Which Aerodrome Mk III

[sycamore]

dook; PM for you....

[dook]

Thank you - replied.

[Self loading bear]

As it is OH

I found another Cows:

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/954x509/515c8a59_a5a1_4b70_811c_2bf1615225fd_caa9c1e8f6bdcfcc14dbe74 4229244e992f82940.jpeg
I am sure it won’t last long.

[jensdad]

Goedemiddag, SLB. That's Sumburgh as well, surely?

[Self loading bear]

Yes it is

When searching “cows on airport” it came up at Owerri Nigeria.
Clearly poor journalism by using an earlier photo.
I was hoping that would puzzle some.
Bit when I found out my self that It is actually Sumburg, I new it wouldn’t last.

over to Jensdad

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/613x390/dc03bb47_64b0_4ce5_a1fc_3a85c7a39795_e59993370e3068174d68771 62d58130fdc822b6b.jpeg

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1024x681/af219782_4757_431c_9cd6_d371f63a38ef_4f5df75015612760f972844 ab21767e0ac71aee3.jpeg

[jensdad]

Thanks SLB,
I just drove over there in April, I thought it looked familiar! Wasn't quite as much livestock on the airfield when I was there though :)

Nothing to hand at the moment, so 'tis Open House.

[lauriebe]

My first attempt:


https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/750x500/wa010_5827d280afaa2aa27fa806b3a460121478db4b1c.jpg

[dook]

Good afternoon lauriebe.
.
I think that looks a lot like RAF Talbenny.

[lauriebe]

Good morning dook.

You have it in one. Thought it might last a little longer than that.

Over to you.

[dook]

Thank you. Over time on this thread I have built up a portfolio of sites for searching.

Another then.

http://i66.tinypic.com/xegbh1.jpg

[sycamore]

dook, PM for you....

[dook]

Received and replied thank you.

[Cubs2jets]

Canada?

C2j

[dook]

It is indeed.

[Self loading bear]

Victoria canada

[dook]

Nice shooting Bear,

Victoria it is. :ok:

[Self loading bear]

Thanks Dook
This was a though one.
I did guessed Canada just before C2J.
But the tower was difficult to determine.

Another tower.
What are these “gilets orange” up to?

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/750x1334/bf09bf74_432c_4b76_8881_3116c477b6ee_ffce35e52b17fa29c8a4293 473087c9c47127e5f.png

[dook]

I'll shoot into the wild.

Canada again ?

[Self loading bear]

I'll shoot into the wild.

Canada again ?

Not Canada

[dook]

USA then ?

[sycamore]

`Gilet Jaunes` in Schipol,or Paris....?

[Self loading bear]

`Gilet Jaunes` in Schipol,or Paris....?

Les gillets etaient un hareng rouge

It is USA

[dook]

It was nice of you to leave airlinereporter.com in the picture.

I have found the tower and airport (but I don't know what they are waiting for).

I shall now be quiet.....schhh...

[Self loading bear]

Yeah,
saw that too late

[dook]

Let's see who else gets it then.

[Self loading bear]

Yes there are other fish in the pond

[dook]

And there are some tic-tac-toe as well.

[sycamore]

Think they`re waiting for `le Donald` to finish brushing his `cheveux jaune`,so they can start `sweeping-up... Andrews AFB...?

[dook]

Or fish...…..

[Self loading bear]

Or fish...…..
in troubled waters

[Self loading bear]

Think they`re waiting for `le Donald` to finish brushing his `cheveux jaune`,so they can start `sweeping-up... Andrews AFB...?

sorry for my late reply but if you start fishing at Andrews you will come up dry.

[dook]

Goedemorgen Bear.

Nobody seems interested in Tacoma.

[Self loading bear]

Looks like it dook,

As you have the airport and (more or less) the occasion, I give you control.

The journos were not waiting on a red herring but on the arrival of the first copper salmon of the season.
Arriving by Alaska Air.
In Holland we will celebrate tomorrow the arrival of the first Hollandse Nieuwe (soused herring).
Lots of business meetings this week requiring the “acquired taste”
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1123x746/523a7d35_065f_4222_a691_1b2027925748_9b93c300095266d90cdc5a4 737ab2a9ac1c02cd9.jpeg

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1057x705/dd1944be_d163_4683_9280_c5afc8435b0d_146d105cf0efad8135c8c16 13ff3beda056dd21e.jpeg

[sycamore]

Hook,line and sinker;saw that pic but didn`t connect...

dook,may have some info re GE ,later ....

[dook]

Oh, go on - then we can have another one.

[dook]

I get the connection.

[sycamore]

The NNC....?

[dook]

For Dumbo here, wossa NNC ?

[Self loading bear]

The NNC....?
No Nut Crush

[dook]

wtfo ?

Nobody seems interested in this one either.

[sycamore]

It is where SLB has all his `moolah` stashed....National Numismatic ???....or Geldmuseum...

[dook]

Would you like a clue based upon the image from Bear ?

[dook]

OK.

I have deleted this challenge.

OH.

[mgahan]

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1227x920/tower_0c5fb1089f71b4ff11b2e3ea3c142f10d26e3cd4.jpg

[dook]

Good evening mgahan.

Have you taken us back to Australia ?

[dook]

I am now wondering if this has been converted to a house.

[chevvron]

OK.

I have deleted this challenge.

OH.
Wondered where it went; was going to have a stab at it.

[dook]

Standby for PM.

[mgahan]

Not Australia and certainly not converted to a house - although I did sleep in it for a night.

MJG

[dook]

Small hotel then ?

[mgahan]

No - not a hotel, although a small one is proposed nearby.

I see you were not diverted by my initial reference to London. Let me try again: there is a direct land connection to London but although Paris is about the same distance as the crow flies (if there were crows in the vicinity, which there are not) there is no direct land connection.

[sycamore]

Schermany-
..Berlin airlift...?

[dook]

There is a London in what was the Russian federation.

[mgahan]

Not Schermany.

I do not think the Russians have been anywhere near this airfield.

There is a Japanese presence about 4km from the runway but their compound has nothing to do with the airfield.

28km away is a spare deck form the days when the airfield was associated with V Bombers .

I'll be off line for a couple of hours - I do have a day job!

MJG

[chimbu warrior]

Guessing here, but there is a London on Christmas (Kiritimati) Island, part of Kiribati with which our contributor has a connection. Could it be a new FIS building on Kiritimati?

OH if so.

[sycamore]

Palm trees in corner,lots of tropical rain ,judging by the down pipes.......
London,Paris,and Poland,all on one island...and Captain Cooks hotel....!
good guess Chimbu....

[mgahan]

Chimbu gets to pick from the top shelf. Yes, new tower and RFFS station at Cassidy. The building was handed over last week along with the new terminal. London/Cassidy road is no better and the CCH rooms in much worse condition than Ops Grapple days. Aeon strip is in good condition.

OH declared.

Now, back to the day job here at Bonriki.

[lauriebe]

OH declared so can I try this one?


https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/750x500/wa002_4b84e5cd9076e142e001d8d69113f49e5aed468e.jpg

[Shackman]

Looks tropical , hills to left - Pangkor?

[lauriebe]

Looks tropical , hills to left - Pangkor?

Tropical, yes. Not Pangkor.

[dook]

Near Paramudu ?

[lauriebe]

Near Paramudu ?

Morning Dook.

I had to look that one up. If you are looking in Sarawak, no.

Shackman was closer.

[dook]

I'm wondering if we're in Malaysia at all.

[lauriebe]

I'm wondering if we're in Malaysia at all.

Wonder no more. Malaysia it is.

[dook]

Is it visible on GE ?

[lauriebe]

Is it visible on GE ?

It is visible on GE.

[lauriebe]

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/789x526/wa001_e9a92a1323c957585e9656bf6c3baa22ac049580.jpg
The challenge from a slightly higher viewpoint.

[dook]

I've done a "creeping line ahead" search and can't find it, so are we away from the mainland ?

[lauriebe]

I've done a "creeping line ahead" search and can't find it, so are we away from the mainland ?

We are offshore, yes.

[dook]

The runway doesn't look right but I have found one with the radio tower.

Is it Redang ?

[lauriebe]

The runway doesn't look right but I have found one with the radio tower.

Is it Redang ?

Redang it is

You have control.

[dook]

Cheers lauriebe - a good one.

A photo from WW2.

http://i68.tinypic.com/2h6vi2d.jpg

[lauriebe]

Are we in the Pacific area?

[sycamore]

Malaysia E/W,or Kalimantan...?

[dook]

We are in Europe.

[nvubu]

Corsica ???

[lauriebe]

Celone/San Nichola d'Arpi.

OH if correct.

[dook]

Close but not part of France.

[dook]

Missed the post by lauriebe.

He has hit it in one with Celone.

He has declared OH.

[Asturias56]

Having flounced off a few months back I'll now creep back if the Honored Members will allow me.... :uhoh:

Claims ot be "International" but I suspect that's only for private flights..............

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/444x344/2019_06_09_034746_0706bd4786e11ee7727ea177780ec8a4a74e5ce9.j pg

[dook]

I say the more the merrier. Welcome back.

You must know a bit about this place so I suspect Italy.

edit: if it is international where are terminal buildings etc. ?

[dook]

I conclude this an old photograph taken before completion, and also there are no tyre marks on the runway.

[Asturias56]

Bless you!!

A very long way from Italy - and its a lot more complete than you'd think frorn that picture - a joint civil/military base about 5 km from the seaside......

As I said I think some variants of the name have the word "international" attached and I'm pretty sure I've seen international biz jets but no international service I know of........

[dook]

Cheers.

Might it therefore be Far East ?

I don't think USA because the Americans define airports in a different way.

[Self loading bear]

Might it be Madagaskar again?

[Asturias56]

Sorry guys - internet failure overnight..

Correct - it's not the USA - and a very long way from both the Far East and Madagascar - about 5-6 kms from the sea

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/284x130/2019_06_09_034715_731338523cb0627c70c87dd44bdda17253041003.j pg

[dook]

I have extensively search for anything about joint civil/military bases. I have now thought that "military" might be navy instead of air force.

That brings up some other possibilities.

Are we by any chance in the southern hemisphere ?

[Asturias56]

Getting warm..... yes it's a joint base (in fact as a BASE it's largely military - but it is definitely dual use), yes it might be naval/marine, yes it's S hemisphere Work calls - back in 2-3 hours

[dook]

South America ?

[dook]

Working on my hunch it seems there are quite a few naval air bases in S America but only a couple appear to joint mil/civil.

How about Con Con / Base Aeronaval Vina del Mar in Chile ?

[Asturias56]

It is indeed Vina del Mar at Con Con - just north of Valparaiso - seems to be used for people who don't want the hassle of flying into Santiago and then a couple of hour drive .

Limited privation facilities provision but a nice spot - Dook has the con............

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/508x431/2019_06_12_181756_3aee51d387cff7fa7b3cc820f45a77e6a5e07d39.j pg
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/691x409/2019_06_09_034233_273f14145481120bbf93a22a3839a670417bc5e8.j pg
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/436x257/2019_06_09_034128_e4677c83a3c299de0717fe76ccc70d69ad582482.j pg

[dook]

Thank you Asturias. Perseverance paid off.

How about this one.

http://i63.tinypic.com/35ndi7c.jpg

[Asturias56]

Interesting - all the landings at the ?East ? end of the runway - so a strong and persistent ?westerly? wind regime

Lots of closely built dispersals = fighter base?

[sycamore]

Asturias,did you visit the `Kamikaze` pub...?

[sycamore]

E Germany or further E....?

[dook]

Further east than Germany.

[dook]

Apologies Asturias - yes to fighters.

[Asturias56]

Asturias,did you visit the `Kamikaze` pub...?

No - didn't see much of the place TBH - we were doing some work in Chile and actually flew into Santiago and transferred to Valparaiso by minibus for a few days work.

We spent our drinking time in the Hotel Gervasoni Terraza Bar - great views!

We then had a small charter arranged by the Client from Vina del Mar to Puerto Mont to check out another office there - just drove up and, boarded and disappeared - amazing views flying south..........

[sycamore]

A,you should see it by moonlight...scary...

[sycamore]

Can`t find anything in Poland ,Ukraine or Belarus.....

[dook]

Try going north...….

[JENKINS]

One which Ryanair has missed, so far. Tapa in Estonia?

[dook]

Nice shooting J.

Tapa it is and your helm.

[JENKINS]

Thanks. Disused I gather, just like the field close to my current if temporary location on a wooded hillside.. Close to former fighter field, long firm beach nearby, should be strong enough to take a large military machine, large tidal range, islands various out to sea. Nice place.

OH I fear, no preparation at the moment.

[sycamore]

dook ,PM ....

[dook]

Thank you. Replied.

[sycamore]

J,you back in Wales...?

[Asturias56]

Tr y this one ...................

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/737x593/2019_06_14_045606_5f45856ae3b348eda3d19d1002ddc6be6309bc8b.j pg

[lauriebe]

Are we in Europe?

[Asturias56]

Yes - this is Europe

[dook]

Trying to identify the cars. I think I see lots of Volvos.

Sweden ?

[Asturias56]

We are indeed in the Northern regions - but not Sweden
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/344x340/2019_06_13_134858_10a220aa2814900b28c3a82413dd988ce79d1b0c.j pg




https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/488x269/2019_06_13_134415_19f88248306c6f60fce19b34050c077a9c5be202.j pg

[dook]

Then I'll shoot for Norway or Finland.

[Asturias56]

yes, certainly not Denmark!!!

[dook]

Only a few to look at then !! :eek:

[dook]

Found some reindeer. Alesund ?

[JENKINS]

For Sycamore, I played my 'dummy.' The description fits Chivenor as well as Brawdy! Staunton Sands, lovely, awful weather.

[Asturias56]

Not Alesund - right country but a fair distance to the challenge - another One Reindeer Town...............

off out for an hour or so

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/369x227/2019_06_13_134628_db2f79690f93ac1d318a67b36808326071562451.j pg

[dook]

There are only four close and to the south so it must be north.

eeny meeny miny mo - Hammerfest ?

[Asturias56]

Nope - tho again another One Reindeer Town - the place seems full of them................... it shares something with the following (much warmer) location................

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/427x338/2019_06_14_110651_3a733c1184f6dcf8fe3722a3751eef21b4853811.j pg

[dook]

I just Googled "one reindeer town" and the only thing of sense which comes up is Vadso.

[Asturias56]

That's a step too far........................

The target town suffered a great influx of unwanted & abandoned bicycles a year or so back


PS
I'm off out until about 15:30 Zulu

[sycamore]

A, Evenes...?

dook,PM and email for you...

Jenks, good job we didn`t go to Ireland by T-Moth and Cub then...
Herks use the Sands occasionally with the guys from Her........

[dook]

Abandoned bicycles from refugees ?

Kirkens is all I can find.

However, it doesn't look anything like your challenge.

[lauriebe]

Could it be Tromso?

[Asturias56]

It is indeed Kirknes - the pictures have been carefully cropped to look as anodyne as possible.

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/382x208/2019_06_13_134534_509fe3fb0dc673923a60d87b3a33a44afd0959d0.j pg
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/467x319/2019_06_13_134926_2732785cca8008a299e04031fb64bd51f31e6f84.j pg

A few years back I went through there regularly to & from Murmansk - it's a really nice drive (but not in winter).

A lot of well heeled Middle Eastern refugees would fly to Moscow, then to Murmansk where they'd be taken to border by car or minibus with the bikes strapped on the back. they'd be left at the Russian border post- which is several kms inside the actual border and would exit Russia then ride down the road - you cannot cross the border at Kirkenes on foot. The'd zoom through the actual border (two painted poles) on the edge of what looks like a supermarket car park - which is the Norwegian Border Post - & claim asylum. TBF the Norwegians were very good and had them moved on south to the bigger cities very rapidly

The odd thing about Kirknes is how far EAST it is - same longitude as Alexandria - apparently some oil field guys tried to claim Middle East allowances from their US employer when drilling just north of here!

Dook has it................

[dook]

No wonder it didn't look right.

Your challenge image is a computer simulation by some geek !!

http://i64.tinypic.com/35am1w1.jpg

[sycamore]

dook,did you get PM/EMAIL...?

[dook]

Yes - and thank you kindly indeed.

[sycamore]

E Germany,awaiting inspection...
possibly a training base,mixed light f/w and helos..?
possibly Gorlitz...?

[dook]

Yes - the old DDR.

Started as a specialist flying school and latterly fighters.

Photo from 1970.

[sycamore]

I amended my#14630 to Gorlitz..did you get that..?

[dook]

Sorry - missed it.

But no I'm afraid.

[dook]

Your last guess is not too far away...….

[sycamore]

I ferried an L-39 from UK to Rothenburg/Gorlitz,been to Dresden,Bautzen,but not the south Gorlitz,but I missed passing Grossenhain.....OH if correct......
Ferried it back a year later....got to sit in a M-21,23,su?....very cramped in each one...ok if you are about 5ft4 and just follow the instruments....

[dook]

You are now even closer.

Soviet at the time of the photo.

The image is orientated to true north.

[sycamore]

Bedtime CU 2MORROW....

[lauriebe]

Took quite a lot of searching but I think this is the old Brandis air base.

Now an energy park?

[dook]

Nicely done lauriebe - it is indeed Brandis. Now a solar farm.

Please take the thread.

[lauriebe]

Nicely done lauriebe - it is indeed Brandis. Now a solar farm.

Please take the thread.

Thanks Dook. Thanks also to Sycamore for pointing the way on that one.

Your next challenge:

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/650x434/wa071_78d4c405b0d316bc4764abb76f9ee58168dce068.jpg

[dook]

Good afternoon lauriebe.

Anything to do with the Vietnam war ?

Military airfields do not usually have high speed turn-offs.

Far east ?

[lauriebe]

Good morning dook.

No, the image is only around 10 years old.

[dook]

If not the far east how about Orstralia.

[lauriebe]

Not Straya.

[dook]

The jets bottom left look military.

[lauriebe]

Sorry missed your edit earlier. Tis Far East and the jets are Mil.

The field is joint civ/mil.

[dook]

Now I'm wondering if you've taken us back to your home country.

[lauriebe]

Tis not Malaysia. But not that far away.

[dook]

That's useful.

Cambodia ?

[lauriebe]

Not Cambodia.

[dook]

Looking at Indonesia.

[lauriebe]

Wrong direction.

[lauriebe]

If it helps, I think the jets were retired F84s.

[dook]

If they are, Thailand had them.

[lauriebe]

Getting close now.

[dook]

Does that mean it is Thailand ?

[lauriebe]

It is in Thailand.

[dook]

Thai navy used by the USAF ?

[lauriebe]

Not that I am aware of.

[lauriebe]

Sorry, missed the Thai navy part.. Only air force I think.

[lauriebe]

FYI, north is towards the top RH corner of the image.

[dook]

Is it Khuan Lang ?

Otherwise known as Songkhla Hat Yai.

[lauriebe]

That's it. Hat Yai.

Your thread.

[dook]

You certainly choose some good ones.

I feel this one will not be a difficult.

http://i66.tinypic.com/t840a1.jpg

[nvubu]

I think that must be Kimbolton

[dook]

Kimbolton.

Your thinking is working well.

Over to you.

[nvubu]

Thanks - I should have been gliding with my son close by there today, but the scouts cancelled it due to low numbers :(

You next challenge - slightly different (oh no not again I hear you groan). While the airfield isn't visible on this picture, the bombs were on their way to it.

https://mxdaqa.bn.files.1drv.com/y4mTzacSyrwPxXU7AiFMwVGBEv2tK03qcgJOLzprCSfkjrojpYUnT66DOgiu gKyhNCwNtQPxZysNeOFAUldxcvRKRYz_I8RtS-0arns7QknyF_IhPoyrVabQYGSLI0XYu69KVHi1g3OtVE2AJ-0vQ7sEWXRqW8OzHISXsQe5zOfYA9uqG9MlrW3EnxqhZngTCIIno6bdZBvOVP RVwgSsgePIg?width=1024&height=780&cropmode=none

More pictures to follow, where the airfield is present :ok:

[dook]

Good grief !

There will be my usual questions - and you know wots coming.

[dook]

I think the bombs are US 500 pounders.

Stick of six - Liberator ?

err....no.

[India Four Two]

Are we in Italy?

[nvubu]

We are not in Italy, but we are in Europe.

[dook]

France Orly ?

[nvubu]

Not France either.

[dook]

Germany then.

[nvubu]

Nope, not in Germany.

[dook]

eessa eetaly ?

[nvubu]

Already answered that one, but to repeat, no, it isn't Italy :)

[dook]

Apologies - error.

Might it be the old Yugoslavia ?

[nvubu]

Not in Yugoslavia either.

This is like the trip around Africa we went a while back. :ok:

Here's the second image - airfield top right
https://kvttca.bn.files.1drv.com/y4myFkX7wSq1DOvuT4WQKIluscfAXnaoXx4v6SUoqfuW1TavygRavx5bDkHs aPLkFb-826Y0RyPGYeM6_dXj_DkYdjFZIZHirofZvgcaXC4c5scd1JkFr1APTYfDfPR CYDTX1RutkTMmq1DUqzELaEd9koj4iL0pzCJq8ft2KtrLn7O2Nvf74b2iMGD iB1gyq-auTRSd6SjJrESEKCv8NXARQ?width=1024&height=759&cropmode=none

[dook]

I'm beginning to think it's an idea to wait for somebody else to ask a question.

To the east of Yugoslavia ?

[nvubu]

Yes, this airfield is east of Yugoslavia.

[dook]

Ah so Glasshopper.

Romania and Bulgaria were axis-occupied.

[nvubu]

This airfield is in a location occupied by the Axis - however, weren't Romania and Bulgaria part of the Axis, so it can't be there.

[dook]

Yes - that's why both countries were sometimes targeted.

Poland and Ukraine were occupied.

[sycamore]

Greece/Crete...?

[Asturias56]

Czech of Slovak republics?

[lauriebe]

I think the airfield could be Kasteli, Crete.

The town/road layout is very similar to that shown in present day GE images.

[Asturias56]

Looks like it Lauriebe

If you use G Earth and rotate the village by 180 degrees then the road current road layout is a 1:1 overlay......................................

It's going to be expanded to replace Heraklion I believe

[nvubu]

lauriebe has it with Kastelli-Pediada on Crete - here's the third image I have
https://lnd6eg.bn.files.1drv.com/y4mJZ6rGgSPFICrNxdBn2EJZEFyfefTM-evqb8RAQ_0Pz2GTptEB-HbfNjgoWPFu74f_5UIclCS3l5DkbPrhRiFJyJsVAau9g_pTmkI5_khYGMBVn q7UCi9kMdrt6P8Kq7SEmQuxjyyv8jWTHPfAzQmNmlTm7SE48IYU4BROc1SRd HiGRUEl-e3uiaYJ_mFnaZc-b8K_tMZhGDzp74Z2L1fKQ?width=1024&height=780&cropmode=none

You have control.

[lauriebe]

Thanks nvubu.

For the next challenge, let's start with some 'Diggers' digging.


https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/552x368/wa020_8cf28dd3e4e96e15d04014694f28dab4656ce067.jpg

[Asturias56]

Papua New Guinea??

[lauriebe]

Not Papua New Guinea.

[dook]

Netherlands East Indies ?

[lauriebe]

Good morning Dook.

Not NEI.

[dook]

Good afternoon to you lauriebe.

Tarakan Island ?

[lauriebe]

Not Tarakan but not that far away.

[dook]

The Australians were in Borneo.

[lauriebe]

Good afternoon to you lauriebe.

Tarakan Island ?

Go west young man. Go west.

Second image. Taken some 30+ years after the first and more building.


https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/650x445/wa020b_83d2bc48aeebafbaf416768110a24092bb967a56.jpg

[lauriebe]

The Australians were in Borneo.

They were indeed and you are in the right area.

This location has a distinctly feline air about it.

[dook]

Sarawak then ?

(feline - tiger ?)

tiger - Sumatra maybe.

[Checklist Charlie]

Also feline is Kuching.

CC

[dook]

But he said go west of Borneo.

[lauriebe]

Also feline is Kuching.

CC

Kerching, kerching.

CC has it. Kuching it is.

He has control.

[lauriebe]

But he said go west of Borneo.

By going west, I meant west of Tarakan.

[dook]

Cheers......

[Checklist Charlie]

Sadly nothing to post so Open House folks.

Confession; Our furbaby is a Kuching Puss.

CC

[JENKINS]

While I watch cricket, anyone fancy this? Poloponeese have relevance.
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1440x1080/earth_postcard_1560681364_e055c734c0553b96c82c491ea716754009 233b56.jpg

[sycamore]

`Shed` in corner..? France,thought it was Issoudun-le Fay...where an Anson took part in the types only agent pick-up in WW2,
ref`Black Lysander` by Nesbitt-Dufort.......?
unfortunately background veg .doesn`t match....

[JENKINS]

Not France Sycamore. The aircraft on display would have filled that role, same speed as Anson. I have operated the occasional no-lights night operation in the same.

[sycamore]

Presume we are not in UK...
Are we in Greece perchance..?

[JENKINS]

Not Greece, but certainly mainland Europe. Military, more or less.

[Self loading bear]

Is it a Irish Concorde?
(Skyvan)

[JENKINS]

Irish Concorde indeed it is.

[Self loading bear]

Poland?
Polonesian

[JENKINS]

Not Polish.

[JENKINS]

Ceterum Arminius pugnavit prope, and won 2010 years ago. His memorial retains the evidence of heavy machine gun fire - P47 or 51 perhaps.

[Self loading bear]

Ceterum Arminius pugnavit prope, and won 2010 years ago. His memorial retains the evidence of heavy machine gun fire - P47 or 51 perhaps.

Detmold Germany
but could not locate hangar

[JENKINS]

That's close, I am sure that 'Herman the German' will have helped. Not Detmold, I fear, though I am sure there will have been a link between Detmold and the Poloponeese.

So, keep looking. The four letter title which may help is on the roof of another hangar, but not yet.

[dook]

Yes - Herman.

Surprised a few people at 450 knots there I can tell you.

Lippspringe.

[JENKINS]

Yes, That's it. Rhine Army Parachute Association, with Polo on the south side of field. Operating and visiting at various times, good fun. I knew that Herman would get a bite.

[dook]

Morning/afternoon/evening all.

http://i68.tinypic.com/6ygx7b.jpg

[JENKINS]

Quite by chance, my reading last night finished at the foot of Hermannsdenkmal, quite a landmark. Arminius, liberator haud dubie Germaniae.

[JENKINS]

Salamaua airfield? Swamp now, apparently.

[dook]

That was quick !

Back to you.

[JENKINS]

Good morning and thank you. Out now, I fear, to my local city with a noticeable grid system of city streets.

OH I regret.

[dook]

Has everyone run out of challenges ?

[Flap40]

Ok, here's one we haven't had before...
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/892x574/screenshot_2019_06_17_at_16_55_54_f8e8bce1807299bf9d83d6f0cb c0170e2fad06d2.png

[dook]

Connected to casevac operations or helicopter maintenance ?

[Flap40]

There is a casevac presence. No idea about maintenance.

[Self loading bear]

The watercourse in the background has a dyke. But I do not think it is the Netherlands (due to difference in water level) correct?
But the remainder looks European.

[Flap40]

It had me fooled at first but that dyke is actually a bridge. The dark line to the left is the shadow of the bridge not the base of the dyke.

[Flap40]

PS. Not the Netherlands but it is in Europe.

[dook]

"Casevac" in searches brings up everything which is irrelevant.

Is there a sightseeing operation ?

Belgium ?

[Flap40]

Not Belgium.

[dook]

Might it be Denmark ?

[Flap40]

Not Denmark.

[Self loading bear]

as the river is partially dry I think mountain river?
Alps?

[Flap40]

It is in the alps.

[nvubu]

I think the first car might be a Mk 2 Renault Megane

[Flap40]

Are you suggesting that we are in France?

[nvubu]

I thought we might be.

[Flap40]

No, we are not.

[englishkev]

Looks like Balzers heliport in Liechtenstein

[Flap40]

We have a winner.

[englishkev]

As I was having a sneaky look on the web at work. Could I declare open house?

[dook]

Certainly.

I for one would like to see you back here.

[Self loading bear]

[*=left]As it is open house:

Another heli related


https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1122x730/eb6a0fb6_635a_4328_af2d_057e630b7c0d_02af54ed68c09642cfc8827 eceb97555da3c8d6b.jpeg

[dook]

"low flying aeroplanes" certainly Nederland and looks like the polders.

They appear to be unloading something from the truck.

[Self loading bear]

"low flying aeroplanes" certainly Nederland and looks like the polders.

Aruba , Curacao Belgium and Suriname also have Dutch language.
But alais No polders.

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/580x411/a09073c2_e4d5_4759_8d00_bb3d260f3bfc_e05d74cec05b99d7ecd00da 34db9f2bb92e6be47.jpeg

[dook]

Does that mean it's not Nederland ?