Which Aerodrome Mk III

[Harry Wayfarers]

Wroughton?

[chevvron]

Wroughton?

I know both Bovingdon and Wroughton but I don't think it's either; I would take a first stab at Manston.

[Cows getting bigger]

Sculthorpe?

[dook]

Upper Heyford ?

[Harry Wayfarers]

I know both Bovingdon and Wroughton but I don't think it's either; I would take a first stab at Manston.

I know Wroughton also, I spent a week in hospital there ... Great fun :)

[WIDN62]

East Fortune?

[Harry Wayfarers]

Woodbridge or Bentwaters?

[Heathrow Harry]

All close but wrong

Dook is correct in that has been both RAF and US - but not U Heyford either


https://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture897-2018-01-29-134145.jpg

[Cows getting bigger]

F100? Wethersfield.

[chevvron]

Or with all those trees, Lakenheath.

[dook]

I think JENKINS has it.

[Heathrow Harry]

Croughton it is - drove past last week .......


https://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture901-2018-01-29-133902.jpg

Jenkins hsa it

[nvubu]

What aircraft is this, and where might it be?
https://a8ydxa-dm2306.files.1drv.com/y4mQ2YLGGAdGXz9iCSaugcBJkZrYTwZV3UaJeWHPW-HWaJqZs-iThbCtdqG9ucHp4MI6E9anFS4kjX0UOLwtwh6cejq1i2AG2UxM4cdgd4U8nX CH9rTEz7iJkb0yEDYiqpHwYUz5SxTW4PZHxwSLZJUcf-N8GDlB_ji0F83DZ808-ncz-rqN_zjJvZrvYIo0AXPcrfBOTsFSUf8Zl1u97FHZA?width=1024&height=774&cropmode=none

[eckhard]

Boeing XB-15, Wright Field, OH?

[nvubu]

You've got the aircraft, but not the location.

[eckhard]

Langley Field, VA?
France Field, Panama?
Easterwood (Duncan Field), TX?

[nvubu]

None of those locations is correct, but one of the countries is :ok:

https://1cmura-dm2306.files.1drv.com/y4mSTIAFeGxE5adLt1CA9owc6SlRKOjBCGoBAsbJkpAusO1mxCdj2Fx_-tQqMT06kjC01y_sDrUdeGNW61zOL_vXWGR0L5D-PRtAKvx9i03sEiOfCyJc_KN5wazi-6FCe73VDWdCdwyIJkPSy269nTSbqkbzGUFA-g5FQG7P6jf3zfVRTe251JCp0CjdMTCs6NGaHvgNuDqkRAUjrb7CTJ9FQ?wid th=1024&height=698&cropmode=none

[Airclues]

Albrook Air Force Station, Panama?

OH if correct.

Dave

[nvubu]

Airclues has it, Albrook it is.

The group photo was a delegation from the Columbian War College.

Open House has been declared.

[kenparry]

Try this one:


https://www.pprune.org/members/66630-kenparry-albums-kp-pics-picture905-011ronlorddemoaug63.jpg

[dook]

RAF Manston ?

[kenparry]

No, but you have the right country

[Mark 1]

Carlisle ..... ?

[Russell Gulch]

Benson? .......

[kenparry]

Neither of the above

[Kemble Pitts]

Maybe Duxford?

[kenparry]

No, not Duxford

[nvubu]

North Denes ?

[sidtheesexist]

RAF Chivenor?

[Shackman]

Thorney Island?

[kenparry]

No, none of those. Will add a clue tomorrow if still going.

[jensdad]

Coltishall? I know there used to be an RAF SAR station there.

[kenparry]

Not Colt - but, yes, there was an SAR flt there at one time

[jensdad]

Final punt of the day: Just along the road at Marham?

[mustbeaboeing]

RAF Boulmer.
Open House if correct

[WIDN62]

How about Leconfield?

[Get me some traffic]

RAF Valley. OH if correct.

[kenparry]

Still none of the above.

https://www.pprune.org/members/66630-kenparry-albums-kp-pics-picture907-012ronlorddemoaug63.jpg

Same airfield, same day, this time showing both the then-resident types.

[kcockayne]

I don’t have much idea, but is it Cranwell ?

[WIDN62]

RAF Acklington?

[Airclues]

RAF Finningley?

OH if correct.

[kenparry]

Bingo! RAF Acklington, taken in August 1963. Home of 6FTS and a flight of 228 Sqn - which the following year was renumbered as 202 Sqn.

The airfield closed in the late 60s, much of the site was the mined opencast for coal, and the old technical site is now the location of two prisons. How things change.

WIDN62 has control.

[WIDN62]

Woohoo!
Just off to work - I will post a challenge this evening if that is acceptable - otherwise OH.

[WIDN62]

Try this one:

4106

I think it should enlarge if you click on it!

[jensdad]

Pearls Airport in Grenada, during the US invasion?

[jensdad]

Just realised that might be an RAF Herc on the background, and if so the photo was obv not taken during the US invasion. Still reckon it might be Pearls though.

[WIDN62]

Not Grenada!

[jensdad]

Was I in the right neck of the woods?

[chevvron]

Ascension?

[broadreach]

Whew, I was just about to post that the picture ruled out Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere, with the vegetation and terrain pointing straight at SE Asia.

Edit: just noticed that most of SE Asia’s in the Northern Hemisphere. I do apologise and promise to do better etc.

[WIDN62]

Nowhere near, I am afraid.

[WIDN62]

A few posts crossing! Nowhere near Ascension or Grenada and not SE Asia.

[jensdad]

A mountainous region of Africa - Cameroon perhaps?

[WIDN62]

Sorry, no, Grenada was nearer!

[Heathrow Harry]

Not near Cameroon - but tropical/sub tropical.... mountains - US aircraft staging through......

Pacific Islands? I thought about W Samoa but it doesn't look right

[SMOKEON]

Pago Pago airport, American Samoa.

[WIDN62]

Heathrow Harry - very close.
SMOKEON - spot on!! You have control.

[SMOKEON]

Many thanks,WIDN62.
In all fairness, it really should go to Heathrow Harry.
Over to you,HH.

[Heathrow Harry]

Thankyou but I looked at Pago Pago and couldn't see it - so SMOKEON it is

[SMOKEON]

Please check your P.M.s,HH.
Open House.

[dook]

A long time ago I was able to post images via Facebook.

This doesn't work anymore.

How are people posting on here ?

[broadreach]

This aerodrome is no more. It closed in 1960 when operations moved to a new one further west and closer to the sea, and the land was turned over to developers, who kept the original runway layout as the main avenues.

https://www.pprune.org/members/12461-broadreach-albums-broadreach-image-album-picture903t-20180204aerodrome.jpg

Not sure what I'm doing wrong; this was my first attempt at posting something from my new Pprune image folder. Thank you for your patience!

[India Four Two]

dook,

I’ve just started using imgur, after Photobucket blacklisted all its long time users last year.

I’m very happy so far. Actually easier to use than PB.

[Heathrow Harry]

Set up a picture book under User CP..........

[dook]

Thank you both.

It's just that I have a small collection of aerodromes available.

[nvubu]

If you have OneDrive you can post directly from there.

[dook]

I've set up my album - now the wait.

[WIDN62]

A real long shot - is it Muscat?

[Heathrow Harry]

CAN'T SEE ANYTHING.................................

[broadreach]

It's not Muscat and I agree with HH that one can't see anything. I think we should go back to Open House while I enlarge the image and learn how to post from the photo album.

[Heathrow Harry]

thanks - I think there are detailed instruction in the computing tag - I think they've changed some things now but the picture has to be posted SOMEWHERE so you can add a URL link
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
User Cp on top yellow menu line above - Pictures and Albums - create Album - Upload picture - gives you chance to upload 3 jpegs at a time - once uploaded you can copy either the BB or the other link

Go to thread you want to post on - Reply - picture symbol and paste in the link

Only problem is that it seems to only allow 25 to 30 pictures per Album so you have to delete the oldies every so often

[Background Noise]

Broadreach - open your picture in your album, copy the text in the BB code window and paste that into your post.

(Or - right click on an image and copy the image address, then hit reply, click the little picture icon https://www.pprune.org/images/editor/insertimage.gif and paste in your image address.)

Voila:

https://www.pprune.org/members/12461-broadreach-albums-broadreach-image-album-picture902-whichaerodrome20180112.jpg

[broadreach]

Trying again following Background Noise's tips. He has kindly posted my second clue, the original terminal building. The top-heavy building in the background stands on what was once the apron.

https://www.pprune.org/members/12461-broadreach-albums-broadreach-image-album-picture903-20180204aerodrome.jpg

[dook]

Background Noise,

You mean this one dook?

I have not posted anything. I was unaware that you are able to see my album under my profile.

How do I get round this one ?

[Background Noise]

I'm not sure that you can hide your album. I assumed your previous post #7819 was inviting people to guess - sorry. I've deleted the post.

[nvubu]

broadreach/dook - I can see your albums under the "Community", "Pictures and Albums" menu on the top - that doesn't seem correct as I can't see HH's "WHAT Airfield" album in the same section.

I use Microsoft OneDrive to store my images and then embed the link.

[Heathrow Harry]

AAhhhh - I've seen that overhead shot before - but where..................

[broadreach]

It's a very dry climate; if you were to zoom in on Google Earth you'd see that nearly all roofs are flat.

[dook]

Chili.......?

[broadreach]

Dook, if you mean Chile, the country, no.

[Heathrow Harry]

Hmm Script on building looks Western but palm type trees so warm

Ghastly 1970's building - might be anywhere buy looks like something a "strict" regime would build. Must be a BIG city - that redevelopment area is massive - and it all looks planned - someone spent a lot of money. It's far bigger than say the old Jakarta Kemayoran or Austin Tx redevelopment

I though t S America but I don't think Sao Paulo or Rio are that planned and Buenos Aires doesn't have that amount of green spaces............

Philippines - possible but not enough cash............

[dook]

Possibly Middle East.

I also thought of NW China.

[broadreach]

HH, palm trees and bananas. And you're right, the redevelopment seems to have been very well planned, although I'm not sure whether it happened under one of the periods when a strict regime was in charge.

And no, neither Middle East nor China. Nor Philippines. So yes, South America does ring the right bells but neither Rio nor Sao Paulo.

Edit: I lived there as a child and a schoolmate's dad would take me up in a Stearman every once in a while. Once we flew the length of the new airport runway, then under construction, and it seemed to take twenty minutes!

[broadreach]

Obviously the overflight of the new runway took much less. I've just checked its present length against the PT-17's cruising speed and think it would have been around 4 1/2 minutes.

[broadreach]

Jenks, say again?? Took a few seconds for "Paddington" to sink in but yes, Peru and Lima. The old Limatambo terminal that preceded Aeropuerto Internaconal Jorge Chavez. For HH's benefit, designed and built during the decidedly western-friendly presidencies of Prado and Belaunde.

Jenkins has the stick.

[broadreach]

Not cheating at all Jenks. Breadcrumbs were dropped whilst fully aware of previous clues.

[Cows getting bigger]

If it's open house, here's one.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4178/34665592572_954a78faac_c.jpg

[India Four Two]

Eastern US?

[Heathrow Harry]

Could be eastern France.................

at max enlargement look like a single figure runway heading -

[India Four Two]

HH,

Yes, I thought it's a single digit too.

[Heathrow Harry]

That makes it more likely to be N America....................

[chevvron]

Looks like Lulsgate to me.
Well above the glidepath anyway. If the PAPIs weren't there I would have said Lasham.

[Heathrow Harry]

Doubt it's Lulsgate - in picture terminal is on left so that has to be 09 and the long excavation or old runway running across the active isn't there - plus Lulsgate has the full set of runway markings whereas this just has end runway bars. The woods at Cleve don't have those logging/access tracks you can see either

and of course the sky is blue and CAVU..................

[Flap40]

If it is a single digit runway then given the direction of the shadows we must be in the southern hemisphere.

[Heathrow Harry]

hard to tell but it looks like a pretty high sun....

[dook]

Well above the glidepath anyway.

Then I would love to see what well below looks like !!!!

[Harry Wayfarers]

Seems like a deep drop off the other end of the runway before a rise and then another drop, kind of reminiscent of Canada but if the runway is a single digit then all those fir type trees remind me of Maine

[Cows getting bigger]

We're in Europe, one of the more pleasant bits and couple of thousand feet up. From the aircraft, you're looking North, more or less.

[Heathrow Harry]

certainly looks like it - tho on GE 2013 imagery the trees aren't there

Certainly getting some decent challenges recently!!!

[Cows getting bigger]

Oooh, well done Jenkins. There's a VOR there (that would have been the next hint) and it is one of the (very busy) fire bomber training schools.

The aforementioned ridge - I know people who have approached that from below to maintain VMC. :eek:

PS. One of the friendliest places I've had the opportunity to visit in my job. Definitely one for the bucket list.

Over to you, Jenkins

[India Four Two]

Somewhere in the USA. The view when driving out of the terminal building parking lot:

https://i.imgur.com/hcU0bnV.png

PS This should help in narrowing it down! :E

http://i.imgur.com/OOnIqgB.png (https://imgur.com/OOnIqgB)

[evansb]

National Weather Service Office, Glasgow, Montana, (KGGW), U.S.A.

[India Four Two]

Well done, bri.

Glasgow, MT, rhymes with How and not Go.

http://i.imgur.com/TR3ybUF.jpg (https://imgur.com/TR3ybUF)

The NOAA radar is on the right edge of the picture.

Stopped off there to refuel on the way back from Oshkosh in 2015. The most valuable feature of the ForeFlight app is not the magenta line, but fuel prices at each airport.

The people at small US airports are consistently friendly and helpful in my experience. The fuel truck driver asked if we were planning to go into town for lunch.

"We would like to. Is there a courtesy car?"

"Yes, but it's not very reliable. Take my truck."

He handed us the keys to his $50,000 4x4 Dodge Ram!

evansb has the con

[evansb]

Thank you. Yes indeed, I've experienced Americans west of the Mississippi to be quite amiable.

Here is the next mystery aerodrome:
https://i.imgur.com/KcfOSMA.jpg

[dook]

At least I identify the aeroplanes as Warhawks.

Alexai Point ?

[TheChitterneFlyer]

Is that an Australian Warhawk in the line up? Darwin perhaps?

[evansb]

Sorry, not Alexai Point. The aircraft in question in an R.C.A.F. P-40E Kittyhawk.

[dook]

Sorry, not Alexai Point.

Am I in the right area though ?

[evansb]

Yes. The aerodrome was located In the Aleutian Islands. Faintly visible on Google Earth.

[TheChitterneFlyer]

Aleutian Islands... maybe?

[TheChitterneFlyer]

Amchitka Island?

[dook]

Bingo...............

[TheChitterneFlyer]

Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Alaska (http://www.airfields-freeman.com/AK/Airfields_AK.htm)


Open house

[dook]

Now get back to where you belong......

[evansb]

Amchitka is correct. :ok: Amchitka consisted of three separate airstrips. The one pictured is the most northerly and the smallest, The photo was taken looking ENE toward Constantine Harbour.

[nvubu]

Fascinating looking at the airfields now on Amchitka, how well preserved the layout is underneath the snow.

To warmer climes for the next challenge.
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[dook]

Philippines ?

[nvubu]

Not the Philippines - wrong hemisphere

[India Four Two]

JENKINS, I was going to suggest something a bit smaller - a glider?

[kcockayne]

Is the aircraft in the shed a 'Frightener?'

If, by "Frightener" you mean the B170, it seems to me that the wings are a bit too close to the ground. Apologies if you are referring to something else.

[India Four Two]

Upon closer inspection, I see a round engine and a three-bladed prop, so I’ll take back my glider and substitute a Model 10 Electra?

Somewhere in the US?

[nvubu]

Not in the US. One year later, the tower had grown an extra floor
https://z1frwq.bl3301.livefilestore.com/y4mOvPip-NtglnnNWMu4jmSDMJJyZ7blVXkgzIEcwS41zZMT-0KytrQ-DAPExzB4FIYUJQxhYnfcJC4-2sWFfNH6aJB-mMIKeB-WoZvnLViC7zxK4RRaGiLTKe1rKioyPSpTwYKfL-S7RG1HB7AzH1HcWQdcn40mZ56lbU0FUFdTU2G4vj4PJslp8GIX21xsiJ5FVC rSSjihhtuy77B4JMy-A?width=1024&height=713&cropmode=none

[dook]

Papua New Guinea ?

[nvubu]

Not anywhere in the Pacific region.


https://pidpna.bl3301.livefilestore.com/y4mpm_rrbuE7n4Gp9ajJg3vlopz1CYtdS7KH-d4Vu-sIwZJRlVyamRzoytItIgC5x2ApDK8eajghg6jK3xP40XVPMap1OGoHJ2F1TK A23_svPWkuHo0b26i3yT88xmlBKoO05nxKsym27eXzu_n7wtFHeWs7F5rxyY 9X6AXaHagB9uUoXu5FXmaKG1USuCgm_SUgp5mv-4zGb9xLL7CJ1fJEQ?width=1024&height=757&cropmode=none

[dook]

Ecuador maybe ?

[nvubu]

Right continent, wrong country.

[dook]

Peru was friendly with the US in WW2.

[evansb]

U.S. NAS Amapa, Brazil ?

[nvubu]

Ahha Jenkins - I did have some shots of Parnamiri, but have kept them for another time.

Not in Brazil or Peru.

It may be a trick of the light, but I think that there is a big clue as to the country in the last image I posted.

[JW411]

Is the aircraft in the "hangar" perchance a B-18?

[nvubu]

Jenkins has got it - Atkinson Field, British Guyana it is.

No idea what the vehicle is, but it looks suspiciously like it has right-hand drive. Was this the clue that you had seen?
https://o4eena.bl3301.livefilestore.com/y4mmG8OR3ott5KlG5YFv1Emn0Dj8jsW1mBzErH7tjardHBBj4vvn2TeSO5Fw c7EwtJHUuxK5YscCQQ9gHBVz1enmArpuEWaIhjwBo6aclh9k_rUaqiw4GIcK VGCn16H4-fThwIiwlXL3ZEsSBs-Jj9mrYBCEAOEZsTbhIGGYrHy8j-AbzRRpK8ta1Cl1qvQ6RnVFptuCbYbq3yOe37agk5Vfw?width=898&height=1024&cropmode=none

Couple of other images to share while we are at this airfield
https://nua5bw.bl3301.livefilestore.com/y4mQIb4me8FCCn4XVdFUMVCNEuwdGb1lukxvm8u4Ok13NShuk26hDRSJe7aP 9JkXj4o2NbINdfP_q30GEt8DYzTAGOtu0jSB4t6n7U5EdSdOkMDEWP7Oseg3 Zd1P6jVjyqe002PJaCQ3QM3UOrrNQedDpE0sI1li6REZ0S5HN1E0w_7IwUjg pvQ-j5YETz2ON8S1YBsyPfZno8d7uEW0Co88w?width=1024&height=722&cropmode=none


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[Heathrow Harry]

Somewhere a little cooler................... one of those fields you stumble over and wonder why it isn't better known.....

https://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture918-055-small.jpg

[India Four Two]

“Green and pleasant land?”

[Heathrow Harry]

If you mean a potential location for the New Jerusalem - no - but it is a green and pleasant place

https://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture917-180211t.jpg

[Flap40]

From the brown staining in the fields it is clearly somewhere flat. I think your last airfield was on a Danish island and Denmark is mostly flat so a search through Danish grass airfields led me to Tonder.

[Heathrow Harry]

It is indeed Tonder - a very quiet but v pleasant spot Flap 40 has control

https://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture915-200604.jpg

[Flap40]

Thanks. I'm just about to set off on my hol's so OPEN HOUSE.

[nvubu]

Going back to the Amchitka challenge of a couple of pages ago, I found this interesting photo of the bomber strip which I thought I'd share. What a grim looking place.

https://olxhqq.bl3301.livefilestore.com/y4mZzOM-PIH2D0Y1sh1iKTyitHH_Rtxsz_Blv4P64YDBiIXgLVQ6GgmtZC1QbAspp8wj NMSmaZdRFmCj_y8F7Jqi_roUf5jzhcfckCc4-KnHUkVP9glvyhQNU2zVz_2KK12E4R8_OXg00f4b84ZoBE20OlaD4RQN_Ha7m 2o_a0mhDoQ_uusGxb1JfakEQM5RrzT7tj7Yr4BEbd324g3zDMsQw?width=1 024&height=803&cropmode=none


Still OPEN HOUSE.

[albatross]

There is a great book about the Aleutian Campaign called "The Thousand Mile War"
Going back to the Amchitka challenge of a couple of pages ago, I found this interesting photo of the bomber strip which I thought I'd share. What a grim looking place.

https://olxhqq.bl3301.livefilestore.com/y4mZzOM-PIH2D0Y1sh1iKTyitHH_Rtxsz_Blv4P64YDBiIXgLVQ6GgmtZC1QbAspp8wj NMSmaZdRFmCj_y8F7Jqi_roUf5jzhcfckCc4-KnHUkVP9glvyhQNU2zVz_2KK12E4R8_OXg00f4b84ZoBE20OlaD4RQN_Ha7m 2o_a0mhDoQ_uusGxb1JfakEQM5RrzT7tj7Yr4BEbd324g3zDMsQw?width=1 024&height=803&cropmode=none


Still OPEN HOUSE.

[Russell Gulch]

It is indeed Tonder -]

Doh! I should have spotted it strait away having been there several tmes! :uhoh: Russ

[kenparry]

Well, in the absence of other offers, try this:


https://www.pprune.org/members/66630-kenparry-albums-kp-pics-picture927-23lowpairnov70.jpg

[Heathrow Harry]

Seeb, Muscat, Oman???

[kenparry]

No, but vaguely the right area

[Heathrow Harry]

Masirah???

[Harry Wayfarers]

Salahah? ...

[oldpax]

Sharjah!!!

[dook]

Hooligans of 6 Squadron!

Who are you calling hooligans ?

It is 8 Sqn not 6

This was 1970 during the Radfan escapades - Sharjah as has been mentioned.

[kenparry]

Oldpax has it: RAF Sharjah in 1970. Hunters of 8 Sqn, RAF. We were based at Muharraq, Bahrain, but had no weapon training facility there, so we (and our neighbours 208 Sqn) would visit Sharjah regularly to use the range on the coast a few miles SW of Dubai.

After the withdrawal from Aden in 1967, Sharjah was expanded and had a few years of being quite busy. In 1969-70 it was home to 78 Sqn (Wessex), 84 Sqn (Andovers), a detachment of Shackletons from the UK, and an AAC Sqn with Beavers. All gone by the end of 1971.

In the late 90s I went back a few times. There was by then a new airport about 6 miles inland. The old field had been built over. The runway had become a dual carriageway with lighting on a central strip - but not resurfaced, so the old taxiway turnoff lighting was still present!

[Russell Gulch]

Lovely photo, kenparry!

[oldpax]

Open house then!I mentioned Sharjah as it seemed the only one left out!Nice to see an 8 squadron pair.There is a book coming out with Amazon on"Radfan Hunters by an ex 8 squadron friend of mine!!Yes I also served on 8sqdn but early sixties.

[kenparry]

Russell, thanks for the comment. A bonus photo below:


https://www.pprune.org/members/66630-kenparry-albums-kp-pics-picture930-22highpairnov70.jpg

This one is the lead pair of a 4-ship; the second pair (shown in my first photo) is visible still on the runway.

The Sharjah runway was narrower than standard at 100 ft rather than 150, which made for interesting times on 4-ship departures. It was not unusual for the second pair to find the wake of the leaders.

This 4 was going on a CENTO exercise over Iran; the Shah was still on the throne.

[Heathrow Harry]

what aviation is all about.. selfless professionals carrying out the day job with a smile...................


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[Heathrow Harry]

UK yes, ex-military yes

Yeovilton no...................

Still active (-ish) but I doubt it has along life remaining as any sort of airfield TBH

[Heathrow Harry]

must have been a very very clear day.................... unlike this one... but it was a Royal Day out.....

https://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture934-hs748twr.jpg

[Harry Wayfarers]

"Ex military" covers much of the airports and airfields in UK ... Are we in England and are we north of the Watford Gap?

[Heathrow Harry]

England yes - not in Yorkshire either
https://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture936-rwy18snow-1.jpg
https://www.pprune.org/members/326184-he

[Heathrow Harry]

and south of the Watford gap

[Harry Wayfarers]

But to get a Queen's Flight budgie it has to be a fair old whack from London, I don't think Deven or Cornwall so has to be up north somewhere

[Heathrow Harry]

maybe they were flying from Aberdeen???? Or it may have been (guessing) a some sort of RAF/Aircraft celebration....................

[Harry Wayfarers]

"active-ish" ... An interesting expression

[Heathrow Harry]

well it's not closed .........

[mcdhu]

Abingdon by any chance?

[Heathrow Harry]

Further north than Abingdon.............

[SMOKEON]

Wellesbourne Mountford ?

[Heathrow Harry]

Smokeon has it - here's a picture of it before they started building - and it requires prior permission to use hence the "open-ish"...................

https://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture938-raf.jpg

[chevvron]

Queens Flight at Wellesbourne Mountford? Perhaps in the earliest 748 days, co-inciding with closure of RAF W-M, perhaps disbandment of Airfield Construction Branch, and the move to Waterbeach. Another option is visit to now-defunct Royal Show at Stoneleigh. My only visit to W-M with a Royal Air Force aircraft was in a high wing turbo-charged piston single.

Visiting Stratford maybe?

[SMOKEON]

Thank you H.H.
Open House.

[India Four Two]

a high wing turbo-charged piston single.

OK JENKINS, I'll bite. :)

What type?

[oldpax]

Scottish aviation single pioneer?

[India Four Two]

What Squadron was equipped with the C206? ;)

[India Four Two]

Here's an aerodrome with a surprising history:

https://i.imgur.com/WeGvLcj.jpg

[chevvron]

London/Ashford Lympne?

[India Four Two]

Nice try chevvron, but not Kent. The fruit trees in the orchards in the picture would not survive in the Garden of England, even in normal weather! ;)

[Heathrow Harry]

Don't think so - I don't remember there being a major road /railway running "NE-SW" on "pseudo west" (actually south) side of Lympne

[Heathrow Harry]

Hmmm - orchard... warm.... flat..... rectangular fields............ history..........

Orange County John Wayne???

[India Four Two]

Nothing to do with The Duke, but I’m sure those are orange trees.

Off to bed now. I’ll check in about 1700Z.

[India Four Two]

Some time later:

https://i.imgur.com/6wmsrBA.jpg

[India Four Two]

"Elvis' missiles have left the building" ;)

https://i.imgur.com/BFIy2eZ.png

[Heathrow Harry]

Ahhh Elvis = Hound Dog = N American = Downey California

[India Four Two]

HH has it - Vultee Field, Downey California

I stumbled on this when looking at a map of old airfields in the LA Basin. The first type produced here was the Vultee V-1:

https://i.imgur.com/SZfmze5.jpg

and the last was the Space Shuttle:

https://i.imgur.com/fjK2UUg.jpg

In between, besides the Hound Dog Mach 2 cruise missile, Downey produced lots of BT-13s, lots of Vengeances and the Apollo CSM.

In October 1941, there was a backlog of BT-13s, due to late delivery of fuel pumps. The was a mass-departure of 123 BT-13s in 32 minutes, taking off in threes, at 15 second intervals!

https://i.imgur.com/RVGXsZv.png

Here's the Vengeance production line. This one is especially for Danny:

https://i.imgur.com/Lr1W6TZ.jpg

Downey has almost completely disappeared. The only remnant is part of the Vultee offices, including the Art Deco entrance:

https://i.imgur.com/xIN0K95.png

HH has control.

[Heathrow Harry]

Thanks - good challenge - and a very interesting history to the place

Sad that everyone was laid off/moved in the 90's...

Anyway here's another place you might find orange groves


https://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture947-001.jpg

[India Four Two]

The runways were never very long and when the Shuttle was built, they were gone.

I wondered how the Shuttles were delivered. It turns out they were taken by road to Edwards AFB. That’s 110 miles away!

CORRECTION

Further research indicates that although a lot of Shuttle work was carried out at Downey, including building a mock-up, final assembly of components, made by many subcontractors, was at the Palmdale plant. This is only 36 miles from Edwards.

[evansb]

Dear Heathrow Harry, It has been over 24-hrs, and no challenge is visible.

[India Four Two]

Bri,

Blame me and not HH. I posted a follow up. See HH’s challenge above my post.

[jensdad]

The oranges reference made me think of Seville, but I'm pretty sure it isn't that fine city, so I'll take a stab at Zaragoza?

[Heathrow Harry]

https://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture946-5862609.jpg

right part of the world......

[dook]

Talavera la Real Air Base ?

[Heathrow Harry]

Actually it's Aeropuerto de Badajoz withte Air base attached on the other side of the runway ...

Over to Dook......

[dook]

Apologies. OneDrive is not working.

OH

[dook]

TinyPic is though.

http://i63.tinypic.com/2rha1qt.jpg

[dook]

Certainly is.

Take the stage.

[dook]

Well, I've had posting troubles as well, but Tiny Pic is working for me.

I'll not take up the OH since I feel it would be unethical since I posted the last one.

However, if you care to PM me a challenge I'll put it up on your behalf.

[India Four Two]

JENKINS,

I've recently switched to Imgur and am very happy with it.

[broadreach]

dook, thanks for that pic. I lived on Skye as a child and always go back so I've passed the aerodrome umpteen times, by cycle, bus, motorbike, car... but never went down the track from the road. And you can't see the runway from the road.

[chevvron]

I can remember when it was built; summer of '72; by TA Royal Engineers as a summer exercise.

[dook]

The thread is running slowly innit.

[dook]

Might as well have a shot.

http://i66.tinypic.com/33mld82.jpg

[Heathrow Harry]

Complete punt - Seeb, Oman?

[kenparry]

Sharjah? About late 1960s?

[dook]

kenparry puts it down right on the end of the runway and has the helm.

[kenparry]

dook, thank you.

Here's one:

https://www.pprune.org/members/66630-kenparry-albums-kp-pics-picture965-29runinrwy20-jan63.jpg

[Heathrow Harry]

Sumburgh? looks bleak enough

[kenparry]

Not as far North as Sumburgh

[Heathrow Harry]

Ireland? green enough

[kenparry]

Not in Eire or Scotland

[dook]

Are we perhaps still in the UK though ?

[kenparry]

Yes, we are in the UK

[jensdad]

Must be in England, Wales or Northern Ireland then... Silloth?

[kenparry]

Geographic deduction correct - but not Silloth. A clue: the field is still active.

Back at about 09Z tomorrow.

[broadreach]

Eglinton/Derry NI?

[chevvron]

Walney Island?

[Cows getting bigger]

RAF Valley

[Heathrow Harry]

We did Siloth last month IIRC - don't think so

Doesn't look like E Coast.............

[kenparry]

Cows has it.

Photo from Jan 1963, towards the end of my Vampire course there, running in to break on runway 20 (now 19). One of the few stations where I served that is still open - and the only one still doing the same task.

Cows has control.

[Heathrow Harry]

We did Siloth last month IIRC - don't think so

Doesn't look like E Coast.............

strange - when I posted this the posts re Valley after Jensdad at 21:37 weren't there at all - they all updated this morning .............

[Cows getting bigger]

Thank you. This one should be quite easy. Taken a little over two weeks ago.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4779/39909609235_49e9ec28e6_c.jpg

[mustbeaboeing]

HER LGIR Heraklion Greece

Open House if correct

[Heathrow Harry]

looks right...................

[dook]

I'll drink to that.

[Cows getting bigger]

mustbeboeing has it. :)

[nvubu]

As mustbeboeing declared Open House, here's one from me
https://afchmg.bl3301.livefilestore.com/y4mXBALEViGYxI71x2ah9FY-PEZumy6ZZN1uPKxnQyzJvKS04wFYzQrDe4GfMGxUjq2ug1wtIG3Tm4pCBzd7 pu7_M_rHpts80AZ0cu9Z2CZukiLB4UfQ6lfGiLf8-tYy23GU39KL8qjD69rXy1JGLAYOvxXEpKESbQ9H4v9IBkRlwI2WvRz708OG7 goHD7hdhaiLRe89JCBXs9r4p6lRR7fyg?width=1024&height=744&cropmode=none

[eckhard]

Catania Fontanarossa?

[Heathrow Harry]

Looks like a volcano behind?

[chevvron]

Naples/Capodichino with Vesuvius?

[chevvron]

Looks like a volcano behind?
Curry last night?

[nvubu]

Well that didn't last long, and I had some other photos lined up as well.

chevron has it, Capodichino/Naples

Might as well share the other photos.:ok:
https://mm64va.bl3301.livefilestore.com/y4m3XtSC_8KL7_dWTwwQ8fG31eewJYIc1iKegpTV2GXomhBoMvoghpI5ffmC VgHyziCsJZ7N8GPGgqeyHhZCJAVF6vgCwxAEtIOEpKz8b72hFX4Kz8duVMc6 qGeG6BWiSobjWgdv01uRydj2oCvSlr9PHPYByNezFTtQirfuSsaW2eL8lDdN mhlRQdplI3CSR_lF_HkaIikXQbuYDHchu_OPA?width=660&height=478&cropmode=none


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https://zejf9w.bl3301.livefilestore.com/y4mz7NgsJjULxqMFcNIR5Xj1wn0nVIbi229BPkUYq_Lh_G3YlcNrOXaTZbQr k_G7jX9nAayNW2OwYzYm1JkAhZplzukWlmLpr5iMkZWl7tCseD0aZIOYm4aS jNA0GZCnv-GENZE2yDi7S4BA_7jofDtOpncQuqbkycUwndBMo87wKagjW5_qVFRdPfxTbV RudBc_7PxiMOg_jhvmauhUcl10w?width=660&height=497&cropmode=none

[chevvron]

Open House.

[Heathrow Harry]

Curry last night?
Like it'...........

[Heathrow Harry]

Curry last night?

:p;):p:p:p:p:p

[Chris Scott]

Excuse the intrusion, but is that the 1944 eruption nvubu (pun not intended)?

[India Four Two]

How about this?

https://i.imgur.com/PJXrhg6.jpg

[nvubu]

Chris Scott - yes it's the 1944 eruption - here's a link (http://www.nvubu.co.uk/pprune/20180316_01.jpg) to another photo.

[dook]

Grant County International Airport possibly.

[India Four Two]

No fooling you, dook. Grant County aka Moses Lake WA. JAL’s former hangar from their 747 training days.

The picture from this page was to be my next clue:
Boeing 787 suffers nose gear collapse - Airliners.net (http://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1388557)

dook has control.

[dook]

Thank you India.

http://i65.tinypic.com/2a566t.jpg

[chevvron]

Dakar 1982?

[SMOKEON]

RAF Labuan ?

[dook]

SMOKEON hits the piano keys. :D

[SMOKEON]

Thank you,dook.
Open House.

[Heathrow Harry]

https://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture967-2018-03-11-185048.jpg

Another devoted Aviation professional stands there with a list in his hands

[dook]

I'll bite.

The aeroplane is an ERJ135 in the colours (I think) of bmi regional - so Europe is where I'll start.

[Flap40]

The blue and white police van looks Dutch to me but I can't make the rest of the picture fit with the Dutch airports.

At first I thought we were in Denmark because the baggage truck is reminiscent of those in Billund.

[dook]

Dumbo here failed to NB the police van, which is indeed Dutch.

[Heathrow Harry]

Netherlands it is.........................

[Heathrow Harry]

Yes indeed!! jenkins has the con....


https://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture968-2018-03-11-185030.jpg

[Cows getting bigger]

Ok, I'll dive -in with another one. Quite a bit of commercial air transport history here.

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/812/27025839358_15b0947fb1_c.jpg

[dixi188]

Shannon???

[Cows getting bigger]

Three whole minutes! I must dig out some of my more tricky pictures. Over to you dixi188.

[dixi188]

here's one with a topical theme. https://www.pprune.org/members/88277-dixi188-albums-aerodrome-picture972t-file0003.jpg
https://www.pprune.org/members/88277-dixi188-albums-aerodrome-picture973t-file0004.jpg
https://www.pprune.org/members/88277-dixi188-albums-aerodrome-picture971t-file0002.jpg
.Oops. I'll try to get the picture a bit bigger.
Sorry, I've been trying to improve the picture but have failed. I've added 2 more photo's of the same place if it helps.

[Heathrow Harry]

can't seee anything I'm afraid......