Which Aerodrome Mk III

[jindabyne]

Madras - now Chennai. Your last clue (Mylapore) did it!

[Soddit]

Chennai indeed,Jindabyne. Over to you....

[jindabyne]

OK, here goes -----

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb59/malgrosse/sdfh2-1-1.jpg

[jindabyne]

A clue then - on an island, East of Suez

[chevvron]

Doh all right then I'll bite; Grande Baie Mauritius. (I know it's not really 'cos Grand Baie wasn't paved)

[jindabyne]

Sorry Chevvy - go East - to a group of islands.

[chevvron]

Phillipines; Marshalls?

[jindabyne]

Not Marshalls :)

[chevvron]

Phillipines then - someone help, I know nothing about this bit of the world!!

[jindabyne]

The Philippines then ------

[Duckbutt]

Binalonan Airfield?

[jindabyne]

Duckbutt has it, and has control --

[Duckbutt]

Thanks Jindabyne. Here's the next:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Twyler/Puzz55.jpg

[TheChitterneFlyer]

Binalonan Airfield

That's certainly east of Suez!!!!!

[jindabyne]

Certainly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Duckbutt]

Another shot of the tower:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Twyler/Puzz55a.jpg

[siftydog]

Oman?.....

[Duckbutt]

Not Oman.

A selection of various species of wildlife can be found not too far away from this airfield, also an extensive range of runways.

[jindabyne]

Near Creech, Nevada?

[spook]

Duckbutt - How cryptic! My son asked me to look at one of his school projects last week - long 'runway like' lines carved into the desert together with animal images - so he will have to take the credit if we're right - could only be Nazca Airport, Peru.

[Duckbutt]

That's right Spook, it can only be Nazca Airport Peru. Well done your son, he has control!

[spook]

Thanks Duckbutt. I'm afraid he's at school and I'm late for a meeting! So OPEN HOUSE please.

[India Four Two]

A fancy new tower and terminal. Anticipating way more traffic than current levels.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/india42/WAD111115a.jpg


http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/india42/WAD111115b-1.jpg

[jindabyne]

India - Was the second photo taken long before the first? It would seem (to me) that the road layout and the new terminal were not there in the second?

[India Four Two]

Jindabyne,

No, the second photo was taken at the railing behind the people in the first photo. Both photos are taken from the elevated Departures level.

[jindabyne]

In that case - Lien Khuong, Vietnam?

[India Four Two]

Jindabyne,
I'm impressed, how did you figure it out so quickly?

Lien Khuong International Airport, VVDL, DLI. The airport that serves Da Lat, 40km up the road in the mountains.

I was there two weekends ago for the first time in 14 years and was shocked. Previously it was a day-VFR-only airport with a 1950s terminal and turboprop service and now it has this amazing terminal and tower, and jet service.

You have control.

[jindabyne]

India,

Your Location (VTTS) told me that you're in Vietnam; the lady in the first piccie looked as though she might be from that neck of the world; and you told us it was a new tower and terminal. So a Google search of new airports in Vietnam, with a yellow terminal roof - and Bob's etc etc.

Open House

[scotbill]

What might have been


http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa453/scotbill/airport.jpg

[Flap40]

I think that we have had this one before.

[scotbill]

In which case, my apologies and OH again.

[jindabyne]

Try this one ---

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb59/malgrosse/llllll.jpg

[Sultan Ismail]

Grand Central Airport,

Midrand, Johannesburg,

South Africa

I can see my house :-)

OPEN HOUSE

[jindabyne]

Well done Sultan - which one is it?

OH

[Noyade]

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/7840/img052n.jpg (http://img339.imageshack.us/i/img052n.jpg/)

[Noyade]

Turns out we've had this before, in 2008. Looks like this aerodrome was renamed Aston Down in 1938...:(

[WE992]

Still.... its a great photo, thanks for posting it.

[Noyade]

Not a problem. They're SE5a aircraft of No.6 (Training) Squadron at AFC airfield of Minchinghampton. That was the intended challenge name I was after, but google says it was later called Aston Down. The Australian War Memorial dates the photo as 1919 but here it's 1917...?...

Cotswold Gliding Club (http://www.cotswoldgliding.co.uk/afc.htm)

Back to Open House.

[Duckbutt]

Here's another:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Twyler/Puzz56b.jpg

[sabredog]

AGO C-1 at Johannisthal Airfield.

[Duckbutt]

As always too good for me Sabredog!

You have it.

[sabredog]

Good challenge,Duckbutt,and an excellent photograph.
Unusual to have the Imperial German Naval Air Service on here.
The next challenge;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/Quiz40-3.jpg

[Mr_Grubby]

Looks very rural.

England ?

C.

[sabredog]

Very much so,Mr. Grubby. In fact, one might say the Garden of England!

[spook]

...in which case home of the then Kent Flying Club..In the middle of nowhere there is Aerodrome Rd, De Havillands and Lysander Close. Bekesbourne, RFC & RAF Aerodrome?

[sabredog]

Correct,Spook, in every detail.
You have control.

[spook]

Thank you Sabredog. I'm afraid it's going to have to be Open House.

[Fournierf5]

Apologies, a slightly fraudulent entry here inasmuch as I haven't a clue where this is, or the year or whether that really could be a shedload of Shackletons in the foreground . . . . but it's possibly a few minutes' entertainment for someone and I have an acquaintance very keen to find out as well!

http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/i473/fournierrf5/Airfieldwhere.jpg?t=1321921364

[India Four Two]

Lajes, Azores. Those "Shacks" are probably B-24s.

OH if correct.

[TheChitterneFlyer]

I'd agree with India Four Two... Shackleton's were frequent visitors to Lajes but probably not in such large numbers!

[con-pilot]

I agree as well, I've landed there, the hill to the left is a dead give away.

[India Four Two]

con-pilot,

There was a song written about you - "I've Been Everywhere" ;)

[TheChitterneFlyer]

I agree as well, I've landed there, the hill to the left is a dead give away.


I've landed there as well... the hill to right is a dead giveaway when landing from the opposite end too. LOL

TCF

[con-pilot]

I've landed there as well... the hill to right is a dead giveaway when landing from the opposite end too. LOL



I never landed in the other direction, I made them turn the runway round the other way. :p

:ok:

[descol]

OH-?
try this one

http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv14/descol/prune25nov.jpg

[jindabyne]

Devonport, Tasmania

descol - you're loading your photobucket in a way which reveals the title of your photo!

Sorry, OH this time

[descol]

Thanks jindabyne
Not sure how I messed up on the p bucket ?
but - yes - It is Devonport Tassie - 1965 I think
Over to you

[evansb]

Identify the mystery aerodrome:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WAD111127.jpg

[Cows getting bigger]

Renton Municipal?

[evansb]

Sorry, not Renton. Not in Washington.

[Russell Gulch]

What a lovely building! (and aeroplane...DGA perhaps?).

Hereford TX?

[evansb]

Not Texas. Aircraft is a Lockheed Vega. In the Pacific Northwest. Sort of...

[seacue]

I was convinced that it was in New England because of the architecture.

[Russell Gulch]

In that case it's Rogue Valley, Oregon

http://www.co.jackson.or.us/Files/Airport%20History%20by%20Hattie%20Becker.pdf

OH if correct, 'cause I'm away from reliable internet access.

Russ.

[evansb]

Yes Russ, you are correct. It is the Medford, Airport situated in the Rougue Valley of Jackson County in southwestern Oregon, U.S.A.

As requested, it is OPEN HOUSE.

[Duckbutt]

If its OH try this one:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Twyler/Puzz57.jpg

[sabredog]

Carp Airport ,Canada.

[Duckbutt]

Thats the one Sabredog, over to you.

[sabredog]

Thank you,Duckbutt.
Open House

[norwich]

OK OH ! I havn't done this for a while, but here goes ! I have three recentish names for this place ? any one will do ? It doesn't appear in Mel's supurb listing under any of those names ????

Keith :hmm:

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii58/keithnewsome/where10.jpg

[Gordy]

Aquadilla-Borinquen. Puerto Rico.

BQN (http://www.airfleets.net/airport/BQN.htm)

OH if correct.

[norwich]

OMG ! Gordy yes that is correct ! I realy thought this was going to be difficult ? But hey I underestimate the wealth of knowledge you have ! So back to OH folks !

Keith :ouch:

[Gordy]

Ahhh...found one from my travels:

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j35/helokat/LaFawnduh%2008/r1.jpg

Will even give you another picture:

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j35/helokat/LaFawnduh%2008/ll5.jpg

Clue in one hour or so....

[sycamore]

Somewhere in Oklahoma...?

[Gordy]

Not Oklahoma... But you are in the right part of the world.

I will be back in about an hour....

[sycamore]

Is that a Wichita lineman there on the line...?,or is it all Misserry...?


`Bullseye is Col.JJ Jabarra....`capiche?

[Gordy]

Nope---Not in Kansas.... next state over.... The airport is home of the first "Glasphalt Runway".

[sycamore]

Gordy,can see you need re-edificating,after living in `Spamland`; Misserry=Missouri. Bullseye = ref.point...Didn`t they teach you anything on the NFTCU...????
Nevertheless ,it must be Rolla,MO..
Anyway does it work ,as advertised..?

OPEN House if correct..

[Lordflasheart]

Sycamore - Apparently not - from Rolla Downtown Airport details -

RW 9/27 - 3028 x 38 ft -
FAA info at 20 Oct 2011 - "GLASSPHALT (sic) COATING DETEORATING (sic) AND GLASS CHIPS ARE BECOMING LOOSE. TALL WEEDS ON RY."

Perhaps from lack of movements/revenue - avg - 24 per month

LFH

[Gordy]

Ha, yep....I got the "missery" bit---you have no idea: I spend 3 months there every year on fire contract.

Yes it is Rolla, and the "glassphalt" does kind of work as advertised. It really cuts you up when you fall off a bike wearing shorts though... :ouch::ouch: The airport has an average of one plane every two weeks....we have "sailboat" races with sheets and office chairs on wheels down the runway occasionally to break the boredom in between training sessions....here is that lovely airport:

G7gZ0qUqYyg

OH

[descol]

Something to keep the thread moving -
last time I posted 'jindabyne' spotted something about my photobucket -
I was not able to find out if there was anything wrong with the way I saved the image - let's see if the same thing happens with this



http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv14/descol/prune1dec.jpg

[chevvron]

Nairobi/Jomo Kenyatta?

[Gordy]

The old Manila-Ninoy Aquino International Airport

OH if correct

[descol]

Gordy - yes its manila - over to you

[Gordy]

K, then, let's try this:

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j35/helokat/LaFawnduh%2008/5-2.jpg

[Airclues]

Willow Run?

OH if correct.

Dave.

[saislor]

I do not think you can see that much water from Willow Run. Looks like Michigan, though. Oscoda-Wurtsmith?

OH if correct.

[Gordy]

It is Oscoda-Wurtsmith, an old military base. I was up there working with the Medewin Hotshot crew while they trained new firefighters to call in water drops...

MB4A3rifFPM

saislor... over to you or OH as you suggested...

[descol]

here's one - needless to say - a seaplane base

http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv14/descol/prune3dec.jpg

[spook]

RNZAF Laucala Bay, Fiji?

[Phileas Fogg]

Have you lot ever tried the, equivalent of, old Tom O'Connor game show "Name That Tune" ... i.e. "Name That Aerodrome"?

"I'll name that aerodrome in 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1" :)

[descol]

Spook - Correct
over to you

[spook]

Thanks descol, OPEN HOUSE

[wet wet wet]

OK, if no-one else is stepping forward here's my first ever contribution to this fascinating thread. It dates from 2009.
http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l569/wet_wet_wet1/P7290078.jpg

[evansb]

Is this in Poland ?

[wet wet wet]

Close, but not quite Poland. But part of the former USSR.

[SeenTheLight]

Ventspils, Latvia?

OH if correct.

[wet wet wet]

Spot on! Ventspils it is. A very welcoming GA field nowadays.

[Duckbutt]

Here's another:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Twyler/Puzz58.jpg

[sabredog]

Gowen Field Air National Guard Base, Boise Airport, Idaho. U.S.A.

[Duckbutt]

Glad I stumped you for so long Sabredog! With you.

[sabredog]

Thank you,Duckbutt. Yes,very slow off the mark with your challenge.
Cannot see this airfield on Mel's list. Should not last very long!
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/Quis43.jpg

[kenparry]

Tympaki, or Tymbakion, Crete. There are several different spellings, only one lat/long, 35.04N, 25.46E

Open house if correct.

[sabredog]

Well done,Kenparry. You are correct ,and there is even a third way of spelling the name of the airfield;Timbaki!!
Kenparry has declared ;
Open House

[LFT]

Try this one -

http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/5963/036xm.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/706/036xm.jpg/)

[TheChitterneFlyer]

Castle Kennedy, Stranraer.

TCF

[LFT]

That's the one :ok: Over to you.

[TheChitterneFlyer]

Sorry for my late reply. Open house.

[norwich]

As CF declared open house ! I cannot believe this one is not in Mel's listing ??

Keith.

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii58/keithnewsome/DSC_0122.jpg

[frontlefthamster]

Oh dear! I know that one so well, I think... Not far from you? Chicken sheds? Maybe a navaid out of shot? Curse the effects of the wine and the time away from home!

[norwich]

frontlefthamster. There is something in shot that should narrow it down ?

Keith.

[chevvron]

A 'Bernard (bootiful) Maffews' resort perhaps? ie turkey rather than chicken, but then it could be Wing.

[frontlefthamster]

Thank you Keith!

That would be the fascinating dome at Langham, recently used for an interesting sound installation by Nick Franglen...

Friends of Langham Dome (http://www.friendsoflanghamdome.org/)

franglen.net - franglen.net (http://www.franglen.net)

Open house if I'm right please!

[norwich]

frontlefthamster has it ! yes it is Langham with the dome trainer, yes it is Bernard Matthews and yes they are turkey sheds !

So back to open house !!!

[Duckbutt]

I do hope that interest in this thread is not waning. Wonder if THIS one will last longer than five minutes!

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Twyler/Puzz59.jpg

[xtypeman]

Has it been used in an advert recently....

[Duckbutt]

Sorry, I've no idea. I would say that the general locality is photogenic though.

[xtypeman]

I was thinking of the Avios advert. Don't know where it is and wont Google as I believe that is not in the spirit of this thread.

Xtype

[Duckbutt]

I HAVE googled the advert and with the proviso that if I understand it correctly, the filming was done in a different country.

[Duckbutt]

Another view in the opposite direction:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Twyler/Puzz59b.jpg

[SilentHandover]

Is this in New Zealand?

[Duckbutt]

No, Northern Hemisphere.

If I had been here in 1976 or 1998 my knees would have been knocking both figuratively and literally. Probably also between 1915 and 1917 but not for quite the same reasons. Still very uncomfortable though!

[MReyn24050]

Bovec, Slovenia perhaps?

[Duckbutt]

Bovec Slovenia it is. Extensive fighting in the area between Italians and Austrian forces in 1915 to 1917, earthquakes in 1976 and 1998.

MReyn has control.

[MReyn24050]

Thanks Duckbutt. It will have to be Open House I am afraid.

[seacue]

I should like to submit this airport as a challenge.

Airport name and city?

For extra credit, which major TV personality flew out of this airport early in his career?

http://members.toast.net/rcarpen/aptwhere.jpg

[MReyn24050]

Name of the airport is Congressional Airport, Rockville, MD near Washington DC. The TV personality was Arthur Godfrey
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/arthur_Godfrey.jpg

[seacue]

Very good MReyn.

The airport is now the Congressional Plaza shopping area ... at least the name lives on.

Arthur Godfrey was a longtime radio personality in the Washington, DC, area (starting around 1930).

MReyn has control again.

[MReyn24050]

Thanks, seacue. It is over 4 years since you started this thread and it is still as popular as ever.
Here is the next:-
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Airportquiz050.jpg

[seacue]

I try, but I'm very poor at recognizing the fields .. and when I do, someone beats me to it.

[seacue]

Is the mystery field in North America? The year appears to be 1930s.

[MReyn24050]

It is North America and the date on the caption for the photograph states 1946.

[seacue]

How about what is now known as Dover AFB, Delaware?

[MReyn24050]

Not Dover AFB, Delaware, Seacue. This one was further north above New York. It also had the same name as an English town though.
Mel

[BSD]

Hang about, it isn't Manchester New Hampshire by any chance?

BSD.

[MReyn24050]

Not Manchester New Hampshire, just a little too far North.

[seacue]

English town? I suppose that leaves out Schenectady......

How about Newburg, NY, much changed. (Once Stewart AFB)

Newburgh Village Lancashire from newburghlancs.co.uk (http://www.newburghlancs.co.uk/)

[MReyn24050]

Much further East and a bit North. This airfield now has also has a different name today. In a City near by they once had a tea party.

[seacue]

It "couldn't" be Bedford Airport / Hanscom AFB. I don't see MEW Hill, which was leveled many years after 1946. Much of the field is in Lincoln, Mass.

[M-ONGO]

KPVD? Providence, RI?

[MReyn24050]

It "couldn't" be Bedford Airport / Hanscom AFB. I don't see MEW Hill, which was leveled many years after 1946. Much of the field is in Lincoln, Mass.

Well according to the source of the photograph it is reported to be Bedford Army Air Base 1946. However looking at a photograph taken in 1984 of Hanscom AFB which it became there seems little resemblance in the layout of runways. It looks as though my source has given it the wrong identification. Moral of the story "Double check one's source"
I apologise if I have caused confusion.

Seacue has control.

[seacue]

I "thought" I used Hanscom as a mystery airport some time ago. The picture at that time was taken in 1952 by me from a B-25. But I can't find it in the list, has my mind really failed?

Here is another VERY easy challenge. What airport?

http://members.toast.net/rcarpen/where1112.jpg

[seacue]

Here is a 1952 photo of Hanscom Field. I'm sure of the location, because that is where our plane was based and I took the picture.

http://members.toast.net/rcarpen/airp52a.jpg

Another of Hanscom in 1952. Flipped ......

http://members.toast.net/rcarpen/airp52c.jpg

[evansb]

Luis Munoz Marin International Airport, San Juan, Puerto Rico ?

[seacue]

Yes evansb, you are absolutely correct about KSJU.

You have control.

[evansb]

Thanks seacue. Here is the next mystery aerodrome:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WAD111219.jpg

[Krakatoa]

Still a bit high on the glide path Hoskins.

[seacue]

The best match I can find is KFNL, Ft Collins - Loveland, CO.

[evansb]

Not Ft. Collins/Loveland, but the state is correct.

[seacue]

Next guess is Burlington, CO, KITR, but it seems too far out on the plains.


Edited even later: Is that Pike's Peak???

[Duckbutt]

How about Steamboat Springs?

(Great name!)

[seacue]

Steamboat Springs was going to be one of my guesses, but I don't see a suitable mountain ... but I'm often wrong.

seacue

[Duckbutt]

seacue, see pm.

[Gordy]

Concur with Duckbutt:

Steamboat Springs (http://www.airnav.com/airport/KSBS)

[evansb]

Duckbutt is correct.:ok: Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Your turn.

[Duckbutt]

Thanks. Suspect this one is not too difficult, chosen because its a nice pic:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Twyler/Puzz60.jpg

[Russell Gulch]

That's a lovely photo.

It looks like a bear pelt, so it must be Bear Mountain (!)

[Gordy]

Farrenberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

[Duckbutt]

Lovely thought, Russell but Gordy has it and has control.

[Gordy]

Why thank you...headed out to a concert, be back in 4 hours to grade this easy one....:

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j35/helokat/caption%20pics/IMG_3739.jpg

[evansb]

Van Nuys, California ?

[Gordy]

Van Nuys, California

Yep, I was on approach to RSI...

evansb...over to you...

[evansb]

Thanks [I]Gordy![I] That Grob Egret seems to be a fixture at Van Nuys. Here is the next mystery aerodrome:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WAD111220.jpg

[olympus]

Evans Head NSW?

[evansb]

[I]olympus[I] is correct.:ok: Evans Head, NSW, Australia. Your turn.

[olympus]

Sorry guys; it will have to be Open House.

[descol]

I'll take open house
Merry xmas and a happy new year to all

http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv14/descol/prune162.jpg

[SilentHandover]

Amilcar Cabral International, Cape Verde.

[descol]

Silenthandover - seasons greetings
Amilcar Cabral it is
you have control

[SilentHandover]

Thank you Descol,

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n568/SilentHandover/Silenthandover.jpg

Hoorah it worked!!

[olympus]

Sutherlin Airport Oregon? OH if correct.

[SilentHandover]

Well that did not last long. Well done Olympus, Sutherlin it is.

It's OH.

[asw28-866]

As it's OH, try this one...

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i155/capthowie_photos/CTI3.jpg

'866

[JSCL]

NALF Ford Island?

[asw28-866]

Not Ford Island JSCL, much further south.

'866

[Dora-9]

Cockatoo Island, Western Australia?

[emeritus]

Yup. Cockatoo Island in Yampi Sound. Very high concentrations of iron ore.

Hasn't changed much since '61

Emeritus.

[Dora-9]

Also the bluest water ever!

Open House then.

[asw28-866]

Thank you emeritus and dora-9, doing the hard work for me! I shall be taking a repair crew out there tomorrow and staying overnight for the Christmas Bash, it's a hard life!

'866

[JSCL]

Don't know if this would be considered easy or not, but here goes:

http://uploadir.com/u/lme6ug

[Sir George Cayley]

On a Caribbean Island maybe?

SGC

[JSCL]

On a Caribbean Island maybe?

Negative. T'other side.

[nvubu]

I've just finished going through What Aerodrome Mk I & II and have only managed to identify 4 out of all the locations posted from the first image posted, so I'm a bit hesitant to identify this location as: San Fernando Airport, San Fernando City, Ilocos, Philippines

I'd like to say a huge thank you to all who have participated in making this a great thread to read and long may it continue.

Hope you all have a happy Christmas.

[JSCL]

Indeed it is San Fernando!

[nvubu]

Wow... Hope that won't be the last time I'm successful

Here's one from me - I think it is quite easy.
http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/001A_zps015e54be.jpg

Off to be santa now.

[Russell Gulch]

I won't say the answer, but Ciao! and everyone enjoy a Merry Christmas in their local Italian Chapel if you have one nearby.

Russ

[TheiC]

Lamb Holm? Open house if correct, please, and a peaceful Christmas to all...

[nvubu]

Lamb Holm it is - thought it was easy. I have harder ones lined up (I think)

Open House

[evansb]

Where is Cockatoo Island ?

Where is Lamb Holm ?

[nvubu]

Lamb Holm is: N58°53.18 W002°53.60. Not sure if I can post a link to the source for this ref as it is another aviation website.

As it is still Open House, if no-one objects to me posting another picture, here's another location. This one is a bit older than my last effort.
http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/002A_zps7f867d59.jpg

Just rechecking the list - this has been half done before, but I can't see the picture used, although judging from the description of it, it wasn't this image.

[Dora-9]

evansb:

Cockatoo Island is in Yampi Sound, in West Australia's north. Not to be confused with the one in Sydney Harbour! Try 16 05 46S 126 36 40E.

[nvubu]

Time for a clue:

The same location, but from the other side of the road - there are two aerodromes.
http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/002B_zps17ca2abe.jpg

[TheiC]

Croydon used to have two aerodromes separated by a public road, but...

[WE992]

Cranwell has a north and south airfield with a public road running between them.

[nvubu]

Not Cranwell.
Not Croydon but ...

[wet wet wet]

Hamble (north and south)?

[chevvron]

Looks similar to Plough Lane to me, but if it's Hamble, wasn't there a railway line somewhere?
Course Manston is another place with effectively two airfields separated by a public road; not sure about Sealand; was there a road between north and south airfields?

[nvubu]

Not Hamble
Not Manston or Sealand
Plough Lane isn't an aerodrome, but a road, so if this is Plough Lane, the aerodromes would be...

My next clue would be:

Looks like a new barn in the the farm buildings

[TheiC]

so if this is Plough Lane, the aerodromes would be...

Waddon and Beddington, which became Croydon..?

[nvubu]

Correct - in the 2nd picture, Waddon is this side of the road and Beddington is on the far side with New Barn Farm in the middle.

TheiC has control.

Beddington opened in 1915, Waddon in January 1918, with Croydon coming into existance in 29 March 1920. Plough Lane, New Barn Farm and the hangers and offices in the centre were only demolished in 1928

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/002C.jpg

[TheiC]

Apologies,

In the Lake District with very limited internet, and rather like Cherie Blair without her 'contraceptive equipment' I haven't got my aerodrome equipment to hand, so open house please...

[India Four Two]

I'll take advantage of the Open House. I'm sure this aerodrome has been done before, but I couldn't resist the appropriate seasonality of this picture.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/india42/IMG_1284L.jpg

I can't find any ICAO reference to the non-standard lights ;)

Here's a clue: Taken today at 0810 local. Sunrise was 0850.

[nvubu]

Thought I'd google "control tower christmas lights" and top of the shop:

Edmonton City Centre Airport.

[India Four Two]

nvubu,

That's the one - CYXD, Edmonton City and previously Edmonton Muni. A mere shadow of its former self, with the main runway having been ripped up and only one shortened runway left.

You have control.

[nvubu]

Thank you.

Here's the next aerodrome - a nice easy one - a very big clue is right in front of you. Suprised to find that this no longer exists.

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/003A.jpg

[chevvron]

Obviously not Montserrat but looks like it has the same problem!

[olympus]

Seen this pic before; I think it's at Victoria Falls. Not sure if the airfield has a different name.

OH if correct.

[nvubu]

It is the original Victoria Falls Airport - Sprayview Airport, sadly no more. It was called Victoria Falls for scheduled flights.

Only 2km from the falls, fantastic for the flight over the falls.

olympus has declared Open House

[LFT]

Ok, try this one -

http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/1058/036gad.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/838/036gad.jpg/)

[LFT]

East coast.

[Duckbutt]

Mablethorpe International?

[LFT]

Close, but not close enough..

[LFT]

The runway designation was 15/33.

[Lordflasheart]

Willow Grove NAS PA. Since 2011 PA ANG Willow Grove or ANG Horsham Station. Currently inactive but lots of shuffling and wondering what to do with it. Harold Pitcairn's base from green fields in 1926 to 1942. He was big in the US Air Mail Service.

Open house if correct. Happy New Year, LFH

[LFT]

At last. Well done Lordflasheart :ok:, Open House then -

[asw28-866]

Happy new year all! Took this one today, should not last long!

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i155/capthowie_photos/020112sml.jpg

'866

[evansb]

Woodie Woodie ?

[asw28-866]

Sorry evansb, not woodie woodie. Clue is it is an hours caravan time from my current location.

'866

[sycamore]

Could be a long time in a VW, or about 120nm in a 208,mate...

[nvubu]

Gibb River?

[asw28-866]

Sycamore, about 120nm in a C208 is close, actually 115nm on my WAC.

nvubu, not Gibb River, I do that on the Friday mail run along the Gibb river road. this run follows the Fitzroy River.

'866

[asw28-866]

One more clue before bedtime (4am start) the hills in the background are the George Ranges.

'866

[nvubu]

I guess that would then be Fitzroy Crossing (YFTZ) 18 11S 125 34E?


I had looked at that, but thought the surface in your photo was a little too red - hence Gibb River.

[asw28-866]

Very warm nvubu, Fitzroy crossing is the closest 'town' to this community and is 30nm to the NNE. Might have to award this one one on the 'pin the tail on the donkey' basis of closest guess!

'866

[TheiC]

Could it be called Gap Creek?

[nvubu]

Yakanarra Community
or Cherrabun (CBC)

seems to be about the right distance?

[asw28-866]

nvubu has it, it is Yakanarra!

The floor is yours.

'866

[nvubu]

Thanks '866 - that was a good search.

Here is another aerodrome:
http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/004A.jpg

Further pictures if needed tonight

[sidtheesexist]

RAF Kenley..............OH if correct

[nvubu]

Kenley it is

I thought that would last longer - you weren't mislead by the rare powered flight landing Bulldog on final approach into Kenley airfield - YouTube

Open House

[JSCL]

Time for another easy one :P

http://uploadir.com/u/9kfa39

[nvubu]

The Protectors @ Radlett

[JSCL]

Too easy :P

The house is yours!

[nvubu]

It's also just down the road from me - or was!

I'll throw it back to open house as I've had quite a few goes recently. I've got a couple of hard ones lined up for the weekend.

[JSCL]

Going to be selfish and take another me thinks :P

http://uploadir.com/u/7b8580

[chevvron]

You wouldn't want to fly a jet off that would you?

[descol]

south pacific ?

[JSCL]

You wouldn't want to fly a jet off that would you?

There's an operator that flies twotter's there :) So, small prop works!

south pacific ?

Indeed!

[descol]

Fiji ??????

[JSCL]

Fiji ??????

It's in the South Pacific.

[descol]

It looks like a freshly gravelled Malololailai - but - we have had this airstrip previously ?

[JSCL]

Tis not Malololailai

[nvubu]

That is Mana Island Airport

[JSCL]

That is Mana Island Airport

That is ! :)

[nvubu]

Not sure if this is hard or easy

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/005A.jpg

[sabredog]

Pegasus Field, Antarctica.

[nvubu]

OK - it was easy.

Named after the aeroplane below.

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/005B.jpg

The floor is yours sabredog

[sabredog]

Thank you.
Open House

[nvubu]

As it is still Open House - here's another aerodrome.

edit: I had edited the image to hide the name in my original post.

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/006A1.jpg

[Tacklebury]

R.A.F. Hawkinge ?