Which Aerodrome Mk III

[nvubu]

Correct - I've added back the wording in my original post - and the circle was still visible in this 1991 image.

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

Tacklebury has the floor

[Tacklebury]

Many thanks. The A.W. Siskins were a good pointer!
Open House

[JSCL]

My list is nigh exhausted - easy one:

http://uploadir.com/u/xe8287

[Gordy]

Oban......? I think.

[JSCL]

Sure is, house is yours.

[Gordy]

Don't think I put this one on this thread before...

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j35/helokat/caption%20pics/DSCN1314.jpg

[Hen Ddraig]

That would be the Si Bueno Southside Grill & Cantina at McCall, Idaho.
Lot bigger than it used to be.

Open house if correct.

[Gordy]

You got it...

OH it is then.....

[descol]

try this one

http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv14/descol/prune30.jpg

[olympus]

Malmo Bulltofta? OH if correct.

[descol]

Olympus - malmo it is :ok:
OH as you suggest

[nvubu]

No doubt this is another easy one.

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/007A.jpg

[Cows getting bigger]

Lands End. OH if correct

[nvubu]

Correct - Open House as CGB has declared.

Don't think this used to be the tower.
http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/007B1.jpg

[nvubu]

Here's another aerodrome to keep the thread ticking over.

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/008A.jpg

If this lasts longer than the last one I'll be surprised.

[Gordy]

RAF Detling...

OH if correct....

[nvubu]

Not wrong there - only two minutes.

Is anyone else going to have a go as it's Open House once more!

[Gordy]

Give me 2 minutes...I will take a picture from the office window where I am right now......and upload it....

[Gordy]

Try this---should be pretty easy....

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j35/helokat/caption%20pics/2012-01-10_11-00-25_777.jpg

[nvubu]

Well I've found an entry for N794AE being registered @ Grand Prairie, TX - although that doesn't mean that this picture is there :)

[KeMac]

It is not Las Vegas McCarran is it?

[Gordy]

Not Las Vegas nope... and not Grand Praire Texas either

[JSCL]

Is it within the area of LA? :)

[Gordy]

Is it within the area of LA?

It is within the greater LA basin yes.

[JSCL]

Figures. N794AE registered in LA area. Those are definitely Californian hills/mountains. I'll leave the digging through every towered airport in LA area to someone else :)

[Gordy]

N794AE is a brand new B3 Astar headed to Russia. The registered owner is just a broker I believe.

[JSCL]

stab in the Dark - Van Nuys?

[Gordy]

Van Nuys is correct. I am here for my annual Huey refresher training. The red Huey would have been your best clue, N711GH. My huey is parked behind it out of sight, (N16TV).

JSCL...Over to you.

[JSCL]

You basically gave it away - reading your posts (to which I thank you) :)

Couldn't make out most of the registrations!!

1. Waiting to be transferred to Russia - suggests ferry flights from an airport in LA - google throws up a company at Van Nuys.

2. Your profile says fire contracts - fire ops at Van Nuys

3. LA Basin comment suggests at the very outer skirts - where Van Nuys is :)

Let me hop on my PC and I'll get one on in a few mins!

[Gordy]

Yep, kinda hard to hide it with all the questions you gave....

The ramp is that of Rotorcraft Support Inc... and that is just half the ramp, there is also about another 15 helicopters of all sizes inside the hangar.

[JSCL]

Here goes:
http://uploadir.com/u/9i2y19

[Gordy]

Was there in 2010 on my way to fires on the Tonto National Forest...therefore I will let others play and send you a PM....

[nvubu]

I'll take a punt at Yucca

[JSCL]

I'll take a punt at Yucca

It is NOT Yucca! :)

[olympus]

I'll take a punt at Show Low Arizona.

[JSCL]

Sure is, I made a short stop-over there not so long ago, house it yours!

[olympus]

Thanks, I probably need to get out more.

Try this one; surprisingly it's not on the list-

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg150/gwpcrescue/Airfield21jpg.jpg

[chevvron]

I had my first air experience flight in one of those instead of a Chipmunk. Never liked a Chipmunk after that.
Could it be Little Rissington?

[Kieron Kirk]

Shawbury ?

Ciarain.

[olympus]

Neither Little Rissington nor Shawbury.

Pic is a scan of a rather faded slide taken by me in Sept 1960 (I was very young!) at an RAF BoB Open Day.

[chevvron]

Looking at the Vampire in the background and the 'O' code on the Provost, how about Ouston?

[Kieron Kirk]

Ternhill ?

Ciarain.

[Cows getting bigger]

Hullavington?

[olympus]

No, sorry. None of those are correct.

[Kieron Kirk]

Acklington ?

Ciarain.

[JW411]

Well, I flew WW445/O-B several times at 6 FTS Ternhill in 1961 but I don't think it is there. The presence of the balloon winch etc makes me wonder if it is Abingdon. OH if I am correct.

[olympus]

Nobody is really very close so far.

A clue; another picture taken the same day. If no success with this I have a third pic which should give it away...

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg150/gwpcrescue/Airfield22.jpg

[Kieron Kirk]

A real stab in the dark- Biggin Hill.

Ciarain.

[chevvron]

Hm if that apparatus next to the Vulcan is something to do with RAFP or dog training, could it be Debden?

[olympus]

KK has it!

This is the other pic I was going to post; I think anyone familiar with Biggin would recognise it from this...

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg150/gwpcrescue/Airfield23.jpg

You have control.

[Kieron Kirk]

Olympus,

Your third photo is obviously Biggin Hill.

Anyone, open house .

Ciarain.

[nvubu]

Well if no-one else wants a go, try this one:

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/009A.jpg

Here are some clues:

This is about the only thing left of this land based strip apart from some aircraft wreckage - more of this in a later clue.

Prior to (and after) it's air links, this was a very important railway town (town might be a misnomer) - although strangely enough it has never seen a rail, coach, wagon or engine.

The next clue will be a photo of something that can be seen from GE.

[nvubu]

whoops... pressed submit twice.

[olympus]

Africa...?

[nvubu]

Yes ........

[Mr_Grubby]

Vio, Kenya ?

C.

[nvubu]

Not sure if you mean vio. Should that be Voi?

[nvubu]

It isn't Voi - the railway there runs alongside the airstrip, whereas the railway this town served was 120+ miles away as the crow flies - although it hasn't been there for almost 50 years.


I'll post the 2nd picture clue in the morning,

[nvubu]

As promised - here is something visible in GE
http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/009B.jpg

To give a little persepective to the above - the boat is visible in the shot below.
http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/009C.jpg

[Gordy]

Butiaba on Lake Albert, Uganda.....

OH if correct---tis my bed time....

[nvubu]

Butiaba on Lake Albert, Uganda

Gordy has it - Open House

More than just an airstrip, as it was also an Imperial Airways emergency landing stage - 3a: Butiaba « Beyond the Blue Horizon (http://geoffreysbox.wordpress.com/2010/08/12/3a-butiaba/)

For the railways, produce came into the port from the Congo and Southern Sudan, was the transported overland via Masindi to Masindi Port, put on a paddle steamer to Namasagali, when it eventually got onto a train - originally to Jinja, back on a boat to Kisumu, Kenya the terminus of the Uganda railway (it was originally part of Uganda). Once in Kisumu the produce went back on a train to Mombasa where it was exported.

The town died a death when the British built the rail line to Pakwach in 1964 so negating the need for the complicated link to Namasagli, which shut down in the same year. Bing Maps shows the railway line still going to Namasagali, and continuing on from Pakwach to Arua (a section which was never built)

Butiaba is currently one of the centres of Uganda oil exploration and there is talk of rebuilding the port and building another airstrip.

Bit more on the aircraft wreckage mentioned before - my clue for this was "Papa crashed here" relating to Hemmingway's 2nd aircraft crash in two days - Palin's Travels: Butiaba, Uganda, Hemingway Adventure (http://palinstravels.co.uk/book-2411)
http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/009D.jpg

[Duckbutt]

Here's another then:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Twyler/Puzz61.jpg

[olympus]

Canada...?

[Duckbutt]

Yes, Canada

[Cows getting bigger]

Well that narrows it down! :rolleyes:

[evansb]

It sure does for me... Is it Haines Junction, Yukon ?

[Duckbutt]

If it helps you Mr Cows, according to the weather forecast, over the next seven days the temp is like to reach a max of -22 deg C, with wind chill -44 deg. No precipitation is anticipated.

Edit, yes it is Haines Junction, Yukon. Over to you EvansB.

[evansb]

Thanks DB Here is a mystery aerodrome, (a mystery is why it hasn't been posted before..):

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WAD120116.jpg

[Gordy]

RAF Syerston, I believe.....

OH if correct

[evansb]

Gordy is correct. RAF Syerston. As he requested, it is, unfortunately, OPEN HOUSE.

[descol]

try this one


http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv14/descol/prune17.jpg

[nvubu]

Does it begin or end in "W"?

Tropical?

[olympus]

Bacolod City Airport, Philippines? Now closed, I think.

[oldpax]

I tried to attach a photo after an open house but I am not allowed any attachments?Anyone know a reason why I cannot ?

[asw28-866]

Hello oldpax,

One cannot directly attach pictures to the thread. Instead they must be uploaded to a hosting site and then linked to in the post. Full instructions are in the "Image posting on pprune some tips" thread within the Aviation History and Nostalgia forum. It's somewhere near the top so easy to find!

'866

[descol]

Yes, Olympus :ok:- it is the closed Bacolod - Kabanklan - over to you

[olympus]

Thanks descol. I can't access my files at the moment so I will have to throw it open for someone else to have a go.

I know I have a good one to post but as I can't remember where it is myself it will have to wait until my memory returns!

[TheChitterneFlyer]

I lost my memory on Monday night and I'm still searching for it!

TCF

:confused:

[flyingwing]

Not on the list.

http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq346/buzzbird/base.jpg?t=1326929683

[Old Photo.Fanatic]

Alconbury?

If correct, open house

OPF

[flyingwing]

Alconbury it is. Apologies it is on the list but I posted it in error for another location. OH it is.

[Duckbutt]

If its OH then here's another:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Twyler/Puzz62.jpg

[Old Photo.Fanatic]

Greybull Wyoming?
If correct, then Open house.

OPF

[Duckbutt]

Greybull Wyoming it is. OH declared.

[oldpax]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7032/6723706557_d5e81377e8_m.jpg
This is easy,just south of the Equator!

[Lordflasheart]

RAF Eastleigh ? Can't make out if it's a serviceable "frontline" Venom FB1 or 4 or a relic of a bygone era. Guess it's frontline - don't think they were much into the bye-gone lot after 1963. OH if correct. LFH

[oldpax]

Correct ,took this in 1961 while in transit!

[nvubu]

As it is Open House, try this aerodrome:

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/010A.jpg

[Sultan Ismail]

It's in Western Russia, some way South of St. Petersburg.

The surroundings are collective farms which are clearly visible from 41,000ft.

Sorry can't pick out the specific airfield.

[chevvron]

I think I can see two airfields in the photo.

[nvubu]

Sultan Ismail - It's not Western Russia

chevvron - I think you are seeing airfield like fields :)

[Lordflasheart]

Wouldn't want to be down there, and not sure I'd want to be up here either. Looks decidedly hostile, not that I have any experience. LFH

[olympus]

In view of the apparent 'action' taking place, can I narrow the search to Germany?

[nvubu]

Yes, it is in Germany.

The airfield is being bombed because of the presence of a specific aircraft type.

[sabredog]

Marx airfield? Open House if correct .

[nvubu]

sabredog is correct it is Einsatzhaven Marx - 53 25 09 N 7 54 06 E

The aircraft type was the Arado Ar234 "Blitz" flown by Kampfgeschwader 76, the date 21 Mar 1945. The attacking planes were from the 486th Bomb Group - Flimsy 170, 21 MAR 1945 (http://www.486th.org/Mssn/M151t191/F170.htm)

Once more it is Open House

[Noyade]

Couldn't see this on Mel's list...

http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/3862/img394.jpg (http://img593.imageshack.us/i/img394.jpg/)

[Noyade]

Sort of a clue/query. Do you think that's a Mitsubishi Nell carcass at far left? That large glass spherical-shaped dorsal gunners position and twin tail?

Makes perfect sense if it is...

http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/6533/nella.jpg (http://img851.imageshack.us/i/nella.jpg/)

[evansb]

Clark Field, Philippines ?

[Noyade]

Sorry mate, but we're victorious and landed in Japan.

[chevvron]

With all those C54s (which entered service c'45/'46) it looks like Berlin during the airlift but which airport? Templehof maybe?

[evansb]

Atsugi, Japan ?
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/Atsugi20Air20Base20194620by20Lou20Pepper2021.jpg

[Noyade]

Atsugi, Japan ?

Well done Brian. :ok: Your control.

[evansb]

Thanks. Here is the next mystery aerodrome: (photo taken in 1950)
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WAD120121.jpg

[evansb]

It is Yokota Air Base, Japan.

OPEN HOUSE.

[olympus]

Try this one:-

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg150/gwpcrescue/Airfield20.jpg

[olympus]

Not a bad guess but not correct. You are however in the right general area (East Anglia).

[Kieron Kirk]

Great Massingham.

Ciarain.

[nvubu]

I'll have a bash at Chedburgh

[chevvron]

Looks like Membury but you said it's East Anglia which Membury ain't.

[olympus]

Not Great Massingham, Chedburgh or Membury

[Sultan Ismail]

Those trees remind me of Waterbeach

[nvubu]

How about Hardwick?

[olympus]

Sorry I've been off-line for a while; been worrying about a sick dog all morning.

Time for a clue; this memorial is in the village churchyard and will probably give it away...

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg150/gwpcrescue/airfield20a.jpg

[sabredog]

Trust that all is well with your dog.
Horham Airfield.
95th Bomb Group.
If correct; Open House.

[nvubu]

Thanks for the clue - Horham.

edit - beaten to it.... damn :)

[olympus]

Horham it is. Open House declared.

(Dog being picked-up from vet at 1830)

[nvubu]

olympus - That was an enjoyable, if frustrating, search.

As it is Open House (and I was close), here is another type of aerodrome.

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/011A.jpg

The date is late 1921 or 1922 - although I'm not sure if that will be of any assistance.

[descol]

I 'll take a guess - royal navy airstation Newhaven ?

[nvubu]

Sorry descol, it isn't Newhaven, or anywhere else in the UK.

[nvubu]

Time for a clue:

This air complex consisted both of a water and a land drome. Here is the land side a few years later.

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/011B1926.jpg

The water drome no longer exists, but the land aerodrome does and is still active.

Although this location isn't in the UK, there is a British (non Empire) connection linked to the first picture.

Hope these help.

[Lordflasheart]

Is it connected to one of those altruistic military interferences entered upon by the brits around the end of WWI ? "North Russia" perhaps ? LFH

[sabredog]

Kasumigaura Naval Air Station

[nvubu]

Kasumigaura Naval Air Station it is - sabredog has it.

The British connection was the British Air Mission in 1922 - the lakeshore drome was in the process of still being built as can be seen in the 1st image.

This is a later image - a complete change. The "road" on the left leads to the land aerodrome.
http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/011C.jpg

[sabredog]

Apologies for the delay;
Open House

[albatross]

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/midcanada/SomewhwereWW2.jpg

[asw28-866]

Complete guess, Woodford?

'866

[albatross]

Nope - kind of a strange one all those lancs are a little misleading but they are either "going to or coming back from" not sure which. I hope that is a vague enough clue.

[sabredog]

Victory Aircraft Company (Avro Canada),Malton Airport,Ont ?

[albatross]

Well you're on the right side of the ocean!:ok:

[Krakatoa]

Would it be in Alberta

[albatross]

East of Ontario.

[Lordflasheart]

Could be Dorval ? OH if correct. LFH

[albatross]

continue further east but it is not on an island.

[sabredog]

RCAF STATION PENNFIELD RIDGE,NS?

[evansb]

Greenwood, Nova Scotia ? And if correct, are the Lancasters for Tiger Force ?

[albatross]

Not Greenwood but you are getting closer.
Not sure if they are for "Tiger Force" but that would be my guess also.

[asw28-866]

Thought I had one, but no good! Still looking...try this one, bit of a long shot as the hangar layout does not look right, RCAF Dartmouth NS? Nice challenge, I knew nothing of "Tiger Force" until now.

'866

[Krakatoa]

Not sure if this ties in with the geographical clues, RCAF Lachine, Quebec.

[albatross]

Yer close but in the wrong province.

[TheChitterneFlyer]

Ottawa, Uplands?

[nvubu]

Montreal St Hubert?

[albatross]

Wrong provinces guys
Evansp and Sabredog were closest when the went swanning around in Nova Scotia but still in the wrong province.
Previous clue not an island should help too.

[TheChitterneFlyer]

Chatham, New Brunswick?

[nvubu]

RCAF Goose Bay

[albatross]

TheChitterneFlyer

Is in the ballpark.:ok:
getting closer.

[nvubu]

RCAF Station Scoudoc/Scoudouc

[albatross]

Well done NVUBU!


48 23' 22.39N 79 01' 0.81W

You can still see the Airport on Google earth.

Interesting info here:

Canadian Military History by Bruce Forsyth - A Short History of Abandoned and Downsized Canadian Military Bases (http://www.militarybruce.com/history/base-history_8.html)

You have control.

[nvubu]

Thanks, that was a good hunt, not sure how many airfields in Cananda I've looked at this morning - although I was mislead by the "not on an island" clue. Thought this lead to not on Cape Breton so in Nova Scotia or not on Newfoundland so in Labrador. :)

The view on Bing is a much clearer image, and I've just found that website which states "but of the original seven hangars, only two remain, extensively renovated for industrial use" - they all look like they are still there

OK here's my next aerodrome - surprised that this was not on the list. Photos from 2 different years.

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/012A.jpg

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/012B.jpg

[albatross]

Re RCAF Scoudouc
Yeah - i was waiting for someone to guess Goose Bay AKA Booze Gay.
Hard to give clues that narrow the search but don't give the game away.
A friend sent me the photo and I immediately thought of this thread.
A little research was needed as I originally thought this was a photo of the Moncton airport itself.
Learn something new every day.
Well done.

[olympus]

Is it Croydon?

[nvubu]

albatross - I'm learning that about clues, aerodromes I though would last a while, the first clue and they're gone. I guessed Goose Bay - not because it had any similarity to your picture, but because it was the only RCAF base in Labrador.

Although sometimes I guess the clue in the picture is too easy - as for the ones of Croydon which olympus has got first time. The first photo is from the airshow in 1980, the second from 1988.

http://www.cue-dih.co.uk/aerospace/aeropdfs/1980croydon_airshow.pdf

olympus has control

[merlinxx]

I'll go with Olympus Croydon afore the cooling towers came down

[olympus]

Haven't anything at the moment, so Open House.

[evansb]

Here is the next mystery aerodrome:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WAD120128.jpg

[olympus]

I think this is the Embraer factory airfield which is reputed to have the world's fourth longest runway although I can't imagine why.

(Embraer Unidade Gavião Peixoto Airport ICAO (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Civil_Aviation_Organization_airport_code): SBGP)

Click here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_runways) for Wikipedia's 'Longest Runways' page

[nvubu]

I think you are right ...

[albatross]

We enjoy this thread so much being history buffs it might be fun is the person posting the photo posted some links with the airfield history after someone has found the airfield in question no mandatory but interesting if possible.
I know for some of the places in the outback this is not possible.

[nvubu]

I'll second that.

I spend some time researching the aerodromes I post, and try to add some of the facts I've discovered when the aerodrome is revealed (usually far too early - before I've exahusted my clues :{).

I'm please to see that someone else likes to see additional information as well.

[evansb]

olympus is spot on:ok: It is the Embraer test airfield in Brazil. Well done.:D Your turn.

[Lordflasheart]

I agree with Albatross and Hippo. Re the picture of RCAF Scoudouc, and assuming they're all Lancasters, there must be upward of a hundred on the field. I was convinced Evansb had got it with Greenwood. BTW Scoudouc is more like 46 10 N and 64 35 W.

Here's a Lancaster and Tiger Force website I've just found, in case you experts haven't been there already. The narrative suggests the Scoudouc picture is a stood-down, post-war gathering of the enormous Canadian commitment, before they were flown to Alberta to dry out.

Lancaster Main Page (http://www.lancaster-archive.com/lanc_tigerforce.htm)

Back to the sink installation. LFH

[olympus]

Sorry guys, still haven't got anything for the mo, so OPEN HOUSE again.

[nvubu]

LFH - thanks for that link - very interesting.

I see you may have discovered a lead for some of my future offerings :ok:

[Duckbutt]

OH? Try this one then:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Twyler/Puzz63.jpg

[chevvron]

Belfast City/Harbour/Sydenham

[Duckbutt]

Not Belfast, Chevvron

[Duckbutt]

Nor Dundee.

[Duckbutt]

Sorry, not Bremerhaven.

[LFT]

How about Finkenwerder?

[olympus]

Are we looking for a seaplane base?

[Gordy]

Felixstowe....?

OH if correct.

[Duckbutt]

Correct Gordy, the former RNAS Felixstowe.

[descol]

OH - try this one - I don't see it on the list

http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv14/descol/prune31.jpg

[nvubu]

Tejgaon airport, Dhaka.

I was originally going to ask if it was in English speaking Africa or Asia.

Is that a farm or a school between the terminals and the runway? What is that orangy stuff at the northern end? I've just found it at the southern end as well? Loads of fruit trees.... weird.

I have just found I can't connect to my server for uploading pictures, so it'll have to be Open House - if correct of course :)

[descol]

correct nvubu
Tejgaon was Bangladesh's only international airport prior to the opening of Shahjalal in 1981 when it became a military base. It was used by the British in WW2 for operating warplanes to Burma
OH as you say

[TheiC]

Gutted... Having sailed and motored past there many times, I knew there was something familiar but couldn't put my finger on it! Happy, happy, days.

Now, off to the yachting and boating world forums to start a new thread called 'which marina' - or better yet - 'which aerodrome'!

[nvubu]

I've had to switch all my images over to photobucket as my .co.uk host went down yesterday and was requesting a username and password to access the images - so apologies if anyone experienced that popup :uhoh: - it won't happen again. Strange though, that the .com site was still up and running.

Anyway, as no-one has used the Open House, I wonder what you will make of this aerodrome.

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/013A.jpg

I am fairly sure that that is a hanger in "kit" form, and when this photo was taken this aerodrome had seen few, if any, aeroplanes.

[nvubu]

Time for a couple of clues:

The photo is from 1922.

A number of years later the aerodrome was assigned the number 1473.

And it doesn't exist today

[sabredog]

KAPINGAMARANGI Airfield ?

[nvubu]

Sorry, it isn't KAPINGAMARANGI and it isn't in Micronesia.

[nvubu]

It was built for the British by ?

[Lordflasheart]

In desperation ...

Can we get Africa out of the way please ? ie - is it in Africa ?

Is that a shoreline or an escarpment at the end of the road ? Or just the mists of photographic antiquity ?

That should narrow it down. LFH

[nvubu]

It is not Africa

It is a shoreline - but not the sea

I'll upload another photo this evening

[nvubu]

Here is the clue relating to 1473.

If you know which country and what sort of picture this is, the name of the aerodrome should be easy to come by.
http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/013B.jpg

[nvubu]

I guess this aerodrome is too unknown as there is virtually nothing on the web about it.

The aerodrome in question was Tsuchiura Naval Airbase in Japan, which was located at 36 05' 01"N 140 15' 32"E.

The airbase was built for the British Air Mission to Japan in 1922, and I'm guessing that the straight "road" towards the lake is some sort of transportation for float planes. The information about this (and a previous aerodrome at Kasumigaura) have come from a book called "Brackles - Memoirs or a Pioneer of Civil Aviation" compiled by Frida H, Brackley.


In the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey (Pacific): Japanese Air Target ... it was target no 1473

Open House

[Noyade]

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/1613/img428c.jpg (http://img33.imageshack.us/i/img428c.jpg/)

[evansb]

Ellsworth AFB, Rapid City, South Dakota, U.S.A. ?

[Noyade]

That's the one Brian. :ok:

Your control.

[evansb]

Thanks. Here is the next mystery aerodrome:

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WAD120203.jpg

[nvubu]

Is it in Canada?

[Lordflasheart]

If not Canada, then Scandinavia ? LFH

[evansb]

Sorry, not Scandinavia.

[evansb]

Clue: One-third of the population speaks French.

[nvubu]

Saint John (CYSJ)

[evansb]

nvubu is correct.:ok: Saint John, New Brunswick. New Brunswick is a bi-lingual province...and no, Celtic is not the other language. Your turn.

[nvubu]

Thanks evansb. I didn't realise quite how many bodies of water there are in Canada until I started looking for your mystery aerodrome. Your clue certainly narrowed it down a lot :ok:.

I hope that this overhead shot is a bit easier than my last offering:

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/014A.jpg

[TheiC]

I don't know where it is, but I'm glad I wasn't there...

[nvubu]

Here's one taken a bit earlier - although it shows signs of being previously visited.

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/014DA.jpg

[merlinxx]

somewhere in the Pacific ?

[nvubu]

Yes ... in the Pacific

[evansb]

Takeshima Air Base, Eten Island, Truk Lagoon ?

[nvubu]

Thats the one evansb - you have control.

I thought there was something unsual in it's shape when I came across it, although it looks somewhat different today.

Here's a good shot of it in relation to the lagoon

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/014C.jpg

[evansb]

Thanks. That was an educational challenge for me. The best kind!
Here is a rather exotic looking place:

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WAD120205.jpg

[evansb]

Clue: French is the primary language.

[Russell Gulch]

Polynesia?

The red flags (not coincident with the road [or gate] but in line with the runway C/L) indicate a flood (tide?); I also see a VOR (of the US type in the top RH of the photo).

{Edit} I had a look at Goggle Earth, and it appears not to be French Polynesia. Which is a pity, because I was reminiscing about the old Tintin book about Papeete Faaa. Oh well, when I'm old & rich, I'll go there. OK, when I get the rich bit as well!}

[Gordy]

Natashquan..Quebec (http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/quebec/airports-natashquan-1395.htm)

OH if correct

[nvubu]

Is it down under?


edit: I think you are right Gordy - and I was sure that this wasn't another Canadian airport :ugh:

[evansb]

Gordy is correct. As requested, it is OPEN HOUSE.

[Duckbutt]

Here's another:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Twyler/Puzz64.jpg

[Duckbutt]

The passenger terminal:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Twyler/Puzz64a.jpg

[Fitter2]

Beziers/Cap D'Agde?

[Duckbutt]

That's it Fitter2, you have it.

[Fitter2]

In answer to the question not asked, I wasn't visiting the nudist beaches to recognise it, I was singing my way around the Langedoc with a chamber choir.

Now this might be interesting:
http://i44.tinypic.com/wi7acw.jpg

[chevvron]

Weston-on-the-Green? (also known as W.O.G.)

[TheiC]

Crikey, long enough ago for everything in that image to have changed...

Is the flat-topped thing an extant building?

I felt like chipping in by asking if it might be Shennington or Hus Bos..?

But in my heart, I think those trees are telling me something... Maybe Pocklington way? Somewhere within striking distance of the A1, perhaps? A voice is saying 'Northants'...

[Fitter2]

Neither Weston on the Green nor in Northants (or Pocklington way). Not Shenington (although the relevant club expedition the year before was to Edgehill Airfield, now Shenington). Not Hus Bos either.

The old tower was still there last time I passed that way, but an inspection on Google Earth seems to show it has been knocked down now.

[Russell Gulch]

The crescent moon is quite evident, as is an ascent Jupiter.

So using my astromical almanac and the declination of the horizon, it's Abingdon at 7:30 pm on 27th Ocober 1972.

Am I close?

[TheChitterneFlyer]

Could it be Colerne?

[TheiC]

Wild guess: Lasham.

[Fitter2]

None of the above, although all are in easy cross-country range of the fleet shown (well, the T21 would need a rather good day, or a following wind).

The runways are are still present, and occasionally in use.

By the way, the astronomical assessment is 9 years out - 7th August 1963.

[TheChitterneFlyer]

Keevil perhaps.

[Fitter2]

Not perhaps, definitely. Moonrakers RAFGSA camp 1963, sleeping and cooking in the old control tower.

TheChitterneFlyer has the con.

[WE992]

Definately Keevil. I go there every week and the tower still stands. Left to right OLY 419 RAFGSA 86, Grunau Baby, OLY 2B RAFGSA 253 and T.21 either RAFGSA 236 or 282.

[Fitter2]

Strictly speaking, Al, the 419 is GSA 249 (I think, I'll have a look when I get home), but BGA Comp no. 86. One in which I spent several happy hours. I last saw it on top of the Mynd, still in the trailer we built at Yatesbury in 1964. The Oly 2 is comp. no. 134, in which I flew my first competition, and adopted the competition number when I became a private owner.

[WE992]

You are correct Comp No 86 was indeed RAFGSA 249, I was just being lazy! Oly 2 Comp No 134 is RAFGSA 253.

[TheChitterneFlyer]

My apologies for being late... Open House

[seacue]

We have plenty of images of aerodromes from the air and terminals from the outside. Here is an image from inside a terminal ... with at least a taxiway and part of a runway visible. This aerodrome has been used once before. It should be easy.

http://members.toast.net/rcarpen/apt-07.jpg

[merlinxx]

KSJC me thinks

[seacue]

Correct country, wrong side. This a much-larger terminal.

Edited to add: This airport has more runways, and many more gates and passengers than KSJC.

[Cows getting bigger]

I want to say Chicago. I've certainly been there but then again, I've been to quite a few in USA :eek:

[seacue]

Nowhere near as large as KORD. Try farther east.

Edited to add: This aerodrome has very little international traffic, which uses a nearby airport. The two airports have about the same number of passengers per year.

[Cows getting bigger]

Baltimore. If I'm wrong, I'll sulk.:{

[seacue]

Very good, Cows. This is a small portion of the Southwest Airlines area of KBWI, Baltimore/Washington. WN (including Airtran) has over 25 gates at the airport and over 50% of the passengers. Together they have about 214 departures per day.

[Cows getting bigger]

Thanks, I knew I would get there. In hindsight it was unlikely to be Chicago as I don't think Southwest have a hub there.

Anyway, lacking any originality, Open House.

[seacue]

Southwest does not have a "hub" anywhere. They call them "focus" cities. Just the name is different. Chicago Midway is one of Southwests major "focus" cities. Baltimore is another. Many flights in the east stop at Baltimore on their way to an ultimate destination.

I have traveled KBWI to and from Hollywood / Ft Lauderdale in the past year. WN272 which I used returning KFLL to KBWI a couple of weeks ago routes:

KFLL-KBWI
KBWI-KSTL
KSTL-KTPA

Ft Lauderdale to Tampa via Baltimore and St Louis. The "focus" at KBWI is great for me since I live near BWI and I can get non-stops to 30 or 40 cities on WN.

Cows has declared Open House.

seacue

[MReyn24050]

The Which Aerodrome List has been updated up to and including 09 Feb 2012.
Mel

[TheChitterneFlyer]

This airfield has been done before but I liked the nostalgia of the photo... an easy one!

http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab107/cortonflyer/img021.jpg

[Blanket Stacker]

Boscombe Down? OH if correct.

Martin

[dixi188]

Yeovilton?

[TheChitterneFlyer]

Blanket Stacker has it... Open House

[nvubu]

As it is Open House.

This has been done before, but with a modern photo, these are a little more historical. Almost all the buildings shown here still exist.

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/015A.jpg

The title on the source of the photo below is "A modern airport at ?"

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/015B.jpg

Both photos taken in 1943

[Krakatoa]

I will kick it off with Karachi

[nvubu]

Not Karachi - wrong continent

edit:- just going out, be back late afternoon.

[Lordflasheart]

Accra ? looking south. current runway 21 would be on left of pic. OH if possibly correct - but I'm working on somefink. LFH

[nvubu]

LFH - you are correct, Accra, Gold Coast - as it was then.

I guess too much is the same for you to have been mislead with the the stars and stripes and the vehicles driving on the correct side of the road in the modern airport image:ok:

For those interested, here is the unedited source image of the 1st photo.

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/015D.jpg

The following interesting image is described as "Near Accra air base a familiar pattern for approaching pilots is formed by these huts for native troops across from the British hospital barracks. The four small huts behind the buildings are shower stalls"

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/015C.jpg

Open House it is

[Duckbutt]

24 hours gone so let's keep it moving with:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Twyler/Puzz65.jpg

[chevvron]

Goxhill?!!

[Duckbutt]

Not Goxhill, sorry.

[olympus]

Staaken, Berlin?

OH if correct.

[Duckbutt]

It is, Olympus. OH then.