View Full Version : Which Aerodrome Mk III
G-ARZG
15th Nov 2018, 18:33
Open House
Discorde
15th Nov 2018, 18:42
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1716x1224/aerodrome_quiz_828ce3156050346be083ec1bc2cd928778d374c8.jpg
Runway ident removed otherwise too easy.
Just found a video of a later model on take-off at the same place but it doesn't tag where it is. :ugh:
Discorde
15th Nov 2018, 19:52
Si señor!
Thank you.
http://i68.tinypic.com/fx6j3d.jpg
nvubu
15th Nov 2018, 20:21
Are we up in Greenland?
That question leads me to believe you have the answer.
Yes
nvubu
15th Nov 2018, 20:57
No don't know where yet, just looks like some of the other challenges from that area. Off to look at the Bluies now :ok:
nvubu
15th Nov 2018, 21:00
Sondrestrom Air Base, originally Bluie West-8
Sam Asama
16th Nov 2018, 02:00
Hellooo dook. Come in dook...
Good morning.
Apologies but I was blocked from logging on last night and kept getting an error message.
nvubu has found the challenge and has the floor.
nvubu
16th Nov 2018, 09:21
Thank you dook.
And for the next challenge -I've got a fair few images for this one if required.
https://rfbvpq.db.files.1drv.com/y4m2Xxi-RdLv-an4vEzz7YYOJ8jRRn9fs1yEylRqYtjos0jWG0sYiEO_439RpSQXB_5E6BbeK S1dEEz4l2QtYy8VV1LhxaRMQBYJLTG8OgEPglKmkles0RbLG4e8izpa0XFoM oMchuiz-izebLIZ7qM7Fz9Q6sjIapyoSuJkISy9UIweuRYqPnBZ26_0PC5R_T_CINiyP kYvSuopGeHVTBnjw?width=1024&height=769&cropmode=none
This one looks post WW2 and not military.
oldpax
16th Nov 2018, 09:43
Canada somewhere?
nvubu
16th Nov 2018, 10:10
WW2
Military + Civilian
Not Canada
nvubu
16th Nov 2018, 11:27
It is in Africa, but not Takoradi
Does this help at all ?
https://dm2gya.db.files.1drv.com/y4m9HP0VvbElGm4PY39spDeIzledIhO8f4ApFthylrKuPEIWDsoqJJsKtc3-ZB5W5IdoF3Qj_URbX1Q8cp3i1aIGqpIVWhNWuQaPUmVqhz_9XTRSXJZL3K2s Yq52_4wA7Gvs3N-JN-hdwPtiKDHHNJh8y649_sgtFuygvhZDBM0dzYmBDlpna9IgcAnxdMnuCYRw_4 jKgZiRpct_JZAu_f7MQ?width=1024&height=795&cropmode=none
nvubu
16th Nov 2018, 13:10
Not in Libya. 50+ countries to go :)
Have to narrow this down - southern hemisphere ?
I am thinking South Africa.
nvubu
16th Nov 2018, 15:52
Not South Africa.
That's cheating asking for the the hemisphere :)
Although I'll say that you are too far south :ok:
Here's another image for you to ponder over.
https://napeca.db.files.1drv.com/y4mdMAGZ1diDOneEeBCSLNu34wj-yxzGK3PvoFWsdRqY0HrV8avQ5iPqXJgoWDHz3NWWdUEH0r-rx19yU5Enb99XLOsUzqcARVF2oqacyGRYoa2m2kKczDZRh5KruIDJxTRWk0x i4xqkVc3UBtmxRSHb3Lu9fG_uJhqsCDDBPJUB7K1LapsEq6yUyerKdgiHNqm g_sUGmuQLdq-1VUsigo4Lw?width=795&height=1024&cropmode=none
chevvron
16th Nov 2018, 16:00
The rifle is a Lee Enfield No 1 Mk 1.
First time you fired it it blew your shoulder off, but last time I fired one (1984) they'd changed to .303 rounds made in India (Radway Green no longer made them) and they weren't half as powerful.
That's cheating asking for the the hemisphere
Why - it's a huge continent and just asking for a clue.
Thélepte maybe.
nvubu
16th Nov 2018, 16:37
Not Thélepte
It appears there were several in Algeria - any good ?
nvubu
16th Nov 2018, 17:11
Sorry Jenks missed yours in a rush to leave work :)
It isn't Fayid or in Algeria.
Control Tower:
https://qivpkw.db.files.1drv.com/y4mHI2lbfZpi0cxMMYLisydznlLZoaPDfxmcrjuky0VLiekqg8vObq4S3r2Z Ah7RCNsPqwm0OmWgrD0NixFd1NGLRV_sIxFHAv5QY1J9L9zFkCVonKbHuYBF 8Kh6i1BmKJXq3yatg-G2YXMybUQuZnG14mCqSa_I5r4o62NsrwhOuXYdxZt8ni5nftBdQzr6EgteAv pRagqaFAktiHU9J20xA?width=1024&height=727&cropmode=none
nvubu
16th Nov 2018, 17:23
Not Ismalia. And it does look very established
https://mzr2zq.db.files.1drv.com/y4myGImc_KoL_y9leH17F4uoM2Pi0MOJuCmjVqNpsM2uU1OLuXX34SEiIIA0 Okh8n_FOcWo_2C-UFzvvjKjEp7_FRHZvnDtNDUs0RmzZlN8T_i-iS12T78mKYhKaGEsFj6xlthzp5EYNKZLxdZBqMqf_pHHcVyPutli2FvcG2qk T4UfMqF2Q7iv2jhUsxoeqf5IsbRhST-8q96pM4v5r6extw?width=1024&height=756&cropmode=none
Got some aircraft to show next time.
There were 38 airfields built in Tunisia.
nvubu
16th Nov 2018, 17:32
You going to list each one?
Or do you want confirmation that it is or isn't in Tunisia :)
Sam Asama
16th Nov 2018, 18:09
You going to list each one?
Or do you want confirmation that it is or isn't in Tunisia :)
:D
Made my day...
Why don't you join in and find it Sam Asama.
nvubu
16th Nov 2018, 18:14
Ok...…. It isn't in Tunisia
Sam Asama
16th Nov 2018, 18:28
I've been looking, dook. (But it's 4:30 am where I am and after staying up to chat with friends and family in various other parts of the planet, I'm off to get some sleep.) Good luck!
nvubu
16th Nov 2018, 20:59
It isn't Cairo West or Payne Airfield.
grizzled
16th Nov 2018, 21:12
Abu Sueir?
nvubu
16th Nov 2018, 21:18
It isn't Abu Sueir either.
I said earlier that I had some photos of aircraft at the airfield, so here's the first one.
https://bw2uwa.db.files.1drv.com/y4m3DHZSW6X5Ai2K_bV4mOql9Y5Glp91cMRwzltv23UyMOQ27X9-3e4S5RIPT_Kod5ojeydK6gvrhQHXiMSfNlSk8Ar7gZZ4qmsW_sJrw4CWtr6F bCfw_WCqitKzJ6Bfq6Pg7yK9GxpfGSJFQxERVnVvJBi4cjaGk8o3r2XkWfQQ gdMPgi-rbsMq8w_1k0KJ_fapBXlV8fMdR752WSvUh2Stw?width=1024&height=780&cropmode=none
nvubu
17th Nov 2018, 07:16
I might have misled you with an earlier answer re Military and civilian.
On further reading, it wasn't used for civilian flights - i.e. only military aircraft here, but it was run by civilians - hence not looking military.
Off out this morning. more photos/replies @ lunchtime.
I might have misled you with an earlier answer re Military and civilian.
:uhoh:...………...
oldpax
17th Nov 2018, 09:04
Somewhere near Khartoum?
kenparry
17th Nov 2018, 10:18
USAAF aircraft in Africa including Curtiss fighters: surely something to do with Operation Torch. Three invasion landing areas, in Morocco and Algeria. the most Easterly was around Algiers. How about Maison Blanche, which was Algiers' civil airport and became a major military base?
Have we not been told that it is not Algeria in post #9812?
Hen Ddraig
17th Nov 2018, 10:55
Could this be Marrakesh, major entry and transit point for the 12th air force?
HD
kenparry
17th Nov 2018, 11:10
dook, you are right. Morocco, then, surely? I will try Casablanca Anfa
I've been looking around there too.
Possibly Nouasseur air base.
nvubu
17th Nov 2018, 12:11
We are not in Morocco - or near Khartoum, although Khartoum is closer than Morocco.
The Americans agreed to be based here BEFORE 7th December 1941,
North Africa is almost exhausted.
I know this sounds very silly, but the Americans did have a base in what is now Israel.
nvubu
17th Nov 2018, 12:49
Maybe it isn't in North Africa :ok:
But it is in Africa.
nvubu
17th Nov 2018, 13:11
It isn't in the Sudan.
Few more images, which may give you some guidance.
These were shipped here
https://1sqkqa.db.files.1drv.com/y4mJDVHPCxjr4gkwMBZ3V2X42WVOYK1MP5O2nHMXpWwpkQ8CJwMYrICNlvTX OD1NuuUl40PxnbKChOv1zkTmywsODuePoSvDk5-2rT-wT1RhcWCkSXnJwwNaHKn9P3GRZxHUsyqRWFTBEB1GwjHi0oHIBGrWOlbMdUG WK0oKcVABU1a81NoP_V9TJkvQobGYzkjxCzBTGHpuNTFAKg9AZqHVg?width =1024&height=717&cropmode=none
And became these
https://avjstq.db.files.1drv.com/y4mZfnN7S0hdFFggz5UEXzL74A7YOUeVBhlE7Wy4dpQaFddSa4dbB9BHl_Pb gK334PS5QBaa6bqMwfPZ6zKDVdyPKj3b4Mx4xkVyIK_6l7Awo4W0Ffe9fgbp 9Wf4QOcUMkADUU4Zne22DUxaShFvEpE-0FIvclh4CFNJ_MSKz3ISKEHh84BaH0kMdVsCiOrCD4RyWf8jPovKBmeAgpZA IRsrw?width=1024&height=796&cropmode=none
But they also dealt with this:
https://y7gnia.db.files.1drv.com/y4mGuBOHxkviERP7ExtcO4vzycPg4sXZGM1Euzr203KX1oc53P9C5eJ4nI8x eAGOAoOpPfv4GIrE21KL8ferV6vQTra0xAm-T8a46tZDlg-y4Vg5cmDWSUlbeFeG-npFDSealNKdLskwTwm7eMCYtdWbYfRO99ULd3Q7jpfASt4zCXvtI8404rdwH TvYNKf2GW49Ku6-8orLjUSm0ArJ6Jpaw?width=1024&height=795&cropmode=none
kenparry
17th Nov 2018, 13:18
Frustration is setting in. The only US forces I have found in Africa during WW2 were those in Torch and the subsequent push Eastwards.
nvubu
17th Nov 2018, 13:20
Remember, the base was run by civilians, not US forces.
You said no to Takoradi but was it on the Takoradi route ?
If so, it went through Nigeria and French Equatorial Africa.
nvubu
17th Nov 2018, 14:09
Not Lagos. Khartoum is closer than Nigeria.
French Equatorial Africa ?
Or maybe eastern Chad.
nvubu
17th Nov 2018, 14:24
Not in French Equatorial Africa either.
This airfield had a hospital
https://blgzka.db.files.1drv.com/y4mnSfKmNWvziX8l3ftYA3LevBBtQH6lzizVa-uQkM_M0zE07g7Wh7EioFPREwpKSgLTjMqfNbWd5sjv4fyF7o2XTlGM4jMBqc tPniivM4Fdm5sVLFZm9hBDWAElM6DNq5_vfaHJrdHWe46mHZQjUbXe5cIAG6 XGASB6R73FjxFju1ni9Ksm2MASef94iKPU-VrfbZTPdMjVh_3XsUEoc5j2w?width=1024&height=795&cropmode=none
Also quite a few warehouses.
https://pqpqea.db.files.1drv.com/y4m5I1lO273fwy4LW9yvuMGqHBAkgXAZ_AFaB02wudL0elpbNEhrtfZzW5KW BiWpIXLOIXduXC7LpxxYsOQLzDCXLrbshvnwB9F3f5GNPB-znTnT1uYBu7I3B6tiTn3LFGlsIizdlpZZ63W6Jt4Gsrq-BhhgeJ7GkJyrU-SW7AyG72tBImeljjutGhuD9KZ54BsZ7drJvSOSASC1Fe0cF5A_g?width=10 24&height=742&cropmode=none
But was Chad a hopeful ?
If not then it's not on the Takoradi route.
nvubu
17th Nov 2018, 14:32
As you say - it isn't on the Takoradi Route.
You'll get there in the end, not too many more countries to go :)
nvubu
17th Nov 2018, 14:36
Some freight being unloaded
https://byzbmw.db.files.1drv.com/y4mExcEjY3IN4zMZdRQD83sGeqZij4CrLgXgxdS_xnmFmXVUYjhUpzUh_9ya VLyWGutjYhltm5gxVqDiU8TmcpY41XKXRZAv1sbqAwEraqVHKYeBhu-pIfmfF9g8XbgygePrfIKfdB0lw9UAHyS9iOrK_xsmOzJoos_eK_gbycpqGEW HdDI3cLEGS_hFJUXrGJ4woAeoNvvlpZeJ_SLMppfMQ?width=1024&height=765&cropmode=none
nvubu
17th Nov 2018, 14:44
Look closer at a couple of the images I've posted:
#9824 (https://www.pprune.org/10313217-post9824.html) The tangled metal in the foreground. Can the aircraft be identified from it? (I can't, but one of you may do so)
#9838 (https://www.pprune.org/10313607-post9838.html) The Hudson on the transporter
nvubu
17th Nov 2018, 14:45
Ah ha - crossed with Jenkins.
Not in Sudan.
The Hudson has a clue to the country in its history.
nvubu
17th Nov 2018, 15:16
Yes - you are in the correct country now.
That's taken me to Italian Eritrea !!!!!
edit: too late for the country.
Gura ?
nvubu
17th Nov 2018, 15:48
Well done dook - Gura
Well done Jenkins - and the Douglas Aircraft Company - not very military looking
https://rfbwpq.db.files.1drv.com/y4meHPCeqcGK1BIeX93Sn-9mKOuxco1JgvNaN1FiIvk1iaiO04UcJO5YCfqtFMFYriMa-_Ipi9V6FXpLb4hXym3o0ykYgmGwqy0yVm2M2JlQXtBFAnPA1ZD-WBENlO2PJyj4eo0laOiq7Qat6wyHZ3SSFB7ALJqhNyp0e-Nv_FS9fJrL92_6bxV7-y5tncw0il1aWb1nykxBPkYkbX3ecNr2Q?width=660&height=470&cropmode=none
and the secret base - Project 19. If you go onto GE, you can still see the outline shown below. And you can work out approximately where the Indian soldier was standing.
https://38p9sa.db.files.1drv.com/y4mZM3Ajt2YLMXqgNBjHdKG-LBAkrvSHej-dFC5buYG6yzXmMvDzEnPHeAFe00-MWVD0FDSUT1nhspqurr6ug-8R9uW-I3lNai0Lic6wAPi214zUpO7jqnM5FEeA1etrQ49F6G799Nb6xsRiQ4YmRkrg U4p4yOe9Q3cyRXyf77CKqnJqYIj7Fdbtf5IIzj9WNTMF4dqV0gFLlHCduVhc ERIrw?width=633&height=450&cropmode=none
Over to you dook - by 2 minutes.
I hope you all enjoyed the romp through Africa :ok:
grizzled
17th Nov 2018, 16:22
yes indeed, nvubu. Enjoyed the romp, the pix and the history lesson!
:ok:
Would you like another romp ?
http://i65.tinypic.com/t8wvlu.jpg
nvubu
17th Nov 2018, 16:41
We still in Africa then?
We am not in dat place mon, but we am not too far away.
Having flown there for five years you've now made me feel ill.
Not there though.
Cows getting bigger
17th Nov 2018, 19:00
Well, I'm thinking that could be a VIP F27 of the Pakistani Air Force.
It's a civilian aeroplane.
Cows getting bigger
17th Nov 2018, 19:23
Have you any idea how successful the F27 was as an aircraft? :eek: :)
I don't think it was with this airline.
Anyway, it doesn't have swept wings or a trigger. :E
nvubu
17th Nov 2018, 20:57
Aviaco colours?
Not Spain either.
Forgive me but I am not well today at the age of 71 and will be shortly be off to bed.
We are not in the Mediterranean.
jensdad
17th Nov 2018, 23:04
Looks like it could be an F- reg aircraft. Not too far from Africa but not in Spain... The countryside looks rolling but not mountainous... Warm climate... Decent sized airport judging by the apron lights. Faro?
Self loading bear
18th Nov 2018, 01:22
Air Comores operated a single F27
Moroni / Hahaya Airport (prince Said Ibrahim airport)
It is still there according some photos on internet
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/686x459/32c77904_56cc_463f_aca6_479ca442d7ad_c1fe005264cf74dda4d05dd 4fd976e52cb3cab64.jpeg
Open house if correct
SLB
nvubu
18th Nov 2018, 08:01
Madagascar?
Close nvbu but slb has nailed it and has called OH.
That's an interesting cryptic remark.
Even more so now.
And wheressa taxiways gorn ?
Self loading bear
18th Nov 2018, 10:57
Bent but not broken
is linked to the Bible text of Phillipains
Today I do not have further time, but I suggest looking in the Philippine
SLB
Discorde
18th Nov 2018, 11:05
A Lightning base? But not Binbrook.
sycamore
18th Nov 2018, 11:07
UK or Europe..?
"….a severe thunder storm in xxxxxxxxxxxxxx brought Lightning that struck the home that Shirl was living in"
Discorde
18th Nov 2018, 11:15
Lockheed Lightning (P38) as opposed to EE?
(Enough with the Lightning stuff already. Ed.)
Is "over the hump" related to it ?
Cows getting bigger
18th Nov 2018, 13:17
Dinjan, Assam. (That took a bit of looking - 1st Lincs, 71Bde, Burma, Hump....)
Edited: beaten by dook
Shirl Spencer - author.
http://i63.tinypic.com/29gmjns.jpg
Jenks:
5 Squadron - Thou mayst break, but shall not bend me
Cows getting bigger
18th Nov 2018, 14:41
Balkans?.................
Based on where it is, I'm sure it's not Aeroflot.
We are not in Europe.
Self loading bear
18th Nov 2018, 18:38
Based on where it is, I'm sure it's not Aeroflot.
We are not in Europe.
It is definitely an Aeroflot color scheme but as from Dook’s info it has probably been discarded by Aeroflot so this will not help us in the search.
Am I correct by seeing 2 Mil-26 in the background?
I'm not sure - I'll look.
WIDN62
18th Nov 2018, 19:32
There were Polish Mil 8s flying for the UN in Ethiopia during the famine relief in the mid-80s, but it doesn't look like Ethiopia...................
That's because it isn't Ethiopia but you have now found the right continent. :ok:
Cows getting bigger
18th Nov 2018, 19:54
So, Sudan (Darfur), Rwanda, Central African Republic, Congo (both flavours), Sierra Leone ........ :)
Self loading bear
18th Nov 2018, 20:36
Do go on...…………...
So all of the above are not correct?
Mali?
SLB
One of the countries is correct.
Not Mali.
nvubu
19th Nov 2018, 06:47
Goma …….??
Morning nv.
Go to the other side of the lake and you're there.:ok:
nvubu
19th Nov 2018, 12:14
Afternoon now - lunch break for me.
Literally the opposite side? Bukavu/Kamembe?
Yes - literally.
Your service.
nvubu
19th Nov 2018, 12:30
Thanks dook. Do you know when the photo was taken?
I'm putting together a challenge - wasn't expecting to win this one :)
nvubu
19th Nov 2018, 12:56
Here we go. A brand new field.
https://cqjdvq.db.files.1drv.com/y4mJPfBGNOcNDN8wlDaeJy3DjE_26n_gAHdZwOkAB0S798b7hDr03dNV7CHv JgnfIPt2m0Rgxm1bjojYKp-IGfBcnURqA6B4AQVgsX1KBIH8TJpTIVHwe_LM1FbTS3QUE7Zttz9uJHOHWiN 3DUF-xot_4TkKgZucqAPtMwkhIdGmHygYTgYZ1j-d-ivSDhWMygK4UscfY2S2mm4TOiDKyj58Q?width=1024&height=282&cropmode=none
I'm not sure when the photo was taken, but the Mil helicopters were part of the peace-keeping force and not famine relief.
Asturias56
19th Nov 2018, 13:04
Looks like a construction factory - USA???
Mid to late fifties West Germany possibly.
nvubu
19th Nov 2018, 13:21
It is in USA, not a construction factory, not 1950s
Edit to add; this is an auxiliary field. The other images I have are of the main field :ok:
That makes a difference, but it does look rather large for an auxiliary field.
Usually it is military establishments which have auxiliary fields but to me that doesn't look military.
nvubu
19th Nov 2018, 15:25
Further investigation, it's one of three satellite fields built at the same time as the main field
this one doesn't exist any more
another still in use
the third is recognisable - but no longer active.
4th satellite built 3 years later.
The main base is still active.
There seem to be a fair number of auxiliary fields as well (from little know airfields) - but I have no pictures of these.
Was built before the US entered the war.
Can you please confirm military ?
nvubu
19th Nov 2018, 16:07
Yes, definitely military.
Here's the dedication ceremony at the main airfield: (building still present)
https://2im2gw.db.files.1drv.com/y4mSDQ_grXSZ6UJk7nlgtf8M3uUEr-8zuoUrf_eDcyGaiL-Y8aV7WHCUsIvPsbMlrG-azuZhnp4Z-YTdDdGYMAsUIW9mjhWTFNdSTjjaQbkhREC2Y28NfDXLLisD1e21X8XdPKUQi QkYqgHvamfAH4Ruljn25hOQDYPBI5tVdqB1cAHlRWAyTwlgJQjnDJQT9bxbe Gn5xxZr87kYQI6pzL1LA?width=1024&height=745&cropmode=none
kenparry
19th Nov 2018, 16:43
Is your field a satellite of Randolph AFB?
nvubu
19th Nov 2018, 17:10
Not in Montana, kenparry has the right state, wrong field.
Corpus Christi.
edit: that had six satellite airfields according to one source -
Rodd, Cabaniss, Cuddihy, Kingsville, Waldron and Chase.
I think this one might be Cuddihy.
nvubu
19th Nov 2018, 19:11
Well done dook. Corpus Christie is the main field. You have control.
The image I posted first is/was Rodd Field. Check out Google Earth, and use the history to go back to 1956.
Map showing the three satellites in relation to the NAS - produced by the company that installed the power cables.
https://byzamw.db.files.1drv.com/y4mTIO3zkcxgezZjnndW48D1wXD5FAjN2lGYI_4rfPTuVmh2XdPVLU9as9Ij JWQFf-I0YGoiGYh4mmMOimm9VefoCn6txPZAZC1j1_TwFHQCJsfW7MxGYJpI-H63QKnzEZbOpYi5CdLp2_ZzJUtPgP6oHLHP9sstHc2BiWBXIE8Wq6_qmL_g3 VZMZqaeV26XVS0aBXQwRjs7dg-axvFcv60AQ?width=1024&height=779&cropmode=none
Three initial satellites (Rodd, Cabaniss, Cuddihy) in 1940/1. My document is from this period.
Waldron & Chase were added a couple of years later in 1943.
Kingsville was in 1942, but not sure it was built as a satellite to CC - history (https://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrse/installations/nas_kingsville/about/history.html)
Good 'ere innit.
Be with you very shortly.
This might go quickly.
http://i63.tinypic.com/r1a5py.jpg
nvubu
19th Nov 2018, 20:05
Block 1 Hurricanes.
111 Squadron, Northolt?
Well, I thought it might last a bit longer than 19 minutes. :{
New balls please
nvubu
19th Nov 2018, 20:14
L1550 gave me a place to start searching. I think the record is 4 minutes.
Blimey, two in a day. Have to find another aerodrome now. Will be up shortly.
I knew I should have brushed the serial number. :ugh:
Blimey, two in a day
At your age ?
nvubu
19th Nov 2018, 21:01
I wouldn't have had a clue otherwise. All I knew was early Hurricanes with the two bladed prop. The serial no has led me to a couple of very interesting sites :ok:
Here's the next one from me.
https://oprk1q.db.files.1drv.com/y4m6PScFyj6OBb49prmDI2K5Xn0m83ieHGx9HORGgAHow7YAm2efDAAhyJDH mBCAgHOTDmeUclcrTwgBw6DLT9tVpBLn1Xjdg1Qr1jByG1DcDfnJISfItPq3 fICvLZXx9vkpbgYYcrVA-QqQBOpzT8s6FMWkdiB8Eko09e5Kv8Z38Kvop1-H_nwZD5iT-RA9RLxDUcAAlo_OtHv7gRFtYxEsw?width=767&height=1024&cropmode=none
We're off touring again...….
Only ten countries to look at. :uhoh:
The serial no has led me to a couple of very interesting sites
And me.
Sam Asama
19th Nov 2018, 21:38
Well, of all the possible A4 versions and countries, that sure looks like a USMC aircraft to me. So, that leads me to... gimme a minute...
Sam Asama
19th Nov 2018, 21:45
It looks more like Ben Hoa than Chu Lai (and it doesn't look like Da Nang)
So I'll guess Ben Hoa?
nvubu
19th Nov 2018, 22:07
It's not Ben Hoa.
Octane
20th Nov 2018, 02:59
Darwin Australia?
nvubu
20th Nov 2018, 06:23
It isn't in Australia
I think this E model might be from the USS Hancock.
nvubu
20th Nov 2018, 11:37
It is an E model.
Caption on the photo states 1st MarDiv, so don't know re USS Hancock.
Well, that's an infantry outfit.
I'm fairly sure about the ship from the tail markings but can't find anything.
nvubu
20th Nov 2018, 11:53
Photo taken 15-30 Jan 1970 - I suppose the 1st MarDiv may refer to the photographer.
California by any chance ?
nvubu
20th Nov 2018, 11:58
These were there as well:
https://cqjavq.db.files.1drv.com/y4mqNCathjZbe7jqeSaG4Lm5507DThSh8ABV5IkhKgvXAMl5-QmmEQ-m_qtXiGdQTrOyF_VKw749YTXxwvoAnxjCKzovVLpE3JKZM4QBOGyAlT81w6I QpU0e8noI9NzY1hEsxG6Lg0-CS9U5e81uagI8Hn2BRpTdKK2VJjgSJTwFC98t5NZIuhD4Pqb-MpfOa0EkO2zebWU5m0Z3NDHIQT9sw?width=1024&height=513&cropmode=none
nvubu
20th Nov 2018, 12:03
Yes, correct era.
Davidsoffice
20th Nov 2018, 12:32
China Lake?
India Four Two
20th Nov 2018, 12:42
Tan Son Nhut?
My current temporary location :)
nvubu
20th Nov 2018, 12:48
Not China Lake, nor Tan Son Nhut.
India 42 has the correct country.
nvubu
20th Nov 2018, 13:21
Not Ho An, but close by.
nvubu
20th Nov 2018, 15:30
None of the above. How many minutes will it last now?.
https://qeepaw.db.files.1drv.com/y4mPDwsO6dytZZW9WUAIwoQLxL2VkdLNCetyWJNVrWSX1-vuzSXTzrRolfQDYMaPfWm3aFEsy9mwiPSbMcvDxfqljgswnoze5NJEUfbZDG xchHo-RY2leoF8Q7JAIoVtu3bJIjd-8rCnW09MKqzSJSUbTyFuFVfshm9uZZrD5rqW6128V5Q1WhOvZOScLMwjpkHr UbFmkA4pkhL-fqgHgdpYw?width=1024&height=1014&cropmode=none
nvubu
20th Nov 2018, 16:01
Yup - Da Nang.
20 minutes.
All yours dook.
I thought of there a while back but something didn't fit and it seemed too obvious.
Stand by your beds.....
Can't get into the host site - bear with me.
Looks like the site is down - still can't bring it up.
OH
kenparry
20th Nov 2018, 16:42
Try this one:
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1399/107finals_9f0a8b5a17ecabbd2ebfdbbae7cb420ae92264eb.jpg
Aloha Ken!
Honolulu is my bet.
BSD.
(OH if correct, I haven't mastered finding original and interesting places to post as yet)
Discorde
20th Nov 2018, 22:17
San Juan?
chevvron
21st Nov 2018, 05:24
Mauritius Plaisance?
kenparry
21st Nov 2018, 07:40
BSD is correct; Honolulu. The city is just beyond the airport, and Diamond Head in the distance slightly right of centre.
He has declared OH
dixi188
21st Nov 2018, 08:40
I thought it was "What Cockpit".
I'll go for B737-200.
I see an OH...
http://i68.tinypic.com/2f06srp.jpg
I have to go out. Back in about two hours.
sycamore
21st Nov 2018, 11:04
Somewhere in Holland../ Schipol ..?
Self loading bear
21st Nov 2018, 14:44
Not Holland I'm afraid.
Looks like a junk yard, Strange mix of aircraft. Spitfire, 3 & 4 blade prop Typhoons.
Looks like a German gun in the background?
By the way,
We hardly had allied airbases in the Netherlands.
Some in Brabant province.
After the bridge to far failure in september 1944.
SLB
Davidsoffice
21st Nov 2018, 15:44
First thought was Italy but now going for Ahlhorn.
We're not in Germany either.
Sorry but not there either.
It would be a good idea to leave the European mainland.
kaikohe76
21st Nov 2018, 21:13
A long shot, but could it be Tangmere?
Shackman
21st Nov 2018, 21:14
High Ercall?
Neither, but Tangmere is moving in the right direction.
chevvron
22nd Nov 2018, 10:21
But we are in the UK.
Positive I posted 'Langley' yesterday evening but for some reason my post didn't appear.
Homing in now.
Go south to the next county...….
sycamore
22nd Nov 2018, 11:39
RAF Ford...? ...OH if correct..
Too far east.
This airfield is very active.
nvubu
22nd Nov 2018, 11:53
Goodwood ?
I hope my above posts drive you to the right county - and Goodwood isn't active.
Would you all like a big clue ?
longer ron
22nd Nov 2018, 12:33
Lasham ? or perhaps Hartfordbridge ?
Lasham finds the right county but it's an active RAF airfield. Now go.....
longer ron
22nd Nov 2018, 12:45
Odiham then I guess - looked too big in your photo LOL
OH if correct
Bingo. Odiham was a forward repair unit.
The photograph was taken shortly after D day.
OH has been called.
grizzled
22nd Nov 2018, 14:14
It has an "Okanagan valley" look to it... (or "Okanogan" if we're on the USA side of the border)
Penticton?
I think that you have taken us back to the far east.
That makes me think it's on or near a big lake or near the sea.
Around the Great Lakes possibly.
JENKINS
22nd Nov 2018, 16:21
No to Japan. These southern skies once graced by a WIWOL of high regard, one who takes to the air(sounds like?) no more.
once graced by a WIWOL of high regard
Aren't we all. :E
Singapore ?
er….no.
JENKINS
22nd Nov 2018, 16:29
Southern skies.
Yes, I've been looking antipodean but trying to make the other clues fit, especially WIWOL.
JENKINS
22nd Nov 2018, 16:35
Sounds like?
Can't find anyfink in Oz or Kiwi.
JENKINS
22nd Nov 2018, 17:24
One took off 10 minutes ago, another due to land in 20. Not military.
Self loading bear
22nd Nov 2018, 17:58
Pucon Airport in Chili
with nearby Lake Alumeni?
OH if correct
SLB
He says Pucon, you reply Upson.
wtfo ?
They don't speak English in Chile or around there apart from the very south of Argentina.
WIDN62
22nd Nov 2018, 18:44
South Africa?
I looked there at Aliwal in response to the WIWOL clue.
JENKINS
22nd Nov 2018, 19:41
Pucon of course, thought that I had changed it. The WIWOL clue, obviously you do not ken. Air ( sounds like ). South Africa the wrong way from Chile, go West and South. Field active at the moment, Cessna 208.
For those not familiar with RAF-speak, When I Was On Lightnings. The individual who shared these skies commanded a Lightning station.
This wasn't Ken Hayr was it ?
If it was, I'm looking again at NZ.
JENKINS
22nd Nov 2018, 19:51
That's it. Should help you get close albeit not directly to the spot. W-O-W would be close.
I knew Ken - great chap.
I asked about NZ in a previous post.
JENKINS
22nd Nov 2018, 20:08
No, no. Just a statement, I was wearing pedant hat, sorry. Try me on negative questions, apparently most frustrating.
JENKINS
22nd Nov 2018, 20:20
Lovely response! Simple way out, it is in New Zealand. Scene of a family wedding, great fun.
I've been through all the ones I can find to no avail - still working on it.
Somebody will now come along and pinch it I bet.
Ken was born in Whangarei but no lake.
JENKINS
22nd Nov 2018, 20:30
Jetstar seems to Number 1 on approach. Whangarei wrong island. Oh where is my chum K76?
Do you compose crossword puzzles ?
Cows getting bigger
22nd Nov 2018, 20:41
That will be Queenstown.
JENKINS
22nd Nov 2018, 21:02
Yes, unfair on Dook. No to the compiler question. I certainly use the maps from Flight Radar, and a touch of Welsh deviousness. Hard luck dook, I tried to point - W-O-W refers to the nearby Wanaka on another lake, Wings Over Wanaka where Sir Ken once displayed. My own Ken Hayr story, apart from his being my Air Officer Commanding, refers to his double-hush in a turbine twin, but that is for another time.
With cheerful regret, to you Cows.
Cows getting bigger
22nd Nov 2018, 21:09
Jenkins thanks, that took a bit of work. 'Twas only yesterday but this one is somewhat weathered and in need of a paint job. Salty Dogs.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4819/45093558905_32cc6f9ce4_c.jpg
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4895/45281021974_4d7b8090c9_c.jpg
Cows getting bigger
22nd Nov 2018, 21:43
I figured that was too much of a hint, for now. :)
jensdad
23rd Nov 2018, 13:00
Looks Azorean, but not Lajes, I don't think. Santa Maria?
kcockayne
23rd Nov 2018, 16:15
Looks Azorean, but not Lajes, I don't think. Santa Maria?
I am with you there - as far as the Azores are concerned. Let's just go through a list. My guess - Flores
There is no need for a list - jensdad has provided the answer.
Check it out on GE and the tower in this photograph.
http://i65.tinypic.com/25utmhc.jpg
Cows getting bigger
23rd Nov 2018, 19:00
Indeed it is, Santa Maria on Thursday. A rather interesting place with a massive apron, traditional WW2 triangular runway etc. The chap who handled us had been there since the 70s and regailed us with stories of endless jets stopping for a top-up; it's rather dead now. Dook was quick enough to observe another photo, seen below - apparently en-route to Port of Spain. Over to Jensdad.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4845/31066006777_beca03faff_c.jpg
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4852/45093559365_14f4e8070b_c.jpg
jensdad
23rd Nov 2018, 20:56
Thank you CGB. I would love to visit that place. One of those 'classic' airfields from the past. I have nothing sufficiently challenging, so OH!
I have though.
http://i68.tinypic.com/1t07f9.jpg
JENKINS
23rd Nov 2018, 21:18
Speke, I imagine during Becher's Brook.
Blimey. How did you find that ?
Your throttles.
JENKINS
23rd Nov 2018, 21:38
Thanks. Noted AQ460 and worked from there. Former Squadron Commander had been a Sabre pilot, perhaps on 234. Speke https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1440x1080/earth_postcard_1542133471_93301e9977e8fa585e624f73b2737eb030 0841a7.jpg
buildings were remarkable. To bed now, but not without this which my logbook tells me I have visited once. No memory of the visit. Nearby very impressive World Heritage Site worth a look, reflectively perhaps.
Morning all.
That seems to be a small airfield. I assume not UK.
JENKINS
24th Nov 2018, 10:25
Positive answer. This is not a UK field. Very busy, apparently, in its own country, and there are plenty more nearby. My solitary trip was by Aztec, and the nearest field from my logbook was in a military VIP machine.
jensdad
24th Nov 2018, 10:27
Morning all.
That seems to be a small airfield. I assume not UK.
The layout of the fields, and the fact that there seem to be hedgerows between them, looks a bit UK-ish to me. I'm struggling to think of a British World Heritage Site that could fit the clue though, unless it's the Roman Baths at erm... Bath?
jensdad
24th Nov 2018, 10:28
Oops, sorry, our messages overlapped there. Neewhere near Bath, then :)
reflectively perhaps
Something to do with mirrors or water ?
JENKINS
24th Nov 2018, 12:42
Last two, yes and yes. Shame about Bath, one of my favourite places. Watch this space for future efforts!
Does "Last two" refer to my two posts or "mirrors or water" ?
JENKINS
24th Nov 2018, 12:48
For clarity, yes to France and yes to one of mirrors or water.
Thank you.
Near Versailles possibly.
Toussus le Noble looks hopeful.
JENKINS
24th Nov 2018, 13:48
Very hopeful indeed. Has been active for a long time. Useful field, as was Leavesden in relation to London before cinematography took over. All yours.
Cheers.
I hope there's nothing on here to give it away quickly.
http://i67.tinypic.com/23ia139.jpg
What an intriguing guess.
A long way from Woomera though.
Northern hemisphere.
mustbeaboeing
24th Nov 2018, 14:43
Newcastle UK NCL. EGNT
Open House if correct
I wonder what gave that away.
OH
I shall be more circumspect in future.