Is there a losing interest in this thread? 7 posts in 72 hours ----

[KeMac]

jindabyne, you may be right - I always have a look when I am on the PC but Easter Island was the first I have recognised in a long time!

[jindabyne]

KeMac

Out of polite interest, what sparks the holiday interest in EA?

[TheChitterneFlyer]

Long shot... Could this be Plockton (Scotland) when it was a grass airfield?

[jindabyne]

TCF

Sorry, not Plockton. A world away ----

[Duckbutt]

Is there a losing interest in this thread? 7 posts in 72 hours ----


I suggest that there is plenty of interest but when a challenge is obviously stalled, I imagine that perhaps there would be more responses if more clues (visual or otherwise) were provided.

[jindabyne]

Southern Hemisphere! Not Oz ----

[descol]

Could be any of the many strips in PNG ?

[jindabyne]

Quite so drescol

[descol]

I thought so- spent many years there - its Omkalai in the highlands

[jindabyne]

Certainly is --

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb59/malgrosse/Omkalai.jpg

Over to you

[descol]

thanks

PNG is and was a particlar place for aviators as well as many non
aviators

I don't see this on the list

By the way , I would hope there is continued interest in this enjoyable and informative thread
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv14/descol/pp13sept.jpg

[sisemen]

Africa somewhere - Bulawayo?

[sabredog]

Sir Seretse Khama International Airport,Botswana.

[descol]

Good morning sabredog - you are correct - it is Gabarone - ovwer to you

[sabredog]

Thank you,descol, and Good Morning to you too.
The next challenge;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/Quiz30.jpg

[Mr_Grubby]

Nicosia, Cyprus ?

[sabredog]

No,Mr.Grubby, not your old "stamping Ground".
Good to see you back on Thread,though.

[spook]

mmm...those hills look familiar. Windhoek?

[sabredog]

Correct,Spook,Windhoek Eros Airport.
YHC

[jindabyne]

Re my 343 - glad I was so hastily wrong :O
(sorry to interrupt spook)

[spook]

Thanks Sabredog. Here's the next one.
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo311/spook228/Exterior01resize.jpg

[skwinty]

Farnborough in the UK?

[spook]

need to go a long way west!

[skwinty]

O'Hare in Chicago ?

[spook]

Not O'Hare but you are within three States of the location!

[skwinty]

La Guardia New York?

[merlinxx]

Looks like that pic was taken from the old int'l block at the back of the Safari ? Lived there back in the mid 70s for 6 weeks or more.:E:ok: Long bloody hike out to BIG airport at 0500 though:{

[spook]

Skwinty - wrong way! CLUE: It was designated as an emergency landing site for the Space Shuttle.

[TheChitterneFlyer]

Lincoln, Nebraska?

[Corsairoz]

White Sands, New Mexico?

With very deceptive weather....

[KeMac]

jindabyne - pls check yr PMs.

Brgds
KeMac

[spook]

TheChitterneFlyer has it!:ok:

[TheChitterneFlyer]

My apologies for my late reply... Open House.

TCF

[jindabyne]

Can sometimes be very cold, and very warm---

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb59/malgrosse/jby.jpg

[RegDep]

Eagle Airport / Airstrip, Yukon, AK

Edit: Sabredog: That's what the blog calls it, but I think it is the same as Eagle, which is on the Canadian - US/Alaskan border in Yukon, just on the US side.

Open House if correct.

[sabredog]

Boundary Airstrip,Alaska.

[jindabyne]

Well done sabredog

Over to you ----

[sabredog]

Thank you,Jindabyne.
The next challenge ;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/Quiz32.jpg

[olympus]

Eshott aka Bockenfield, Northumberland.

Open House.

[sabredog]

Eshott is correct.

[Corsairoz]

As Olympus has declared Open House:

Not on the list:

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u249/corsairoz/Number11.jpg

[Spit161]

Gimli?

cheers,
Jake.

[Corsairoz]

Gimli it is. Scene of the famous 'Gimli Glider' event and former RCAF base.

http://omovo.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/gimliglider.jpg

I'm amazed how fast these go sometimes.

Spit161 you have control.

[Spit161]

Thanks Corsairoz. Here we go:

http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/k571/Spit161/A.jpg

cheers,
Jake.

[spook]

RAF Aberporth.

[Spit161]

Correct, spook.
You have control!

cheers,
Jake.

[spook]

Thank you Jake!
Here's the next one.
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo311/spook228/RHWingLE.jpg

[sabredog]

Athens Airport,Greece.

[sabredog]

Thank you,Spook.
The next challenge;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/Quiz33.jpg

[sabredog]

PPRune clock appears to be somewhat awry!
Post#392 is the challenge.

[spook]

Sabredog - it's all yours:ok:

[jindabyne]

Japanese ?

[sabredog]

Sorry,Jindabyne,not a Japanese airfield.

[Dora-9]

Uranquinty, NSW?

If correct, open house.

[sabredog]

Indeed it is,Dora-9. Uranquinty, NSW is correct.
Dora-9 has declared "Open House"

[olympus]

Just to keep things ticking over...

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg150/gwpcrescue/Airfield18.jpg

[Spit161]

Limmoges (sp?)
If it's correct - open house.

cheers,
Jake.

[olympus]

Correct - Limoges Bellegarde.

OH declared.

[Duckbutt]

Try this one:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Twyler/Puzz49b.jpg

[jindabyne]

Nellis AFB?

[Duckbutt]

Not Nellis.

The guy in the photo is looking to the NW. The airfield was somewhat shortlived and no trace remains today. It did however have a brief period of widespread exposure.

The place from where the picture was taken was even more shortlived.

[Duckbutt]

Don't know if this helps at all but it is factually correct to say that at no time during its brief existence did this this airfield have a working control tower.

[jindabyne]

A film set rhen?

[sabredog]

Northrup Strip,White Sands,N.M?

[Duckbutt]

Genuine airfield Jindabyne with added 'facilities'.

Not NM Sabredog.

[MReyn24050]

The old airport, Rancho Conejo Airport in Newbury Park. It is just west of Wildwood Park in Thousand Oaks, CA. Used in the film "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"

[Duckbutt]

That's the one, it was known as Rancho Conejo.

The pic was a still from the film and is possibly slightly unfair. A 'tower' was built on the field but had no glass and was only used as a camera base for filming the flying stunts and the scene where the controller is hanging off the side. The gentleman in the pic was actually on a set in a studio miles away with a genuine image of the airfield back projected.

You have it.

[MReyn24050]

Thanks Duckbutt, interesting challenge. Here is something closer to home.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Airportquiz049.jpg

[TheChitterneFlyer]

I believe it's Shenington.

OH if correct.

TCF

[MReyn24050]

:ok: It is Shenington once known as RAF Edgehill. Edgehill was selected as the base for flight tests of the Gloster E28/39 Pioneer W4041 - the Whittle jet due to its proximity to the manufacturer's Gloster and Power jets.

TheChitterneFlyer has declared Open House.

[Spit161]

Here is one:

http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/k571/Spit161/46.jpg

cheers,
Jake.

[sabredog]

Shobden Airfield

[Spit161]

Indeed it is Shobdon airfield.
sabredog has control.

cheers,
Jkae.

[sabredog]

The next challenge;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/Quiz36.jpg

[Spit161]

I've seen that picture before. Is it Swedish?

[sabredog]

Not Swedish,

[Spit161]

Hmm..
Maybe Norwegian. Somewhere like Vadso?

[sabredog]

Correct.
YHC.

[Spit161]

open house.

cheers,
Jake.

[skytrain10]

Long time since I put one on here, but here we go:

http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/ii457/kendyer/f5bc6f6c.jpg

[sabredog]

Pembry Airfield.

[skytrain10]

Pembrey it is sabredog:ok:

Your control

[sabredog]

Thank you,Skytrain10.
Open House.

[Noyade]

Wasn't on Mel's list the last time I looked...

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/2563/img024zd.jpg (http://img716.imageshack.us/i/img024zd.jpg/)

[Tempsford]

Is it Utapao Thailand?

[Noyade]

It is Thailand, but not Utapao...

[jindabyne]

Korat airbase?

[Noyade]

I think I posted Korat before? With the multi-coloured tarmac?

Pick another mate...:)...

US bases at Korat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korat_Royal_Thai_Air_Force_Base), Udon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udorn_Royal_Thai_Air_Force_Base), Ubon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubon_Royal_Thai_Air_Force_Base), Nakhon Phanom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakhon_Phanom_Royal_Thai_Navy_Base) and Takhli (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takhli_Royal_Thai_Air_Force_Base).

[Noyade]

Another clue. According to Wiki the F-111 was trialled at this Thai base...in operation Combat Lancer.

[jindabyne]

Gotta be Takhli then!

[Noyade]

:ok:

Your control Jindabyne. :)

[jindabyne]

TY Noyade - try this

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb59/malgrosse/xyzz.jpg

[Spit161]

Pattaya?
If so - open house.

cheers,
Jake.

[jindabyne]

Spit

Correct - you must have a secret access to my photobucket!!
O House

[Russell Gulch]

Here's one not on Mel's list. Bonus point for the year:

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/868mick/wa/1aaaa.jpg

[Cows getting bigger]

Cottesmore

1999?

[Russell Gulch]

Indeed it's Cottesmore, CGB, so you have the chair.

Year was 1996, so not too bad a guess.

Russ

[Cows getting bigger]

Open House. Too busy flying. :)

[CharlieOneSix]

Wa-hoo - a chance to post one as I never get the answers in time - sorry it's rather blurred..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Mearns/Airfieldquiz4a.jpg
[IMG]http://www.pprune.org/http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Mearns/Airfieldquiz4a.jpg

[CharlieOneSix]

24 hours and no attempts so a clue - it's in Europe and the IATA three letter code is distinctly Honda.

[RegDep]

Well C16,

I believe it is Crotone Airport or Sant'Anna Airport (Italian Aeroporto di Santa Anna-Crotone) (IATA: CRV, ICAO: LIBC), but Honda is wasted on me :uhoh:.

[CharlieOneSix]

Yes RegDep - Crotone it is. Honda's 4x4 is named CRV. Over to you.

[RegDep]

Blurred, too, but for different reasons

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/Bildschirmfoto2011-09-25um164907-1.jpg

[dash7fan]

One of the serveral airfields in the vicinity of Foggia, Italy?

[RegDep]

Anyone of them especially?

[sabredog]

Lucera airfield

[RegDep]

Sabredog, Lucera is correct. And this is how it looked 63 years earlier (1944; it closed 1945)

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/Bildschirmfoto2011-09-25um171507.png

Over to you!

[sabredog]

Open House

[Noyade]

http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/9976/img028fm.jpg (http://img846.imageshack.us/i/img028fm.jpg/)

[Lordflasheart]

Moffett Field CA. - East side Hangars 2 and 3. Late 40s or early 50s. OH if correct. LFH

[Noyade]

Moffett Field CA

:ok::)

Done! Open House.

[Russell Gulch]

I hope the panel will forgive the rather aeroplane-based photograph. Name the aerodrome, no points for the aircraft, but again a bonus point for the year.

Russ.

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/868mick/wa/1aaab.jpg

[RegDep]

The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Lancaster at Duxford UK, 4. November 2009.

[Russell Gulch]

Aircraft: Correct [PA474] (but nul points)
Date: Nul points
Which Aerodrome: Nul points

(to paraphrase the dreaded song contest)

I see where you got your info from, RegDep, (here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/glosters/4075148818/)) but my challenge is previous to that.

[RegDep]

I knew that (I think). The cars are older.

[Duckbutt]

Wild guess (with a little inspiration) 1994, St Athan?

[jindabyne]

Possibly Speke, 1992?

[skwinty]

St Athan ?

[Russell Gulch]

Sorry for being late getting back. No, not St Athan nor Speke.

As a clue (if it helps), the date is August 1996.

[Father Dick Byrne]

I'll have a stab at Newquay... As St Mawgan now seems to be...

[Phileas Fogg]

Civvy cars parked on grass that close to an aircraft manoeuvring area, no standard RAF issue coiled barbed wire in sight, indeed fence appears to be standard civvie airport issue, with cars on grass that close to the tarmac I'd suggest a, very, regional UK civvie airport, I don't know but let's guess at ... Biggin Hill!

[Father Dick Byrne]

Phileas,

I thought of that... As we may now be into assisted-guessing mode, I'm not sure that Biggin accounts for the backdrop - terrain higher than the airfield but pretty long wavelength stuff...

...and what's that structure? Is it a car park under construction, or a building part-made? It sits comfortably with your little civvie airport theory...

I can't get a sun angle as it's the height of summer, nor are the registrations clear enough to work through the local indexes...

Perhaps we might be told whether it's north or south of a line east-west through Pole Hill?

[zetec2]

Humberside , Kirmington ? OH if correct, PH.

[Russell Gulch]

Sorry, not St Mawgan, Biggin, Humberside nor Kirmington, nor within 50 miles of the Welsh border! (has that comment been removed?)

As a clue, here's a Goggle view looking from the other side of that fence:

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/868mick/wa/1aaab1.jpg

[Duckbutt]

Coningsby?

[Russell Gulch]

Well done Duckbutt, all yours.

Russ

[Duckbutt]

We all overlooked the obvious didn't we!

Where's this?

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Twyler/Puzz50a.jpg

[Father Dick Byrne]

Yes, much humiliation...

Farnborough, then?

[jindabyne]

It's in my gunsight, over the sea off FAF base Cazaux in the eighties!

[Russell Gulch]

We all overlooked the obvious didn't we!
It kept me amused for a day.;)

Le Bourget?

[Duckbutt]

Neither Farnborough, Cazaux or Le Bourget.

I'm off to bed, see you all in the morning.

[RegDep]

Le Mirage à ST-AMAND-MONTROND

In fact not in an aerodrome but in a roundabout (rondelle) near the railway station.

OH if correct, going to bed.

[Duckbutt]

Quite right Reg, I actually came across it when on holiday in the area in the summer. Clearly visible on Google Earth.

My next post was going to be "in a roundabout way this is an slightly unfair challenge".

Open house declared.

[Noyade]

Should be easy...

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/6873/img034h.jpg (http://img690.imageshack.us/i/img034h.jpg/)

[jindabyne]

It must be in order for me to get it so quickly!

Pearl Harbour

If so - OH

[Noyade]

Can you give me the name of a Field mate?...

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/7168/img036z.jpg (http://img64.imageshack.us/i/img036z.jpg/)

[RegDep]

Graeme, I think it is Wheeler Army Airfield in Central Oahu. Picture taken by a Japanese bomber on 7 Dec 1941.

Edit: Aah, you made it even easier. Now I know it is.

[Noyade]

Wheeler Army Airfield

Your control RegDep. :ok:

[RegDep]

Thanks Graeme.

A bit quieter place….

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/25-1-1-1.jpg

[sycamore]

Looks like a place that gets a lot of white stuff in winter; USA or N Eu/Scandi..?

[RegDep]

Not really, as far as I understand (re snow). Trees are not spruce.

Europe but not North.

[sycamore]

Could be in France,perchance..?

[RegDep]

Same latitude but more Eastern longitude.

[TheChitterneFlyer]

Somwehere in the Ukraine?

[RegDep]

Not that far East.

BTW GiggleEarth is not very helpful. Very low resolution in the area.

[aviate1138]

I would have a wild stab at Slovakia?

Zilnia area? Trencin maybe?

[RegDep]

Distance from Slovakian border more than from Ukrainian border……

Edit: Hang on. Aerodromul Aviasport……..

[Father Dick Byrne]

Piatra Neamț in Romania...

[RegDep]

Piatra Neamț in Romania is correct Father Dick Byrne :D.

Over to you :ok:

[Father Dick Byrne]

Many thanks, here's the new challenge...
http://i1113.photobucket.com/albums/k518/iCiCiCiCiC/new1006.jpg

Happy to bring more clues along if they seem necessary...

By the way, I looked for the rules on posting different views of aerodromes already featured (I seem to recall that it's permitted if the view is novel) but couldn't find them. Can anyone help please?

[evansb]

Do those power transmission towers lead to something historic or nostalgic?

[Father Dick Byrne]

I would say "not especially, to my knowledge", but your own 'historic or nostalgic' may not be mine!

[dixi188]

I'm thinking London City?

[Father Dick Byrne]

dixi,

I suspect the Do328 gave it away a bit! You're quite right, and YOU HAVE CONTROL.

[dixi188]

Thanks, I thought it was a Dash 8.

Nothing to post at the moment.

Must sort out those boxes of old slides sometime!

Open house.

[descol]

where's this ?

http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv14/descol/pprune29sept.jpg

[Liobian]

Methinks Galway - if correct, OH