Which Aerodrome Mk III

[oldpax]

A clue then .Near two bridges ,one rail one road.

[124brat]

To close my input.
Had an emergency in the UK so was distracted.
HD had it spot on - RAF Wittering.

[Hen Ddraig]

I'm currently on the move back to the UK, so probably not available again before Tuesday or Wednesday. I suggest we let the challenge by Oldpax stand.

HD

[oldpax]

Must be a tough one !

[India Four Two]

oldpax,

I think we need a further clue. Perhaps the country where the two bridges are? ;)

[oldpax]

Crossing either bridge takes you to another county!It is in England and to make it really easy its closed now!

[TheiC]

Looks like Plymouth...

[oldpax]

Plymouth it is!My grandson trying his hand !


OH

[TheiC]

Thanks.

Forgive me, but unless the rules have changed (please tell me if they have), it's up to the player who identifies either to post a new challenge or to declare Open House.

I'll have a fresh challenge up later today (UK time).

[TheiC]

Try this:


http://imageshack.com/a/img801/3838/2del.jpg

[TheiC]

So, neither the sepia treatment nor the N-reg aircraft foxed you then, Jenkins!


Thruxton it is, photographed this very afternoon.


You have control.

[TheiC]

...and scene of my third first solo (1: fixed wing; 2: glider; 3: rotary wing).

I hope your last flight was a pleasurable one.

OH it is. I was very surprised that Thruxton had not yet featured in this series.

[Noyade]

Another to look at...

http://i62.tinypic.com/2r3h2fb.jpg

[con-pilot]

It is in the US and the aircraft in the photo are a lot older than when the photo was taken.

[Noyade]

Sounds like you know the answer mate?
In Iowa.....

[Airclues]

Antique Airfield, near Ottumwa, Iowa.

OH if correct.

Dave

[Noyade]

That's the one Dave. :ok:

Open House.

[Mark 1]

If you'll excuse an occasional visitor here slipping one in. This from some recent travels of mine:
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t50/alberym/Bits%20and%20bobs/113fbdd32b3f8c72989dc491cd4a4e84_zpsa5cb3e7c.jpg

I promise to check in regular for progress:)

[evansb]

Western coast of Greenland ?

[Mark 1]

You're not wrong!

[evansb]

Aasiaat, (BGAA) Greenland ?

[Mark 1]

Correct! Taken on my way in to Illulisat last April.

Over to you.

[evansb]

Thank you. Here is the next mystery aerodrome:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/convair640090/ODDCROSSWINDRUNWAY_zpsbf8694fd.jpg

[John Hill]

Iqaluit Airport (IATA: YFB, ICAO: CYFB)

[evansb]

Sorry, not Iqaluit.

[Mark 1]

Pacific North West?

[evansb]

Not the Pacific North West. More like the sub-arctic north east..

[Hen Ddraig]

Kuujjuaq, QC, Canada. CYVP

[evansb]

Hen Ddraig is correct. Kuujjuac, (formerly Fort Chimo), Quebec.
HD has control.

[Hen Ddraig]

Try this for a quick and easy one.
http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy111/henddraig/198.jpg

HD

[G-ARZG]

Kermit Week's Fantasy of Flight (now closed to Joe Public)
Kissimee FL ?

[Hen Ddraig]

It is Kermit Week's collection. But it's in Polk City not Kissimee, just to far away to capture customers who want a change from Disney. Got to be one of the best grass strips I've ever seen.

ZG you have control

HD

[G-ARZG]

Sorry, nothing to post just now, 'the house is open'...
ZG

[dash7fan]

As open house since a few days:


https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/592x360q90/r/138/30153207.jpg

[dash7fan]

Yes Jenkins, Berne Airport. You have control.

[Mark 1]

OK. I did have to erase the airport name written alongside the runway.

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t50/alberym/Bits%20and%20bobs/fd4ad8b6-a255-41cd-9876-ab6eff074032_zpsc77ccf73.jpg

[dixi188]

Arizona??????

[Mark 1]

No. But right direction.

[con-pilot]

Don't know the name, but if I'm correct, I think it is in southeast New Mexico and the mountain range in the background (photo taken looking to the east) leads to El Paso. In fact the airport is not that far from the city of El Paso.

So my guess is Las Cruces, New Mexico

Open house on the off chance I'm right.

[Mark 1]

No.

Sorry, it's not near El Paso.

[India Four Two]

California or Nevada?

[Mark 1]

Yes. Getting closer

[evansb]

Borrego Valley, (KL08), California. Located just west of The Salton Sea.

[Mark 1]

Borrego Valley, (KL08), California. Located just west of The Salton Seais correct.
About the only airport in that region above sea level. Salton Sea is just out of shot to the right.

Over to you.

[evansb]

Thank you. Here is the next mystery aerodrome:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/UN_zpsf0c386e3.jpg

[John Hill]

El Arish, Gaza.

[evansb]

Yes, El Arish Marina, Gaza, circa 1967 after Egypt's departure. Two UN DHC-4 Caribous operated by The RCAF are shown. I wonder if the white spheres are made of salt, given the proximity of the aerodrome to a salt lake. You have control.

[John Hill]

Open House I am afraid!

[LFT]

Try this -

http://i62.tinypic.com/15gee5j.jpg

[India Four Two]

Single digit runway number and baseball diamonds - in the USA?

[LFT]

Certainly is ;-)

[con-pilot]

Has to be a former US AFB, its got a golf course. :p

[G-ARZG]

Millington, former Memphis NAS?

Open House if correct

[LFT]

Correct, well done :ok:

OH it is then.

[evansb]

Memphis? Where is that? The State? Anywhere near Beale Street?

Anyway..have you finished the crossword yet? Here is a Saturday evening easy:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/JETS_zps86f304a2.jpg

[albatross]

RCAF Marville, France?
OH if correct.

[G-ARZG]

Memphis TN, some 14 miles from BB King's...

[India Four Two]

bri, great picture. Tigers as far as the eye can see! Back when Canada had a real airforce.

I did some research and I see that Canadair built 1815 and over 1000 of those served with the RCAF!

[con-pilot]

Memphis TN, some 14 miles from BB King's...

Yes and I feel like an idiot. I knew that place looked familiar, I landed there so many times I lost count. :\

[evansb]

Jenkins is correct. North Luffenham. He has control. Very sorry for the massive delay in responding.

CORRECTION: It has been pointed out to me that the photo of the RCAF Sabres is not North Luffenham, UK. It is most probably Uplands, (Ottawa), Ontario. The aircraft are Canadair Sabres of RCAF 439 Squadron preparing to depart on Operation Leapfrog, crossing the North Atlantic for deployment at North Luffenham. I regret any confusion my error may have caused.

[dash7fan]

Should be an easy one


https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/592x342q90/r/850/e2ey.png

[chevvron]

Is the name on the hangar roof supposed to be a clue?

[dash7fan]

Yes, ist is

[Mark 1]

So presumably Baden-Oos?

[dash7fan]

It is Baden Oos, Mark 1 YHC

[Mark 1]

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t50/alberym/runway1_zps2a5a2d0a.jpg

A fairly unique view of a runway!

[oldpax]

The one where you land uphill and take off downhill!!Ladak?

[Mark 1]

It is a one way uphill runway, but not Ladak. Sorry for the delay, just off an 11 hour flight.

[Airclues]

Is it in Nepal?

[Mark 1]

Yes. That should narrow it down!

[Airclues]

Tenzing-Hillary Airport, Lukla, LUA, VNLK?

Open House if correct.

Dave

[Mark 1]

That's correct.

OH it is!

[95i]

I don't know the solution myself.
Perhaps someone has an idea.
What year?
What aircraft?
Who are the persons?
Grateful for any help.
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m236/95iwarzukurz/Lady_x_in_Uniform_zps92f484e6.jpg

[Phileas Fogg]

DH Heron flying a Royal Standard and RAF uniforms.

[Allan Lupton]

Yes, it is a de Havilland Heron and either from the Queen's Flight or on loan to them. I can't recognise the person alighting, but I wonder if the location is in Burma or Thailand when Princess Alexandra visited in the 1960s. That might make it Don Muang or Hua Hin. . .

[Phileas Fogg]

Well the RAF Officer standing by the wing, he's at least a Wing Commander, possibly a Group Captain (I can't recall who or what get ''scrambled egg'' on the peak of their cap) so that might suggest that he is the Station Commander and you don't find them on every street corner which suggests this is an RAF Base.

Also, the RAF uniforms are blue and not tropical khaki and the guys in overalls ain't wearing shorts which suggests this is a cooler location.

[95i]

But - who is the main person?
Is it the Queen herself?

My guess was: Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal (Mary).
Some time around 1960.

Is it a Heron C3 (XM296) or C4 (XR391)?

[sycamore]

It `appears` as though the VVIP wears high heels and stockings,but is still quite tall

[Terry Dactil]

Looks like a spray gear thingy under #4 engine, so obviously it is one of the early chemtrail aircraft, possibly one of the first. :ok:

[Phileas Fogg]

Whether it be HM herself or another that gets the Royal Standard flown it appears she is wearing RAF uniform with RAF personnel to meet and greet so she's seemingly on RAF business, to open a new station or medical centre or children's playgroup or whatever, so this should be an RAF base in Europe.

[sycamore]

Mary,Princess Royal was Air Chief Commandant of PMRAFNS,so it could be her,and using a Heron would suggest only a UK/Europe visit to a `new` hospital possibly....
She was also an Honorary Colonel in Chief of several Army units.

[Phileas Fogg]

So she's on Army business but flying in/out of an RAF base, well one of the former West Germany RAF bases would be favorite followed by somewhere like RAF Catterick ... After all it is a short field performance Heron!

[95i]

Her Royal Highness The Princess Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, Companion of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India, Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, Dame Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Member (First Class) of the Royal Red Cross.

Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal (Mary), King George VI's sister, visited 21 Signals Regiment as Colonel-in-Chief on RAF Laarbruch on 10 October 1960.
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m236/95iwarzukurz/1960_10_10_HRH_Princess-Mary_zps028f65cb.jpg

A newspaper article states she arrived from JHQ Rheindahlen accompanied by OC 2TAF Air Marshal Sir Humphrey Edwardes-Jones.

If she actually landed on RAF Laarbruch or arrived by car is not clear.

The Station Commander at that time was Group Captain HNG Wheeler.

[95i]

Station Commander at RAF Wildenrath would have been Gp Capt B Barthold.

[95i]

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m236/95iwarzukurz/Wheeler_and_Princess_Royal_question_zps58ada6e4.jpg

The inserted portrait shows Grp Cpt Wheeler. Does he look like one of the group captains in the original photo?
Btw: The photo was found in a photo album of the late William "Bill" Fairgrieve Hall MBE, who was responsible for press relations on RAF Laarbruch.

[chevvron]

TQF didn't become 32 (Royal) Sqdn RAF until long after the Herons were replaced by Andovers then 146s/125s.

[oldpax]

http://i62.tinypic.com/33a9z6a.jpg
This one should be easy,one I took in the 60s

[chevvron]

Andover???

[oldpax]

Further north.

[oldpax]

More spits inside the hangar!!

[ExAscoteer]

Spitfire in codes used for BoB film.

Folding doors to hangar.

Duxford?

[oldpax]

Taken on my one day as an extra!We were bussed from RAF Oakington.
Privileged to see the whole aerial armada wheeling round over Oakington doing dogfights etc with the camera ship,it stopped all the village traffic and everyone was out craning their necks!!

[ExAscoteer]

Carrying on with the theme:

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa121/Debs24_photos/Buchon.jpg (http://s203.photobucket.com/user/Debs24_photos/media/Buchon.jpg.html)

[Lightning Mate]

Spanish Buchons modified to look like P51s.

[ExAscoteer]

Indeed. Done for the 1970 film 'Patton' starring George C Scott.

(Bit of a clue there in a roundabout way)

[Lightning Mate]

Yes - I know where it is but I'll leave it for someone more deserving.

[chevvron]

With the pristine hangar I would like to say Bovingdon but it was closed by 1970, having had the 4 hangars re-clad in fresh corrugated iron a couple of years previously. This cost so much that some accountant at MOD decided the airfield was too expensive to operate so close it.
Well that's what I was told by someone who worked for Shorts (who provided groundcrew there).

[ExAscoteer]

Bovingdon it is. You have control.



Just as an aside the airfield was still open in 1970. My late Father was the Adjutant on 617 Gliding School until end Oct 70 (when it moved to Manston).

[chevvron]

Prior to 617 being transferred in from Hendon, 613 VGS from Halton operated periodic detachments there and on one of these, I got my Air Cadet Soaring Certificate which gave me a BGA 'C' Certificate in Sedburgh VX275.
Those trees in the left background of your photo align the edge of a taxiway which is the bit of tarmac we were allocated to use on our first detachment, with myself (front seat) and Robin Miller (back seat) doing first launch in a Mk3.

Open House.

[95i]

Who can locate this one?
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m236/95iwarzukurz/1955_Two_Meteors_zpsfba270ae.jpg

[oldpax]

Looks like a transit station?

[oftenflylo]

Looks like the PIRELLI calendar was needed.

[95i]

It's not Europe.
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m236/95iwarzukurz/1955_Two_Meteors_zpsfba270ae.jpg
Laarbruch Meteors in ... en route to ...
The year is 1955.

[95i]

A near miss. Africa is right.
Meteor PR10s - 541 Sqn

[Russell Gulch]

Could the Meteor PR missions have been involved in the Kenya Mau Mau troubles?

Russ

[oldpax]

http://i58.tinypic.com/2e3v7gz.jpg

[Krakatoa]

Lots of Shackletons and could be Ben Twitch just out on the right.

[oldpax]

Yes it is ,you obviously know the station name so open house !!

[Krakatoa]

Yes, two years there. Open House

[95i]

I took the photo from the Sqn Histories on Rafweb.org.

The complete text: Two Meteor 10s at Juba (Southern Sudan) on 1st April 1955, en route to Mombassa. Flown by Fg Offs Denny Beard and Dave Pownall. (photo by Sqn Ldr David Pownall)

[Russell Gulch]

Father & son or not related?

Russ

[95i]

I think it's the same person.
Fg Off at the time of this flight and Sqn Ldr at the time when the photo was put on RAFweb.org.

[95i]

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m236/95iwarzukurz/Canberra_low_2persons_zps9e7f75b4.jpg

From the booklet "The Canberra in the RAF"
Any idea?

[India Four Two]

95i,

Are you sure your booklet isn't "The Canberra in the RAAF"? ;)

RAAF Canberra low-flying along a taxi-way at Biak, Irian Jaya, Indonesia.

[95i]

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m236/95iwarzukurz/1239dd84-aa4e-4a44-8019-71e3825baa79_zpsd6e54ffd.jpg
It's definitely RAF.
Taken from this Brochure of the Historical Society: Canberra in the RAF (http://goo.gl/JmLTfF)

[India Four Two]

Ancientaviator62,

Please consider deleting your post. The convention here is that only one picture at a time is "in play" and new ones are posted by the person who successfully identifies the aerodrome. If Open House is declared, then anyone may post a new aerodrome.

95i,

My RAAF riposte was tongue-in-cheek. However, I'm pretty sure it's an RAAF Canberra and I'm sure it's Biak. You can see the hangars on Google Earth.

[ancientaviator62]

Apologies if I have offended against the rules. But I saw 'open house' a few posts ago but by the time I posted I had been overtaken by events. Rest assured the post will be deleted.

[95i]

Ooops. I didn't know about the rules. Sorry.

[Airclues]

It is quite understandable that anyone who has joined this thread since it started in November 2002 might not have seen the rules. Therefore I have copied them below;


- A historic picture of an aerodrome will be posted. Newer pictures are allowed but the theme here is to compare/contrast old with new as well as identifying aerodromes which no longer exist.

- The person who correctly idenitifies it will be declared the 'winner' by the original poster.

- That winner shall either post another challenge or declare the floor open. Anyone may then post the next challenge.

- There will only be one challenge running at a time.

Dave

The last few posts have been rather confusing. To keep the thread going I suggest that India Four Two has control.

[India Four Two]

Dave,

In that case, I'll declare Open House.

PS I've finally found the reference I was looking for:

http://canberratalk.conforums.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=print&num=1372844180

2 Sqn RAAF, Biak 77-78

There's another great shot of a low-flying Argentinian B62 in the same link

[chevvron]

Looks a bit narrow for a taxiway; are you sure it's not just an access road as the hangars seem to be cut off from it.

[India Four Two]

chevvron,

I think the photo was taken from this location:
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/india42/F7D1061A-27CF-4802-B987-46E75CE6A2F1_zpsw8hdron4.png

1°11'1.41"S 136° 5'56.93"E

By the way, does anyone have any idea what the derelict aircraft is?

In view of the thread drift, a reminder that it is OPEN HOUSE.

[oldpax]

http://i57.tinypic.com/wwl0gj.jpg

[chevvron]

Just a suggestion but the derelict aircraft's wing planform resembles a Liberator.

[oldpax]

I don't remember the Liberator,this about 1961 and we lived in tents!

[India Four Two]

chevvron,

I've just looked at the oldest available image on GE (4 May 2002), where the derelict still has a tail.

From the shadows, it is a tail-dragger and the dimensions (~80' x ~40') plus the constant-chord high aspect-ratio wing, make me think it is a Twin Pioneer.

[chevvron]

Fair enough. I thought it was bigger but obviously not!

[oldpax]

Near a desert !

[India Four Two]

So would that be the Libyan Desert? Idris?

[oldpax]

Otherwise known as Castel Benito,well done India four two ,you have it!

[India Four Two]

oldpax,


Thanks. I happened to be reading the "Queen of Tarhuna" Canberra thread and made what turned out to be an inspired guess!

Open House.

[oldpax]

http://i57.tinypic.com/15xlf74.jpg
From an old slide

[chevvron]

Jebel Tarik?

[India Four Two]

Jebel Tarik?
Not to be confused with the other Pillar of Hercules ;)

[oldpax]

The airfield is still used but not by the RAF!

[chevvron]

Definitely looks like RAF North Front to me; pic taken from an upper floor in the Officers Mess looking towards the airfield; those masts in the background belong to the Navy; Rock just out of pic (cropped?) at the right.

[Gulfstreamaviator]

GIB OH gsa

[oldpax]

Accomodation blocks to old for North front!The runway of this place is beyond the masts .North of the equator and east of suez!!

[oldpax]

It is near to Africa though!

[chevvron]

oldpax we posted simultaneously so I've deleted my post so just a wild guess, Muharraq?

[oldpax]

Getting warm!

[chevvron]

Sharjah, Salalah, Masirah?

[oldpax]

Your almost there!

[chevvron]

Aw c'mon guys; I know little about this part of the world but I've got some clues out of oldpax so somebody else have a stab.

[India Four Two]

RAF Khormaksar?

[oldpax]

Lot of guessing going on there !India four two has it.

[India Four Two]

OP, thanks. I went to Aden once in the early 90s and there was something familiar about the buildings in your picture.

When I was there, there was an odd mixture of British and Russian airfield buildings . Very strange.

No pictures to hand so OPEN HOUSE.

[oldpax]

I went there once in 1961 and the RAF made me stay there for two years.The picture was taken from one of those funny buildings!I lived in one and they were not air conned!!

[JW411]

I too had 2 years at Khormaksar. Air conditioning is for wimps.

[oldpax]

I also had two years there and often see people reminisce about the place !Wish I had never seen the place.

[oldpax]

http://i57.tinypic.com/b7igy8.jpg

[G-ARZG]

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (ICAO UHSS) ? Simples !!

открытый дом (Open House) ?

[Lightning Mate]

oldpax,


Would you care to respond to G-ARZG as pure courtesy, or do you wish to continue as you are on "Where on Earth"?

[oldpax]

OK? I can make mistakes ,so sorry .As for "where on earth"I sometimes look all day and never see a reply ,so if the picture in question has only to last 24 hrs then I will give the answer to another ,does that help?

[G-ARZG]

Meanwhile, back on Planet 'Which Aerodrome III'...?

[India Four Two]

oldpax,

Don't worry. LM picks on everybody. He's not singling out you for a Firestreak up the jet pipe. :E

[ExAscoteer]

Wouldn't track anyway...

[Russell Gulch]

We appear to be in an OH situation I think. I can't find this one on Mel's list. Sorry for the GE picture, but it's all I can find

Russ

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/868mick/wa/Capture1_zps2e08a01b.jpg

[DIBO]

Never ceases to amaze me how many of those airfields were built in the UK. Within a 15 miles radius, I see at least three other WWII (or early Cold War) era airfields. Don’t really understand why this was completely removed and at what cost, just to turn it in agricultural land. And in the same radius, a couple of grass airfields are using up agricultural land (maybe not as much as was reclaimed here, as the triangular, triple runway layout uses up a lot of space).

Oh, and eh, I found the place by cheating, so won’t join the competition. But still eager to learn more about the place, and why this one was completely removed.

[Phileas Fogg]

Based on the clues provided by DIBO, and some local knowledge, how about Northamptonshire?

[Russell Gulch]

Well done JENKINS.

From Wikipedia:

"Despite being built as a bomber airfield as a satellite to RAF Driffield, poor weather conditions meant it [Cottam] was never used as an airfield. Cottam's watch office was demolished in 1980. The airfield operated until June 1954.
The airfield was then used by RAF Maintenance Command as No. 91 Maintenance Unit RAF (MU) used the runways and buildings for bomb storage"

OH has been declared.

Russell

[Russell Gulch]

Someone please post?

There was a story of the earth being flat, and everyone would fall off.

Is this thread destined?

Russ

[Noyade]

Someone please post?I'm sure it's already on the "list" mate, but here goes...

http://i58.tinypic.com/2qkp5jt.jpg

[Cows getting bigger]

Jenkins, I think you're right with your Shannon guess.

[Noyade]

Shannon it is Jenkins! :ok:
No date with the caption, but probably late 40's? And I wanted to ask - why the "saw-tooth" edge to the concrete middle right of the photo?

Your control.

[Russell Gulch]

Saw tooth:

Not knowing but guessing: to ease the transition between hard & grass (avoiding crossing a hard line at an angle).

[Noyade]

Thanks for the explanation Rus. :ok:

One more then, since it's open house...

http://i62.tinypic.com/2n078lg.jpg

[Noyade]

Hello Jenkins!

No mate, this is in South Africa....

[Noyade]

No, not Swartkop.

I had a Google and this is how it looks today...

http://i62.tinypic.com/33ymf0k.jpg

[Sultan Ismail]

Rand Airport,
Germiston,
South Africa

OH

[Tempsford]

Is it Rand Airport?

Oops, too late

[con-pilot]

I had a Google and this is how it looks today...


And one of those DC-3s are still there. :p

[Noyade]

Rand Airport,
Germiston,
South Africa

:ok: Sultan has it. Your control.

[Sultan Ismail]

Open House, in case anybody was waiting for me!

[evansb]

Nostalgic? Yup. Historic? Maybe.. (or is that the other way around..)
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/f0c05e8d-5dfd-40a2-bd5c-e6115299bf49_zps291247eb.jpg

[Whispering Giant]

Looks very like Banjul airport in The Gambia.

[evansb]

Gambia? Nope.

[Phileas Fogg]

Well it's Air Deccan, home base Bangalore, so somewhere within A320 range of India and on the Air Deccan route network presumably

[evansb]

Close. It is in India..

[evansb]

My challenge is Pune, (Poona), Airport/Lohegaon Air Force Base, (ICAO ident VAPO), Pune, Maharashtra, India.


OPEN HOUSE

[Airclues]

Try this;

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc193/Airclues/P1010593_zpsa90ac5d9.jpg

[Cows getting bigger]

Fowlmere, OH if correct.

[Airclues]

Cows getting bigger is correct.

Opened in 1918, RAF Fowlmere was used by the RAF and the USAAS. Operated Spitfires during WW2. Closed in 1946 and sold back to local farmers in 1957. Now only grass runways and light aircraft.

Open House

[evansb]

Here is the next challenge:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/Residential_factory_zps0aec726f.jpg

[TheChitterneFlyer]

Boeing Field, Plant No.2?

Open House if correct.

TCF

[evansb]

Yes, it is Boeing Field (KBFI) Seattle, Washington.

OPEN HOUSE.

[Noyade]

New one.

Mexico...

http://i62.tinypic.com/2ry0akn.jpg

[Noyade]

As it looks today via Google Earth...

http://i57.tinypic.com/5b8n5w.jpg

[Airclues]

Santa Lucia?

OH if correct.

Dave

[Noyade]

Santa LuciaWell done Dave! :ok:

OPEN HOUSE

[oldpax]

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[oldpax]

http://i58.tinypic.com/2lnepfm.jpg

[dubbleyew eight]

I think its open house so have a shot at this one...

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y421/dubbleyew8/airport_zpsafdb7504.jpg

[descol]

Would it be Port Moresby ?

[dubbleyew eight]

no sire not in new guinea or papua, though about the same distance from the equator but on the other side.

[dubbleyew eight]

off to sleep for me. Evansb has been pm'd the answer for while I'm away..

[chevvron]

George F Charles Airport, Castries, St Lucia?

[dubbleyew eight]

no sireee.

it isn't in vietnam but looking at my globe of the earth it seems to be in that area.

[oldpax]

Ko Samui island?

[dubbleyew eight]

yes oldpax it is koh samui.

to the very north of the strip there is a local restaurant with coconut leaf roof and open sides. the landing aircraft come over the roof at about 200ft.
truly a magic spot for plane spotting and the food is wonderful.

this photo was taken from the carpark looking south. restaurant is called Koaw Hom.

you have the tiller.

[oldpax]

I already put this one on days ago but it seems to have been bypassed?Have a look and tell me please!!

[dubbleyew eight]

when you headed it 'heres the terminal' I thought you were posting a pic of the current terminal in the previous mexican challenge.

apologies old bean.

here is the picture again...
http://i58.tinypic.com/2lnepfm.jpg

[oldpax]

This Terminal had only just opened when we arrived in October 2011 ,I worked near here in 1989/91 and remember the old one well,shall not be returning though ,nuff said.I was impressed with the new airport in Delhi though(clue!)

[TheChitterneFlyer]

Varanasi (VNS) Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport?

[oldpax]

All yours Chitterne flyer!

[TheChitterneFlyer]

I'm having difficulty uploading images (website issues), hence, Open House.

TCF

[oldpax]

http://i60.tinypic.com/33ni7b4.jpg

[TheChitterneFlyer]

RAF Odiham?

[oldpax]

It has fixed wing as well!

[TheChitterneFlyer]

I'm not sure about that Jenks... there's not quite so many trees surrounding that corner of the HMS Heron.

Except, on further investigation, I'm wrong! It is indeed HMS Heron.

[TheChitterneFlyer]

Might I translate Wattisham?

[TheChitterneFlyer]

RAF Oakington?

[oldpax]

I was stationed at Oakington in a former life but this is not it!More than 150 miles from Oakington!That should do it for you!

[oldpax]

Mr Jenkins your fishing for it!!

[TheChitterneFlyer]

Dishforth used to be home for the Lynx; I think!

[TheChitterneFlyer]

Culdrose is another?

[oldpax]

I think there are not many left!OK heres a clue some of the aircraft here have folding wings!

[TheChitterneFlyer]

Lossiemouth? Buccaneer's? Failing that... Yeovilton (HMS Heron) which was previously mentioned.

[TheChitterneFlyer]

I suspect that JENKINS was correct with his previous post of HMS Heron (which is RNAS Yeovilton).

[oldpax]

Having been a civilian for many years I only new it as the Fleet air arm museum!!Well done Jenkins sorry for the delay!!

[TheChitterneFlyer]

Which, coincidentally, Yeovilton is less than 150 miles from Oakington!

[Airclues]

The only historical thing about this photo is that it was taken from one of the oldest forms of aviation (at 7 this morning).

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc193/Airclues/P1010689_zpsaac58e92.jpg

Dave

[Airclues]

Taken from HAB

Correct

Equestrian facility near airstrip, perhaps dressage ring,

Correct

suspect microlight or models?

Microlight....yes
Models........no
SEP, SSEA and SLMG....yes (according to the balloon pilot)

Horses unlikely to appreciate the burn

They didn't seem to mind. They're used to it here.

Harvesting underway in one field?

Completed.....just stubble.

Edit;

It's a fairly new strip built to service the equestrian facility. It's probably not a good challenge as it's not shown on any charts. However there is a single runway grass airfield only a few hundred yards away (shown on aviation charts). The name of that one will do. I think that anyone who gets this will know the area. If it hasn't gone by bedtime I'll reveal the location and declare open house.

Edit 2;

The equestrian facility is brand new (not shown on GE). No shortage of cash here as the runways look like bowling greens.

[chevvron]

Lambourne, Berks? (ie not the LAM one in Essex)

[Airclues]

Sorry Chevvron, not Lambourn. Do you ever fly into White Waltham (hint!).

Dave

[Airclues]

Not a fair challenge as you would have to know the area to get it.

It's at Harpsden, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. It's about half a mile to the SW of the other grass strip at Harpsden which is shown on the aviation charts (from where Virgin launch their balloons). I don't think that this airfield has a name yet (unless anyone knows different).

Open House

[oldpax]

http://i59.tinypic.com/15yvinc.jpg

[oftenflylo]

Just skipping back to the Harpesden strip - it has been there at least 20 years-more likely 25 years. Fixed wing throughout that time.

[TheChitterneFlyer]

RNAS/RAF Bramcote?

Or, the old tower at Waddington.

[oldpax]

Your too good for me !!Over to you chitterne flyer!!!

[aviate1138]

Proper Planes?

That really gets me going......

Aeroplane [so called 'proper'] and Aeroplane [Microlight] should be viewed in a more

intelligent light IMHO. Some designs are in both 'Proper' and Microlight categories.

Granted the winged motorcycle weight shift types are also Microlights but they all require skill to fly and should all be flown and enjoyed and there are plenty of 3 axis Microlights that outperform and cost less than 'proper' spam cans.

as for the Aerodrome at first glance I thought Plaistow's but it couldn't be less like it on second glance.

[chevvron]

Going back to Harpsden again! It's on google maps complete with equestrian facility but less a couple of runways.
In fact, looking at Bing Maps they have a more up to date image with all the runways.

[Airclues]

Re; Harpsden.

Info came from balloon pilot (we departed from the other Harpsden airfield just to the north). I can't remember seeing it when I used to fly my little Jodel D9 around there, but that doesn't mean that it wasn't there.

I believe that TheChitterneFlyer has control.

Dave

[TheChitterneFlyer]

My humble apologies ... I've been away for a few days. OPEN HOUSE.

[dash7fan]

As it is OH


https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/486x324q90/r/536/dc3eb1.jpg

[Airclues]

Austria?

Dave

[dash7fan]

Yes, and as you see, not activ

[dash7fan]

The airfield is in the vicinity of Vienna. It was used by the Luftwaffe, Heinkel and WNF (Messerschmidt) as Factory airfield. Later by russian airforce.

[dash7fan]

No takers since Jul 29th. So here it is:


Zwölfaxing near Vienna.


Zwölfaxing in the lower left Corner, Vienna A/P in the right upper Corner


OH.


https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/465x324q90/r/633/NshzEG.png

[Russell Gulch]

This thread seems to have withered a little, so perhaps I might try to re-vitilise it with a fresh offering:

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/868mick/wa/wa_100_zps85972465.jpg

Bonus point for the aircraft type., there were lots of them

Russell.

[Liobian]

I suspect they're PZL Kruks, but don't know where.

[Noyade]

Bonus point for the aircraft typeDromader?

PZL-Mielec M-18 Dromader - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PZL-Mielec_M-18_Dromader)

http://i57.tinypic.com/14ak31u.jpg

[chevvron]

Too easy; Szczecin/Goleniow. A good dentist operates in Szczecin, that's how I know!
Open house.

[Russell Gulch]

Correct, Chevvron :ok: OH declared.

[chevvron]

Yes there are lots of those cropsprayers; I've been visiting since 2006 and they're always there.
Dental Team - Poland dentist (http://www.dentalteam.pl) or www.implantyszczecin.pl

[Russell Gulch]

Well those links are lost on me, sorry. What do they have to do with crop spraying?

Russ

[chevvron]

Nothing, but Dental treatment in Poland is about a third of the cost in the UK, that's why we went there.

[Dora-9]

RG says Open House.

I don't think this has appeared before. Bonus prize for getting both the wartime and current names (it still exists, although not used now as an airfield).

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a144/Blithering/CavershamRAAF_zps3f20e273.jpg (http://s10.photobucket.com/user/Blithering/media/CavershamRAAF_zps3f20e273.jpg.html)

[chevvron]

It bears certain similarities to Beaulieu, down to the model aircraft runway, but the road pattern is all wrong unless you've reversed the negative.

[Dora-9]

Chevron:

Sorry, it's not Beaulieu. A long, long way from the U.K.