Which Aerodrome Mk III

[Self loading bear]

A better pixel photo can also be found on Newcastle airport 80 years.
But that is hindsight.
That the trucks were typical brittish did not help me.

SLB

[dook]

Someone must have the next.

[chevvron]

Father Brown was 'formerly priest of Cobhole in Essex' so how about Great Sampford, Essex?

[chevvron]

Akeman Street, Glos.
My great aunt lived in Akeman Street, but in Tring, Herts; right opposite the Rothschild Museum.
Edit to add OH!

[JENKINS]

That's it Road ran close to the secret South Midland field in England where I once plied my trade, useful on a murky day.

OH called.

[dook]

Something probably straightforward for a change.

http://i65.tinypic.com/plh15.jpg

[jensdad]

Great photo of my local, dook. And possibly the first time in history that Northumberland has been mistaken for the Australian outback!

[dook]

Yes - most unlike JENKINS, but I could see why he said it.

[jensdad]

And now, on reflection, I realise that the bowsers rest on what became my usual parking spot, hey-ho.

I detect a BA short haul person, JENKINS? :)

[dook]

I was an English Electric short haul person !

[chevvron]

Acklington or Ouston?
Short legged JPs but the closest one has a Mk 1 canopy and no tip tanks; could it be a Mk2?

[dook]

I've got over 2000 hours on JPs and Strikemasters and the Mk2 was an interim version, and it's neither of those airfields.

[JENKINS]

I regret not, simply low cost. Low cost, that is, in view of the pittance delivered by the company to its employees. Good fun though.

[JENKINS]

On the toss of a coin, Syerston? Most of my time was T4 and T5, great fun. Of course, my time was taxed rather than the tax free life of some pilots.

[dook]

It isn't Syerston either.

Are you referring to the fact that I flew the Strikemaster.

edit: to save you all pain, this is not an RAF flying training airfield.

[JENKINS]

So that cuts out Hullavington. How about a formal handover at Luton? The Cranwell stripe on a machine has now got my mind dithering!

Strikies - a frequent moan was that in the Kingdom there was no UK tax, whereas Loan Service in Oman attracted the attention of the taxman. I may be wrong of course.

[dook]

I think that was because loan service pilots were still RAF and tours were treated just like all overseas posts.

I was a civilian BAe company pilot.

Luton gets a :D

[JENKINS]

Thought there were Loan Service in The Kingdom as well as Contract.

[dook]

Yes - only two at a particular time. I can't remember the pay scale.

[dook]

You do have the thread Jenks.

[JENKINS]

Thanks, working at it. Luton time restricted to an airline which failed in 1999. Another episode of fun though.

OH while I think!

[dook]

I can't post because the last one was mine.

[JENKINS]

Here's one. At this field flew one of my favourite sportsmen, gave a succinct definition of 'stress.' Soon be bedtime, I used to sleep near here at one stage of my varied airline career.https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1440x1080/earth_postcard_1543095109_bf26ec9818abda90807990574b7435c0e5 b0fd62.jpg

[JENKINS]

On reflection, pressure rather than stress was defined.

[dook]

Gliding...……?

[dook]

I've been trying to find this to no avail.

It looks to be UK.

Was it used for model flying ?

[JENKINS]

Believe no gliding, no knowledge of model flying. Former colleague, back-seater Sea Vixen, flew his own machine there, and I believe another colleague, WIWOL and back-seater Sea Venom, may have visited on occasion.

Noel Coward was mistaken.

[paddyboy]

Great Massingham. OH.

[JENKINS]

That's it. Keith Miller, fine cricketer, flew there and later discussed pressure in relation to Test Match cricket.

OH declared. Paddyboy knows his North Norfolk fields!

[3wheels]

Somewhere in Essex?

[Discorde]

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1785x1149/aerodrome_quiz_2_c3a67859e63651a97538744086ddacab260dd59f.jp g

[dook]

Not unlike Church Fenton.

[Discorde]

Exactly like Church Fenton! I removed the YUAS clue from the hangar on the right but you didn't need it anyway!

[dook]

Takes me back a bit - I last flew out of there in 1967!! We are the same age.

http://i67.tinypic.com/30t5f9w.jpg

[sycamore]

Church Fenton...OH if correct

Too late....!!

#10103 looks like a graveyard for S-Vixens...N-Irn...?

[dook]

Too late....!!

Catch up number four. ;)

They are not Sea Vixens.

[Discorde]

Dook - were you in Leeds UAS?

[dook]

No. I was holding at the air experience flight flying Chipmunks after my Valley course on the Gnat, before moving to Chivenor on the Hunter course.

[sycamore]

Could be `Floggers fins` on an airfield in the M-East,or dhows on a river....
PS ,I was always #4(the Tanker) in the `Green Barrows` Formation Team....(C130)...

[dook]

I think they may be Floggers but it's not in the Middle East.

[sycamore]

So,if we go NW,would that be `better`...?

[JENKINS]

With reference to Sycamore down the back, in my time I was the 'Last of The Summer Wine,' pedalling like mad to keep my slot behind, I think, Clementine.

[dook]

So,if we go NW,would that be `better`...?

No - NE would be better.

I have identified the bombers.

[JENKINS]

North East as far as Vozdvizhenka?

[dook]

:D

Lights, music - you're on next.

[JENKINS]

Thanks, the shape of the Hardened Aircraft Shelters sent me that way, but would have been quicker if my Russian was better. Siberia, bit cool. Now let's go travelling again. My visit here pre-dated the large new terminal, and my machine was man-handled into the sole remaining parking slot on the small apron. Occasion a local VIP wedding, many there and a chum from RAF days was sent to cool his heels many miles away.https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1440x1080/earth_postcard_1543162943_4ccb0eff5fcd9f0932faf6a4f0779e0856 8d1986.jpg

[dook]

This might take some time...…….

[JENKINS]

So let's start. Sycamore and one not often seen in this parish, Brakedwell, may have an interest in local political divisions.

[India Four Two]

Are we in “The Southern Gates of Arabia”?

[JENKINS]

'Fraid not. The author was quite a character don't you think?

[India Four Two]

Major thread drift here! Freya Stark certainly was an amazing character. Travelling unaccompanied, with local guides, from Mukalla to the Hadhramaut, in the 1930s.

In the early 90s I was on a seismic crew on the plateau that she traversed en route. I read her book after I returned and found that I could identify which geological formation she was crossing on her journey. Amazing observational and descriptive powers!

My mode of transport was an Aerospatiale Lama, which was a big improvement on her four-legged transport!

[dook]

Spain somewhere ?

[JENKINS]

Not Spain. Since Wales won yesterday, my charity goes so far as to declare 31 there first, more or less.

[dook]

31 ? Fivestar squadron - I was part of the outfit on Jaguars.

The star of India - but that's not where we are.

[JENKINS]

Aren't we?

[dook]

Sod it...….:ugh:

[dook]

Somewhere in the north west ?

[JENKINS]

No, not up there. This city has considerable Hindu significance.

[dook]

On the Ganges probably.

Night night.

[JENKINS]

Not up there either. Lovely day here. To get closer, look at postings of Brakedwell, study his likely squadrons, and that will bring you closer. Sycamore should take the hint, but I stress simply 'closer.'

Spicejet on approach as I write.

[dook]

I have been looking for posts by Brakedwell.

edit: got something possibly better.

[dook]

Near Bengaluru ?

[JENKINS]

In terms of 'near' in that amazing landmass, yes. My father spoke with admiration of the beer in WW2 Bangalore. Keep looking, I had never heard of this place until sent there.

[dook]

Is your image orientated to north ?

[dook]

Tirupati I think.

[JENKINS]

Tirupati, looking North. The RAF squadrons clue referred to the status of 'Hyderabad' squadrons, receiving benificence from the Nizam of that Princely state, and drawing attention down towards that area. My first Squadron was a 'Uganda' outfit, though I doubt that Idi Amin knew much about it.

To you.

[dook]

Good challenge. SpiceJet led the way.

http://i64.tinypic.com/25kgztz.jpg

[Asturias56]

Western England?

[dook]

No - eastern....

[sycamore]

Southern UK...?

[dook]

Yes...…………..

[JENKINS]

There is a photograph on the Interweb of a line of shiny bare-metal 'Maggies' on an apron at Woodley, albeit at a different angle. Buildings unconvincing, but worth a shout.

[R2G2]

I'll go for Redhill. OH if correct.

[dook]

Redhill it is R2G2.

OH is called.

PM very shortly for JENKINS.

[R2G2]

I've flown out of it at least once and around that area several more times. Although that was 40 years ago there was something familiar about it. I suspect the photograph was pre-June 1940 as, I believe, flying training ceased then as the skies around that area became quite crowded.

[dook]

Late '39 or early '40.

Polish training - Fairey Battles.

[JENKINS]

Redhil, interesting. Never been https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1440x1080/earth_postcard_1543143753_8ceb4cc343186edc902767ca292e67b57b 48768a.jpg
there. Have been relatively close to this next field which has not featured for some time.

[JENKINS]

A parting shot at bedtime. Field in existence for a long time, 3 runways in WW2, and I cannot see any Sign of 'The Goat.'

[dook]

Good morning.

Italy ?

[JENKINS]

Grey morning. Not Italy I fear. USAAF units apparently used the field, B17 the machines, and the two units are extant if Wiki. is to be believed.

[dook]

Well, the terrain certainly doesn't look like UK.

Mediterranean possibly.

Were the B17s led by an "assembly ship" ?

[JENKINS]

Not Med., and I doubt that this theatre had the coloured ships for use in the formation process. Follow The Goat rather than that which moves sideways, for by so doing the scope of the search will be very much reduced.

The name of the field should be familiar to spotters worldwide, from Stockport to Santiago. However, it's presence in the air, very meaningful, is decreasing as the numbers increase.

[Cows getting bigger]

Longreach (Torrens Creek), Queensland. 19th Bombardment Group spent a bit of time here in 1942.

[dook]

….from Stockport to Santiago

Is that a hint that it begins with an S ?

[dook]

.....is decreasing as the numbers increase.

In terms of lat/long ?

[nvubu]

I reckon CGB has it.

[dook]

Agreed - but with Longreach not Torrens Creek.

[JENKINS]

Longreach it is, on the Tropic of Capricorn. As QANTAS phase out the lovely 747, the word LONGREACH on the fuselage will no more he seen by spotters as the 787 takes over........if it does of course.

Over to the 'herd,' and as an aside an American student used such a comment when being introduced to the UK Low Flying System. Can we forgive the Torrens Creek aberration? I gather it is a long walk. CGB probably deserves the turn, albeit owing us a solution from long ago.

[Cows getting bigger]

Thank you. The nautical theme extends a good while before Naval Aviation.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4805/45349645964_9328d725aa_c.jpg

[dook]

Is that a cargo shed ?

[Cows getting bigger]

Maintenance. Clearly this isn’t the UK, USA or DHL’s main base. :)

A discovering Henry would have been proud.

[dook]

Good grief - we have another Jenkins here. :uhoh:

[Sam Asama]

Keflavik...?

[broadreach]

Shot from the hip: Porto?

Err, I really meant Lisbon, TAP maintenance hangar.

[dook]

Far East maybe.

[Cows getting bigger]

Good shot Broadreach. Henry the Navigator was the hint and the photo below was going to be the 'give-away'. Over to you Broadreach.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4884/45353008664_15dd18298b_c.jpg

[broadreach]

Thank you Cows! I had figured out the "not USA, not UK but somewhere in Europe" but Henry was the giveaway! Ergo Porto. Try this.
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[India Four Two]

Tarbes-Lourdes?

[broadreach]

Sorry India, non.
But not a thousand miles away.

[dook]

Russia ….?

[broadreach]

Not Russia but there is an obvious connection in the photo, taken in early May 2018.

[dook]

Yes - NB'd the connection.

Spain ?

[broadreach]

Correcto, dook. I can see this isn't going to last long.

[dook]

Maybe Alicante.

[broadreach]

But not Alicante.

[dook]

Ere we go roundabout - Malaga ?

[dook]

Or Teruel……..

[broadreach]

Bingo! Teruel it is. Expected to be yet one more of Spain's "aeromuertos", they seem to be making a success of it as a Mojave-style parking lot. Usually quite dry but at that time this year all of Iberia was lush after weeks of rain.
Dook has the keys.

[dook]

Tinypic is being its' usual pita.

Does anyone know how to directly upload an image to the site ?

[Sam Asama]

Hi Dook,

Under the "quick reply" header, click on the Photo icon (just left of the smiley face). The page below should show up, in which case you will simply select "browse your device", select an image from your device (your computer) and then click upload in the top right corner. Voila! (make sure the imge is less than about 800 x 800).

Cheershttps://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/883x563/saving_to_pprune_9ef833ab2e19d48b3949f3c930e2377a15b19e5f.jp g

[dook]

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/700x417/tuesday_76c2402710ac235d2769d3cfb6cbf21533d79fe9.jpg

[dook]

Many thanks Sam. :D

[Self loading bear]

Tinypic is being its' usual pita.

Does anyone know how to directly upload an image to the site ?

make sure your foto is stored on your device.
use the Photo button.
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/750x1334/80bd3b4b_2aae_4ea6_b390_ea4f22289758_c0f83eeb32daed2c20ac205 47f4c3d81168050ed.png

Find photo on your device.
select, push ready,
push Upload

Simples

SLB

[dook]

Thank you SLB.

[kaikohe76]

North Korea possibly, Burma might be my other option, but likely not enough green vegetation for there.

[JENKINS]

No time to play, but in leaving do I note the outline of a WW2 three-runway field?

[dook]

It's not North Korea or Burma and has two runways, both active.

[dook]

OK - some clues are needed.

The name of this biplane will lead you to something else, which in turn should lead you to the country/area, and this country did have some of these.

http://i64.tinypic.com/vy4kzk.jpg

[JENKINS]

Just en passant, the last two respondents served on the first Squadron to operate the type in the Royal Air Force. Not contemporaneous of course.

[dook]

Then you will have the name of the aeroplane and should now be able to narrow things down.

[chevvron]

Wapiti/Afghanistan?

[ea200]

Somewhere on the Sub-Continent I suppose. Wapitis were in what is now Pakistan I think, but it's not Risalpur. Is the river the Indus?

[JENKINS]

Pure luck by starting off in the right place, oil and gas helped. Kamloops BC?

[dook]

Well spotted Jenks.

New balls please.

[JENKINS]

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1440x1080/earth_postcard_1542994280_2280236000871b67451d1289319a7bb5ab 17c446.jpg
Thanks. Judwin's best gave the 'elk' clue and so Canada, with the tank complex sending me after oil and gas therein, really lucky.

So this one, a single visit, just like Judwin. Machine was here for routine servicing.

[dook]

Wheressa pic....?

[JENKINS]

Oops, bit high on round-out? Sorry.

[dook]

Looks like a fairly big airfield and I can't see any passenger-handling buildings so I imagine maintenance only.

Australia ?

[JENKINS]

General Aviation, Training, Maintenance, and so on. A War of Independence in its past. My own visit allowed me a easy afternoon before my continued odyssey the next day. Hotac in nearby city, bit of a raffle as to which I chose, bit better than the night before.

[dook]

That makes me think of the USA.

[JENKINS]

A little known War, not American. One clue missed, but keep lookng. Amy and Jason visited, Kate and Val came later.

[dook]

Turkey or possibly Mexico.

[dook]

Hang on - I'm thinking aircraft and I've already asked about Australia.

[JENKINS]

Yes to aircraft-thinking, bit far out on locations even if in-between two.

[chevvron]

A little known War, not American. One clue missed, but keep lookng. Amy and Jason visited, Kate and Val came later.
Amy Johnson flying in 'Jason'

[dook]

That's why I suggested Australia.

The other two are WW2 Japanese aircraft.

[dook]

Amy had several refuelling stops in Indonesia.

[sycamore]

Another couple of Judwin`s finest operated here,until one retired gracefully......! and I got a weeks OO...amongst other things....

[JENKINS]

Pretty good, little bit of refinement and you will be there. There are others of this parish who should be more familiar.

[JENKINS]

Have just seen the Sycamore response, so come on old bean, tell us and I can go to bed. Be quick, because dook is closing in.

[dook]

After over two decades of flying I have no idea who or what Judwin is/was.

Are you referring to the post by sycamore or me ?

[sycamore]

Jenks,a couple of medals, a`Mention`,a! weeks OO(later rescinded),and a wife.....!(not all at the same time)..


dook-eghg

[JENKINS]

Resolution -- Judwin is the home of the former Westland factory in Yeovil. Very good grass field. Sycamore is teasing us, since he knows that I know that he knows it is Seletar. I think that if there is no further, he will be declaring OH, I hope there has been some head -scratching over the topic. Sorry to tantalise, dook, but you were doing very well.

'Raffle' was missed, Singapore of course. The War of Independence was post WW2 against the Dutch in their East India colony. I had a machine needing a 50-hour, arriving from Penang and departing for Bali, following Amy and Jason perhaps.

Bedtime.

[sycamore]

Over to you `dook`,or OH....

[dook]

I have several lined up but am going to bed shortly and will be unable to monitor until the UK morning.

I'm happy to post if that is accepted.

[dook]

Good morning everyone.

http://i63.tinypic.com/2r44end.jpg

[nvubu]

I'll start with Feltwell ?

[dook]

Sorry but no.

[Duchess_Driver]

Barford St. John?

[dook]

Not there either.

In fact not UK.

[JENKINS]

Many fields were created in the low-lying Foggia area of Italy. The USAAF named theirs individually, but all I can find of this is the name Foggia Main. Recent reading gave me the idea after your note that 'twas not UK.

[dook]

Well, I have the caption as Foggia Main.

Your peasouper.

[JENKINS]

Thanks, 40 Squadron perhaps. Very busy airspace. Not so busy at this next, though on my sole visit on a murky day there was much craning https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1440x1080/earth_postcard_1543171086_d2da804b1d8f0e6b11f3efdb852dce1fee 322fe2.jpg
to ensure my safe arrival.

[dook]

Craning wouldn't have been necks methinks.

Unless you were flying a seaplane.

[JENKINS]

It was my neck in the midst of the big but non-flying cranes.

[Asturias56]

Florida?? Or loooeeeezzEEannnaaa??

[dook]

The shadows certainly indicate it's lowish latitude.

[JENKINS]

Two Degrees 25 minutes North of my spot in Wessex. Very murky on my one trip.

[dook]

145 nm north of where ? Stuck in neutral again.

[JENKINS]

Wessex in general, a former HMS Flycatcher from a former existence nearby. This, of course,simply in latitude rather than a direct line.

[sycamore]

Hope your brakes worked well if you landed on 07,otherwise you`d have been a U-Boot Kapitan,Mein Heer..

[India Four Two]

sycamore clearly knows where it is. His U-Boat reference and JENKINS latitude clue led me to Bremerhaven. He should take the con and dive the boat!

[JENKINS]

Yes, Bremerhaven, and regret not Louisiana. Simply an Aztec, but in days long gone of limited approach aids, the dockside cranes were a touch threatening.

[sycamore]

Auf periscope..! Alles klar...AAaHoooGaaah!...Hinauf das Boot...OFFEN HAUS.....


airfield closed 2016

[grizzled]

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/599x386/place_2011_pec_e0f61738a9adfb3c4a0d1ce2cf4ab1d3d119e60c.jpg

A once and future airport of sigificance for the country

[sycamore]

Effrica...?

[grizzled]

Looks like Africa doesn't it? But no.
Fairly close to the equator though (about 500 miles or so).
International and domestic flights until the mid 70's. Then many years of military only usage.
Enough clues for now! :)

[dook]

Brazil....?

[dook]

Enough clues for now!

I'll come back later then when you're monitoring the thread.

[grizzled]

Come back whenever you want -- but don't assume my "monitoring" time will match with yours. This is a global forum after all :)
This country has something in common with Brazil, historically. But Brazil is many hundreds of times larger than this country.
An additional point re "monitoring": Many folks choose to view Pprune without logging in, and only log in as needed to post. Just a thought.

[dook]

Agreed.

You said within 500 miles of the equator which is why I'm looking at South America.

Perhaps I should go somewhere north of Australia like Indonesia.

[grizzled]

Perhaps you should!

Speaking of that, I've seen a photo of an F111 on a low pass over this runway.

[dook]

Searching Papua New Guinea.

[JENKINS]

So, Portugal if I read the Brazil reference correctly. Baucau, East Timor? A nephew from New Zealand has worked in the country, says it was a difficult time. The 'Aardvark' I imagine to be Australian.

[grizzled]

Well done Jenkins!
East Timor's longest runway and what will likely become a busier airport than the capital (Dili) in the future -- if Timor tourism ever gets a good foothold.

Here's the view I had on approach the first time I landed at Baucau. The scarred landscape is from an IL76 that had recently crashed short of the runway...

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/350x269/place_2003_pec_04afcc51ba0cab6fe5cb30f8279d8293047bcfcc.jpg

[grizzled]

And yes re the Aarvark being RAAF. At several keys points in the transition period after Timor's independence vote (from Indonesia) Australia's contingency plans and involvement included the potential of F111 use, hence many sorties over Timor.
Trivia: Baucau is the site of the only (publicly known) hijacking of an Australian military aircraft.

Over to you, Jenkins!

[JENKINS]

Thanks. I by-passed Timor in 1990 as I headed East from Bali. The Google Earth which I found displayed a large refugee presence I think.

OH for now.

[dook]

:ugh:...…………...

[grizzled]

Bypassing East Timor in 1990 was a VERY GOOD idea. There was much nastiness (mostly unknown or unreported to the outside world) going on there at that time.

(sorry Dook...)

[dook]

No need to be at all. :)

I've got four ready.

[Self loading bear]

Sorry Dook
Save the 4 for later
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[dook]

Not very well lined up is he !!

[Self loading bear]

Probably a former U-Boot Kapitan.

:

[dook]

A Finnair jet so Finland ?

[dook]

Helsinki has a RW 22.

But no.

[dook]

Might be JFK.

[Self loading bear]

It is JFK
you can upload first of four.

SLB

[dook]

Bedankt.

http://i65.tinypic.com/149wmt2.jpg

[Self loading bear]

In Dutch we call this “accidented ground/terrain.
i see quite a lot aircraft on the apron directly along Main street.
Also much buildings around the airport.
Someplace mountainous and crowdy.
I start looking Pakistan.

SLB

[dook]

A long long way from Pakistan.

[JENKINS]

Pearce, Alberta?

[dook]

That's closer but not Canada either.

[dook]

It's my bedtime.

This military airfield was on an island but no longer exists.

[kaikohe76]

Azores perhaps folks.

[Asturias56]

looks like a large old walled building complex in lower right with a "Med" look to it . That channel looks as if they occasional y get a lot of water

Sicily?

[dook]

Not Sicily and the Azores is in the wrong ocean.

[JENKINS]

My chum has already tried the Azores, so without any evidence I will guess at Pantellaria.

[dook]

The island is not in the Med - that's known as a sea not an ocean.

[Asturias56]

So -in an Ocean, not in the Atlantic, closer to Canada than Pakistan, doesn't look like the Arctic therefore must be in the Pacific??

[chevvron]

Aleutians?

[dook]

The Pacific it is but the Aleutians are far too north.

[chevvron]

Orote Point, Guam?

[dook]

Quite a long way from the Marianas.

You'll kick yourselves when you find it.

[Asturias56]

Is this a LARGE island - like Australia sized????

[dook]

Not at all.

I can't think of an island that size in the Pacific.

Population under a million.

[Cows getting bigger]

Kipapa Field, Honolulu?

[dook]

We're there. :ok:

Oahu.

[Cows getting bigger]

Why thank you. The military arrived here in 1940.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4832/31194098947_a4209162ca_c.jpg

[dook]

Do I see caravans there? They're a pita. :uhoh:

[Imagegear]

Boulmer - not as it was in happier days.

IG

[dook]

That's in the centre of the target.

[Imagegear]

Too true, if you have to live anywhere, best be under the middle of it.

IG

[Cows getting bigger]

Imagegear, correct. Over to you.

[Imagegear]

Sorry - Open House - since I have to wait 10 posts before I can post a URL My profile says I have 15 but the system doesn't believe my profile. :ugh:

IG

[dook]

Quick - shove up another post then.

(your profile reads 9 to me)

[dook]

Idea - try PM'ing to me and I'll post it for you.

[dook]

Is anyone else ready to go ?

[dook]

For anyone anywhere who is not asleep.

http://i64.tinypic.com/ix9gsh.jpg

[nvubu]

Red earth - Africa?

[India Four Two]

Not necessarily. Red lateritic soils are common worldwide, in the tropics.

[grizzled]

Or perhaps the red we see is not the native earth colour. Maybe Coulson or Conair have been practising dropping retardant...

[Dora-9]

Just possibly Inverleigh in Queensland?

[dook]

Dora has the right country but not Queensland. Go west.

An old WW2 airfield.

[Asturias56]

Bathurst Island? There's a lot of god awful strips up there around Darwin.......... but Bathurst looks possible....

[dook]

Not on an island.

You're homing in nicely with Darwin.

[Asturias56]

Lets try Belyuen west of Darwin on the Cox Peninsula

big country up there but it has to be ona track or road................

[dook]

You need to go south of Darwin. It is marked as an airfield on Google Earth.

[Asturias56]

Gould??/ Some of the GE imagery there is original 1984...............

[dook]

And you've cracked it. :ok:

[Asturias56]

Drove around the Darwin area a few years back - what always amazes me is how many decent strips there are in the Outback.....................

try this................

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1024x768/20181014_150621_medium__9372daffbb046aab618b6a25c2ae73b33d58 06c1.jpg

[Asturias56]

The airfield is a minor International Airport, located by the sea and outside the tropics............................

[dook]

Have you taken us back to Oz ?

[Asturias56]

No - it's a lot smaller place than Australia.......... they speak two languages there (plus the usual tourist English)

I'm out until 17:00 Zulu today

[dook]

Is one of those languages Spanish or French ?

[Asturias56]

Si................... Spanish for sure - plus another language (not French)

Another picture

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1024x768/20181014_150644_medium__761a9ef968fec8a104a515c8c938bb09aab2 5a08.jpg

[dook]

Argentina...…?

[Asturias56]

Quite a long way from Argentina

[dook]

So:

outside the tropics
coastal minor international
Spanish speaking

Map of Spanish speaking countries doesn't tally. :uhoh:

Unless north-west Africa such as Morocco,

[Asturias56]

Morocco speaks Arabic and French

Try harder!!!! Or get a better map..................

I'm going out for a while................

[Self loading bear]

Asturias airport in Basque country could fit the bill.
But I was not able to locate the hangar of the first picture....

SLB

[Asturias56]

A very long way from the Basque country......

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1024x768/img_7566_medium__9f6ddd4788a6ad6cad5e80e3ab95448e0d3ac57a.jp g

[Cows getting bigger]

Well, that's a Sigma IL76. They do quite a bit of Antarctic stuff from South America.

[dook]

But he's said it's a long way from Argentina.

[jensdad]

Amazed how quickly this thread moves these days. Trying hard to think of a bilingual, partially Spanish-speaking territory a long way from Asturias and Argentina that isn't in the tropics. Depends what you mean by 'a long way'... Catalonia or Galicia is a canny hike from Asturias Airport if you're walking? :)

[kaikohe76]

Canaries perhaps, one most of us have not visited yet?

[Cows getting bigger]

Mataveri International. Chile, but rather a long way from Argentina. :)
Sorry about font size, computer is having a moment.

[Asturias56]

Cows has it!!

Mataveri International Airport or Isla de Pascua Airport (IATA: IPC, ICAO: SCIP) is located at Hanga Roa on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) - which belongs to Chile - they speak Spanish and Rapa Nui (which is close to Maori)

the SIgma Il-76 was on its way to Punta Arenas for the start of the 2018/19 Antarctic summer season

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1024x768/img_7567_medium__2f8c15381b9297751c1076ce1f0992ecde074e56.jp g

[Cows getting bigger]

It's an OH I'm afraid. Off on my travels tomorrow morning; should have some interesting challenges when I get back.

[dook]

Where are you going ? :E

[dook]

Well. after all that chasing around I'll sit back.

http://i66.tinypic.com/2m83vic.jpg