Which Aerodrome Mk III

[Russell Gulch]

Kewbick has it :ok:

The water was due to the rain over the last week or so.

Kewbick has control.

Russ

[Kewbick]

Thank you. Here is the next challenge:
http://i1047.photobucket.com/albums/b477/gumpjr_bucket/Bacardi.jpg

[kcockayne]

A complete guess - Hickham AFB, Honolulu.

[Kewbick]

Sorry, not Hickham AFB.

[Heathrow Harry]

Ramey Air Force Base in Aquadilla, Puerto Rico?

Now Rafael Hernandez??

Those fabulous hangars are still there

[Kewbick]

Heathrow Harry is correct. Well done. Your turn.

[Heathrow Harry]

http://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture604-084110.jpg

[dixi188]

Germany perhaps?

[jensdad]

Bucharest Baneasa I reckon? Quite a distinctive terminal.

[Heathrow Harry]

Jensdad has it - it is Baneasa or Aurel Vlaicu - very much the Le Bourget of Bucharest and home of LCA's until around 2012

Now pretty much Business flights only plus the industrial aerospace stuff

[jensdad]

Sorry, team. Having some difficulties uploading an image so it's OH.

[Heathrow Harry]

http://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture621-2017-05-12-140255.jpg

[India Four Two]

Dash 7 somewhere in "flyover" country? ;)

[Heathrow Harry]

I'd heartly recomend flying over this place (another "Great Dumps of the World") but it's not where you think..............................

[chevvron]

Woomera???

[Heathrow Harry]

Not quite as dry but worse.............

[Heathrow Harry]

http://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture623-2017-05-13-072409.jpg

It doesn't really improve much in this shot.........

[sycamore]

South America..?

[chevvron]

Horizontal windsock = St Helena.

[Heathrow Harry]

Sycamore is correct.....................

[sycamore]

Big place S A..blue/white cheat,,might suggest an Argentinian airline,`Kalken .?.but no idea where,possibly S or East side...

[Heathrow Harry]

http://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture622-2017-05-13-072503.jpg

yes Argentina - no - not Kalken - a far less scenic spot

[India Four Two]

HH,

Do you have any idea how many bl**din' Dash 7 photos I looked at? It never occurred to me that the colours were Argentinian.

It looks like Rio Gallegos. Did you see any Super Etendards?

[Heathrow Harry]

Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport at Rio Gallegos it is.

Truly the end of the world................

There weren't any AA planes there when I was there but they seemed to be keeping the bunkers in the dispersal area on the NE side of the place in shape. Not a place to wave a camera around if you have a UK passport...

India Four Two has the con.....

[India Four Two]

HH,

Thanks, I'm jealous that you've flown in a DHC-7. It's one that is missing from my collection of DH types.

I thought Base Aerea Gringo was the end of the world?


The sun is seriously past the yardarm here, so I'm going to declare Open House.

[Heathrow Harry]

I wasn't meaning EoW as in geographically - just as a place to visit

makes Balikpapan look like Paris..........

maybe not quite as bad as Nauru.

[Heathrow Harry]

http://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture628-2017-05-15-171411.jpg

NOT Nauru........

[nvubu]

I think we might need some help here :ok:

[Heathrow Harry]

http://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture627-2017-05-15-171441.jpg

Seaside location N W Europe - nearest town shares its name with quite a few other towns across the globe

[chevvron]

Bangor????

[Heathrow Harry]

getting warm - or rather damp

[jensdad]

Been racking my brains over the clues. Would it be Belle-Ile?

[Heathrow Harry]

wrong country - Chevron is closer - but, so are you ...... in an odd way

[jensdad]

Hmmm, the nearest town to Belle-Ile airfield in Brittany is called Bangor. So it's in North Wales. Caernarfon?

[Heathrow Harry]

More than one Bangor in the British Isles......................

[barry lloyd]

There's a Bangor north-east of Belfast, which means it could be damp, but I can't see any reference to it and I've never heard of even an airstrip around there.

[Heathrow Harry]

As I said to Chevron it's NOT Bangor in N Ireland but it isn't that far away.................

also to jennsdad "wrong country - Chevron is closer - but, so are you ...... in an odd way"

[barry lloyd]

In that case could it be the Newcastle airstrip in Co. Wicklow?

[Heathrow Harry]

Well done!!! A bijoux place in lovely countryside and right on the beach - elevation is a couple of feet IIRC

Over to you


http://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture629-2017-05-19-092114.jpg

[barry lloyd]

Pleasant little place, isn't it? It suddenly came to me from the clues and I remembered that there was a village called Newcastle and I'd actually flown over the strip a couple of times.

[barry lloyd]

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll226/tango15_photos/TAS%20PRESENTATION_0029_zpsmq0iovob.jpg

This photo is from ca. 1988. The whole area looks a lot different now. And yes, that's a Twotter wing in the picture!

[Heathrow Harry]

Pacific Ocean?

Hope that glow isn't French radioactivity...........

[barry lloyd]

No :) it does look a bit like that but it's western hemisphere.

[India Four Two]

Ahem! A lot of the Pacific Ocean is in the western hemisphere, Barry! ;)

...
Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes
He star'd at the Pacific — and all his men
Look'd at each other with a wild surmise —
Silent, upon a peak in Darien.

[barry lloyd]

Well, whatever Sr Cortés said, this is not particularly close to the Pacific Ocean.

[Heathrow Harry]

Beef Island Tortola in the BVI - if it is it's changed A LOT

[sycamore]

Andros island...?

[Cows getting bigger]

Grand Turk?

[barry lloyd]

Beef Island Tortola in the BVI - if it is it's changed A LOT

No, bit I did hear a couple of weeks ago that they are about to get an extension.

[barry lloyd]

Andros island...?

Down a bit...:)

[barry lloyd]

Grand Turk?

Up a bit...:)

[jensdad]

Damn! Coming from one of the many Newcastles in the world, I should have got that one :) Good challenge HH.

[Cows getting bigger]

Now I'm stumped. I was sure I had it with Grand Turk

https://www.google.com/maps/@21.44255,-71.13588,5570m/data=!3m1!1e3

[barry lloyd]

Now I'm stumped. I was sure I had it with Grand Turk

https://www.google.com/maps/@21.44255,-71.13588,5570m/data=!3m1!1e3

Well now you've got me wondering! I have it marked as another airport, but looking at looking at the Google map now, I think you may be right - apologies! (I had it marked as Providenciales).

Over to you.

[Cows getting bigger]

Thank you. Another one from the personal collection.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4195/34665275602_2c68a5325b_c.jpg

[10 DME ARC]

Bremerhaven?? OH if correct....

[Cows getting bigger]

Well, that didn't last long.

[Heathrow Harry]

it's getting harder all the time TBH - people on here have been EVERYWHERE

[nvubu]

Anyone been here ?
https://a7fzwa.bl3302.livefilestore.com/y4mWG7gjtXsxNJPbn6SE7z-1QOfsAykO2J-mOYL72Sbt_CFKhUJMDL-nieoG1YOXWVc3ckzoo60A8HK4HASWZam-2GrRlHFZBqRnu8nwQHbaVTAF-DMIHwAZ7WUlPJnqmA4cIVbPKAzfn8Zn8GtxXGxK3UblxjNidZWgF1HEseSGO dXxf8fbS843C7xTYe4P__7VVSEvnqMkjUOLS4lVcYW2A?width=1024&height=807&cropmode=none

[Heathrow Harry]

Norway?? Can't think of anywhere else you'd beTHAT short of flat land

[nvubu]

Not Norway - wrong side of the world

[Heathrow Harry]

Alaska? Hard to tell from the picture what the (if any) the vegetation is

[nvubu]

Not Alaska - lot of vegetation here - from another angle.
https://pa9qqa.bl3302.livefilestore.com/y4mqWK1ywHI2gWg2ocVqqjYo9Dd1_1RzDqM928Rk-vqtkaFZqSIOEOqxmu0NE0uH361JqQTerkbGBSLRgZ4eJYSLD5uWEZ9tjOSja gFbr3NLeyfLyRsGBOGE-D3gkp9mXfavAsbS2fPZgEclxOUPfzOWDUqmmOBUYGgKXC2-VKKzF-pM5EFUDjZ8bTmb6ZP-qGpn3QgOLZGK-_PJP4gyoUSRg?width=1024&height=833&cropmode=none

Smoke is from two burning aircraft.

[Heathrow Harry]

Imperial Japanese airfield?

[nvubu]

Wrong war...

[Heathrow Harry]

SE Asia possibly?

[nvubu]

You are on the right track now.

[sycamore]

Blue Mountain..? Hmong outpost in Laos...OH if somewhere near....

[nvubu]

Not sure where that is, but this airfield is not in Laos.

[India Four Two]

How about 'Đắk Tô Base Camp', northwest of Kon Tum?

[nvubu]

India 4-2 has it - Dak To it is on 15th November 1967,


Over to you.

[India Four Two]

Thanks nvubu,

With that kind of terrain, I figured it had to be in the Vietnamese Highlands and given the size of the base, somewhere near the DMZ. So I started at Kon Tum and looked around.

I'll need some time to find a new challenge so in the meantime, Open House.

[Terry Dactil]

The smoke and date clues leads to some interesting history. I expect the photos were taken on the next morning.
Smoke is from two burning aircraft.
The base would see extensive activity throughout the second half of 1967, culminating in the Battle of Dak To in November 1967. On the night of 15 November, North Vietnamese mortar fire hit two C-130 transport aircraft (#62-1865 and #63-7827) destroying them and setting off secondary explosions and fires in the ammunition dump and fuel storage areas
From https://infogalactic.com/info/%C4%90%E1%BA%AFk_T%C3%B4_Base_Camp

[Terry Dactil]

Previous poster said
it's getting harder all the time TBH - people on here have been EVERYWHERE
OK then. Here is one off the beaten track that I don't think many of you will have visited.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/oepsdaqdaya33ki/Airstrip%201.jpg?dl=1

[Heathrow Harry]

looks like somewhere in S europe?

[Terry Dactil]

It is about as far away from S Europe as you can possibly get.
Also, you will not find many places like this where your altimeter shows over 8000' after landing.

[descol]

Could be PNG - but so many !

[Terry Dactil]

PNG, and the altitude is the giveaway clue.
(actually 8400' IRC but it depends on which end you measure it). :)

[Heathrow Harry]

Have to dig out my MAF Airstrip guide..................... the most frightening book I've ever read TBH

[Terry Dactil]

Nothing to it!
If you survived your first 12 months it was "a piece of cake".
Flat two direction runways at sea level was for wimps!

[Allan Lupton]

The happily-named Wau comes to mind (AIP quote "land uphill; take-off downhill; park across gradient") but I don't think it's high enough. Must have a rummage in my files.

[Heathrow Harry]

" If you survived your first 12 months" ... precisely

I have the greatest respect for the people who fly there day in day out

[chimbu warrior]

Kelsugl? I was last there 37 years ago and don't remember that much grass; it was more gravel than grass.

[Terry Dactil]

Yes. Keglsugl on the side of Mt. Wilhelm it is.
It has changed a lot over the years.The original photo was taken in the '60s so I gues you remember it later more like this:
http://i763.photobucket.com/albums/xx279/storchpilot/AirstripPNGK1.jpg
I like the windsock aligned with the runway - it definately was a one way strip!
There is a story on the 'PNG Ples Bilong Tok Tok ' thead about someone who had his single engine fail on takeoff here, so just fell into the valley and glided down to land safely at a lower airstrip :ok:

Wantok chimbu warrior has control.

[chimbu warrior]

Yes that is more like I remember it.

I'm still IT-challenged, so will declare open house.

[Heathrow Harry]

http://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture633-2017-05-27-091454.jpg

A regional airport with a number of international links

[nvubu]

Warm? Southern Europe ?

[Heathrow Harry]

Europe certainly - warm summers & cold winters - quite dry

[Heathrow Harry]

http://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture635-2017-05-27-0trim.jpg

To be fair this was probably taken right at the end of a hot dry summer.................

[Heathrow Harry]

http://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture637-2017-05-29-102930.jpghttp://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture639-2017-05-29-102623.jpg

SOme bits are in good shape and some.... not so good........

[sycamore]

Rumania ,or Hungary...?

[Heathrow Harry]

Yes - although it is rOmania

[sycamore]

Just a guess..Craiova..in Romania....

[Heathrow Harry]

Well done!

[Heathrow Harry]

http://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture632-2017-05-27-091611.jpghttp://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture634-2017-05-27-091408.jpg

Still quite a few old airframes there..................

[sycamore]

Thanks HH,but it must be Open House...

[Heathrow Harry]

http://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture645-2017-06-02-130833.jpg

[chevvron]

Dunsfold???

[Heathrow Harry]

I'd never thought about it but it does have a similar appearance but no, not in the UK

[sycamore]

Is the view from one end,or mid-point...? not many skid/tyre marks....lots of repairs...cold weather location...ex-soviet base,or Canada...?

Don`t think I`d fly a Vampire off here.....

[Heathrow Harry]

towards one end....... ex-Soviet definitely

I spent an hour or so in custody here due to "incorrect papers"...................

[Heathrow Harry]

http://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture647-2017-06-02-130910.jpg

[sycamore]

Are we still in the area of Romania,or further N,S,E,W..?

[Heathrow Harry]

Definitely Russia

[barry lloyd]

Petrozavodsk?

[chevvron]

Is the view from one end,or mid-point...? not many skid/tyre marks....lots of repairs...cold weather location...ex-soviet base,or Canada...?



The white markings on the runway are touchdown zone so it would be about one third or halfway.

[Heathrow Harry]

Petrozavodsk?

No- further south....................

[Heathrow Harry]

Quite a busy airport but almost all to Russia and the FSU - a few other international destinations

[sycamore]

Krasnyy Kurgan/Anapa...??? if not ,I give up.... OH if it is...

about 1015 nm/172* from the other place..

[Heathrow Harry]

http://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture646-2017-06-02-130953.jpg

No - not Anapa - but closer ... that's not necessarily the sea side.................

[barry lloyd]

Could it be Penza?

[chevvron]

http://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture646-2017-06-02-130953.jpg

No - not Anapa - but closer ... that's not necessarily the sea side.................

Are there 'sea monsters' there?

[Heathrow Harry]

No - it's not on the Caspian........ or any other sea TBH

[Heathrow Harry]

http://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture654-2017-06-07-092029.jpg

[India Four Two]

So near a lake or a pretty big river. Volga?

[Heathrow Harry]

On a lake on a river = good

But not the Volga

[sycamore]

Any of these...Primorska..Taganrog..Tsimlyansk....?

[India Four Two]

On a lake on a river = good

But not the Volga

Shifting left a bit - the Don?

[barry lloyd]

It looks quite agricultural around there - Volgodonska?

[SMOKEON]

Krasnodar ( Pashkovsky ) Airport.

[Heathrow Harry]

Correct - a bit of a dump TBH but I believe an awful lot of IKEA furniture is built around there these days

SMOKEON has the floor

[SMOKEON]

Thank you, HH.
Open House.

[mgahan]

If needed I also have a picture of the new terminal under construction.

[Airclues]

If needed I also have a picture of the new terminal under construction.

Yes please.

[chevvron]

St Helena?

[Heathrow Harry]

I doubt it - image dated 2008 - they didn't start civils until about 2011/2012

also REALLY flat - not St H.....

[mgahan]

New terminal with a city view in the background and another shot of the new runway. I'll post a shot of the old runway if it is still a mystery tomorrow morning.

MJG

[Heathrow Harry]

Middle East??

[A681001]

looks a bit like Wellcamp Airport, Toowoomba, QLD , if so OH
if not keep trying :confused:

[mgahan]

The runway is much wider and much much longer than the Wagner's success.

Here's a pic of the inspection team * just after arrival and the old tower in the background with one of the team transports in the foreground.

* I am on the extreme right of the picture with my back (side) to camera.

MJG

[jensdad]

UN inspection team... Blackhawk (I think that's what it is)... Newly expanded airport... Flat terrain. Erbil?

[mgahan]

Tell Jen she has a smart dad. Erbil it is as it was in 2006.

Yes, we were looking at the existing airport which seemed to be able to cater for the current and expected needs for at least a decade when we were taken to the "new" one with a 105 metre wide 5000 metre long runway, terminal with 6 A380 capable gates and new control tower - the existing one was the most modern we saw in Iraq except for Mosul - another story of wasted aid funds.

Told it was Swedish aid money. Guess they had a decent surplus that year.

Fun six weeks and 41 Blackhawk hours, not to mention the IOM Advanced security course in Jordan before we could travel into Iraq. Sitting here in Tarawa is very tame in comparison.

Jensdad has the con.

MJG

[Heathrow Harry]

Is that Tarawa your house or Tarawa in Kiribati?

The latter is a very interesting spot ......................

[jensdad]

Hi Mister Gahan. thanks for that, I'll let her know :) Didn't realise the runway was 5000m long there. That's slightly lengthy, but I guess it does get a bit warm there from time to time...


I still don't seem to be able to upload a photo (I'm sure there was a post somewhere on PPRuNe about how to do that. Anyone know where it is?)


Open House.

[Heathrow Harry]

You can try jsu pulling it in by drag 'n drop but the most relaible way is as follows

Log in

Go to USER CP in the yellow bar at the top

Goto PICTURED ALBUMS in the side bar

ADD Album

Upload Pictures - and then find picture and add it

Once its there click on it and it gives you either an html or a bb address - copy (I use the bb version) and then back to this forum

Open new post hit the little yellow square with sun and mountain and insert the bb code

[jensdad]

Thanks for that Harry. I've posted pics here before using drag and drop but that doesn't seem to work for me now. I've tried to create an album but that ain't happening either. Not to worry. Hopefully I'll have it fathomed out by the time I next get one right :)

Still OH

[Heathrow Harry]

The Official Words

PPRuNe Forums - FAQ: User Profile Features (http://www.pprune.org/faq.php?faq=vb3_user_profile#faq_vb3_albums)

[jensdad]

Thanks HH:ok:

[mgahan]

Harry,

Tarawa in the mid Pacific. Pretty much full time for the past 10 months as the Aviation Advisor.

MJG

[Heathrow Harry]

A charming spot we found but 10 months is a long time to be there I'd have thought.....

[mgahan]

I rotate off site every six or so weeks for work in the "home office" and to let the rapidly improving regulatory team here operate "solo" for two or three weeks, with me far far away on internet.


Very satisfying work after similar tasks in Kabul and Jakarta.

MJG

[Heathrow Harry]

Jakarta I know well - managed to avoid Kabul ...................... so far..........

Actually it would be hard to think of two places more different than JKT and Bonriki............

[nvubu]

Here's a new challenge: click the image for a more detailed version.

https://jvvylw.bn1302.livefilestore.com/y4m9Csqi9LbcSrFcJl29Go4GCMYTXJ8C1vKrCiMmFYx9qp_ZHBgd6qosaTK9 8RK41XT99TFgEmvHz0kP5pCT8Cnkd0ym6na9r_7CNVk6EZBLreUo8WcFeMZB u_LO9f23ZfDH4m5RBYss4t4hV1gGqMrQO95NTzD_ryo64H-liTLSgxsNKLYYF9VgEoQqwTrUf96Pw2MHBNLBuENIRp220OGpg?width=102 4&height=714&cropmode=none (http://www.nvubu.co.uk/pprune/20170614_02.jpg)

[Heathrow Harry]

Northern France?

[nvubu]

More eastern than northern France - another view
https://knbqog.bn1302.livefilestore.com/y4mbUkEd90ruKwUPg9CnFw0wK03N2Kndjr1g0zwmIhdcNgojZi9EOEAqkt6H qLMCmxRWIkpHbw0PahSHOdeyiFqen0rSRRJrvFbP80tCILukFlejdbg5OIfu PnDObu4Gh1uKfq6MdN5U0LVABp6qiyWhC38jbuKILgGe9hzG5qr8pcRWLCAG oIHrh5dF93YqAdFCJ3VHy2fhvHu2LVEnxxioA?width=1024&height=577&cropmode=none (http://www.pprune.org/www.nvubu.co.uk/pprune/20170614_01.jpg)

[Heathrow Harry]

Looks like the area around Mailly-le-Camp and Aeroport Paris Vatry

I've heard of strip fields but this is ridiculous!!!

[nvubu]

Neither of those - go east & south.


The field pattern is completely different now

[Heathrow Harry]

pity - it's soooo distinctive

[nvubu]

In the first image the road system on the east and the and the watercourse in the top of the image are still, for the most part, the same.

These were based here:
https://lxffzw.bn1302.livefilestore.com/y4mWIZGve9kWdMLNIupVdAlDDESQarudGwHEEb_Ar9_reiiprVAS7Yuxcowk kfhmNuiTUuOiNkCo-vxVmn5-Bv1jiTg-0F6euFniUAqRCcxxmHI7jcdh-xoSbHJY0ipJxlQY0Y4VbDJBufzJ6nr1KAWCUO1UHRcVbwfQ6COj6UrHIY_T3 _5pGjtviuprSsnFstl4QTxAr7HiNUGX6mlsR9gOw?width=1024&height=630&cropmode=none

And here some detail of a hanger
https://ahwptw.bn1302.livefilestore.com/y4mpwWRS9QaHpSx70b5b9d77CzptncntJHsqdO9oItTZaX51flEQcNrwfzM9 oaapGvVUxJRHma80Ix2mjfOyodOJDe03rzWFSAuOuEvt8VW73qOoTXf9SagF Y_OLcvUcM0I4GRPzXi9sLFv5_TTJvDVX3zWnps0m_1j1XMfBz8RcRANt7jJA jmHzVPYcwb7A8e2jpcPoJBON9jWU3Ic_G6n5Q?width=1024&height=741&cropmode=none

[nvubu]

It is still an active airfield - most of the strip fields are now part of the airfield.

[chevvron]

Looks like the area around Mailly-le-Camp and Aeroport Paris Vatry

I've heard of strip fields but this is ridiculous!!!
I think England gave up that method of farming in 1066 didn't we? (Probably a bit later)

[Terry Dactil]

Re the photo of the aircraft:-
Having unstaggered wings, 4 struts each side and lots of talilplane bracing with a rounded leading edge on the vertical stabiliser suggests they are Salmson 2 reconnisance biplanes. Some of the American squadrons operated these biplanes, and the weird fuselage logo (thinking of Rickenbacker's top hat logo) makes me think they could be American.
Are they?

[nvubu]

They are American
https://zqaxrq.bn1302.livefilestore.com/y4mSELFk4_6mipN6XvwZEc0nOz3f_7mvnkqMXNemBRq9eZW0dZaBuG4VZw9-AipmatFtWYlPqiEu2mk7epflfhvvKqWbUTGqU24yWyN5HYKlGnO7Sc3GrlIE MSXItrBEkYKLftrZCjMIueTCFIJqaahx9PMloMR6QYV2-TrN1DgF9KMpvmdrlUCbAp0G6ykP41huXDfvK0St7qaFAAnCmMMRQ?width=1 024&height=686&cropmode=none

[Heathrow Harry]

Djion? a straight guess tBH

[nvubu]

Getting closer - you are now less than 100 miles away as the crow flies - go North and East.

[barry lloyd]

There are still some fields which are similar the original pattern near the current Nancy airport...

[nvubu]

Nancy is too far north. Aerodrome is military - pixilated on BING, clear view on GM

[barry lloyd]

Saint Dizier-Robinson? It's one hell of an area, whether it is or not!

[Flap40]

Luxeuil Saint Sauveur?

[nvubu]

Luxeuil it is - this was going to be my next image:
https://mpll8g.bn1302.livefilestore.com/y4mbTOdMQfrIfvkjj2tkALkmr0r7Q0QD7PAGZNhoPXSuA1prZeKs5zS47sbP kN32TLXTODvPKNe151ajll0O1dNuIQO4F2eabiW6qVxnsI_yFEKrk_l0ZFhC 5lCLlZrVFyHfHw5-VOxVNMtdYt2oZq9DmNr2nsKaxrNlAlT-7Xwf-0JbYogtMYg3jkG2nl-nhfGGLdBlZQ2dScHxE6Xd4Brdw?width=660&height=639&cropmode=none

Here's the 1st image
https://mplk8g.bn1302.livefilestore.com/y4mW__bPHFI2uo8AsZZgUZh4Y_ZN_SAb_UJ2TnQ20T86VT4WeWiixnRCi_wT nkCirQyySuEzg_iRjuW7KNtf4x4jqf2BkLPSEvIsgsFrp5L_pspdWRCT3vGE TYelfnXlrqieDv0UWLEGHsqKoQrcPPweJgmrz-XV5z2CXnSlcoM12gq-LR5N4vpbs2mdrCTnH6xZgLNW-tjy9yNa3LbCGx9jQ?width=1024&height=635&cropmode=none


Over to you Flap40

[Flap40]

Try this:-

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj36/jodel_bucket/104-0476_IMG_zpsi3wpvfsw.jpg

[nvubu]

Dornoch Airport

[Flap40]

Obviously too easy :)

Dornoch it is.

[nvubu]

The aircraft registrations were the pointer.

Here's another airfield surrounded by strip fields.
https://jvvalw.bn1302.livefilestore.com/y4mFWUuUTMWNG5AJFVgn-QJqpLdy2r9_1d2YTzhJBQ6X8GYIYLvhwizWW_FWt7gEpHWxGQbpgy5z1B4EE LKIu-Ah6BoQWD-e9zc8tlWKhVY5eBiarB_ITu7j4y8REvJODrmiOv7YjTjsIKvie_7mXMHwS6j qdlUd3hMvLy_czIqYBMB0jnk8-jWXw8nnEjImAaampNbsjJ_A_wu4c286mOYsA?width=1024&height=795&cropmode=none

[Heathrow Harry]

Looks like a bloody great Chateaux in the middle of a park running up from the river.................

[chevvron]

With a racecourse (horses) next door.

[nvubu]

It isn't a chateaux, but is a park, less than 100 years old.

"Racecourse" no longer exists.

Airfield is still active.

[nvubu]

And as with my previous submission - strip fields are long gone.

[Heathrow Harry]

is north to the top of the picture?

less than 100 years old = post 1917, large park - maybe a WW1 Memorial??

[nvubu]

Yes, North is at the top of the picture. Nothing to do with WW1. The "chateaux" is a tomb.

[nvubu]

There was in incident in/near this city.

Here's a closer overhead - the hangers marked 2 still exist
https://zqazrq.bn1302.livefilestore.com/y4m5bdK3KQ6LYGOJFYgGp3YncP54m1BZR5W9j1DKkoU7YrEf8cftlwvzBV-wE-d8rgP81KFrMREW-C5CdY4Od6SZWaOwLZMGbCPjmynZK8Zm17_oWkjS915uQP85ULlxLztXg_dRR xIPfvcR02D6abMFXGbJGIw8O28q9nE-kjH-ONhmbnQmKLKV8H-HQSjdADWhUvqe1Dlmw68HFyZ4TD0cw?width=902&height=1024&cropmode=none (http://www.nvubu.co.uk/pprune/20170616_03.jpg)

[nvubu]

Any ideas as to the region of the world? - and it isn't in France.

[Heathrow Harry]

Tomb, built in last 100 years = either an emperor or a Great Leader of the People.............

So unlikley to W Europe, Australia, N America..........

Japan? China??

[nvubu]

Tomb built in the 1600s, Park designated in the last 100 years.


The incident involves both of the countries you have mentioned.

[Heathrow Harry]

well that clue simplified things!!

Shenyang (Mukden) and what is Shenyang Military Airport whence cometh many chinese aircraft

the Tomb is that of Huang Taiji (Emperor Taizong) of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) and his queen Bo'erjiji

[nvubu]

HH - Well done Mukden it is.

This one would have been my next clue - should have made it very easy - click for a larger image & check the photo on the blackboard
https://ps17ig.bn1302.livefilestore.com/y4mjyEBi73b8Xv37jVc-vitpNv2CUx6xl6pD4Twkmar-Fo2n5x2vBWh2xZ_lNkdXKMNL-s8I9nzWYF3twjQ8s856pl6vRoT1On1dGQs8VF47GBCtPIatDV8MYsCGbb9k7 rfxvSJGfBNiB2S2C9FepL81ZEZiDClc1eGbXIJt7bTXzAgXK3mJCCMyYYGMk pFjSOWNwJt5w6GvsGc3S5lWsYqRA?width=1024&height=779&cropmode=none (http://www.nvubu.co.uk/pprune/20170616_07.jpg)


You have control

[Heathrow Harry]

http://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture662-2017-06-18-172708.jpg

Another day - another hell-hole- another $

[G-ARZG]

Ashgabat ? 'ZG

[Heathrow Harry]

http://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture663-2017-06-18-172738.jpg

Right in one!! Going to have to raise my game I think.......................

Over to Zulu Golf http://www.pprune.org/]http://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture663-2017-06-18-172738.jpg

[G-ARZG]

Couple of Turkmen aircraft narrowed it down considerably !

Open house (sorry for delay, on way to the sauna known as Le Bourget)

'ZG

[Cows getting bigger]

I don't think we've had this one before.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4188/34788554336_3ce9846fc4_c.jpg

[MELLYMELL]

Exeter Airport.

Open house

[Heathrow Harry]

Not a hell hole but rather quiet.................

http://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture666-2017-06-21-174453.jpg

[sycamore]

Far East or West...?

[Heathrow Harry]

Neither................

[India Four Two]

Scandinavia?

[Heathrow Harry]

Yes & no ................. matter of definitions

[sycamore]

Kumlinge/Tomtens..Finland...OH if correct

[Heathrow Harry]

Kumlinge/Tomtens..Finland...OH if correct
In the Aaland Islands - Finnish owned but Swedish speaking in general

[nvubu]

Where might this be?
https://ahxctw.bn1302.livefilestore.com/y4mVo7ZypDdb52quWj3dZ3TIx1rD6QRzyYI-ifPcmb6WSgY24DZkYQIMTaoeKfJc344uzLCnGCH2DQTUpHQMsyVGG_ixzfIs UuHk-ZUb7UTbitaM41HCPzgdsPGHfAcDT2fJeMzw_xvV1EOZ4zBrEEB8m2iktMgQd JPjn6WudprjR0bze8Q8b67LTwNRJFmyEPOGP9T-nh5MJUTZaZDz46sXQ?width=1024&height=806&cropmode=none

[Heathrow Harry]

Desert? N Africa?? Algeria???

[nvubu]

Not in Africa.

[chevvron]

Balderton?

[barry lloyd]

http://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture662-2017-06-18-172708.jpg

Another day - another hell-hole- another $

Better than it was...:)

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll226/tango15_photos/238091d8-d1e2-417f-ba83-a1ee3aab15f1_zpsf0702156.jpg

[nvubu]

It isn't Balderton, or anywhere else in the UK.

[nvubu]

I'll leave this overnight.
https://jvvclw.bn1302.livefilestore.com/y4mLJzxPciJUvyXO1NBQoQKsWMMgFsPmaLes13YRK38SB_bT67kdjjVEw2CC flSZAEKyHP3olUEfLgj3DKmDtxf9Jc-Kc4VayI2urtLblI0WDhVlJa0yI7vqAEkaN48X77_k2SEgptRpJBvluUrC7AB 5FVIHtmt2zvlrFenGENwlhZo1gLDAUEv3HYavYS9FbB-fcSTlxmnu1pB3FtGSCNM4g?width=1024&height=962&cropmode=none

[Heathrow Harry]

very nice old fortification just above the bombs!!

[nvubu]

Fort is still there - covered in trees though., and all the fields have been built on.

This angle might make it easier
https://kncdog.bn1302.livefilestore.com/y4mpe2uBm0YnTGYtxz3B4tkkY239UyKxWfBiC9KIYNSzgF-JYBdvxhDLxBb4Gd7CC3lGp6Ag9Qtlmf2fYjwrzkxza1c6dSvO9DS9RAGmCNN wBoD4Px81zQlckhZGyNTgK9fKkxw6d3FpcJybdM7UVzvFwER1QZ-27NUqFVLV2v2MBWgDSqUvLvOEKAFYZB6c5Br5w4iEMDeaPZ-OWNxPyGBDA?width=1024&height=628&cropmode=none

[nvubu]

This is taking a bit longer than I thought it would.

Here's a are two photos a couple of seconds apart.
https://nl4rlq.bn1302.livefilestore.com/y4mTTcwymSyGlsJ7zTQvzHCoNkfUjBQdT0sMLgJMZIPYjdcGTWWGuLUZEnn8 PaTRTdGu_FA2_YKx2kDsOlEhM0jaYAymvpb37x3nI3xqRPP9IebvJAjUZC2q d8I2qRbLBHwT-9RP8Aej1Wqg7EynOmPUfa24s4ejscdEFzvQa4_jQ-gJbcWdWdVvxc3JDa7oOJt5hLk_nq-Gh4DZ7wAGV39NA?width=549&height=660&cropmode=nonehttps://mplp8g.bn1302.livefilestore.com/y4mKf3ZAf6PbpfoBruc6HjlZHvFF0INHZDs4JjwHjM5GCPkAEii4GMr9dQtb QSiOsNcLXdnBUff231dAP-UqUen2fvRmnXkK62zIEr7V6E8qObwofdR3agURg-88rOpIIMsIRX6xIhImcCFAz6a6t0Qxr8x2Wp7rLjYKTWhfDD31R9U0MxeZz-75HZdesGegsIsTdNyMTs1O_wlvECmawJAjw?width=579&height=660&cropmode=none

I'll dig out some different images tomorrow if it is still an unknown.

[Heathrow Harry]

Fortresses at lower level....... N france? Belgium - maybe Lille??

[nvubu]

France - if you go to Google Maps and type in Northern France, the aerodrome is not in the area shaded.

Here is a plan of the aerodrome from 1930 - I don't think the road has the same name now as then - it is still an airfield
https://mplq8g.bn1302.livefilestore.com/y4mDsmcqUkW2AqbZebaJzmQtf_z3-3bpdP72hn3cSoDpRlenQbK__JQI1Ct79I1tZpuZFlET6fQvyncIwxSZkFZ8Z Cu4c3bfzVBvuB5RfcSGhvyKmnkPYkhFajtWHcwENlMNbfm55whyzOFZbZzlY zqf1jrDRSBcqaQFNohxT7FkSlBt0zhwF-j7XbjYzzmzIkHw_wsXBrLK9lvtybKVFiuWQ?width=1024&height=652&cropmode=none


Bit fuzzy, but here is an image from 1930 (from the same book as the plan above)
https://ghe3aa.bn1302.livefilestore.com/y4mt2Ph-G7D6Vil49j2F7i7vOFAJ8GGcioZh8YoiIJmdIiYGpNWK6rxiyGCGApxplxDV wd2Gl0ZuV_Am5Vp0YupC-4je5e_6XXBbYMTEcSBZrxf9v0lzc3dM0lycDNi45aYbDNLiHFM4GyExfWfWQ VV3HmTkpPFc_6n4k3xMJjl3JX7zbfXfNKIpaN4b4SQZHyRj8gxQwBblXeoD0 kO8PayjQ?width=1024&height=630&cropmode=none

[G-ARZG]

Not our old friend Le Bourget is it ?

[G-ARZG]

'Porte ouverte' if correct.

[chevvron]

Or even 'Le Bouquet' as we used to say at LATCC (but pronounced different)

[nvubu]

Yes, Le Bourget it is. Your post the other day made me think that I had some historical images of the aerodrome.

Open house it is.

[G-ARZG]

Thankfully those B-17's left a lot standing, love those giant 30's hangars just oozing with history...

[nvubu]

Only just though
https://ps19ig.bn1302.livefilestore.com/y4mDwbRabnQ9P30Q263AFwBQQIg_hncbbrmMq1DPRM5XUEg0wJrJrZLerYj9 MA0eiPQVuRr-_q8mi7DD8025IFgEZyE8Nnk8zBXfmmU4z7_eC9YGIGLoyzIYFrcnu51DcZM2 LlNZK795wCW73cPYe_MI6kpBbT9NaXUl5mfsb0r8ORA6dRGafw6vZXsWbgTv PdKpoDDrY7e718Nhcw4ZAT_Ng?width=1024&height=1019&cropmode=none

[Heathrow Harry]

http://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture677-2017-06-28-085534.jpg

Europe!!!

[nvubu]

Italy or Spain?


I was going to guess South America.

[jensdad]

Vegetation looks a bit dry. Some canny mountains in the distance to the West. Runway orientation somewhere between 200 and 299 degrees. I'm going to kick things off with a massive leap in the dark and say Sofia.

[jensdad]

I meant to say 'between 195 and 294 degrees' of course. Apologies for the shoddiness. :D

[Heathrow Harry]

Jensdad is closer than nvubu

[jensdad]

Would it be Plovdiv?

[Heathrow Harry]

http://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture676-2017-06-28-085632.jpg


No but getting closer.................

[jensdad]

Don't recognise this one, but another stab in the dark: Volos?

[Heathrow Harry]

heading in the wrong direction JD

[jensdad]

Ill keep things going with a punt at Craiova...

[Heathrow Harry]

I did that one last month I think - you need to go further

I think it links to at least 5 destinations in the British Isles

http://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture675-2017-06-28-085711.jpg

[jensdad]

Looking at my atlas (I am sticking to my principle of not using Google Maps for any of these challenges :) ) it seems that Targu Mures is in a relatively flat area with mountains a little distance to the West. I know that Wizzair fly from there to a few points in these islands. Could it be that little rascal?

[Heathrow Harry]

http://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture679-wp-airport.jpgno but getting close.......

[kcockayne]

Iasi ? Or, Cluj.

[Heathrow Harry]

Avram Iancu Cluj International it is

Over to kcockayne

[kcockayne]

Wow ! My very first success - although others pointed me in the right direction. I'm away from home at the moment, so have no access to any photos (although I do have a large number available when I get back).
I hope you don't mind, but I'll throw it open to anyone else who wants to have a go.

[Cows getting bigger]

Here's a quickie.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4273/34665515142_564ffbd298_c.jpg

[jensdad]

Oporto? Open House if correct...

[Cows getting bigger]

Indeed it is Porto.

[jensdad]

Thought I recognised it, and the TAP Airbus was a clue :) The terminal was under construction the last time I was there but I think that tower is still the old one.
Open House.

[Heathrow Harry]

http://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture683-2017-07-04-150114.jpg

By the seaside...................

http://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture681-2017-07-04-145958.jpg

[Heathrow Harry]

http://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture682-2017-07-04-150035.jpg

[sycamore]

N of the Equator,Western EU to mid Atlantic...?

[Heathrow Harry]

Yes - a bit closer than you might think................

Not a common destination for Brits

[sycamore]

Ile d`Yeu....off Vendee....Maison ouverte,...

[Heathrow Harry]

Mais oui!!!

Open House

[Cows getting bigger]

Anther one from the collection.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4175/34788775866_ce7d8153aa_c.jpg

[sycamore]

Good job it`s VMC,or you mighta hadda da `leans`....

[sidtheesexist]

Clear skies.......good for some Astronomy!

[Russell Gulch]

Flagstaff?

(edit, no!)

[WIDN62]

It is Pisa again!! OH (lost the ability to post photos!)

[Cows getting bigger]

It is Pisa again!! OH (lost the ability to post photos!)

Ooops, sorry. Yes it's Pisa (again). :oh:

[Background Noise]

Came across this recently in an old publication. We may have had it before, and it nay be easy, but it is a nostalgic picture!

https://s3.postimg.org/djeg6ucn7/Screen_Shot_2017-07-11_at_21.44.29.jpg

[Shackman]

Looks remarkably like Church Fenton!

[sidtheesexist]

RAF Leeming?

[Background Noise]

Leeming it is. Interestingly still pretty much unchanged from that viewpoint - although you would see signs of a HAS site in the distance and the Hawks on the line would be considerably older than these aircraft were when this photo was taken.

[sidtheesexist]

Open House folks

[Background Noise]

OK then - here's another image from the same booklet:

[chevvron]

Either Duxford, Hendon or Andover.

[Background Noise]

Good going - see if this narrows it down - and it's from a RAF commemorative publication from 1968

[chevvron]

Hendon then.
OH if correct.

[Background Noise]

Hendon it is - from an 'exclusive' feature about the newly announced RAF Museum. The book was to mark the RAF Golden Jubilee.

[nvubu]

From earlier today
https://bxxujw.bn1302.livefilestore.com/y4mOa9fdi48o7P2AjaRecWd2JYsLyBWDq_y2KFEIy42tW-ntnmZVevntx2a1U3np2h6bf542WiGa2X3_3RCAq9A3idND7Q6HioVv2lsPYE pJnjrmfiWl0740tzzylxTEI1Lt2074vujWePsbf3OnpicMvM8VhctLbjw1C_ pFjcSMOY36eCwn3jqz0XxbM5Uh9G8WzKPCgmbXfAq0m0CwFLwNA?width=10 24&height=576&cropmode=none