Which Aerodrome Mk III

[dook]

RAF Typhoons have been based in the Romania.

Might it be Mihail Kogalniceanu ?

[Asturias56]

ahhhh yes indeed - earlier in 2018 I believe...........

[sycamore]

Just beat me dook...

[dook]

It doesn't matter sycamore.

We are leaving tomorrow morning for the Christmas holiday and I will not be able to monitor the thread until tomorrow evening.

I therefore reluctantly offer OH.

[Self loading bear]

I am currently waiting on my plane home in ATH.
I visited a ship in a harbour 3,5 hours away by taxi.
i would have prefered to travel via this Airport but it has rather limited connections.

When looking on Google earth the airport itself is blurred.
But what I thought to be te carpark was clear
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/750x865/f088b199_0bdb_4efe_8455_228816d1156d_40ab85d3b9683b1f19f4fe6 ff14f712f083a3774.jpeg
But you have to start looking for an airport without parking but with marina.
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/750x887/d8a1e312_8442_44b0_98bf_c3198eebd3dc_459d8a31f67388a1e88ee70 033c64af5da03464c.jpeg

My flight leaves at 17:25 So you have 1 hour.
Or 4 and a half hour before I can respond.

SLB

[Cows getting bigger]

Aktion (LGPZ), Greece.

[Self loading bear]

Aktion (LGPZ), Greece.
Very well
time for boarding
CGB is cleared for take-off

SLB

[Asturias56]

Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport Constanta
RAF residence early 2018


https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1333x768/a42_d1dcec8e4f7159bf011921ef5c74c556b7fba3d1.jpg

[dook]

.........
http://i67.tinypic.com/2d1nwiw.jpg

[dook]

Is it OH though ? :confused:

[JENKINS]

Quite correct, no declaration from CGB, withdrawn.

[Self loading bear]

.........
http://i67.tinypic.com/2d1nwiw.jpg

Better a surge drill then ODI
one deer inoperable!

Merry Christmas to all of you!

SLB

[Cows getting bigger]

Sorry, still away taking fiendishly difficult photos of airfields. OH. :)

[JENKINS]

Here again, and regards to the Star of India.https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1440x1080/earth_postcard_1544296463_332d982081e02ef2f77d0ed86d19a467aa 2d09ed.jpg

[dook]

Fivestar :)……...

[chevvron]

Montrose??

[Asturias56]

Certainly looks like it.................................

[chevvron]

The famous 'airfeld of ghosts'.
OH if Jenkins confirms whilst I'm out shopping.
The present strip can just about be made out running diagonally top right to bottom left with a farm track next to it.

[JENKINS]

Here now. That's it. Believe it featured in a John Buchan book, with his hero escaping courtesy of a chum with RFC machine from Montrose. Very familiar, of course, to those who plied the oil routes up and down the East coast of the United Kingdom.

Verily ghosts.

[Asturias56]

as it's OH try this one while I while away a few hours near LGW - like Gatwick - no longer in use...................

PS Due to fly home Sunday - ... off to make other arrangements......... a late train to Paris looks good

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1071x620/2018_12_20_092452_07c8e5052d81519c4a413640f0ceeddd1d489134.j pg

[sycamore]

Could be somewhere like the Falklands...

[Asturias56]

No - having been to both though I can see why you might think so - it's a bit warmer (some of the year) and not too far from a major river

[chevvron]

Not enough of those rocky things called hills.

[Asturias56]

Lafonia is about as flat a part of the world as you could wish for .... but this is a long way from there

[Asturias56]

It has seen better days........

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/948x601/2018_12_20_092413_7fabe0dadfae0a58af51aa0d648387df55df1db1.j pg

[sycamore]

Do the black `dots` have any significance,ie bomb holes,or pylons...?

[JENKINS]

And that funny little aeroplane?

[sycamore]

Think that is just the GE symbol;;

Ex-Luftwaffe dispersed a/d....?
somewhere in midi-France...?

[Asturias56]

I think the back dots may be electricity pylons built since the airport was closed

It's a long way east of France

Not a dispersal base - probably built for crop dusting..............

[dook]

Does this major river empty into the Black Sea ?

We might be in Ukraine again.

[chevvron]

Does this major river empty into the Black Sea ?

We might be in Ukraine again.
'Major river'?
I can't see one.

[Asturias56]

The river does - but not Ukraine - we're in NATO here

The spots are just bushes - I checked the pics again some seem to have grown up since the place was abandoned - see pic of it in it's heyday (sic) - I think that was bowser on the south side of the runway......

By near the river I mean within about 30 kms

I'm off to do some Christmas shopping say 15:00 Zulu

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/639x382/2018_12_20_091937_128d45408e88ab49fb9bf24dcf0c585a9080f0a7.j pg

[Cows getting bigger]

We're in Bulgaria. Toshevtsi to be more precise.

[Asturias56]

we are indeed - a rather rural spot TBH - nothing ever seems to have ever happened there..................

Cows in charge!

[Cows getting bigger]

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1504/img_1207_914fbb43b50f64c0ce733bfcd7ec15132d1c83ec.jpeg

From my travels last week. :)

[sycamore]

BAe Warton..?

[Self loading bear]

Arabic language country,looking at the fire extinguisher sign
but not a clue further.

SLB

[kaikohe76]

Even with the Arabic writing on the fire equipment, the gate 1 sign is in English. The set up still looks UK to me, if not Warton as Sycamore has suggested, how about RAE Bedford as was?

[dook]

I was a contract pilot with BAe and at Warton some signs were in Arabic because of the number of middle east personnel who regularly visited.

edit: I don't think it's Warton though.

[Cows getting bigger]

Neither do I. :)

[dook]

In fact I don't think we are in the UK.

[sycamore]

Is this an ex-mil a/fld in UK....?
Does it hold a stash of ex-Russian aircraft....?
Is the fence electrified...?

[chevvron]

T2 hangar with taller than normal doors installed for something with a tall fin.

[dook]

I'm wondering if it is connected to rendition flights.

[sycamore]

There might be a black `balloon` in there...

[JENKINS]

I fear that the hangar might indicate Royal Navy connections, but will still take a punt on Luqa.

[Self loading bear]

The suggestion of BAe hangar is interesting.
BAe Systems is also based in Saudi and Oman.
But has several other contracts in the Middle-East as well.
The hangar looks brand new.
Did you check if it already shows on Google Maps/earth?

SLB

[dook]

Look left of the hangar - green trees.

Jenkins suggested Luqa but zooming on GE there's nothing like that which I can see.

[JENKINS]

I agree, just guessing.

[chevvron]

The T2 is 'transportable' and can be moved from site to site; several T2s at Brawdy have disappeared recently.

[Cows getting bigger]

Hmmm, some good guesses, some not so good. It isn’t Luqa, I’ve saved that one for another time.

Perhaps the RAF’s ubiquitous overseas sqn required the increased height doors?

[Asturias56]

This is just guessing comrades!!!

Let us think.... Comrade Cows said he/she took this picture "from my travels last week"

On the 19th December he/she posted a picture of Aktion in Greece with the words :-

"I am currently waiting on my plane home in ATH. I visited a ship in a harbour 3,5 hours away by taxi.
i would have prefered to travel via this Airport but it has rather limited connections.My flight leaves at 17:25 So you have 1 hour.
Or 4 and a half hour before I can respond. "

so, somewhere between Athens & Aktion and closer to Aktion - it could be Agrinio or thereabouts?

Probably a load of meatballs but.....................

just seen his post - sounds like Cyprus to me................... Akrotiri??

[Self loading bear]

Asturia,

it was me travelling from Athene to home.
Cows had the answer!
Cows has been posting a photo of his (one of many?) previous travel of UAE Fareiyah in November.
That makes me think this is Middle East as well.
But we then have to find trees in the Middle East.
That might be easier than airports.

SLB

[Asturias56]

What an idiot!!!!!

Dr Watson rather than Sherlock Holmes................ :uhoh::uhoh::uhoh:

[dook]

There is no way that is Akrotiri.

[Cows getting bigger]

There is no way that is Akrotiri.

Why? (just asking :) )

[dook]

Because it's not there.

Anyway, why the Arabic ?

[Cows getting bigger]

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1280x960/2ca647aa_6820_4ba5_94ff_e44ab77b023a_59713d447f534c3e3614a77 f4bda5af8b9aa389a.jpg

From another angle. One of these fine beasts is my usual steed.

[dook]

Do they have triggers ? :E

[JENKINS]

I had worked out the steed long ago! Another had been one of mine.

[Self loading bear]

Great
now there are Palm trees added to the mix!

[sycamore]

Sun elevation is about 40-45*,so it might be along Lat of 25-+5,...?????

[kaikohe76]

Could it possibly be Dhahran, if so, there would likely be more visible security.

[dook]

I've been to Dhahran and it's not that green.

I am beginning to think Egypt but I can't find an airfield like that.

[Asturias56]

Lots of business jets by the look of it - also clear blue skies so probably not India or Egypt

The figure in red looks as if they have an Affro hair style whereas the other one looks as if it could be a Salwar Kamiz or similar

One time that would be useful but these days..............................

[kaikohe76]

On second thoughts, with the amount of greenery about, any reason why it would not be further south into Africa, Nairobi `JK` International on the GA side possibly. Looked also at Wilson field off to the west, might be a bit small.

[Flap40]

That looks like a Flight Calibration DA62 and a google tells me that they have two based in the UAE. There is a hangar south of the 12 threshold at Sharjah that might fit the bill.

OH if correct.

[Self loading bear]

Looks to me that it is the off-Season vacation address of Rudolph the red nose reindeer.

Cheers SLB

[Asturias56]

Flap40 looks pretty good but I can't see the security fence on GEarth.................... there are a few trees around the hangar tho'......

I wonder if it's Fujeirah??

[sycamore]

GE stuff is well out of date....if you look at BZNtn,it still has VC10s,and Lyneham has Hercs...!

[ea200]

I am sure Flap40 is correct. It is the Dolphin Air MRO Centre in Sharjah.

[kaikohe76]

Could very well be a `fair call` with Sharjah. If so, it has come along somewhat since I was last there in 1967, wearing sweaty flying suits flying for Her Majesty. Mind you Dubai next door has expanded a little too!
Already Christmas Day in the outer parts of the Commonwealth, do have a good one everybody, Cheers.

[dook]

It's more than a fair call.

http://i68.tinypic.com/2qjx5ix.jpg

[Self loading bear]

It appears that tonight Cows is busy using his red nosed steed for other purposes.
Flap declared OH.

May I take the opportunity to post the next challenge?
I tried to stay in the Seasons mood.
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/692x1060/4356aa83_d00b_4cf0_a00c_fd3662dc2a3a_8aa4a7d57225f842e3511b8 cc3ea77965c7edac6.jpeg


SLB

[sycamore]

Rovaniemi,Helsinki.....OH if correct

And a Merry Christmas to you all......

[Self loading bear]

Rovaniemi,

Home base of Santa Claus.

OH declared

SLB

[India Four Two]

A lovely grass field.

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1030x634/screen_shot_2018_12_24_at_16_37_03__5eeef1e535ac08c0d0e37e0c 517ce0eda757fbc5.png

[kaikohe76]

Whitianga airfield on the Coromandel Peninsular New Zealand, very popular spot for holidaymakers from Auckland at this time of the year. The green Carters Building Supplies warehouse was a good clue, I spend lots in my own local one.

[Asturias56]

https://www.carters.co.nz/rural/ for those with time on their hands

If it has a Carters and there are a few good looking hangars there that look private I guess it's not too far from a reasonable sized town.. off to the in-laws for Christmas Lunch....................

[India Four Two]

Local knowledge wins every time. My next clue was going to be this recent picture:

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/960x720/wad_2018_12_18_7775c3c30e7effa87c80144046762615772e8db5.jpg

It was taken from a DC-3 which had been chartered by a group, to fly them from Tauranga to Whitianga (all of 56 nm), to play golf. What a stylish way to go golfing!

I was also going to add "Captain Cook transited here". He put in here in November 1769 to observe a Transit of Mercury, hence the name Mercury Bay. While he was here, he became the first European to visit a Maori pa.

kaikohe has control.

[JENKINS]

K76 sent me that very photograph last week. Been there but not by air.

[kaikohe76]

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1258/chat_is_6fd9a506d0cfb5bb46f0bd156831c4ce9050b8c2.jpg

Yet to visit this spot, but on the bucket list. My good friend also on this site will likely have it on his personal radar.

[kaikohe76]

Just a note to `India Four Two`. Thanks for showing the Whitianga photo, it`s a very nice spot indeed & over the holiday season fills up very quickly, super fishing out in Mercury Bay. Cook pulled his ship up onto the beach while he was here, so they could clean the under side of the hull. The town is also quite close to Hot Water Beach popular with visitors. For our anniversary a couple of years ago, Wife & I took a nostalgic trip in the very same DC3, which included overflying Auckland Int at 500`, when it was quiet & on to view the City & Hauraki Gulf.

[India Four Two]

I agree - a very nice spot, as is the whole Coromandel. I drove up there from Tauranga a few years ago and went kayaking at Cathedral Cove. I also did the Waihi gold mine tour. I had no idea there was such a big hole in the ground in the middle of town, until I saw it from the air.

[nvubu]

Chatham Island, Tuula Airport.

[dook]

tut...tut k76.

File properties...…………..

[nvubu]

or Bing/Images - New Zealand Remote airfield - 7th image :ok:

[dook]

Provided you know NZ first. :uhoh:

[nvubu]

Guessed that as he is based in NZ and that it would be local globally, but remote locally. So that's the combination I tried

[kaikohe76]

Yes as you rightly say folks, it`s the Chatham Islands, a rather remote spot, but well worth a visit. I have had two visits planned over the last few years, but unfortunately both had to be scrapped at the last minute. Back to my own personal supply of images aeronautical images of the past then!
Nvubu, I think you got there first, regards to all.

[nvubu]

Thanks kaikohe74. Here's the next challenge.

https://nappea.db.files.1drv.com/y4mee11Ixp7bVkeHYmdwrQPsgx-3u2zePUrLA0ONbzt9_pfIf6hulyfrs09AJJFhNNyIuaZTcjbIHTFKpdXyYM5 ixb1YLhxnpPZ7Gh6zb9fe1HONyhle0AG6oFExik92gH6x4SPZFENEwVRz_bT EnwS_PZDMDT8Y8hOcBaQeqQnZXk20aAInFyQ1eCKYyalS5bbPl52MUCjfSAS j3IQ3DFfLg?width=1024&height=813&cropmode=none

[sidtheesexist]

Henderson Field, Guadalcanal........long range snap shot. In the unlikely event that it’s correct, OH. Season’s greetings to All. :O

[nvubu]

It isn't Henderson Field.

https://z4mzgw.db.files.1drv.com/y4mrOo9zbD-Jpq85aDoLeHOjbSvgBqaIZl-yiL65xlPTFsF8yEe07-NhKG_2wwV1fJIhsPRpwsvTVscIgPaXgfE-Urd9Gygcb2zdc8GgW_XbX6vqbl_zxlUNdg_JhzN1wSMk3oAWYT9LxkrucpTy YNt_I_Wb8B4PoMtqm-SrqHnSPJlP51RykWYfTyKZQOQJPKmm0ZP_v56IapYkK0dGfdD4w?width=10 24&height=784&cropmode=none

[dook]

Are we in Burma ?

[nvubu]

We are not in Burma. Sid is closer than you are.

[dook]

East towards Papua New Guinea maybe.

[nvubu]

Bit further than "towards" PNG

Not yet a US base.
https://ooeqaw.db.files.1drv.com/y4mzz7jcEMvW8N_cTzg806AiCgMkR7hoMmKK9N-WIoYAWdNbSnwu87jwRWgsBw6P_2tygh1EoR7QV11ddZFICFt-_74o6F_4i8QErt4VLZXjqLYqR-35hxDv_H7_d3s9LoWvAxdTsc6rYvh7JlPFRZ8L1R8g85OBCQ8Pc8BoB0V-LUI-iNOGbBMu2Irn9D9v9GTZKByI6fZ5VMuwvl8iEgjVA?width=1024&height=685&cropmode=none

[dook]

So Guadalcanal is closer than my first shot with Burma.

I'll try the Marianas then.

[nvubu]

Sid is still closer.
It is on an Island though - you can see the coastline.

https://o1bspq.db.files.1drv.com/y4mbFP1tpn-mX-hzlWeyHEP1YUJZScXp7mSd-D1s4sQUSE5SOLN1mWd4EgUW5f7Gl_snT_hh86kTP2RHzsy8cvcyZwj2kRJsc HcpZuAQRxpx023oA2DHkkQvDKzGo8NJb9Y_ZAHeA_FvrH0GC8_oH2jXJq9XW aFvdyufOzN0hyDMb3lPz2cnRsNcV-HhLnZKTUlp8OWkTojFkW8RQ0zFR_rxg?width=1024&height=690&cropmode=none

[Self loading bear]

Dobodura
s/n of the B25 130518 gave this on Google:
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1334x750/efb934ff_3a4b_482c_8a47_58c873c348e6_08797de2ad0f094360b6ec3 b5ecf35f1ad40a08b.png

[nvubu]

It isn't Dobodura, you are closer than Sid or dook.

Japanese transport aircraft being caught on landing.
https://o1brpq.db.files.1drv.com/y4mu9a_2ufCLvSwoxhpJWrn_MUQhvdQCB4SeNBk1p6tBjoUcYVPLRpZ0CbBL 1vpVMrNVenowiAuATV1EEO0fWm0XjXSkcQYC-PFbSWW9JxZVP7T17_j-BymYZ4M6Ta5sIiDKu1yzzT0r8iZAip84oFw6zL9XAdxpPtS5Zm5ODabptGso 7bjENqt2rIdTtmw0dUn__lldVqqtQRPrl2iZ5fr9Q?width=1024&height=680&cropmode=none

[dook]

New Britain maybe, but it's part of PNG.

[nvubu]

You are now on the right Island.
Few posts ago you said "East towards Papua New Guinea" which implies between Burma and PNG - hence why I replied "Bit further than "towards" PNG" :)

https://avjavq.db.files.1drv.com/y4mDLcrzcAbDLR-SgoJoY7sly300kV5ey5_bemu86S87W4jao8ARcwQGS8F3EqEoqyuIAM9LQ6l CgmD207Ox-3xH06ZxIXZWPY8vboxexGlKIzPxusZjppoD7zPCOMdrsO7ZXqa9fQsDBbgG6 o_GmEqTU2mi5vc3aF1ATGZGSk1S9ErHbZIFC2C1D-IlOhJ5mld6beFOna4GWedhNAW44y5tA?width=1024&height=486&cropmode=none

[dook]

Ah - now I understand your comment.

Kerevat ?

[nvubu]

The only Kerevat I can see on GE isn't on the coast.

[nvubu]

There were two runways

One is obvious here, you can just see the end of the second one at about 3 o'clock on this image.

https://mzrk1q.db.files.1drv.com/y4m3Zc5zOqht7ri0EfmQYh2apNwUvCrWC8fX_wX6wdl8uYJIPoGg1W9IqMb2 0xv9yL6moSX7WCN5xK-06oAQbzr3ZSPXtIEG2ti_Y4SdzCnW3uIpRlXgdhFVE_blcyD9n8vhADlYqOa 6sGAA8W1WbwokTbdYNnyFGGRHDkfyTv5GkNYmQyEPIpHWFIkcfnfQOSBqzEu 32DyIi715DlvD5_f8A?width=1024&height=516&cropmode=none

[dook]

Maybe Lakunai then.

[nvubu]

Nope. Not Laukunai

[dook]

Rapopo is on the coast.

err....only one runway it seems.

[nvubu]

Yes it is, but this airfield isn't at Rapopo, and the images I've posted are not part of any action around Rabaul.

Here's what it looked like after the Japanese had been driven out and the airfield had been reconfigured by the US forces. If you look closely at the image, I think you can see the control tower from my first picture.

https://z4m0gw.db.files.1drv.com/y4mvqcJMg4SBBM6ifFiuPSq-GsIqVbEql7iC5QbaS2C5nXkWxgQaoTINgdniSOE41O6lagrniGiJL46fE48a dZ5JcrqOfqAKNjA1rGbtKX0LttODaPRy6nseVBEAFIVrs_6v4kKn8HFV0_l0 0zFxgH4U24yx5l8giShF5lDADXhrqAH6Gw9MmFvpWe0kM5PKclC7xSDSBk9S emCo5WqzTxfkQ?width=1024&height=646&cropmode=none

[dook]

Big B25 raid on Rabaul from Dobodura.

[nvubu]

Here's the second runway being bombed

https://mzrn1q.db.files.1drv.com/y4m8bMefeDuPUXe3kxcM2nXDSPGJmE9lS57mDQme8zD7u8F3msi15A-DNnKMJI_BfDw_ejqlEHpY3YhwZu-l7QQvST0fzTeFuQPfyWLN8rTP0Z0H7ZoDjBFGaWZxwPdFJyEeUfeZASJMe-_vSwrS5zxkOxKoqmBTXQhyGpCtoIEk-55QXzaRtLDY3_EtnEb3nx0CdV7wnnl1hTnWcodaO5Rpg?width=965&height=1024&cropmode=none

edit to add. Get away from Rabaul as it isn't there.

[dook]

I've looked at Gasmata but can only see one runway.

[nvubu]

It isn't Gasmata.
You will have to look very closely to see one runway. The other one has returned to bush - and to make it even harder it isn't where GE thinks it is :ok:

[JENKINS]

There were two runways at Cape Gloucester.

[nvubu]

dook does all the hard work, and Jenkins jumps in with the answer.
Cape Gloucester it is. Here is the give away shot (this has been published elsewhere on the net, hence why I didn't post it.
https://qiu9mw.db.files.1drv.com/y4mvlw-Up6gdFtY6VkWWcD9iyGo8NLXEcvFWQ0anToN-hgbRoOCxQTtXrQV_u6T9pFQD_aqcFy1-ZLoxK6kxtTz4fmT00VCRCgrIC-ZlMeLwjeVC3gB7AvfLppq9FDLyfmTWi-3VUVcCfOt7NGdA_PaNW8kwEhFx-BwYQEHUTidMVbQF64P60SXBLEyx4SPAuxuKq7_ynlGwXpgNOf9isCzlw?wid th=1024&height=732&cropmode=none

You can still recognise the outline of the E/W runway and surrounds now, but I originally thought it was a bit daft that GE was showing the airport/airport symbols. Turns out that it still is an airfield with an IATA code of CGC, and according to airports-list.com has a 1079m runway! If you zoom in on GE, there is an aircraft on it, but I doubt it has a 1000+m runway any more.

Over to you Jenkins, and commiserations to dook.

[JENKINS]

Thanks. Some of my inspiration comes from Canberra, but I won't state exactly where. Really interesting search. Now for a joker, within which peaches may be involved. Haven't landed there, but it looks my sort of strip.https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1440x1080/earth_postcard_1545674231_3f99c6d46d3625b4707af7665ade602c68 19a8fe.jpg

[India Four Two]

Northern France?

[nvubu]

Are they dismantling aircraft/gliders there?

[JENKINS]

Not Northern France. Unsure of work in junk yard.

[nvubu]

Somewhere in France?

[JENKINS]

Not in France.

[India Four Two]

How about Denmark?

[JENKINS]

Some numbers which should ease the task. The field lies in the first, close by is that which begat 44. Goodnight to Europe, and perhaps good morning to those watching excellent cricket in Christchurch.

[JENKINS]

We crossed, no to Hamlet and Elsinore.

[India Four Two]

Interesting clues JENKINS. The chalky soil and the yellow road-centre lines had already led me to Kansas and your "begat 44" clue leads me to the Wichita area. I'm still working on "lies in the first".

[Terry Dactil]

Somewhere in New Zealand?

[Checklist Charlie]

Quickly harking back to Cape Gloucester, If you zoom in on GE, there is an aircraft on it I think you will find it is an overflying aircraft. A swept wing aircraft would have performance difficulties operating at what's left of the strip.

CC

[nvubu]

I did wonder that - but an extraordinary coincidence :ok:

[Bowmore]

Jenkins is correct, I think. Jenkins Airport, Wyoming, Delaware. If correct, open house.

[JENKINS]

Yes to my joker, Jenkins. Delaware is the first, I thought Wyoming is 44 and name originated at Wyoming in Delaware. Sorry if wrong with 44. Delaware name originated with a titled Englishman from an estate not too far from chez moi. There is a local peach festival, reminiscent perhaps of Groundhog Day.

OH declared.

[India Four Two]

I was on completely the wrong tack. Nice clues JENKINS.

I've found a video that shows what is going on at Jenkins airport:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx7Cs0SzCYU

[JENKINS]

How sad, especially for those in Europe whose grounding was North Sea Aztecs. Proximity to Dover not missed.

[Asturias56]

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/374x261/2018_12_22_181358_c7b49fec68740f293edfb653925dfd0638a53f89.j pg

try this - not in the USA

[chevvron]

Don't know the name of the airfield but that radar could be Burrington, Devon.

[Asturias56]

Burrington/Eaglescott doesn't have a paved runway - the challenge does... and whilst the challenge is in a pleasant place it is not as green and verdant as Devon......

[dook]

But is it in the UK ?

[nvubu]

Don't think it's the UK - Spain or Italy?

[Asturias56]

Spain or Italy is correct.......... once Capital of a great Empire - for a while anyay..... tho not many people know that......

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/814x313/2018_12_22_181144_555ad59208665255c28dc075a16144b9104a191f.j pg

[sycamore]

Might have expected some more exotic racing machines such as MV,Ducati,Aermacchi,or even Ferrari ...not many airfields near Ferrara,but` Gastone Novelli` suits at Ravenna......
OH if correct....

[Asturias56]

Ravenna it is - a nice small spot rather over provided with facilities TBH but just down the road ... a delightful city to visit for those who don't know it....https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/514x511/2018_12_22_181252_a0e1d2f65697bd1223eee355f1ba04c191ad9b3b.j pg
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1067x762/2018_12_22_181207_38195d13de70004fbd1f497217990208cefdb34b.j pg



OH

[Flap40]

The first of those two pictures looks like Bologna to me.

[dook]

Next one then....

http://i66.tinypic.com/35ajj3q.jpg

[nvubu]

South Africa?

[dook]

Whatever gave you that idea ?

Yes.

[Self loading bear]

South Africa?

I think I scanned whole SA.
Anxious to know what i overlooked.....

SLB

[nvubu]

Whatever gave you that idea ?

Similar colours to your Carnarvon challenge.

Next to the spoil heap of a mine of some sort.

[Imagegear]

I have flown over and into a lot of the East and West Rand strips and I don't recognise it. I thought it might be a "Plats" mine, but the pumped spoil heap suggests Gold and still in use unless operations curtailed..

Possibly the Northern Free State ?

IG

[dook]

A diamond mine which has never given large yields.

Not the Northern Free State.

[nvubu]

Koffiefontein

[dook]

A coffee for that man. :ok:

[nvubu]

Thanks dook.
One I took a couple of days ago and if it lasts longer than 30 minutes I'll be very surprised.

https://zlg8wa.db.files.1drv.com/y4mDnsw69YJnMv1Idd7j7etkdwKhbOQ5Ce-G4YG60HJKxGHm3ummn0apqD2DPJ0cdPocfr3UALagMX_PQ3OOM40iw9qsszv qSjDmpsig4kxslP3B4tjxz3J23BaQy20NeKK_5V6cLc8ta5dTvQ7fJ7VkKSv y4Mszvwqdy5yoMHIkvIZaAZA5l3gZH4g1TAq1VieZddyR8d5dK766V4mMAad QA?width=1024&height=576&cropmode=none

[dook]

I am sure it'll take a little longer than that.

Do I see oil or gas burning ?

[ve3id]

LCY. LCY? LCY??

[nvubu]

ve3id has it in less than 30 minutes :ok: London City it is,
Over to you.

I was across the river at the University of East London where my daughter was competing in a basketball tournament. Much too good an opportunity to miss for this thread. Took some photos in daylight, but went home in the evening and thought this one was much nicer.

Am updating the spreadsheet today !

[Self loading bear]

ve3id has it in less than 30 minutes :ok: London City it is,
Over to you.

I was across the river at the University of East London where my daughter was competing in a basketball tournament. Much too good an opportunity to miss for this thread. Took some photos in daylight, but went home in the evening and thought this one was much nicer.

Am updating the spreadsheet today !

Nvubu,

If you make a Wikipost you can probably put the spreadsheet in the attachment.
The Wikipost shows on the top of the thread as a blue bar with a + at the right end.
Wikipost (https://www.pprune.org/pacific-general-aviation-questions/580476-pprune-wikiposts.html)
We could also post the thread rules there.

Succes!

SLB

[JENKINS]

Niece and son-in-law earlier playing Google location game, and Koffiefontein it was. Coincidence!

[nvubu]

Nvubu,

If you make a Wikipost you can probably put the spreadsheet in the attachment.
The Wikipost shows on the top of the thread as a blue bar with a + at the right end.
Wikipost (https://www.pprune.org/pacific-general-aviation-questions/580476-pprune-wikiposts.html)
We could also post the thread rules there.

Succes!

SLB




That's a good idea. Will try this once I'm up to date if no-one objects. I'm currently up to 30/01/2018 (page 389), so only 11 months of posts top go through.
The spreadsheet used to be a sticky - along with the what cockpit. No idea why it was removed from that list.

Just passed dook's first successful identification - to which he had to pass with an Open House - no way that would happen today :)

All of Heathrow Harry's photos have gone, and I've (so far) only come across one challenge where there is no photo now, Jenkins correctly identified it (post has long gone), but the poster didn't say where it was in their reply :( WIDN62 posted the challenge on 25/09/2017.

edit to add: some more - page no, poster

361 WIDN62
392 CGB
400 HeathrowHarry

[dook]

nvubu,

Would you like me to help with this ?

I have a 2 terabyte drive and I could create a directory and save every image challenge along with the dates posted and solved, along with the challenger and solver.

I am retired and spend time each day on the thread.

[kaikohe76]

Good idea to post the thread rules somewhere folks for all to see, should save any confusion, to me certainly & others,prior to posting up any images.
Very nice photo of LCY by Nvubu.
All the best for 2019

[WIDN62]

I posted a photo of Khasab on 25 Sep 17, but as you say the replies appear to have disappeared!

[nvubu]

Thanks WIDN62,
dook, not much point in saving the images as only the post owner can add them back into the post apart from by the original poster. If a poster deletes images from their pprune album, the images in the thread vanish as well :(

Spreadsheet all up to date. Taken me about 12 hours to go through almost two years worth of postings. Glad to see that Jenkins has stopped deleting his posts as it was driving me to drink.
Got a few missing ones, will list them in the morning. Will look into the wiki thingy as well.

[dook]

nvubu,

I meant saving the images from now on.

Now, where's ve3id.

[Asturias56]

On disappearing old pictures wasn't there some discussion (under computing thread?) that at one time some people used a PPrune system where you stored your pictures in a folder on the board - but it had a limited amount of space so people had to delete old pictures , I don't know but there were also references to some other, old, commercial, site (like Instagram ) that had changed its rules and a whole bunch of images had gone south when people refused to pay for what had been a free service??? There seem to be a lot of posts asking advice on uploading pics so I presume it was a lot harder a few years back than it is now???

[nvubu]

I've expanded the information being collected in the spreadsheet to include Country, who set the challenge and who solved it.

Here is a read only link to the spreadsheet - clicky (https://1drv.ms/x/s!AsBD9MvRbikxm-Ed9K7OERjoJGvjZQ) - feel free to have a look and make any suggestions.

We have a clear "winner" for 2018.

dook set the most challenges with 72 and also solved the most with 55.
Jenkins is the runner up with 40 challenges and 34 correct solutions.

290 separate challenges in 2018. which is very respectable after the thread died a death in 2014/15/16. Long way to go, however, before the 371 challenges of 2011 are reached.

I've been trying to ask the mods if there should be a new Which Aerodrome IV thread as the previous two were too big at just under 300 pages, whereas we are now up to 550. Can't contact PPrune Pop as his mailbox is full, and not sure if I've managed to send an email to the site.

We need to come up with the text for a wiki. Here's the original set of "rules"

A historic picture of an aerodrome will be posted. Newer pictures are allowed but the theme here is to compare/contrast old with new as well as identifying aerodromes which no longer exist.
The person who correctly identifies it will be declared the 'winner' by the original poster.
That winner shall either post another challenge or declare the floor open. Anyone may then post the next challenge.
There will only be one challenge running at a time.
Try to use elderly photos and not Google Earth pics
Try to post images that are not already present on internet, as Google Image Search will find them if they are.
When confirming the correct location, the location and winner should be stated to negate any deletion of posts.
If the winner of the challenge does not respond to the notification of their success within 24 hours, the thread shall be declared "Open House"
If Open House is declared, time should be given for those who are not great at naming the correct location but may have some good images.
I would suggest that photos taken personally are OK as they show the aerodrome as it is now.

There is a comment on the first page of the fist thread by evansb that it shouldn't become a What Control Tower or What Terminal Building thread. I think that there's no problem with the occasional post of a Control Tower, terminal building or hangar, so long as there isn't a succession of them.

Some further

[nvubu]

It isn't really the photos that are the issue - and yes the old Pprune album had a limitation so for someone who used this exclusively (HH springs to mind) their old challengers are devoid of pictures.

Also when one of the free image hosting sites decided to implement at $399 annual fee for third party hosting all their images disappeared. They have come back now, but I know I went and removed all my images from their site and now post through my OneDrive that comes with Windows 10. My guess is that others did the same and jumped away from that platform.

So there are a fair number of challenges where the photos are missing, but the name of the location is still in the thread. I would suggest that these aerodromes could be revisited as there will be no duplication of images :)

It is when the posts are removed (you know who you are :) ) that is frustrating, as there are a fair few examples where a challenge has been made, then you can only see one side of the chat with posts saying no it isn't "X", and then the final answer say, "Well done abc, your turn now", and there is no indication of where the aerodrome is :( It is nice to see that these deletions have stopped recently :)

dook - I wouldn't bother, so long as the name is stated when control is handed over, that should be fine.

[dook]

Great work nvubu.

dook - I wouldn't bother, so long as the name is stated when control is handed over, that should be fine.

Perhaps that should be included in the rules to avoid future problems.

[nvubu]

good point - yes

You are up to 56 solved now, as I'd spelt your name doook in one case :)
.

[dook]

Try to post images that are not already present on internet, as Google Image Search will find them if they are.

There are ways to fool Google Image Search and I have done just that with several of my challenges.

My next challenge succeeds in doing it but reading your document I find it has been done before. However, I don't know what that image was but I suspect it's not the same one or aspect of the first one. Would that mean it's acceptable to post it ?

[nvubu]

I know you have, but beware, when one knows that you are manipulating a GS image, the right search terms will allow the same image, but unadulterated, to pop up - Your Speke challenge for example (Fred Olsen C-46 hangar) :ok:

I would have thought that if there is no image in the thread it would be OK, but don't repeat one that has been done within the past year or so. This year there have been 10 repeats.

With the disappearing images, do you remember the jaunt I took you around Africa to end up at Gura in Eritrea? When completing the spreadsheet, it turned out that I'd posted the same challenge before :( , but as the images were on Photobucket then had long gone :). I reckon I probably used the same images. The first time around it didn't last very long. :)

[nvubu]

Also think that if the user who solves the challenge doesn't respond within 24 hours of gaining control of the board, that it should be an automatic Open House. Doesn't have to be a new challenge, just to acknowledge that they are in control and will be posting a new challenge shortly, or to declare Open House.

ve3id was on-line when I replied that he was correct, and was on-line 2 hours ago - I've send him a PM.

[dook]

The "on-line" facility is often incorrect. I am often listed thus when I'm not on-line.

ve3id will not see the PM unless he logs in again. It has now been more than 24 hours since he was given control and in the meantime the thread is stalled.

We had this problem on another site which I frequent, and it was solved by asking people to monitor when they had solved a challenge. Some people were in a different time zone, as is ve3id, so they merely declared OH and banked the win for another occasion. It works well.

[nvubu]

Have updated the "rules" in this post (https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/459713-aerodrome-mk-iii-549.html#post10347937)so I can create the wiki when we are all happy with them.

Am updating the Country/Set/Solved from the start :) Must have something to do before going back to work on Wednesday :)

[dook]

Also think that if the user who solves the challenge doesn't respond within 24 hours of gaining control of the board, that it should be an automatic Open House.

How about adding that to the rules.

….before going back to work on Wednesday

Wossa work ? :uhoh:

[Self loading bear]

If Open House is declared, time should be given for those who are not great at naming the correct location but may have some good images (Seacue WAI .Page 4).

I agree, but what doe that (Seacue WAI .Page 4) mean?

SLB

[dook]

I think he means give others a chance.

Personally I think we should now be at OH - it's 0955Z in Toronto.

[nvubu]

dook - yes, I think that an auto open house should occur.
SLB. Seacue was the originator of the whole thread - was pointing at the thread What Aerodrome I, Page 4 where this was suggested

My interpretation of Seacue's suggestion is that if an Open House is declared, if you are a regular contributor either solving or setting the puzzles, don't immediately jump in with an image as you might be keeping someone new or an infrequent poster out. Can be intimidating to post on this thread for the first few times.

The record solve (in the last 2 years) is 2 minutes, with one of 3 minutes.

I also think we should ban the phrases - "This will be an easy one" and "This might be hard" or similar - as they are almost always wrong :)

Someone (guess who) has been deleting threads as we were up at Page 550 this morning. I wrote this when it was halfway down page 549. Went to check on ve3id and it is page 548.This is bloody annoying - My link to "this post" above no longer works because of these deletions. It is currently #10933.

ve3id is on line as I write this.

[dook]

It's more than annoying.

It doesn't happen at all on my other site - people there know better and it's presently on page 1093.

Images may be posted directly to the thread and since image hosting is not required there is simply no need to remove images or posts.

[nvubu]

It's nothing to do with the images (as most of his posts are screen shots from GE) - Its to keep his anonymity

[dook]

Well, it doesn't work very well.

[nvubu]

I know that, you know that, everybody else knows that, apart from …..

Wiki up. Any good?:

[ve3id]

Sorry folks, I was in the emergency room with damage to a knee previously injured in teh air force!
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/714x581/mystery_102921a2a4fcf1e574ea313da45d3e0d38843e62.png

[nvubu]

Hope all is well.

I'll start off with Canada?

[ve3id]

Correct. I was going to use another one but it had the snowbirds parked on the ramp, I thought that was too obvious!

[dook]

nvubu,

Wiki looks good - let's see how it goes.

I raise a glass to you Sir for your work.

[dook]

Stephenville ?

[ve3id]

Stephenville ?

Correct! The first place I ever landed in Canada a since Gander was fogged in. Over to you.

[dook]

Many thanks - I hope your knee is OK.

This airfield has been done before but I do not know which image was posted.

http://i63.tinypic.com/2vx292e.jpg

[Asturias56]

I'm not sure about 24 hour then OH - some people seem to have the thread constantly open on their desktop - others travel or work in less "understanding" offices............ isn't patience a virtue???

[Cows getting bigger]

Agreed. My job is one of those where I occasionally have to drop everything, for a few weeks. Indeed, there have been occasions where I’ve set a challenge and then been unable to ‘manage’ it. We can all still behave like gentlemen, yes? Perhaps a consensus is better than a hard-line rule on timings?

[Self loading bear]

Then we better rephrase:

If the winner of the challenge does not respond to the notification of their success within 24 hours, an Open house can be declared when there is consensus between multiple other posters which are on line.

Likewise might be added:
When the poster of a challenge does not respond within 24 hours of a posted answer, this poster can be declared winner if the answer is considered correct in a consensus of multiple other posters.

I personnally try to give indication ahead when I might not be able to answer.
Or indicate OH in advance when correct.
My chance will come another time.

I would like to emphasise that I really like the challenges with multiple photos or clues.
I also value the remarks of other posters on the same airfield or the comparison between then and now.
In that regard Jenkins saved the day at Koffiefontein!

All the best for 2019!

SLB

[chevvron]

Leicester Ratcliffe?

[dook]

No but you have the right country.

[ve3id]

I would say Biggin Hill but I don't have another one to post within 24 hours if I am right!

[dook]

No problem because it's not Biggin Hill.

[Cows getting bigger]

Peterborough Sibson? The hangar looks familiar.

[dook]

It's not there either.

[sycamore]

Bedfordshire perhaps...?

[dook]

You need to go west.

[Shackman]

Desford possibly - I seem to remember a control tower/lookout similar to the one in the picture.

[dook]

Much too far north.

[nvubu]

I reckon there is writing above the hangar doors and on the roof that has been painted out.

[dook]

Not guilty your honour.

[chevvron]

Hm, west of Bedford; south of Leicester.
How about Yate?

[dook]

Now you're getting closer, but still too far north.

I learnt to fly here in 1965 and it looked just like that then. It no longer does.

[chevvron]

Portsmouth?

[dook]

Latitude is looking better but still too far east.

There was when I was there a naval presence though.

[dook]

This was that connection.

http://i68.tinypic.com/15i6tna.jpg

[chevvron]

Plymouth then?

[dook]

Yes - Roborough as it was.

The photograph was taken on it's opening by the Prince of Wales in 1931.

The future Edward VIII was presented with a slver model of his Moth aeroplane. The ceremony had to take place in the council chamber as the prince couldn't fly in due to bad weather.

Please take the thread.

[chevvron]

Open House

[ve3id]

OK, let's try this one...

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/988x690/imgp6494a_8b484abffa6f9cc48e02ff03f1715c2dfc8c8f9e.jpg

[nvubu]

We back in Canada ?

Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport ?

[ve3id]

We back in Canada ?

Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport ?

Actually yes, but the name is a bit of an annoyance to local pilots. It was totally political (aren't they all?) The original Bill Bishop airport is actually in Owen Sound:
https://www.owensound.ca/en/owen-sound-billy-bishop-regional-airport.aspx
whence the ace cameth.

Nobody calls it that on Tower, it is always "City centre" or "Island"

And you weren't fooled by the apparent disappearance of the antenna on the top of the CN Tower by haze?

You have the con!

[dook]

First day of the year and already two kills. :)

[nvubu]

Searched for "island airfield opposite city", 2nd hit on Bing and I knew it wasn't in the Maldives :ok:

And the next one is
https://0inw4w.db.files.1drv.com/y4mbCw7ige-aKJsB5BmfIlSlMecqe3TZ4DgxBia94TBpnvDvHvm6gIigj_-AI8Nwws94Qvbx1g4sSkAMeV9S7eonZfRLoZindT1-FNnK2qEKEW6iWnJGAE1H1B6Bm2H-pbfxrhJI5bpXT31CXpW5Rg1Kw5rfBOd6tZJDw-HaPXNeBsJMOb1L5O8UWVr6xxH3IDOCglDIWCnpMb3TD-C8KPreg?width=1024&height=526&cropmode=none

[dook]

Woburn Abbey ?

[nvubu]

It is not Woburn Abbey. Right country though.

[dook]

Against the trees - Compton Abbas ?

[chevvron]

Or Old Warden.

[nvubu]

Not Compton Abbas either, or Old Warden.

[dook]

Cambridge...?

[nvubu]

Nope, not Cambridge.

https://nqpvqa.db.files.1drv.com/y4mi4DMqUgeqdoIjm7Tf212VQY8KOXB3wqXc2FFv_7O3fdrPEjJmfxdfmYha 35flkGzON6OPJ5SP-g1orUgYq-z3Dnhh2ll_KJZ7ZB5HVa1cPKX9yUrsAeoKqnBqdg3hEf7At4NQPdzf7dsFu1 KyHhagFRKhdq2u_AKdJRXHxcxwszU6A3gYvQby2F7zDUhR0JaCUFRYgZU-cjhTqVmKn6msw?width=1024&height=445&cropmode=none

[CloudHound]

Meppershall.

[nvubu]

Not Meppershall.

https://oefmyw.db.files.1drv.com/y4m4PkDw8CCpgjvIiEVUEs7z1DOpyslbz4kD0MeOYntnI7aPXYjnT4a9tDOZ HROSyqMWV6NF5nXsHI6Mt9hk7jyHHH8rlEgFIKThnSTAnq6NH321Y3wctQyB _BRGbkvli6hr_eeUWAsrJ1ZQ-ZjQoBr4PwYQx4ZUhHn4rKbxX106_O-iIwg_YpcjIc-wLhJ7FP30-RgE1uKc1_S5d79OURVnA?width=1024&height=468&cropmode=none

Just off to watch a movie with my kids, so won't be on-line for a couple of hours.

[dook]

Belvoir Castle maybe.

[Self loading bear]

I go for Bournemouth
found the “runway caravan” on the Bournemouth museum website.
Runway caravan (https://www.aviation-museum.co.uk/index.php?id=46)

SLB

[chevvron]

Brooklands; the two bits of paved surface are parts of the old 'Mountain' circuit.

[dook]

I worked at Bournmouth for almost twenty years and I don't believe it.

[nvubu]

chevvron has it - Brooklands 2018 Fly In. Came across a YouTube video of it yesterday and thought that it would be a good challenge. Wasn't sure how much I should crop the images.

https://pfb1bq.db.files.1drv.com/y4mecTAI528htJRIY5wejfaAzIO4dpZmdw5i8Xy78aKiWR4tE8cxz8NEAzpv Fz4UyOm_GdrBmtb0a6i4po-sQM-i61rrYUDToaqc9D2W8mcPtDPXA4Uc6WpQGaU6Q6KVvQatjsyvBCk7DBDb6Th uKMiLpPx_qkKmYj9IbkHKst44aIt3jhQdJZi_DO2OUkkRHPb-jZFfHW4Eym5O-juQ--elQ?width=1024&height=476&cropmode=none

https://qyvjpw.db.files.1drv.com/y4mlKOAF7qnZWCvrzbv2y5TkIkR-a2VbS7oWTwJnr-MxkX5WzdX68QZSdUwLr9WP8-KZL7rlAEXxhzY9228HIovYdzw2dKkxOrL5vczRzhJgWbw8jv-rZ7nII9GK5l9nr0KTsOQki8zAZDMzm8BKIKAsurHSk9BNeBzc9UwoHzkhNpb 83DwUMLbutEvhkiepiLydElb2pq1kFwO6Vx354PTOg?width=897&height=514&cropmode=none

By co-incidence the film we were watching was "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines". Thought about mentioning it in my previous, but thought it might have been taken as a clue for Booker.

chevvron has control.

video:
https://youtu.be/Q6GMGAPNz20

[chevvron]

Open House.
I must admit, my success on that one is due to Self loading bear for posting the website about the RCV; once it mentioned Brooklands I twigged it but a question; would you try to land a replica Vimy on that strip? I wouldn't but it happened!

[mgahan]

Here's one that is both conventional history and a reverse history. I've a pallot load of additional pics if needed but the Peter principal may apply.

MJG

[kaikohe76]

The colour of the sea & possibly some of the buildings look not unlike the Queensland coast, but I would opt for Florida, but just where?.

[dook]

I'll go for Sunshine Coast Airport, Marcoola.

[Checklist Charlie]

Even includes the 'new' version of 12/30 currently under construction.

CC

[mgahan]

Dook has it as well as the correct airport name, these days. Used to be called Maroochydore. The picture from a newspaper article did not scan well; hence the strange colours.

CC has both the history and the "reverse history" - the future 12/30.

Further north east here in Tarawa the apron was under 30cm of water last night. Rising seas? Never- the heavens opened up a couple of weeks ago and it hasn't let up..

MJG

[dook]

Many thanks MJG.

http://i64.tinypic.com/kagu0y.jpg

[JENKINS]

Proper old job at Harrowbeer. Bed time at 2235, not available tomorrow morning UK time, so Open House if correct.

Silly footnote, Ian 'Beer' was Headmaster at 'Harrow' in the not too distant past.

[broadreach]

I'd like to comment on the "rules" discussion of a few days ago. Disapproval of Google Earth (GE) images can be understandable on the basis that it might allow anyone to post images of obscure airports to which the poster had never been. I suspect such posters would be quickly unveiled. And, on the other hand, how many in this thread have actually taken photographs of every airport they've ever been through? Some of the most interesting challenges in the last few months have been GE images, with accompanying cryptic clues.

Is there not some middle ground? E.g. airports we've been to/through/overflown?

[dook]

I think it's fine as it is. Use of your last suggestion would remove a few of us from the competition. I would certainly have to leave. As an ex-military fast-jet driver I didn't use that many airfields.

As an example, how many people have been through Harrowbeer ? I drove around it in my teens when it still resembled a disused airfield but perhaps nobody else here has. Or Roborough, where I learnt to fly on the Tiger Moth (G-ANOR which is still flying). I lived nearby you see.

JENKINS has correctly identified Harrowbeer and has called OH but might be back in time to post a new challenge.

[Asturias56]

I thought the challenge was THE AIRFIELD - not the exploits of the poster - similarly the age - why not modern airfields - most people don't have access to more than a few really old pictures - and if you get them off the web you'll be caught by Google Image Search (boo!! hiss!!!)

One thing that has struck me in my (short) participation is the that this thread - possibly above all others on Pprune - is civilized and run in a most polite fashion

I think we 're doing all right as is but we should be "mindful" of the rules - or rather guidelines set out ............... :ok:

[dook]

I completely agree.

Next challenge please.

[JENKINS]

Thank you dook, I acknowledge youthful driving. Now this since it is not Christmas, but will, I hope be significantly testing. Came to me from a Christmas book, very remote but it can be found. Never been there!

Clues there already.https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1440x1080/earth_postcard_1546102368_8797886918390939428169ca99ac9ea973 04845e.jpg

[dook]

"clues" in plural eh.

I can't achieve these GE oblique images and don't know how to get them.

[JENKINS]

Images from 2D rather than 3D in Google Earth.

[nvubu]

Marshall Islands

I think you zoom in to street level - where it is flat, and then exit street level and scroll out until you get the desired view.

[broadreach]

Kure Atoll perhaps?

[dook]

Yes, but there would not be a street view image where the challenge is.

I was thinking French Polynesia.

[JENKINS]

Not Marshall Islands.

[dook]

Pukarua possibly.