Which Aerodrome Mk III

[Terry Dactil]

The 'Marston Matting" or pierced steel planking in the foreground I thought would be a good indication of American construction in WW2.
The weather was very nice up in the higlands, though.
Not so nice if you are climbing mountains and being shot at!

[Heathrow Harry]

Thanks.....

[nvubu]

Terry, bugger, and I was looking at the same place on GE - just got the name wrong.

[Dora-9]

Actually it was the 100 Squadron Beauforts in Terry's second photo that gave the game away...

[Cows getting bigger]

Here's a quickie, taken yesterday.

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/912/41981688211_6aa2812111_c.jpg

[nvubu]

Terry - a couple of images of Tadji when under Japanese control.
https://lhyura.bl.files.1drv.com/y4mtQ0n9doPmVBhNB7OIzvQys0lL2fkVFwc4jIuYY-ZNWtUkQHXfeO3E81-nI4BdVF85nEZmXicG7s2xEy9Pf8-sgZunm-mp7mo0sATvhnHAwl53Su9GhlxRXRlFMDdVkKB8rRPjL7ciMjFzK_NxL6DX8L Lg8I67hwrfbwLld-ckifSSf6YGVqQaVsc2uPe3qSfZFZQOokw8q3fc4yb4gmpNA?width=660&height=540&cropmode=none

https://qdmkla.bl.files.1drv.com/y4m13FWWQkt6sMSGeuOM-bC2wyX0tr_wyhJPWMYh6YY_YUZlhVZh9inVMo9GvNjl21PdbRt30xcnzIbJh dQHqXGPlNDeDeP_Wi9DCbJChm1kmOEIhGcNUJ80sVDS1nlkhOx1XLN14oYAa eTNGH3-JDIi0S93yH7S4EOuAdQ53M2zpzV8xaok1_0EDG6QL6xCUZVpjF52dqZPTxSv z9qPRbs6Q?width=660&height=573&cropmode=none

[Terry Dactil]

Thanks nvubu. It looks live parachute retarded bombs were very popular back then.
You were a bit unlucky with the airfield identification.
I have noticed that GE seems to have different classes of airfield icons that appear/disappear at different zoom levels.
Bad luck that there was also an Aitape airfield close by to confuse the identification.

[India Four Two]

Cgb,

Approaching 34R at Doha?

[Cows getting bigger]

That didn't last long. It's a bit quiet at Hamad right now :)

Over to India Four Two

[Terry Dactil]

If you post a photo of an airfield that no longer exists it can last a bit longer :E
as no one has seen it like the photo in the past week or so.
But not much longer as there are some smart people around here who latch onto the tiniest clues!

[India Four Two]

Cbg,

Thanks. I got lucky there. It was obviously reclaimed land and after I had exhausted the ones I knew, I did a search and Doha was the first on the list!

What caused the very poor vis?

I can’t access my photos at the moment, so Open House.

[jensdad]

Bah! I was going to say Venice Marco Polo. A really atmospheric shot of DOH there.
I have to say, some of the pics on this thread are fantastic, both from an historical point of view and an artistic one.

[nvubu]

One in colour from me for once:
https://neitpg.bl.files.1drv.com/y4myR8t7g28wqsTRXv531szEAI7W7hx39NePpASSay8vxwnDK1umOwuvGPE-SM-U3Amz1hG_WoPHtsfa9Kx3bvY97fh7yQtLz3hJT2HnaeyFrEULYbCAC36WKH9 SBxZ72o8QTL3YIhEVjhYYYIJlThO69h-ww8QWbax7VsNG1orYDVvTbQG9znYIMHLVdlbuglJFN5e6nE1RmOom18CI-LNRQ?width=1024&height=780&cropmode=none

[chevvron]

Bah! I was going to say Venice Marco Polo. A really atmospheric shot of DOH there.
I have to say, some of the pics on this thread are fantastic, both from an historical point of view and an artistic one.
I would have suggested Rio/Santos Dumont.

[Terry Dactil]

Are we in the USA now?
We had buildings with pimples on the roof when we were looking at the early days of ballooning

[nvubu]

We are not in the USA.

[chevvron]

I would guess moreCaribbean.

[nvubu]

Wrong side of the atlantic.

[jensdad]

The landscape looks vaguely Swiss? I'm darned if I know remotely which airfield it is though.

[nvubu]

Not in Europe either.

[nvubu]

Never had any scheduled services, last fixed wing flight was in the mid 1970s, still used for the occasional helicopter.

[Cows getting bigger]

Reminds me of the Azores.

[nvubu]

Not on an island, but you are now closer than the Caribbean :ok:

[golfbananajam]

sadly I can't see the pic ;-(

[nvubu]

These are screen captures from a video, here's one from a couple of seconds before.
https://lafmeq.bl.files.1drv.com/y4mjK2ZACO5UBB-_mB2-Mdg96CTokyqkO9cvdye18lFyJE2u1Z3tu5XJ2mDjOUPF97l6F_lsOopH7cb3 72yRIElTTGdn3YpmEN04Mk7J0fMXfBZ5heCMYBWOWrUoRqDRTI6641KFUHek 32wEa4mdbcA_ZWg_9GmCwkiDeAKLENJ_Hd6-JWy0FF154YO6U7SzxnOKtWRmO5Kc0ah8x_mCrv5kQ?width=1024&height=780&cropmode=none

The house still exists - although with a bit more security
https://pyypbg.bl.files.1drv.com/y4ml5ATA-gidulxJA1brBdXXGFTcp7d53mnuxv7UJ14GVLnjNAtL5ykU4AI7B8kZV_fb0 iBzmPF77Pn85XZe0a0ShkvX-pbphlrs602lDqCqf9wpX21y9PPAipxgzoUteCYegloN-YWQlcb0kgfNu7KjEkZnQEedvZVKtfDS8pBn0V1JtkfQndj9VouryTYwSKmEV gwsKK0bkG7yO65JfSlkg?width=1024&height=596&cropmode=none

The field is in the capital city - and when I say in, it is less than a mile and a half from the centre of the city.

[sycamore]

Are we in a Far Eastern country. like Malaysia..?

[nvubu]

Now you have gone too far around the world. We aren't in Asia.

[Mark 1]

A bit of a wild guess: Is it the old Buena Vista airport on La Palma in the Canaries?

[nvubu]

Not on an island.
The city might be the capital of he country now, but wasn't when the film was shot.
This is the control building.
https://gkt5dq.bl.files.1drv.com/y4m7nHWmdVT8HIQpfQ3dHwi_tNN4n5IswgJxytLYy627ab4BgTOQVl6ycidm oTxZzlx4KpdVz_ZYfEnRtng7Vv9AUsRauv1Qs1jlKzfzeuJSxQZrM1k2Bxlw XAq4XO4cqpuhZ1PgL0d5qV88xEJ5nVoI_voFv-UXUNgatk8F8JP6fxVkPUulmeU8BLMru_pR5Kyw_AmhGkdmh_uLL74KXZ4JA? width=367&height=216&cropmode=none

[India Four Two]

I hadn't realized so many countries had moved their capitals. The only airport that seems to fit your clues is in 'hippo country' - Dodomo, Tanzania.

OH if correct.

[nvubu]

Close but no cigar.

This city has always been the capital of the area/region, but was not the capital of the country in the mid 50s.

Last day of not being the capital - on the airstrip.
https://4rlgxq.bl.files.1drv.com/y4mDqx1uE11fD1OoToAhPVdDjIXQqcc0bhJAs9v6YVz_2W9ZX0v3bNcVgRrk 2qMbI-mbFOVDcxior4_TVMnong4DSDH26ZxmpiO9oO16XVD8jYhxReXbrcSM_uIDNc nuLGuqTQUq6h3GrmDJYtTIK4Xpvu-wUCv-yiMWulOdYV4AoevKkUZoRNhc5zbYYqeO9TCyOoJK1OKdI7XoHCtLfdAZA?wi dth=1024&height=880&cropmode=none
Last few minutes
https://fi4haa.bl.files.1drv.com/y4m34iGx6szEYZjtOMEtEnbYRRxO2S2e7C9CH7HSYGW24MhJf2wiH1q9EAJT 5SBfvYsOgh25D1FAQ_TZRcJ-0B_K9vpdC8U2vsTrMIeRIqqophbO-pEJ-UmEVIBuxsSTyIiRCmBykNucAVZGNqR4nwuj7M3mZenbyYmNdJn5V9kF_tzqJ 8_CLQahv_5s-xQYMXmr4d0xxAZjnfUKdIhF4fQNQ?width=1024&height=880&cropmode=none

The next day - now the capital, and this may well give it away.
https://tez95w.bl.files.1drv.com/y4mC3Rl1F54ySC1iOfMq8pl-0br0iQuNLC4yVw8E-WDPOYhP191PN9BragasvmY8LZFHuOtnxtA5mZJlbQBua8GWe9C4VUS-2bI4lz7D1Fd_8mD_29_vRM-txXX6aZVMeTTLwyyXr66zb_29mksvGhjkRMAniepm3AeAM-7CRrfv7iwBR6cjPQZR844e7IJFsGaOaksY4rK-7wZE7T2NqStCw?width=1024&height=880&cropmode=none

[chimbu warrior]

Lilongwe, Malawi?

I have never been there, but knew a little of Malawi's history, and the clues suggested it might be referring to Lilongwe. I do admit to googling to see if there was a new airport built.

OH if correct, and happy to admit it was a guess = googling.

[nvubu]

Not Malawi, and not south of Tanganyika.
This is an airstrip rather than an airport and another airport wasn't built to replace this one. The international airport for the country existed before this and is still used today.
This airstrip was never very busy.

[Heathrow Harry]

Dar es Salaam???

[nvubu]

Not Tanganyika/Tanzania

[Heathrow Harry]

Wilson Airport Nairobi?

or better still Eastleigh Nairobi? now Moi AFB???

[nvubu]

Getting closer - but it isn't in Kenya.
The city has a number of hills, and this gravel strip was/is built into the side of one of them.
It really is very close to the centre of the city.
https://23nlaw.bl.files.1drv.com/y4mzMzStbxjV87zM9FqwFDA9rE_Yt6Wwxlm6EY7n4r-9yYfkI-Ja-T7DaEHjfWgSsD4n9GlkYT5QBPM9XwOXS1WAz5D1wUHTZbqkk8siIminvoTj7 aC0ZR4dtVX0svNx-enpciae4HQi5A-heR7y7_N1xHOHiCw_kSsw0W3Sj2V4aO0hOv0hta2gtZjckNkFmCIbO1C0Omm Z_UMhQ7tcQuL1Q?width=1024&height=768&cropmode=none

[Chris Scott]

On the basis of that plethora of positive and negative information and the photos, nvubu, it has to be Kampala, which took over as capital from Entebbe when Uganda became independent in 1962. That nice lady in green would be the Duchess of Kent, being greeted by the ill-fated, putative president - Milton Obote.

The house pictured is in the typical British colonial style of the early-to-mid 20th century. Know Entebbe from a bit later but, partly because we used to stay at the Lake Vic Hotel and rarely ventured to Kampala, had no idea there was a tiny airstrip there. Open house if correct!

[nvubu]

To be very pedantic, there were THREE airstrips in Kampala (that I know of), traces of all are still visible - all within 2 miles of the centre - which one would this be?

I've been looking for old photos of all three for the past few years, when I came across the video of this one a couple of days ago. I was stopped by the police on it - a bit to the left of the photo, when I drove onto it with a Ugandan colleague showing him what a fine location for a set of sports pitches could be built on it.:) I had missed a tiny no entry sign fixed to a bush - he was bricking himself when the Police stopped us.

I think Mr Obote brought his fate upon himself, to be ousted by military coup not once, but twice!
The colonial houses in Uganda were by far the best build quality.

When you stayed at Lake Vic had they moved the entrance round the back? Spent my last few nights in Uganda there before moving back to the UK in 2005. Was owned by Gaddafi at that time I think.

In my second independence day picture, the crested crane can just be seen on the Union Flag being lowered.

[Chris Scott]

I was thinking of 1971-74, during which time the Asian exodus started under Idi Amin (including, presumably, that of the delightful Yasmin Alibhai-Brown...). Talking of trespass on Ugandan aerodromes, I nearly got arrested for taking a look at the construction of the new runway 17/35 around 1973. But the last time I stayed at the Lake Victoria Hotel was about 1976. The entrance was at the front, but the golf clubhouse had been re-allocated for the use of Uganda AF officers. I see that a third film of the Entebbe "raid" (by the Israeli's) of 1976 has just been released.

Do you remember the apocryphal tale about the flight of Uganda AF Fougas that took off to intercept the royal Britannia that carried the Duke and Duchess of Kent into Entebbe in 1962? They are said to have found the intercept tricky, but were assisted by another aircraft that advised them to look in their 3 o'clock. Their leader is said to have replied: "Is that local time, or GMT?"

Open House!

[nvubu]

As I understand it, the expulsion of Asians was only of those who did not hold a Ugandan passport. I know a number who stayed on throughout the Amin times - including one you may have met as he worked at the airport - Arthur DeMello. However, as families had split nationalities, some with British, some with Indian and some with Ugandan passports, most took the root of everyone leaving. I lived in Uganda from 1994-2005, so missed the interesting earlier times.Idi Amin was still quite well regarded in Uganda when I was there, and he was extremely supportive of sports, whereas since then there has been very little support.

I was there when the Chinese built the new Namboole National sports stadium, and being involved in sports, I was invited to the opening ceremony. However, this had to be postponed when a week or so before the opening it was discovered that the stadium hadn't been built with any toilets.

It is Kololo Airstrip - still called that by everyone today. Here's a GE overhead from 2002.
https://soz85w.bl.files.1drv.com/y4mxNxUGQDqRJQ4Szit0rmtkKhLhk6gVD_U9s2rBsvPMviajChK-r4fsFs8dokIaMO2lkD_CzAGa6BrTy-o93JUGpX8p5ptnIZ7nk2npy6iOM3uS-b-LtQi134j9rb5dw2LPVGJ5ZotqYyhJXyn9K6s-BhBSXZzS-3ENdfwuHrpYqh-R33HNBoXvl_poE-443VbduM20Ov_bI_fT3DbmKkZ1w?width=1024&height=487&cropmode=none

This is the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtPlz1TgMuE

[India Four Two]

nvubu,

It looks very different now. What is it? An army base?

[nvubu]

It's the national celebration parade ground. So every 9th October there's a big Independence day parade - hence the helicopter use.
Two or Three Popes have celebrated mass there - there is a large Catholic martyrs shrine close by in Namugongo - wiki link (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda_Martyrs)
I seem to remember Bill Clinton speaking there as well - as we were told to avoid the area during his visit.
The history of Uganda in the 19th century is fascinating - a couple of good books if anyone is interested (nothing aviation related, but good reads nevertheless)
The White Nile by Alan Moorhead
The Lunatic Express by Charles Miler
I spent a large part of my time in Uganda about 1/2 mile away at the National Sports Centre in Lugogo, and drove past Kololo Airstrip almost every day.

[Heathrow Harry]

https://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture1231-2018-05-13-094139b.jpg

Somewhere that was never part of the British Empire.....................

[Heathrow Harry]

https://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture1229-2018-05-13-094334.jpg

[creweite]

The houses look typical of the USA, so in that country?

[Heathrow Harry]

Not the USA..... much longer history

[sycamore]

South America...?

[Heathrow Harry]

South America...?

No - Europe

[Heathrow Harry]

https://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture1232-2018-05-13-094408.jpgNo... but right part of the continent - more or less....................

[Mark 1]

I think I've got this. The decaying Convair 440 between the hangars sparked a subliminal clue.

Evora, Portugal?

[Heathrow Harry]

I think I've got this. The decaying Convair 440 between the hangars sparked a subliminal clue.

Evora, Portugal?

Absolutely correct!! Over to Mark

A bijoux airport - used for basic commercial training for a while IIRC-

https://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture1230-2018-05-13-094319.jpg

[Mark 1]

I'm not sure if this place has been done. What happened to the list? So apologies if this is a repeat.

A suitably poor quality video frame to make it not too easy.

[nvubu]

Here's the list I updated as at Jan 2017- it's in Excel on my OneDrive - Link (https://1drv.ms/x/s!AsBD9MvRbikxl3cYfdKz-hT8F_At)
I was only thinking about this yesterday and that I ought to update it :ok:

As to where yours is, they look like Palm Trees, and is that the sea, so somewhere tropical by the seaside?

[Mark 1]

Not tropical and a long way from the sea!

Oh, it has been done before, but not in the last 10 years! Thanks for the link.

[India Four Two]

Never mind the aerodrome, that’s a Dragon Rapide if I’m not mistaken. :ok:

That should narrow down the location.

[Heathrow Harry]

Never mind the aerodrome, that’s a Dragon Rapide if I’m not mistaken. :ok:

That should narrow down the location.
The Empire.....

[sycamore]

Possibly Coventry....? OH if it is..

[Mark 1]

Coventry it is; turning base over the Oak pub in Baginton!

And yes, that was one of Mr Collet's Dragon Rapides from better days at EGBE.

The floor passes to Sycamore.

[nvubu]

I've just done a month of updates on the list - now up to 24/02/17 - all of HH's photos have gone :(

[Heathrow Harry]

Sorry - there's a limit on how may I can keep in the folder on PPrune so I have to delete things to get new ones in I normally upload 3 or 4 ready for each challenge as I travel a fair bit but if some gets it in one the others fill up space as well.....

[nvubu]

Ah... I thought it might be the new albums wot did it. Very frustrating when others are naming airfields and you can't see them :) I use OneDrive myself - straight from the phone/scanner, then link to the image.

[Mark 1]

Maybe that last one was too easy, so something a bit more challenging that hasn't been done before. Excuse me jumping in again, but it is OH.
An isolated community of about 300 people with a scheduled airline service:

[eckhard]

Alaska or Greenland?

[Mark 1]

Alaska or Greenland?
Neither. But you're getting close

[eckhard]

Neither. But you're getting close
Siberia or Northern Canada?

[Mark 1]

Siberia or Northern Canada?

Canada is correct.

[India Four Two]

An Arctic island?

[Mark 1]

An Arctic island?
Not an island and not arctic.
Another view here.

[ea200]

YQC, Quaqtaq?

[Mark 1]

I thought that would last longer. Yes, it's Quaqtaq on the Hudson strait in Northern Quebec.
No Avgas and not much there, but there is free wifi in the departure lounge and ethanol free petrol in the village.
Allegedly named after the tapeworms in the faeces of a local fisherman!
The challenge goes to Ea200

[nvubu]

Mark - we've all had that feeling. It's usually the ones you think will be got quickly that last the longest.:ok:

[ea200]

Thanks MK1. Close to GC route LHR-SFO so may well have seen it when SLF on that route.
Nothing readily to hand so OH.

[India Four Two]

We stopped in here to refuel during my flight in a VIP Codling.

http://i.imgur.com/7SvYKfA.jpg

Before the non-Russian speakers rush off to Google Translate, I should say that “Airport” is only half the name. :)

[Heathrow Harry]

East of the Urals?

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Leninabad - Tadjikistan?

[India Four Two]

Not Leninabad. West of the Urals.

This аэропорт is a little bit further north than the last challenge.

[Heathrow Harry]

Doesn' t look lie Murmansk or Arkhangelsk nor any of the main Moscow Airpotrs

[India Four Two]

HH,

Not as big as any of those. After refueling, we flew to Moscow.

I can’t find another meaningful photo, so here’s a clue. The locals think of themselves as having autonomy but I’m sure Vlad doesn’t think so!

[jensdad]

Could it be Yakutsk? That is the capital of a large 'autonomous republic' that used to be called Yakutia. Now called Sakha or something like that I think.

[India Four Two]

jensdad,

Wrong side of the Urals.

[Heathrow Harry]

So Autonomous Republic w of Urals

Karelia - but you'd have gone into St. Petersburg or Helsinki

Nenets - hardly a building there never mind an air terminal

So maybe Komi?? Not Ukhta and probably not Vorkuta so possibly Syktyvkar Airport??

[India Four Two]

Excellent deduction, Holmes. Syktyvkar, capital of the Komi Republic. We had been in Uhkta and Usinsk visiting an oilfield development project. Two weeks earlier had flown into Usinsk in an ancient chartered 727 - it still had hat racks - from Calgary via Churchill, Iqaluit, Keflavik and Murmansk. We had flown down to Uhkta in a regular passenger Yak 40.

At the end of our stay, we would be flying commercially from Moscow. The Chairman of the Production Association lent us his VIP Yak 40 for the trip. During the trip, the pilots noticed that one of our party had a Nat Geo map of Russia. They asked to look at it - they had never seen a map of Russia! This was shortly after Glasnost and the old Soviet secrecy had yet to fade away.

Over to you Harry.

[Heathrow Harry]

Yeah - I was working in the Caucasus and had a set of FAA 1:1million charts of the area - the Russians had never seen anything like it - but I was warned that if "the Authorities" saw it I'd have a chance to explain at great length & personally why I had them. They really couldn't believe I'd bought them in a shop.............. I did tell them the Russians had similar maps of the West - that they were pleased to hear...... tho ' it didn't stop a few "heart-to hearts" with various Organs of the State elsewhere...

here's another (non Russian) Autonomous "Republic" - don't expect it to last long



https://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture1251-2018-05-21-083211.jpg

[SMOKEON]

Ronaldsway Airport.

[Heathrow Harry]

Smokeon has it............................. I really must try harder......................

[SMOKEON]

Thank you, H.H.
Open House.

[Cows getting bigger]

Here's one

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/841/41576713122_6c897511d0_c.jpg

[Heathrow Harry]

UK? looks pretty green

[Cows getting bigger]

Indeed, one of those many places that had a relatively short life.

[Heathrow Harry]

Not obviously one of the "triangle" RAF WW2 layouts - so maybe not RAF???

[rotormonkey]

Condover! Recognised the southern part (top of the picture). Flown around that part of the world previously.

[Cows getting bigger]

Yes, Condover. Over to you rm.

[chevvron]

Indeed, one of those many places that had a relatively short life.
Satellite for Shawbury 1942 - 1945 according to UK Airports and Airfields - A Guide to the history of British Flying Sites within the United Kingdom (http://www.ukairfieldguide.net)

[rotormonkey]

Ok, here we go. You'd probably take the other rwy if the wind was strong from the north or south...
http://www.abingdonblog.co.uk/imag16/16110701.jpg
(not my own picture, shamelessly stolen from the web)

[chevvron]

Abingdon!! (The big 'Beverley' hangar gives it away)
OH if correct.

[Heathrow Harry]

22 minutes!!! No wonder we get people putting up weird spots in th Komi Autonomous Republic.......

[chevvron]

22 minutes!!! No wonder we get people putting up weird spots in th Komi Autonomous Republic.......
Well 6 actually if you want to make a 'thing' of it.https://www.pprune.org/images/icons/umph.gif

[rotormonkey]

:D chevvron! Over to you...

[chevvron]

:D chevvron! Over to you...
OH if correct

[Heathrow Harry]

Another "autonomous Republic" - sort of........

https://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture1269-img-4056.jpg

[Cows getting bigger]

One of the FIGAS strips?

[chevvron]

Whalsay, Shetlands.

[Heathrow Harry]

Does look like Shetlands indeed and the weather is the same but you arrive via a FIGAS Islander

https://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture1268-img-4055.jpg

[India Four Two]

Harry,

We have been illustrating the advantages of a career in the oil industry. We get to go to remote places that the locals don’t visit and often have never heard of! :E

[Cows getting bigger]

I'll take a stab at Saunders Islands. It may have changed since I was there in 1988.

[Mark 1]

FIGAS clue homed in the search. Is it Sealion Island?

[Heathrow Harry]

anyone having trouble reaching the last page?

[Heathrow Harry]

Sea Lion Island it is - famous fro the Elephant Seals that breed there - hoping to get back there later this year.................

https://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture1267-img-4050.jpg

[Heathrow Harry]

Harry,

We have been illustrating the advantages of a career in the oil industry. We get to go to remote places that the locals don’t visit and often have never heard of! :E

yes - well - tho' there are some roughs (eg the Komi Republic?) with the occasional smooth...................... some of my friends are astounded that we just swan off to the ends of the earth but I guess if you wanted to be safe & secure you'd have become an accountant - or (worse) an actuary.........

[India Four Two]

Komi could have been worse. I worked with an American geologist in Usinsk who subsequently worked In Kazakhstan. She said Karachaganak made Usinsk seem like a Butlin’s Holiday Camp!

Since you’ve been there, I have a question about Sea Lion Island. Was it occupied by the Argentinians in 1982?

[Heathrow Harry]

Komi could have been worse. I worked with an American geologist in Usinsk who subsequently worked In Kazakhstan. She said Karachaganak made Usinsk seem like a Butlin’s Holiday Camp!

Since you’ve been there, I have a question about Sea Lion Island. Was it occupied by the Argentinians in 1982?

IIRC they had an occasional visit from the Argentinean military - just to show who was in charge - but no permanent garrison - it's a pretty remote spot TBH and there is nowhere to hide so using it as a jumping off/recce base for the Brits was a no goer....................

[Mark 1]

How about one of the liquid variety? From the RH seat of one of DHC's finest!

[India Four Two]

Lake Hood, looking northwest?

[Mark 1]

Lake Hood it is. Shares the control tower with the big boys next door.

[India Four Two]

Never been there but I recognized that straight edged island instantly, as well as the air scoop of course. :)

Open house.

[jensdad]

Where's this little rascal?

[India Four Two]

Somewhere in Iceland?

[Heathrow Harry]

Somewhere in Iceland?

Faeroes maybe??

[kcockayne]

Or, Northern Sweden ?

[dook]

Stockholm maybe.

[jensdad]

Faeroes maybe??

Faeroes certainly, LHRH.

[dook]

If it's not a heliport, there's only one airport in the Faeroes.

[jensdad]

First one to name the airfield gets it :)

[Heathrow Harry]

First one to name the airfield gets it :)

Well the Airport is Vagar but I can't see where the clue picture was taken at all

OH if correct

[jensdad]

You're right, Harry. The PA28 was parked in the corner of the apron just to the right of the terminal, looking from landside. A new terminal has been built since I took the photo in 2008, so it might look very different now.
The code is FAE but it is widely known as Vagar rather than simply Faroe Islands Airport, hence my pedantry, Dook :)

[Heathrow Harry]

You're right, Harry. The PA28 was parked in the corner of the apron just to the right of the terminal, looking from landside. A new terminal has been built since I took the photo in 2008, so it might look very different now.
The code is FAE but it is widely known as Vagar rather than simply Faroe Islands Airport, hence my pedantry, Dook :)

The geology looked right for the Faeroes but I couldn't see cruddy dirt that close to the tarmac in what were recent pics...

Open House!!

[nvubu]

As it's been a while since there was a mystery aerodrome on this thread, here's a few ground level images of one.
https://eqpfeg.bl.files.1drv.com/y4mal7jSgEUv-x2iy3uh_Lk6jwYkdvMWpMkrlMfxv0OWGQz6PbTGWHHLigERcBa5kmaLXr6dM 3XgJudCgrY5qg7yqJZyWYKHlTYKNFuKl0UwCF6I_lPn90054OUerZkGInXuZ BcD-BmDJI4Z3SDbu8xWnvSaeJ10E2NVutIt_k_lfeQZFRYSdcr18Dmh60e1wFpxN amQd52l0PZbv1maEPL-w?width=660&height=325&cropmode=none
enlarge (http://www.nvubu.co.uk/pprune/20180531_07.jpg)

https://rhdshq.bl.files.1drv.com/y4mUSgdRrsbyuhSydS5J7qu33ahmTLH3EhKCDVu3i47RUFbFAHHsklcUJs-rie8PE6oc3l-9yy3J1XwdpyFcMOLUuNcMrGPql0NH3fxhpnF_OBn1Tqaw09fwAHBbuw6RuAF _ibkfsBh-FACrJn7aPB9OR4pUSD9dBZqz1YR0fclMDSZfAaT-7uagy_sH9Tg8hh7-jkkw_zjV3-GOcp5N6QHlQ?width=660&height=429&cropmode=none
enlarge (http://www.nvubu.co.uk/pprune/20180531_08.jpg)

https://rpwtwa.bl.files.1drv.com/y4myVroHioJf1s-6FSJ2GWIxiY0x9p02m14oaBlsAHpg7SeHfcbZuv15hjyySF-QrO_zZK641vGsga5uac6zL405rps9RcGmsKzUolQRjB-unOTEnxrgRtyj4EfVCdav30iuriFb1uoVb5KTtNPHIxM6Qtiba-ahnCF0NuSJ_InglAloulljZFnbSmhnokrImO9dQYU7RFsCpyDyIX_Ef2kxA? width=660&height=186&cropmode=none
enlarge (http://www.nvubu.co.uk/pprune/20180531_09.jpg)

https://1ni9ca.bl.files.1drv.com/y4mLjW_SQg0yiinQnrYmSJbyh3ysG_CPx8yCLBHaU2jhg_w9Dd32Gr90FgWe OULQuUqA1igdxtk5E1gvHXg6Fcy5q-GUaPFzXmEr_R0AwxL69nyJMXToJp9JUyveecByqYHSBdlv3p2TJUHZ5t7EWj GZE1WzknMS6Bf9Qp3fVsfYI2OEI8lQ03d0XonhAzgfKYazv5YSw2efseIBBW ZZT-U9g?width=660&height=398&cropmode=none
enlarge (http://www.nvubu.co.uk/pprune/20180531_10.jpg)

https://crxqtq.bl.files.1drv.com/y4mo1nfchxHr3ah5xW73Ef4SiTO9klFPi9MyLIlCT-MJWMM7qaclLR_bXEYcICVHEuGhHrYiqUhR3gscksPh6y0hD1KOArN68XfVS9 ePyJzwngZBOty6ROKZOxp18K6KCREP5ku_Mf0U8vNZNZoN4oBC2bOuWvgVUx X8nsKQOqeraJ-b5p4C3PqG_Zwg773uGBVPwDTL2eDwnP657sp4BDBqQ?width=660&height=361&cropmode=none
enlarge (http://www.nvubu.co.uk/pprune/20180531_02.jpg)

And one overhead to assist.
https://ptan8a.bl.files.1drv.com/y4m1otS1xvrNMvv0gJcfUKTDOuSfGn2uhuu19EJ7ir8xLsqXxhECNCCv9yOG HAUXejMgsjAx1eDpMeFhNuMvloJ90GgqNtW_fYAIg5OWDlmP416NuEvRLOPl 7fp3d9Ioe4H5yf1wkgNfWkRKNSHEUau3LuwT6TwyYnOtcKJLv1d-6or9EZR6aw9jFhsJStMViTV38Lk9apVcFirwvgdrQXuxQ?width=711&height=1024&cropmode=none
enlarge (http://www.nvubu.co.uk//pprune/20180531_03.jpg)

Each image is has a link to a larger version below it.

[Mark 1]

Did you give the game away on the right hand side of that last image?
Crop it quick before anyone else jumps in....

[nvubu]

Thanks - have fixed it :) - 2nd one that has been found with where I'd not cropped out the name. :(

Here's another overhead,

https://2xl2nq.bl.files.1drv.com/y4mi0u91XIg4OWSB90VdVIHMRI849R4bJce4AhWAbKI9SXHDhQ-AU1lJBIZYVoF7kj5ZCeNsPO0iaYcQKFfHzG0XLOhLOONSA5UAIF6uSeTlMVE CObCxPNlstwiIAq8K401htDPi4Vcc8psAU_XykxYJkgfqaJnZZlX_Lhi55Bp _B5xeFWBvObx3YRTjOKBoCGfvV5t7SswOOK_QEKWuPaKUA?width=1024&height=612&cropmode=none (http://www.nvubu.co.uk/pprune/20180531_05.jpg)

[Heathrow Harry]

N France I guess??

[nvubu]

Yes, North West East France - south of Paris

[SMOKEON]

Amanty Aerodrome ?

[Heathrow Harry]

Still an airfield after WW1??

[dook]

I think SMOKEON has cracked this one.

[nvubu]

SMOKEON has it. Amanty it is: Few more overheads to show how little the layout has changed.

https://b0fyqg.bl.files.1drv.com/y4mwSwsse8eBEA1hxV-dzCI8j4Rnbuu2kMeEFKBFlTYOToWn0qT3EPo9ief5Lb38OSshVNvuDzPsgpo LGxROIfP0dm1slTdrQXPWO0FFk8K0xti64lB-SuWz9STI8z_agcTm4j-lHd4j4zG7nOQY-l1-pCTgRSv-tMHwwsbzFcEefIh58I_7eHXBeTY8uE-IvQxu_0cKVPQXQW2lanfQ_tlTQ?width=1024&height=656&cropmode=none

https://do4d2a.bl.files.1drv.com/y4mdHYZgkAwO1UWr66ngtftDDt77tiDtd59AylFeI4mSHa28wfatb3zRWUKB K1r8EZtdWBEonBvOizxnNpdLBIKXL7HOd6JAtqgFKSc6R1lnj5vBZ6YN39e_ npdP02Bp6jYSshywrI-rZvGfqDyOzFqM8eGpZuGnDRqjFDgt74RtqZRDnScGg8Y1ZlaLT4XoPmnd-EGwDG95AATsfuniKCkLg?width=1024&height=693&cropmode=none

https://b0flqg.bl.files.1drv.com/y4mVNf_rLpdax49S1ULqVxwHMMVGkqaR_xvnHCUCiglmhCbD7qoTqk82SyTh zq6a5-QS-SpNIVReo7OofBDvSPyRBOeHq_8gYgXFh5xAYMcNor171YPeTOJDdwA3obeaJ MXYl4_FZnc0QB2gTEdbFuHZtFSaCQKMBVDd8U4c19Xnx4Buetg22zE4ZimNi GvDe7hX3YVpJy7GWd8nSOvqNpEZw?width=1024&height=701&cropmode=none

Over to you SMOKEON

[SMOKEON]

Thank you.
Open House.

[Heathrow Harry]

Somewhere in Europe for the weekend..................

https://www.pprune.org/members/326184-heathrow-harry-albums-what-airfield-picture1290-jhghfhjflhlkll.jpg

[sidtheesexist]

Duxford? OH if correct

[Heathrow Harry]

I'd rather hoped people would think it was N France but it is indeed Duxford - early '00's I think..............

Sid has declared OH

[Mark 1]

This field closed a few years ago on the demise of the owner. Enough clues in the photo for now.

[India Four Two]

Mark 1,

Your picture reminds me somewhat of Calistoga, which is the only US glider field that I know of, that has closed, but it looks far more lush than I remember.

[Mark 1]

I42 - Right continent, but not there. Here's another view:

[India Four Two]

Somewhere in the Appalachians?

[SMOKEON]

Durango Gliding Club, Colorado, U.S.A.

[Mark 1]

Smokeon has it.

The Val Air field in Durango next to the famous Durango to Silverton railroad and the Animas river. Sadly no longer available.

[SMOKEON]

Thank you, Mark1.
Open House.

[Heathrow Harry]

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/1576x1008/aasdrety67_039fb56cbbb7dce71a9ff5380434edee9d2b5106.jpg

[chevvron]

Or Blackbushe c1961ish (just after the local council had 'destroyed' part of the airfeld to return it to common land; still waiting 57 years later!)

[Heathrow Harry]

Finmere indeed................ Jenkins is PIC

[Cows getting bigger]

This is another stocking-filler that shouldn't last too long.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1744/42480725752_7583d9597d_c.jpg

[chevvron]

Er Eddie Stobart International aka Crosby and Open House.
(You naughty boy CGB, you got that photo from a certain other aviation forum.)

[Cows getting bigger]

Correct Chevvy. Over to you.

[India Four Two]

chevvron said Open House, so here's one I landed at last year to refuel. Unfortunately there were no prop-liners there!

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/772x597/wad_2018_06_11_3c9c242bf89989d0c082568453ac7df27aaedd91.jpg

[Heathrow Harry]

Very flet - like Norfolk... but that covers a lot of territory in Canada and NC USA

A total punt

Edmonton? Not ECCA City Centre downtown as that closed in 2013....... doesn't look like CYEG International so maybe RCAF Edmonton??

[dook]

Billings Logan International.

[Heathrow Harry]

Looks right.......................

[jensdad]

I've had a quick skeb at Billings on Google Maps and the tower looks slightly the wrong design and location in relation to the terminal? Could of course have been remodelled since then, so Dook may well be right. Failing that, I'm thinking one of the 'classic' refuelling airfields: St. John's, Newfoundland, for example?

[India Four Two]

dook has it. Billings Logan KBIL, 3652' ASL. Sitting on a 500' escarpment immediately north of downtown Billings.

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/800x533/6255099434_927e0e38eb_b_eda64abe642b69bc76ea26395779b29f6c6b 5eed.jpg

The second US airport I ever landed at, on my first trip to Houston. Calgary-Great Falls-Billings-Denver on a Western 737-200 and then Denver-San Antonio-Houston on a Texas International DC-9-10. It was a long day! By way of contrast, my second landing there was last year in an RV-6A, on my way down to Douglas, Wyoming, to see the total solar eclipse.

jensdad, a new tower was built and became operational in 2006. I presume the old one was demolished.

dook has the con.

[dook]

Thank you I42.

Open house.

[descol]

http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv14/descol/Copy_zpschndd656.jpg (http://s665.photobucket.com/user/descol/media/Copy_zpschndd656.jpg.html)

[SMOKEON]

Singapore (Paya Lebar) Airport

[descol]

Yep - that's it SMOKEON- as it is in the news today, I thought it might be of interest
over to you
descol

[SMOKEON]

Thank you, descol.
Open House.

[Heathrow Harry]

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/734x467/bbbccggh_1973_6e1b353b62e1e63fd94471823841b4beec703da9.jpg

[India Four Two]

New England?

Don't turbojets look skinny by today's standards!

[Heathrow Harry]

In one sense v close... in another - quite far away.............

I can remember the first time I was on a stretched DC-8 (KLM) - I thought it went on forever

[dook]

A search for United Airlines DC-8 brings this image up.

It says it's Boston-Logan, but I'm not sure.

[jensdad]

Could I gently suggest that we have a rethink on the 'rules of engagement' ? I'm not holding myself up as a paragon of virtue here but personally I prefer to use the clues provided by the picture and poster, as well as my own knowledge, rather than Google Maps or Images.
Admittedly, as I mentioned on the last challenge I did look at Billings on Google Maps, but out of interest after dook confidently suggested it. When I then took a punt on St John's, I hadn't looked it up on Google Maps or Images, but merely used the info provided by I42 that he had stopped to refuel there. No criticism of anyone is intended... just looking to keep the thread as enjoyable as possible.
Maybe if the challenge remains unsolved after say three days we could go to 'anything (including google) goes'? Just a suggestion; would be interested to hear what you ladies and gents think...

[jensdad]

While I'm on, the airfield looks a bit like Oslo Fornebu, but I'm not sure if United ever flew DC-8s into there... (and I'm not sure how it would fit in with being 'in one sense, close to New England, but in another very far away'! )

[dook]

…….personally I prefer to use the clues provided by the picture......

So what's wrong with "United Airlines DC-8" as a search ?

[Heathrow Harry]

I dont use Google Image search but these days its hard to avoid Google totally

I can't see Dook's image of "Boston-Logan" so can't comment

but it isn't Boston............................ right country

[dook]

The spiel which goes with the photo is "United Airlines Douglas approaching the gate at Boston-Logan, December (Photo: Bob Coolidge)".

On the site he says "DC-8 N8028U taxis at Boston in December 1973."

[jensdad]

So what's wrong with "United Airlines DC-8" as a search ?

Hi Dook,
as mentioned, personally I would have used the information in the picture, as well as my background knowledge, e.g. just across the water from Fornebu there were some nice houses like those in the picture. Providing the picture's on the net, someone without any aviation knowledge can google 'United DC8' (admittedly, they'd need to be able to recognise a DC8) and find the image.
As LHRH points out, google is fairly ubiquitous so maybe I'm being a bit of a Luddite here. It was a suggestion. No offence was intended, apologies if any was taken...

[dook]

None was taken.

edit:

However, I do feel that all available resources may be used to try to find an answer.

I shall now be a spectator only on the thread.

[Heathrow Harry]

No no no..... we can't set a thread into one mode - we'd all be sending in contributions on vellum by runner if we believed that

We live in the modern world and we have to accept the goods with the bads - change will come whether we like it or not

The challenge for posters now is to find pictures that AREN'T already on the web - or are extremely obscure on Page 234 of the search - ones from personal collections or old books are probably the best

We could compromise - the OP could indicate if they are happy to have open search or restricted so no google image search for example... I am happy for people to use whatever they can on the latest picture for a start


Dook - please reconsider

[jensdad]

I'm truly sorry to hear that, dook. Apologies if I came across as being critical or picky. It is of course your choice, but personally I wouldn't let a pernickety little so-and-so like me to dissuade me from taking part.

[Heathrow Harry]

Back to the challenge there is a good clue if you look at the background carefully...................

[SMOKEON]

The clues you refer to, are they derelict slipways?

[Heathrow Harry]

There does appear to be a watery element in the background..

I think that's a leve behind the runway.... but not Schipol......

[SMOKEON]

Portland Airport ,Oregon?

[India Four Two]

There was a contributor to this thread a few years ago who was answering correctly by plugging the challenge images into Image Search. I think that is pointless.

However searching for for a particular aircraft that’s in the image is fair game in my opinion.

[Heathrow Harry]

Portland Airport ,Oregon?

Yes indeed - close to the intersection of 10L (in the background) and 21 I think... it's 1973 I believe - the opposite river bank is much more developed these days

India42' guess of New England had me sweating but of course there are TWO Portland's in the USA that take jet airliners.........................

Over to SMOKEON

[SMOKEON]

Thank you,H.H.
The Kaiser and Zidell shipyards were across the Columbia river from Portland airport, hence my question about the derelict slipways in your photograph.
No Google images were hurt in finding the answer to your challenge.
I am with dook on this silly matter.
Open House, and cherrio.

[Heathrow Harry]

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/779x456/jhfjkghkf9_81b02c13d1732be1f3d328f0b4245db892c842ce.jpg

[kenparry]

Looks rather like the Luton of several decades ago - but would LH have been there?

[Heathrow Harry]

Certainly NOT Luton................... quite a long away from there

PS - actually there may be a reason it look lie Luton now I think about it..............................

[jensdad]

Are they tropical looking trees visible under the wing? And a tall building? I'm going to kick things off with a shot at Miami (haven't a clue why it might look like Luton though...).

[Heathrow Harry]

Certainly more tropical than Luton .... not N America though......................

Possibly the design teams (if there were such things when the airports were built) had links?

[Davidsoffice]

Africa? Somewhere on the Hunting route?
D

[Heathrow Harry]

Not Africa

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/786x410/pppppdduuuttyyy_cc636d3ecd7fa9c82a1e0c5f5780958c606e854d.jpg

[kcockayne]

A completely uneducated guess - Hong Kong Kaitak ?

[Heathrow Harry]

First class. honours for that man!!! Kai Tak it is.. mid70's maybe

over to you

[kcockayne]

Well, that has taken me completely by surprise - it really was a guess (based on the red painted top of the building behind the PAA 707, it looked familiar). Whilst I am looking for a suitable photo I will let someone else submit an entry. I'll contribute something later.

[India Four Two]

Here's one I flew at a few years ago. I flew a new type, but the three in the pictures are already in my logbook.

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/500x333/wad_20180623_5e2714703fdb21019ace9537b4a19872ad1d580d.jpg

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/834x327/screen_shot_2018_06_23_at_13_46_10_7228e434fa3a5c4e8b4c5b2e1 717077e5abc5b71.png

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/606x637/screen_shot_2018_06_23_at_13_45_44_c3c719f5a05cef8b35847b197 d2532c62ef8d798.png

[Heathrow Harry]

Let us work on this .............

The glider wing in the foreground has an RAF-style roundel on it -but I'm sure that's not the UK and it red centre looks to have a symbol in it - so maybe Australia, Canada or New Zealand. I think if it was a maple leaf it would be more obvious so lets try on Oz or NZ..

The guy assisting with what looks like a Slingsby T-21 (not to be found in many countries) has an Aussie style hat on but that could be anywhere these days. Aussie T-21's used for cadet training had the words "Air Cadet" plastered all over them but this could be a civvie glider. The dH (.....ah! de Havilland) also makes a Commonwealth location probable.

The aerial shot looks very flat and very wet - those look like paddy fields or similar to me and the large house right centre has a "tropic" look to it - including what may be a red metal zinc roof... - very SE Asia... but a lack of scrubby little villages, motorbikes, animals and atap huts

Quite dry in the airfield pictures... starting to think about Queensland - aerial shot taken in or around "The Wet" and the others in local winter.........

but most Aussie strips of any size have Runway numbers..........................

[chevvron]

Re the Sedburgh (T21b) picture.
The colour scheme is 1970 ish UK 'Air Cadets' without having those words painted under the cockpit and they're certainly UK style roundels, but you wouldn't wear those hats whilst flying in that open cockpit; well not for long anyway!
But it's not UK. Air Cadet Sedburghs used in the UK were retrofitted with a horrible canopy (well all ours at Halton were anyway) and there's no sign of that on this example, plus the right spoiler isn't 'fully closed and flush'.....
As for runway numbers, they are visible in that photo.

[JW411]

By the way, with my pedant's hat on, it's Sedbergh not Sedburgh.

[SMOKEON]

Nok Airfield,Thailand.

[Heathrow Harry]

Nok Airfield,Thailand.

Certainly looks like it - with a carefully cropped pic to remove Runway 27 on the right............. should have known - I42 is a well-traveled man - especially in SE Asia..........

[India Four Two]

Nok Airfield, southeast of Chang Mai, Thailand. I flew a Rotax-powered Diamond DA20. The Tiger was there, but the T21b wasn't to be seen.

Harry,
I didn't crop the picture, but you are right, the threshold of Runway 27 is just out of shot:

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/1120x656/nok_and_lanna_43c06d666314a79ddb39c7ec2847d01be053804b.png

The amazing thing is that Runway 09/27 is a different airfield! Apparently, the partners in Lanna Airfield had a falling out, so some of them went away and built Nok. Here's a sentence from the Obstacles section of Lanna's website:
3. IMPORTANT!!! Trees, planted by Nok Airfield in the east of the runway. "Nok Airfield" has been licensed in 2005 by the DCA only 270 m east of our runway!
Airfield (VTCM) - Lanna Flying Club, Chiang Mai, Thailand (http://www.lanna-flyingclub.com/airfield/)

The Nok website makes no mention of the adjacent runway:

NOK Aviation home page (http://www.nokaviation.com/index.htm)

When I was flying there, I didn't even notice the Lanna runway - so much for my SA!

SMOKEON has control.

[SMOKEON]

Open House

[jensdad]

A 'slot-sitter' to keep the pot boiling along...https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/1024x642/276_1024x642__048deee6d228960f9000b0c8fcc1e77cab88ae75.jpg

[Heathrow Harry]

UK? or NW Europe??

[jensdad]

'tis in the United Kingdom. Not as tropical as Luton :)

[SMOKEON]

North Ronaldsay ( Hollandstoun) Airport, Orkneys.

[jensdad]

Getting warmer...

[nvubu]

One island south - Sanday Airport

[jensdad]

nvubu has it! I thought this one would go within 24 hours. Photo taken from a Loganair Islander en route from North Ron to Kirkwall.

[nvubu]

Thank you - Smokeon led me to it.
This is a bit warmer than the Orkneys
https://p4rtlw.bl.files.1drv.com/y4mWEkWBynqyNETJhBUCQ-zybcWnLHmpd9D9ED-xOtGuzbdYbzjnAaDGuDOkgA1qXr-opmscCb_rTOEq-epYS3o3KLBh8iE-EpQnA0jcyIr5Txn2YOssMHRSBOlpm9MlRRvqjB2QF9a0mYJyFF5uFHbOAo9l ZaJBdnJ7BxNb5QhUyCK9C1do2w4rvWJXMoDugAifvT0ckekXjnX7tjRUHrG0 A?width=1024&height=1016&cropmode=none

This is very annoying - the attach image button won't let me paste the image url. Had to go to advanced and press the "Source" button and then past the url between img tags.

[jensdad]

I'll start the narrowing-down process with a shot at Egypt? If I'm right, I'll have to leave it at that, as the only airfields I am aware of there are Cairo, Alexandria and the ones Thomas Cook fly to :)

[nvubu]

Good starting guess, but it isn't in Egypt - a bit too warm. It is in the Mediterranean theatre though.

And just for HH, it is by the seaside :ok:

[SMOKEON]

Pantelleria Airfield, Sicily?

[nvubu]

Not Pantelleria

You can start to see the coastine on this image
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[SMOKEON]

Kalamaki Airfield.

[nvubu]

Well done - Smokeon has it, Kalamaki airfield it is.

Thought it might last a bit longer - a couple of others I had lined up.

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[sycamore]

I think #8466 was recorded as `6 o`clock,1/2 mile`...

[SMOKEON]

Thank you, Nvubu.
Open House.

[grizzled]

Yet another formerly fun and interesting thread on pprune withers away...

[Heathrow Harry]

Yet another formerly fun and interesting thread on pprune withers away...
it would help if everyone who participates learnt how to post picturres

I sometimes think a few provide entertainment for the many.....

[nvubu]

With HH on this.

I've been a bit busy over the last week, so haven't had the time to get one ready.

[jensdad]

Taken one beautiful evening somewhere...https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/1024x768/2017_09_14_guernsey_9_1024x768__160033d27e507318cbda9f0a8d7f 6c65d3c16a66.jpg

[nvubu]

Great photo :ok:
No idea where though :(

[Heathrow Harry]

England? Hangars look vaguely familiar in style

[Cows getting bigger]

King Air and S340(?) implies more Scotland than England.

[jensdad]

Not England, or Scotland, or a 340 :) Taken a week before the autumn equinox.

[jensdad]

Go on, then, I'll drip the first clue. There is or are person or persons on this thread who I am pretty sure will know this airfield well.

[chevvron]

Grantley Adams Intl?

[jensdad]

My photo does have a bit of a tropical look to it, but nope, it's a lot closer to the UK than to Barbados.

[sycamore]

Norway,or Iceland...?

[jensdad]

Norway,or Iceland...?

Nej. One of the aircraft in the pic has a Swedish registration, though.

[Heathrow Harry]

Hard to tell from a single picture but maybe Finland??

[jensdad]

Hard to tell from a single picture but maybe Finland??

Not Finland either, LHRH.

The photo was taken through the airfield boundary fence.

[jensdad]

The Swedish-registered aircraft is the one in the background, and is an ATP.

[Heathrow Harry]

ATP??? :eek:

SE-???? hmmmm.......... = NEXJET SE-Mxx or WESTAIR = SE-Lxx so possibly Gothenburg or Malmo or Mariehamns

Doesn't look much like Gothenburg -Landvetter and not sure you could get that close to the hangars there outside the fence.

Marienhams is in Finland which it can't be according to Jensdad

Malmo is possible??

[kcockayne]

The Swedish-registered aircraft is the one in the background, and is an ATP.
This is going to be embarrassing if I am wrong - because I worked there for 30 years. I do not really recognize it but, there is something that points me towards the hangar. Could it possibly be the “new” one at the south west corner of the Jersey aerodrome ? Apart from that, there is absolutely nothing that helps me identify it.

[jensdad]

This is going to be embarrassing if I am wrong - because I worked there for 30 years. I do not really recognize it but, there is something that points me towards the hangar. Could it possibly be the “new” one at the south west corner of the Jersey aerodrome ? Apart from that, there is absolutely nothing that helps me identify it.

Aww man, when I said that 'There is or are person or persons on this thread who I am pretty sure will know this airfield well', I may or may not have been talking about your good self, or possibly someone else.

Ain't Jersey though :)

[Heathrow Harry]

Aww man, when I said that 'There is or are person or persons on this thread who I am pretty sure will know this airfield well', I may or may not have been talking about your good self, or possibly someone else.

Ain't Jersey though :)

Is it Malmo tho?

[jensdad]

Sorry I missed that reply, LHRH. No, not any of the places you mention.
While this neck of the woods does also have its own dialect (of a language other than English), it's been predominantly English-speaking since the early 20th century or thereabouts.

[sycamore]

S.Ireland.?.

[chevvron]

Sorry I missed that reply, LHRH. No, not any of the places you mention.
While this neck of the woods does also have its own dialect (of a language other than English), it's been predominantly English-speaking since the early 20th century or thereabouts.
St Mawgan?

[Heathrow Harry]

SurfEfrka???? }

[jensdad]

kcockayne has been the closest so far.
Not England or Scotland, not Scandinavia, not the Caribbean, and not South Africa. Photo is basically looking directly at the setting sun on the September solstice, and (a new clue here...) is roughly parallel with the airfield's one runway. English is basically the local language, although there is a local dialect (although not a dialect of English) that was widely spoken until the early 1900s. And there's a Swedish registered ATP in the background. And one night in September 2017 there was a Super King Air parked photogenically next to the perimeter fence.

[jensdad]

Sorry JENKINS, I missed your suggestion off the list. It isn't Gibraltar either :)

[ea200]

I'll have a stab at Guernsey. Seems to fit the language clue and the runway direction. Hangers are on the South side.

[jensdad]

ea200 has it! Guernsey it is. When kcockayne said Jersey I really wanted to say he/she was right with the Channel Islands, but that would have been as good as saying it was Guernsey (Alderney never seeing anything as big as an ATP!).

[chevvron]

English is basically the local language, although there is a local dialect (although not a dialect of English) that was widely spoken until the early 1900s.
It's called a 'patois' not a dialect.
I demand a recount!:*
(From what I heard it was still widely spoken until the '70s.)

[India Four Two]

Great challenge jensdad. I did some flying in Guernsey in the 80s. The airport was described as an aircraft carrier. Almost all of the circuit was over the sea. Spinning over the ocean was interesting.

[ea200]

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/2000x1307/pprune07_4b2ffa7c5cc21cbcef9e328b240b7f74b09f3d8a.jpg
Thanks jensdad. Here's a place I haven't seen in some time, but I hope to get there in the Autumn. This is looking South.

[kcockayne]

It's called a 'patois' not a dialect.
I demand a recount!:*
(From what I heard it was still widely spoken until the '70s.)
Not quite, chevvron. I went to school in Guernsey from 1954 to 1968 (& spent my first 18 years there - before moving to Jersey); One of my school pals had been brought up speaking Guernesaise as his native tongue, but the other 31 did not speak it. The "old folk" (grand parents) still used it amongst themselves but I would not say that it was "widely spoken". Today, there are very few Guernsey French speakers.
Returning to the photo', I knew that there was something familiar about it - just got the islands mixed up.