Which Aerodrome Mk III

[dixi188]

I'll withdraw the challenge until I can sort out these photo's.
So OPEN HOUSE!

[dook]

I can see the images.

[kcockayne]

I can see them - but they are very blurred.

[Heathrow Harry]

Odd - can't see anything in either MS Edge (shudder), Firefox or Chrome

[chevvron]

Odd - can't see anything in either MS Edge (shudder), Firefox or Chrome

I'm getting 3 'contact prints' with Chrome.

[kenparry]

I'm getting 3 'contact prints' with Chrome

Same for me on MS Edge

[dixi188]

Sorry peeps. I scanned these and uploaded them to Pprune Pictures and albums but can't get them any bigger. the prints are 6x4".
I'm sure there is a way to get them bigger but I can't find it.

OPEN HOUSE it will have to be.

[nvubu]

I can't see them at home - IE & Firefox
But can see them at Work - IE & Firefox


:ugh: :confused:


Try a larger dpi when scanning them

[Heathrow Harry]

where does the "contact prints" notification appear Chevvron?

[Heathrow Harry]

Ahh if I QUOTE dixi's message I get this -


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.
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When I remove th [IMG] box I get the links but no pictures - clicking on the link gives me a tiny dot on my screen.....


QUOTE=dixi188;10089334]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

[Heathrow Harry]

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.


try try again..

[chevvron]

where does the "contact prints" notification appear Chevvron?

Sorry forgot some of you youngsters might not be familiar with the term although Kenparry was.
Remember when cameras were loaded with film which had to be developed?
A 'contact' print was a print which was the same size as the negative rather than being enlarged which meant with 110 film which was 16mm wide, it was too bl00dy small to see any detail and even with 35mm film it wasn't too good.

[eckhard]

We used contact prints to check the navigation accuracy of photo-survey runs in the mid-70s. Mind you, the film was 10 inches wide!

[India Four Two]

My first camera was a Brownie Box No. 2 (1901-1935). Quite sophisticated for its time. Three apertures, selected by a slide and one shutter-speed, plus a “Bulb” setting. It used 120 film, which Kodak introduced for this camera.

The contact prints were 3 ¼” x 2 ¼”, which was quite an acceptable size. I still have an album of my first attempts and my brother, who is a collector, still has the camera.

eckhard,

During my career, I had occasion to use vertical aerial photos and they were always contact prints.

[dixi188]

Still can't improve the pics. (Need sons help!)

If anyone wants to try, the first pic has a line of F4 phantoms, the second one has 2 lines of UH1s and the third pic is of a B727 approaching the terminal.
They were all taken on the same day in February 1990, and it was about 5 degrees F.

[Heathrow Harry]

try

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

[dixi188]

No time to sort pics. so

OPEN HOUSE!

[nvubu]

Something for the weekend
https://alfqoq.bl3301.livefilestore.com/y4mAlA_bpHx5gvyzT4e0kCIh1_Vb36lgSdGeuLZ-gy3OtGl5MjxjARmUuqhwoO_h28Yii2_sQl2fOHD7f1Vqoq7xpxLOODSVBSyT 3bxDh22_ZHbw_yMvH7ZBPvkNy5R4uG-ghsuLhpunDfD6uQBnkSE8Wj2uATeEss7-O68w8JNjHT6nZUofaY996KXtXhQmZrwX4JB7EHGHF7eY9ScpA7tAQ?width= 863&height=830&cropmode=none

[Heathrow Harry]

a new pair of glasses?

I'd guess its tropical ..................

[chevvron]

Too many trees for Malta, possibly Pacific Theatre? Tinian?

[nvubu]

Tropical - Yes
Malta - No
Pacific - Not WWII, correct area, but not strictly Pacific though.


Source images are fairly small for this one, so not brilliant quality.

[nvubu]

Hope these views are of help.
https://bcymra.bl3301.livefilestore.com/y4mDE6B8BMOKEs3-YA2dYgTJOqLkj4qAFkDkSmdU6jhhqG89ijCNGXTakGSRZmTOJwhs8KDP-LATGM04DDwrn30XP7Ax37k2t3M4w9uJsNZXLQYAueY8tsc-13dim2ICDvWsk6ezUuFzxja3tUN7kbl-3qq0G2JT5A1lR1geoMrfMYFgxCMoskBFbUcyfpyH6GitIw6Du5zHJ52bdbsj hQ2YQ?width=660&height=516&cropmode=none


https://o7x1iq.bl3301.livefilestore.com/y4mUN1m5mGDCHh0TYWNpEAQhfVwRUp1-KsrLi3BjKwYK2C4pFz38da8dqjazvh3WbAS55DxnHsOP6ErqSmwvD5L7pddV 2YiP0_3wqU9oZWbQt-kbE68S6KzqtP9uYCVruNewQRcEplegSRq0mIwxVa-XGuu957btlxBvXihqQrODZAsO51UWJSnC48xmDcci-7plw21-HZIaNEiuKV_IZlI-Q?width=660&height=530&cropmode=none




https://mfkiug.bl3301.livefilestore.com/y4maqU0oKCYOzhPeh0RjDp_sviX1B_DzdPUERMg3Dh_E_6Zx52rV0vy-EjH4P0kHUVCi0wvqQkGk_GMtkpFmCHXl7MHatQyHipfc6lKuN6BZpROXpJ_e Okg-fYcimIx6Oal71Ne5QkPJw4Xjg1jEvN5MEiEOMJfurNnQc33W_DtubI3ncd-6xt9Zz43XxgjbkNgfyxTMBgv7euzWffHMil-SA?width=451&height=660&cropmode=none

[nvubu]

Not in Malaysia.

No longer resembles an airfield. The runway and surrounding base just looks like a huge scar on the ground in GE

runway was approx NE/SW

[dook]

Indonesia ?

[nvubu]

Not Indonesia:

These flew from here:
https://ng6wxa.bl3301.livefilestore.com/y4m66TfDSMt7GHY2_PK9wMEJJ0AiStmcv8La53In9u5BHNQPOKou7cd1oodR rHg8ixGwFpv7E29JD9Fojyu2jtFP2CH336JY7tssTuBF2iTj_coQFSWCE82U FTXepwc0MYisdQeEMsNjatKo6vvYa30JEePLKZnz0v6TGfRgq1f7uaa4bf9u moMK-j3et9Uxzvo7HMx_uiNF-d-V1JgH61eWw?width=660&height=554&cropmode=none


https://1imdla.bl3301.livefilestore.com/y4mGktCGDbF3mWnVimIMW_68gV_rJqguXcKIskTGq-3Xxj3tn79Pbueipj0p6Znn6z8hRmjVZVTmdhylzfnTA7TPoxkE9Q8wTOqT-5HYxaevsYPjLplNnJnlffN6aJKWs1JtKcrreed65N5YQByo48OOVaxKWCceC cmGwE6bM2BBZa-VyEaAjxqUM1FWsLZfmi8rk0go7UvuGO_WayU-N-8_w?width=660&height=645&cropmode=none

[dook]

Vietnam then ?

Maybe Thailand though.

[nvubu]

Yes, it's in Vietnam.

[dook]

Might it be Khe Sanh ?

[nvubu]

It's not Khe Sanh, but it is another combat base.

[SMOKEON]

An Hoa airstrip,Vietnam?

[nvubu]

An Hoa combat base it is. SMOKEON you have control.

[SMOKEON]

Thank you.
Open House

[Heathrow Harry]

https://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture990-009.jpg

rather odd - significant displaced threshold at BOTH ends for no apparent reason

[chevvron]

Farnborough has displaced thresholds at both ends (in the order of 500 - 600m) purely to restrict the LDA to 1800m as a 'sop' to the local planning authority but that's not Farnborough, I think it's somewhere in Germany associated with a university but can't remember the name.

[nvubu]

HH - have you posted a picture as I can't seen one

[Heathrow Harry]

https://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture990-009.jpg

Using the alternative link from the album - can you see it?

This isn't a german University nor is it Farnbro' either .....

At one time it was a lot busier than it is now..................

[chevvron]

HH - have you posted a picture as I can't seen one
Visible using Chrome.

[Terry Dactil]

Not visible on Firefox either. :(

[Heathrow Harry]

are you using a desktop /tablet/phone?

Seems to be an increasing problem here - if we can nail when it happens we can try and chase the mods.......

[mustbeaboeing]

Cannot see it... iPhone

[creweite]

Nothing on Microsoft Edge either, and that is supposed to be the latest browser.

[Heathrow Harry]

I've sent a message to the Mods........

All turn to the West and await deliverance.............

[creweite]

Nothing on Microsoft Edge either, and that is supposed to be the latest browser.
But does show on the older Internet Explorer!

[India Four Two]

I see it on my iPhone using Safari, but not when using Firefox!

[Heathrow Harry]

I think we need a better way of doing this but the Mods Will Provide I'm sure

[dook]

Nothing on Microsoft Edge either, and that is supposed to be the latest browser.

I use Edge and it works perfectly.

[Bill Macgillivray]

Works fine on Google Chrome. Can't recognise it, however!!

[dook]

rather odd - significant displaced threshold at BOTH ends for no apparent reason

HH,

As an air trafficker you should surely be aware of the possible reasons.

My wife is taking an interest here and she is also retired ATC.

d

[UV]

Pure guess, Coventry?

[Heathrow Harry]

Not Coventry - once the site of a major air frame builder........ and the displaced threshold (s) doesn't seem to have any logical reason that I can see or discover - other than maybe to restrict the size of aircraft using the airfield

https://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture980-2018-03-21-075623.jpg

[nvubu]

Can now see both pictures on all browsers (IE, Firefox, Opera, Chrome, Edge)


Always using a desktop/Windows 10.


Last week, I couldn't see images at home, but I could at work.

[chevvron]

Woodford then. Or maybe the 'Fokker' bit of Schipol?
By the way, there was a major airframe builder at Coventry too.

[mustbeaboeing]

Like previous posters, reporting I can now see images on posts 8033 & 8036.
Same iPhone as previously reported being unable to view.

[Heathrow Harry]

Not UK......... and not Schipol

[Davidsoffice]

If that pic is a Dornier, could it be Oberpfaffenhofen? The displaced thresholds don't appear currently though.

[SMOKEON]

Verona Villafranca Airport.

[Heathrow Harry]

Agggh- the picture above IS Verona - I got my Italian pictures mixed up............. :O:O:O:O:O:O:O

but the first picture is Reggio Emilia home of Officine Meccaniche Reggiane SpA owned by Caproni

https://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture992-o-018.jpg

Over to SMOKEON.....

[SMOKEON]

Thank you, HH.
The airport bus was a good clue .
Open House

[The late XV105]

Since it is OH.

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

[Heathrow Harry]

Pretty!!

UK?

[Cows getting bigger]

Birmingham, UK

[The late XV105]

Thank you, Heathrow Harry.

Well done Cgb.
BHX on QR34 departure, November 5th 2017.
You have control.

[Cows getting bigger]

Thank you V, this one is probably more notable for it's nearby nautical history. Runway orientation in this image is roughly North.

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/798/40163573485_98ebe620f2_c.jpg

[chevvron]

Aberdeen??

[ExAscoteer]

Southampton?

[Cows getting bigger]

There's a tenuous link with Southampton. Not Scotland or England.

[ExAscoteer]

Sydenham, N. Ireland?

Also known as Belfast Harbour Airport, Belfast City Airport, and now George Best Belfast City Airport.

[jensdad]

Would it be St John's , Newfoundland? Titanic and all that?

[Cows getting bigger]

Titanic is the link.

[SMOKEON]

Cork Airport?
Queenstown being the last port of call.

[Cows getting bigger]

Cork it is. Over to SMOKEON.

[SMOKEON]

Thank you,CGB.
Open House.

[India Four Two]

Where's this?

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

[Heathrow Harry]

that looks familiar - I think we may have had it before... or somewhere quite similar.....

S E Asia? Phillipines??

[India Four Two]

SE Asia but not RP.

PS I agree it does look familiar. I did a quick search and to my relief, the name has come up before, as an incorrect guess of the name of another tropical airfield. Ironically, one of my posts!

[Heathrow Harry]

Truck on road driving on left?

Indonesia??

[chevvron]

Somewhere with a bloody great hill on final going on the displaced threshold!

[Harry Wayfarers]

And lots of back yard swimming pools so money may be evident

[Heathrow Harry]

May not be pools - might be all blue painted roofs from a large store of "liberated" paint..........

[Harry Wayfarers]

May not be pools - might be all blue painted roofs from a large store of "liberated" paint..........

Then I'll guess at the Dutch Caribbean

[dook]

I thought I42 said SE Asia.

[kenparry]

But, Harry W, India 42 says SE Asia.........................


oops! dook got there first

[India Four Two]

Sorry for the delay, chaps. I prepared a reply, clicked Preview but then forgot to click Post!

HH,

They officially drive on the right in this country, but just like Indonesia, you have to be prepared for anything. I saw a video with three lanes of traffic. The two outside ones were going in the same direction and the middle one was going the opposite way!

chevvron,
The displaced threshold is a bit of a mystery. I’ve flown into this airport in an ATR 72 and I don’t remember any significant hill on the approach.

This airport has been closed following the opening of a “jet-sized” airport nearby. The runway is now a rather wide road!

[Heathrow Harry]

The Mods speak!!

"Yellow bar top of every page. Every single one of you has an album to create and link to while stored on our server"

"I was notified last night a new version of the site software is coming soon and it supposedly has two new ways for putting photos in. "

[dook]

Vietnam or Cambodia I think - driving on the right.

[India Four Two]

Vietnam or Cambodia

dook,

If I was George Boole, I would say Yes. ;)

http://sydneypadua.com/2dgoggles/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/boole1.jpg
http://sydneypadua.com/2dgoggles/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/boole2.jpg

However, since I’m not and in the interest of moving things along, it’s Vietnam. :)

chevvron,
I had a look at the elevations on the approach and there is nothing more than 25’ AAL, so the reason for the displaced threshold is unknown.

[dook]

Was It known as Phan Thiết airfield ?

[India Four Two]

Not Phan Thiết.

[Cubs2jets]

If it is Phu Quoc, I did this as a challenge several years ago...

C2j

[India Four Two]

C2j,

Yes, it’s Phu Quoc. Sorry for the duplication. I didn’t see your post when I did a search.

dook’s “Cambodia or Vietnam” was prescient. Phu Quoc is a large island in the Gulf of Thailand, south of the Cambodian coast. Currently Vietnamese, it is claimed by Cambodia. As a consequence, there is a large Vietnamese military presence in the north of the island.

The airport was closed a few years ago and replaced by an International airport, which now flies in 1000s of tourists. Phu Quoc has been transformed from a laid-back tropical island to a destination overrun with new resorts. Raw sewage flowing into the sea has killed a large percentage of the coral reefs, which was one for the reasons for going there!

C2j has control.

[India Four Two]

I’ll make an executive decision and declare Open House.

[kenparry]

OK, try this. Probably will not take long.

https://www.pprune.org/members/66630-kenparry-albums-kp-pics-picture1035-060muharraqfeb70.jpg

[Heathrow Harry]

OK, try this. Probably will not take long.

https://www.pprune.org/members/66630-kenparry-albums-kp-pics-picture1035-060muharraqfeb70.jpg
Dawson's Fieldnear Zarka, Jordan

[kenparry]

Not Jordan

[Heathrow Harry]

Muscat Oman?

[chevvron]

Salt flats near Larnaca.

[kenparry]

Neither Oman nor Cyprus

[eckhard]

Kano, Nigeria?

[kenparry]

Not Africa

[eckhard]

Mount Isa?

[kenparry]

Not Oz. Time for another clue:

https://www.pprune.org/members/66630-kenparry-albums-kp-pics-picture1036-059muharraqjan70.jpg

Photos date from 1970. The little chap here is now 50, and has been taller than me for about 35 of those years.

[dook]

The F27 had operators in Turkey, but that looks like a BOAC one.

[Heathrow Harry]

Mid east... Dubai??

[kenparry]

Jenkins has it. Yes, Muharraq, Bahrain. Gulf Aviation in 1970 had a couple of F27, their first BAC 111, and a few DC-3 still.

Over to you!

[Heathrow Harry]

https://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture996-asdadsasd.jpg

Warm but not as warm.........................

[John Hill]

Hmmm....blue roof in the background, might be Indonesia?

[Heathrow Harry]

Excellent guess


It's by the sea but that's not a great help in the RI

[kenparry]

Bataam? (Needs extra letters, site says............... is it Bataam?)

[Smeagol]

Could it be Balikpapan?

[Heathrow Harry]

Neither of the above.... but Smeagol is closer


(wrong picture - removed due to stupidity) :uhoh::uhoh:

[Smeagol]

Ngurah Rai, Denpasar, Bali

[Heathrow Harry]

https://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture1055-maxresdefault.jpg

[rog747]

east africa indian ocean?

[Heathrow Harry]

No still indonesia

And closer to balikpapan than Bataam

[dook]

....
http://i67.tinypic.com/30csnqx.jpg

[chimbu warrior]

Tarakan.

Open house if correct.

[Heathrow Harry]

Tarakan.

Open house if correct.


:ok::ok::ok::ok::ok:

CW is correct - a bijou airport way N of Balikpapan, almost in Malaysia - big place for cultivated prawns and smuggling.................... (neither I hasten to add at the Airport)

Open House it is!!!

[dook]

Good afternoon all.

I did post a different image of the last challenge after I found it.

I do not post many here, so if I may...

http://i66.tinypic.com/153b5tk.jpg

[India Four Two]

Are there palm trees in the picture?

[dook]

Palm trees do grow there.

[Heathrow Harry]

Spain? looks dry enough

[dook]

Several thousand miles from Spain.

[India Four Two]

Caribbean?

[dook]

You are very close. Central America.

[Heathrow Harry]

Sir Barry Bowen Belize Municipal Airport?

[dook]

Good morning HH.

I am unable to find that airport by name.

However, an old retired ATC colleague says it is RAF Belize.

I therefore graciously hand you control.

[Heathrow Harry]

Is it the same one? If so a complete punt and Open House.......


Sir Barry Bowen Municipal Airport (formerly Belize City Municipal Airport) (IATA (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IATA_airport_code): TZA) is an airport (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport) that serves Belize City (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belize_City), Belize (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belize). It is only one mile from the city center, and is therefore more centrally located to the city than is Belize City International Airport (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_S._W._Goldson_International_Airport). It mostly services travel to Belize's cayes, allowing quicker arrivals to the cayes than by boat or water taxi. The airport is named after the Belizean politician and entrepreneur Barry Bowen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Bowen).
In 2012, a project to upgrade and modernize the airport was initiated.[2] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Barry_Bowen_Municipal_Airport#cite_note-2) Improvements included extending the runway, constructing a new access road, adding a taxiway, and installing a new lighting system. The project was completed in November 2016 at a total cost of BZ$17 million.[3] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Barry_Bowen_Municipal_Airport#cite_note-3)
The head office of Maya Island Air (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Island_Air) is on the second floor of Building #1.[4] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Barry_Bowen_Municipal_Airport#cite_note-4) Tropic Air (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropic_Air) also has a terminal at this airport with multiple flights every day.

[dook]

I believe the name is now Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport.

My erstwhile ex-colleague also says it was the site of Butcher Radar.

[Heathrow Harry]

They are two seperate airports I believe - the International (ex RAF) one is slightly inland about 15 miles NW of the City - the Domestic ariport is in the sea on the beach in the city area...

But the towers look very similar...

So I was close but wrong...

Open House

[grizzled]

http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii613/FreddySix/6a595a87-7a5a-41b2-9592-16620c3e902a_zps2enw02ui.jpg

[Heathrow Harry]

looks relatively new.... Europe?

[dook]

I see no image, just a dial and information that the poster's third party imaging has been disabled.

[nvubu]

I could see the image this morning at home, cant see it at work or on my phone though.


Photobucket :eek:

[India Four Two]

I’ve noticed that when a new Photobucket link is posted on PPRuNe, the picture is available for a while and then disappears, presumable when Photobucket’s server notices the third-party link.

grizzled,
Try using imgur.com.

[dook]

Here is the challenge again.

http://i65.tinypic.com/jzjm6x.jpg

[grizzled]

Thanks India Four Two for the help and suggestion.

And thanks dook for re-posting

[grizzled]

Harry, not Europe

[dook]

USA maybe.

[grizzled]

Nope, but closer to the USA than Europe...

[grizzled]

If this view from downwind doesn`t do the trick within a day or so I`ll post a photo taken airside...

[chevvron]

Banjul -Yundum Spaceport.

[grizzled]

chevvron... nope, different continent ;)

[nvubu]

New Zealand

[grizzled]

nvubu, nope.

Not Asia-Pacific

[dook]

Central or South America ?

[grizzled]

dook...

yes -- one of those... ;)

[dook]

Well, you said it is a continent so I'll shoot for South America.

[grizzled]

Hmmmm.... OK... it`s on a continent that is not Africa

Shoot farther north

[dook]

Don't get the Africa bit.

If I go north I end up in the continent of North America and you have said not USA.

Might it be Mexico or Canada ?

[grizzled]

I said it was`one of those`when you asked whether it was Central or South America. Then, when you said you`d shoot for South America I said `shoot farther north`

I think that`s all pretty clear...

:)

(the Africa bit was in reference to chevvron`s guess re Yundum)

[dook]

So the continent of North America which includes the seven central American countries.

[grizzled]

dook

I was going to answer with a `thumbs up` icon but apparently that isn`t allowed by itelf, as the message is too short.

So I won`t... :)

[dook]

........:ok:

[evansb]

Aeropuerto Internacional Ramon Villeda Morales, AKA Las Messa Airport, ICAO: MHLM, San Pedro Sula, Honduras.

[grizzled]

https://imgur.com/NL5hyFB



Sadly, San Pedro Sula is NOT a place you want to spend any time. One of the most violent and lawless places in the world (of which Central America and Mexico have more than their share...)

Take it away evansb!

[grizzled]

I guess I'm just getting too old and cranky for image posting on pprune. I tried to post an airside image with imgur and it's just showing the link, not the photo (for me, anyway...)

grizz

[evansb]

Open house.

[Heathrow Harry]

I guess I'm just getting too old and cranky for image posting on pprune. I tried to post an airside image with imgur and it's just showing the link, not the photo (for me, anyway...)

grizz


Just set up a Pprune album in user cp

The mods are trying to improve the loading of images from 3rd party sites but it's very very hit and miss

[grizzled]

Thanks HH!

[dook]

Be aware that everyone can see your album.

[India Four Two]

I've been posting imgur images for a while and I'm very happy with the site. Uploading images is quick and easy, but the method for posting an image link is not intuitive, so for grizzled and anyone else who is interested, here's what to do:

1. Click on the green triangle next to your name at the top right and select Images:

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


2. Click on the image that you wish to post:

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


3. Click on the Copy button next to the link that is labelled "BBCode (message boards & forums)":

https://i.imgur.com/2RVkbHR.png

4. Paste the result of that Copy DIRECTLY into your reply. :ok:

DO NOT use the PPRuNe "Insert Link" or "Insert Image" icons.

Be aware that everyone can see your album.

Good advice from dook. Applies to most image sites. Only aeroplane porn in my album! ;)

I42

[Cows getting bigger]

I think we're Open House. If so, picture taken today.

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/792/40498652075_7eac0563f7_c.jpg

[India Four Two]

First, obvious question.

Japan? Atsugi?

[Cows getting bigger]

Obvious answer, no. :)

Try moving West.

[India Four Two]

Well, it was worth a try! ;)

[Heathrow Harry]

Skyline has a Mediterranean feel to it?

[sidtheesexist]

Iwol - Dong airbase, S Korea?

[Cows getting bigger]

Keep going West, but not as far as the Med.

[India Four Two]

The haze looks like a better than average day in India. New Delhi?

[Cows getting bigger]

Far too nice for Delhi. Were on the North (new) side of the airport looking west. I have to say, I was a bit surprised to see the Japanese here. There's far more of a British influence.

[Heathrow Harry]

Not many places still qualify for THAT description

Middle East then.. Oman?

Salahah?

[Farrell]

Salalah: The Japanese were there last time I flew out.

[Heathrow Harry]

could be the newish parking spot on the near the end of 08L at Seeb but that doesn't appear to have the drains/hatches in the concrete we can see in the picture.................

[Heathrow Harry]

when there were only 7 kms of metalled road in the country? and all that was in the PDO Camp

[Heathrow Harry]

"they also serve....."

[Cows getting bigger]

HH has it. The Japanese have an almost permanent presence there. Much of the old airport has gone now, replaced by a mini-me version of the new terminal at Muscat.

Over to you, HH.

[Heathrow Harry]

https://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture1111-2018-04-14-075538.jpg

Another tribute to the great unsung heroes of the business..........


https://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture1113-2018-04-14-075557.jpg

[jensdad]

Mediterranean-looking chaps. Sea in the background? Genoa?

[Heathrow Harry]

Bloody Hell!!!! Genoa it is............ this thread gets harder and harder........ over to Jensdad

https://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture1110-2018-04-14-075618.jpg

https://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture1112-2018-04-14-075459.jpg

[jensdad]

Sheer good luck rather than skill, I'm afraid. Picked a Mediterranean airport served by Ryanair where the runway is parallel to the shore, and Bingo! Luck of the draw.


Open House.

[mgahan]

Couple of clues in the picture.

MJG
Sand sand everywhere... but the light pits had water in each of them.

[Cows getting bigger]

Don't know about the location, but the runway-end survey point is in the wrong place and the collocation of RHAG & barrier is a novel idea.

[Heathrow Harry]

N Africa???????

[Davidsoffice]

Might it be Muharraq, Bahrain?


DO

[Heathrow Harry]

A Flying Squirrel? A Bat???

[jensdad]

Trying desperately to think of an airfield name related to a small mammal and a lack of sense of gravity. Rabat? ('Rat' with 'Ba' (bars) plonked in the middle?) :hmm:

[mgahan]

Not North Africa,

The inspection team was certainly civilian...

Near an easy place for a quality date, if you are into that type of activity.

Pursuing the small mammal might be a mistake.

MJG
Sorry for the delayed response - I'm in a very different time zone and needed to sleep.

[jensdad]

Ahha, good stuff! In my cogitations on small mammals I forgot about the gerbil. A mention of dates (as in the palm fruit) has me thinking...

[mgahan]

Yes, I've done an inspection at Erbil (back in 2006) but that is not where I took the pic.

The picture was taken in November 2011. Does that help with the date(s)?

I'll be off air most of tomorrow with an inspection at Funafuti but I'll check about this time when I get back.

MJG

[Heathrow Harry]

"I'll be off air most of tomorrow with an inspection at Funafuti"

Did they ever finish the hotel ? We were there in the early 80's when it had just opened - no beds (but mattresses on the floor) and no curtains (use sheets) but a plentiful supply of VB thank god

Once a week flight to Suva and once every two weeks to Kiribati......

Experience of a lifetime

[mgahan]

And now once a week TRW/FUN/TRW in the Dash 8. Gives you a little under three hours after customs etc and before check in to walk the runway and discover those folk delivering "aid in the Pacific" have little or no understanding of the aviation system. But that is another story.

Back to the sandpit...

Here's another view.

First time in 45 years I'd seem a camouflaged apron.

[Heathrow Harry]

Jordan? looks neat & tidy enough

King Hussein Al Mafraq

[mgahan]

Not Jordan. Correct region.

MJG
Did I tell you about the time we inspected some military airfields which were "managed" by a civilian organisation?

[mgahan]

Do any of these help with the clues?

Not sure too many will have seen the view from the hotel room but it tells you something about the environment around the airport.

Somewhat different to the namesake in Poland.

MJG
Because of my sometimes opposed views I understand it is often about waiting in line.

[Heathrow Harry]

Al Ain? One of the worlds most ridiculous vanity projects???

[mgahan]

Harry,
Not sure I agree with you there - Don't Waste Concrete must surely better fit that bill , though you could be on the right angle.

Not Al Ain.

MJG
Often reversing trends but always with intended legacies.

[Heathrow Harry]

UAE? Or Saudi??

[mgahan]

Given the activities there, certainly not the latter.

MJG
Sometimes looking backwards makes us aware we induce learning.

[Cows getting bigger]

Hmmm, most would know the airfield as Liwa (OMLW).

[mgahan]

Liwa it is - or was a few years ago when we did the inspection.

Thanks Cows - it was getting difficult to fine phrases starting with a, w, i, and l in order!.

MJG
Looking intently with anticipation to see what the next one is.

[Cows getting bigger]

Haha it took me a while, which is surprising as I was there less than a year ago. Anyway, here's a picture I took a couple of years back; one of my more artistic shots. :)

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/884/40725635455_e4069f8f1c_c.jpg

[Heathrow Harry]

Wow - V Pretty - dawn or dusk?

[Cows getting bigger]

A November dusk.

[Heathrow Harry]

hmm - N hemisphere = East - West or WSW - ENE runway - only edge lights only .....

Not much in the way of local lighting either

[chevvron]

Looking west; apron on the south side so not Macrihanish!
Looks like there's provision (pier) for APP lights but they're not turned on.

[mustbeaboeing]

Bit of a guess.

Liverpool LPL (EGGP). Open House if correct

[Heathrow Harry]

Don't think so- the lighting extension to the centre line is a the WEST end of Speke not the east as in the picture - plus Speke itself would be all lit up - unless of course someone has stolen all the street lighting................... :cool::cool:

[minuteman]

I think that it's Eglinton EGAE; alas I have no challenge to offer to so I would have to declare Open House if correct...

[Heathrow Harry]

Looks in the OP as if there is water off the west end of the runway - so maybe not EGAE - again , not street lights and here no sign of the A2 to the left of the shot.....

I did think of Bantry Bay but it looks a bit too big for that

[eckhard]

I agree with minuteman. Eglinton with some fog on the north and west.

[Heathrow Harry]

fog as well! tres artistic indeed...................

[Cows getting bigger]

Minuteman has it, Derry/Londonderry/Eglington. We were in a bit of a rush to land as the fog claimed-in about 10 minute later. Minuteman has declared Open House.

[jensdad]

A very good photo, CGB, but at risk of being pedantic, have we not had it on here before? I remember thinking Machrihanish (not sure if I posted my guess or not) will check later.
Edit: Yeah it's been on before, Jan 2016. Apologies for pedantry: Like I say a very good photo, definitely worth a second outing!!

[Cows getting bigger]

I lose track. Sorry!

[Heathrow Harry]

https://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture1127-26049ecb0e3ccfa.jpg

A bit further away......

[SMOKEON]

Naval Air Station Argentia,New Foundland ?

[Heathrow Harry]

Naval Air Station Argentia,New Foundland ?

i'm going to give up .... right in one!!!!!!

https://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture1128-adsad3.jpg

https://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture1125-zxasddsddefault.jpg

[SMOKEON]

Thank you,HH.
Please do not give up, you provide excellent challenges.
Open House.

[Heathrow Harry]

Thank you,HH.
Please do not give up, you provide excellent challenges.

Open House.

Can I ask how you got it???

[India Four Two]

I didn’t see the picture before SMOKEON guessed correctly. However, Argentia would have been my guess. Disused runway with barren rocky terrain in the background. Newfies will often refer to their home land as The Rock.

Please excuse the following Canadian pedantry. It’s one word - Newfoundland and the pronunciation is assisted by this piece of doggerel:

”It’s Newfoundland,
Understand?”

[dook]

"Can I ask how you got it???"

Google image match.

[India Four Two]

dook,

As a long time player of this game, I would like to point out (very gently) that, while there are no official rules, there is generally a tacit agreement not to use Image Search. :)

[nvubu]

As it's Open House, here's another one from me.
https://qnmzta.dm.files.1drv.com/y4mpKd75oCtGXaBBhwtS6V5Oo5W6JRcSwZ-JcA5-yjt9QLiVVedvSHVh3CmeVvXGA_4Nv4zBBdpwmHRUVomZyVksUVOitI3HZ38v SXXR3PChBhCR2iPvM29X2XhpErltEv7dzEKAwku0lSWkftYa6av0-hZD03ttK2hXfYJ8cViKQcw6CJztomvBg45OAJrZUDVNXD7fr2UHCUTZH6sog 9dHw?width=1024&height=730&cropmode=none

[India Four Two]

Are we in the Pacific Theatre again?

[nvubu]

We are......

[descol]

possibly Wewak

[chimbu warrior]

Definitely not Wewak.

A wild guess, but is it Cape Gloucester in PNG?

[nvubu]

You're right it definately isn't Wewak, but Wewak is a lot closer than Cape Gloucester.
https://kagwwq.dm.files.1drv.com/y4mP0VdPgfGLjAM7gnORJSPbDv-U2dM6IcEAnSZnQM8VqcaHOlfdV5n2pInG9iP7Jha3i-NGxWSizdI6WhY6L8D3z8cKXCMIBwiDWpeOQC01wloR_y3y-o5p3DVV4pCIxMgR9f1yQqjGu-dFYiNUWJiapXBLkPk91U44c6p3LdU4dOJfnFvbBLvIFFnOJW-KzWY1bRc14gxhssu9b78A4-bXg?width=1024&height=658&cropmode=none

[nvubu]

It did. But my images aren't of Dagua

[nvubu]

Outline of runway is still visible and the closest aircraft pens in this image contain buildings, But the rest of the taxiway is overgrown.
https://9yzuhg.dm.files.1drv.com/y4mnw747kqkLsHezOrcFxgeeu3NRSd7n1D9ax0hqDNpdgq43s4Febe-maqkhHmc0Q5mVIx97EduCNkpRXKB3kMspwGgWeJ9Rn2Dw5Of8gsOLOqFwcaD 6-6rEA3GapqvE0SEk-5ox1XphX3JMar4uzfZOrD2Hg5dqayakraJhi1bGjaIXUuvbmnDbEgJgGkuX6 0YTrXwN6WgVxfyfHlmiuwRQQ?width=1024&height=977&cropmode=none

[SMOKEON]

dook.
Please check your P.M.s.

[nvubu]

Jenkins - you aren't too far away with your suggestion, But you are not quite there.

[kcockayne]

Wherever it is, I don't think that I would fancy trying to get airborne from it !

[Checklist Charlie]

Given the clues and your use of the word "But" in every reply I would guess it is between the villages of "But" and "Kuminim" on the North coast of PNG.

OH if it is so.
CC

[nvubu]

Ah ha - well done CC for picking up my clue :ok:
My images are of But West - Jenkins was close, but no cigar with Dagua as this was But East.

Open House has been declared.

[Terry Dactil]

Are you sure that is But?
If the challenge photos show somewhere on the north coast of New Guinea then there looks like there is a 90 degree bend in the coastline around the western end of the runway, which is also very close to the sea.
I can't see anything like that at But. :confused:
https://www.pprune.org/members/46878-terry-dactil-albums-album-1-picture1208-but.jpg

[nvubu]

Fairly certain as the contemprary documents I have access to name the location as "But"
I was going to post an image from the same batch, but GI search matched it to the 6th image on this page (https://www.pacificwrecks.com/airfields/png/but/index.html) at PacificWrecks- the overheads on that site look like a match - also just discovered that it also has a combination of my first and last image on it as well - here (https://www.pacificwrecks.com/airfields/png/but/1943/08-21-43/but-fire-b25.html)

Dagua

[Terry Dactil]

Thanks, nvubu, always enjoy your challenges.
I guess that what looks like the coastline wrapping around the western threshold isn't the coastline. Sometimes hard to tell with low resolution black & white images.
The reason I am so interested in this one is that I have flown along that coastline many times in the past. Wewak - Vanimo DC3s late 1960s. Generally at low level (very low!) in order to look at the many wartime wrecks that were still visible in the area. However I don't remember any airfields with a threshold so very close to what looks like the the water's edge so you had me searching around Rabaul and some of the islands around there where the Japanese were well established. :{

[nvubu]

Hi Terry. Not at home at the moment. Watching my daughter in England basketball national finals this weekend.:ok:

Have some more images in the same region. Will pm them to you when I get home.

[Terry Dactil]

OK. To keep it going try this one.
https://www.pprune.org/members/46878-terry-dactil-albums-album-1-picture1211-matting.jpg
Not much showing here, but there is a significant clue in the photo.

[chimbu warrior]

Not sure how recent the photo is, but I'll kick it off by suggesting Kikori, Gulf Province, PNG.

[Terry Dactil]

PNG yes. Kikori no.
Try the other side of the mountains.
Photo was about 2003
(arpinun wantok)

[Terry Dactil]

A small part of the airfield looked like this after the Japanese had been evicted and the Allies had become established there instead.
https://www.pprune.org/members/46878-terry-dactil-albums-album-1-picture1214-t-5.jpg

[descol]

Emirau !!!

[Terry Dactil]

Not Emirau.
You have gone too far over the mountains, and besides, there were no Japanese defenders there to evict.
However, the Marines did land there at the same time during the campaign to neutralise Rabaul and capture Hollandia.
You will also need an extra runway to get a match.

[nvubu]

Just along the coast from But - Aitape?

[Terry Dactil]

Not Aitape, but you are getting close.
I picked this one because you reminded me of a previous life with your last challenge,
I have flown along that coastline many times in the past. Wewak - Vanimo DC3s late 1960s. Generally at low level (very low!) in order to look at the many wartime wrecks that were still visible in the area.
This (and much more) was still visible back in those days
https://www.pprune.org/members/46878-terry-dactil-albums-album-1-picture1212-tadji-1.jpg

[Dora-9]

Tadji? OH if correct...

[Terry Dactil]

Well done Rod! Tadji it is.

It was a big base for both the Japanese and the Allies
Not much there now, but signs of the three parallel runways still exist.

https://www.pprune.org/members/46878-terry-dactil-albums-album-1-picture1217-t-4.jpg

New Guinea in those days was a great place for war relics.
A small diversion up the Markham Valley on a Lae to Madand flight would take you past Shaggy Ridge where a notable battle was fought in almost impossible conditions high in the mountains.
I remember that shattered tree on the peak was still visible as I went past.
https://www.pprune.org/members/46878-terry-dactil-albums-album-1-picture1215-shaggy-ridge.jpg
Flying around PNG was much more interesting than flying a jet airliner around the world at x thousand feet with nothing to see outside! :ok:

Dora-9 has declared OH.

[Heathrow Harry]

Terry

What was the "significant clue" in the picture in the OP??

It looks like most ghastly spots in Papua TBH