Which Aerodrome Mk III

[nvubu]

To keep it moving, try this easy one.

It has been done before, but with a very modern photo.

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/016A.jpg

[albatross]

Ascension Island?
Open house if correct.

[nvubu]

Correct - Wideawake on Ascension Island. Thought it wouldn't last long.

Not sure if I would like to be in the aircraft behind the one taking off or landing.

Open House once again

[Noyade]

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/8107/79944016.png (http://img403.imageshack.us/i/79944016.png/)

[sabredog]

I'IGN HD-34 at Reggane Airport Algeria ?

[Lordflasheart]

HD-34 (of the IGN ?) suggests it's French North African territory somewheres - after that ........ Is that a row of parked aircraft in the top left distance with the Atlas mountains behind. Distinct lack of activity at lunchtime ! And not a Tricouleur in sight.

Hippo - Re Accra - it wasn't the Stars & Stripes that gave it away (not enough screen resolution here) it was the Pith Helmets. LFH

[Noyade]

Reggane Airport Algeria

That's the place sabredog. Your control.

[sabredog]

Thank you,Noyade.
Open House

[descol]

try this one - I have had log -in problems - hopefully I can respond

http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv14/descol/prune16.jpg

[evansb]

RAF Baghdad, Iraq ?

[olympus]

RAF Baghdad aka RAF Hinaidi aka RAF Hinaida

[descol]

It sure is RAF Hinaida - near Baghdad - vacated by the RAF in 1941 - renamed Rashid Airfield in honour of Iraqui PM and then used against the RAF
over to Olympus

[olympus]

evansb got it first so I'll defer to him.

[evansb]

Thank you. Here is the next mystery aerodrome:

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/wad120216.jpg

[Russell Gulch]

PNW?

..and a few words

[Gordy]

Stanley airfield, Nova Scotia...I think. Has been many years since I was out that way...

OH if correct.

[evansb]

Gordy is correct. Stanley, Nova Scotia was a BCATP aerodrome of yore.
The airfield hosts Canada's largest annual fly-in.

As requested, it is OPEN HOUSE.

[nvubu]

Lets see how you do with this aerodrome

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/017A.jpg

Let me know if you want or need a photo outside :ok:

[TheiC]

I'll take a stab at Woodvale (or somewhere very like it!).

[nvubu]

Not RAF Woodvale, and not in the UK

[TheiC]

Well, I did say a stab... So, those aren't sand dunes of the type we're familiar with here, then...

Cue the experts, who will work it out from the type of 'Aldis' lamp (using name generically, before someone points out that it's not one!).

[nvubu]

No sand dunes anywhere I can see, although those might well be some sort of palm trees out of the left hand window on the far side of the runway.

[Russell Gulch]

Judjing by the tea chest architecture: Nanyuki (or Nyeri) 1951?

[nvubu]

Not Kenya, or Africa.

1943 - same year it was completed

[nvubu]

Here's another view

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/017B.jpg

[nvubu]

Timezone is UTC-5. Time of the first photo is shown here.

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/017A-2.jpg

The 2nd photo (10 days after the 1st one) looks to be around the same time - or an hour or so earlier.

Photos taken in December 1943, 2nd one looking east.

[Russell Gulch]

B-25's in the photo?

[evansb]

Atterbury-Bakalar airfield, Indiana ?

[nvubu]

Not in the USA, but it is in country that was allied to the USA, and the airfield was named after the President of that Country - but it isn't named that now.

Used for Anti-submarine patrols and as a training airfield for B29s. At the end of the war the US withdrew and handed the facility over the host government.

I was wrong in one of my previous posts - it was built in 1942 not 1943.

[sabredog]

San Antonio de los Baños Airfield,Cuba.

[nvubu]

San Antonio de los Baños Airfield,Cuba.

Although the name I was looking for with the original photos was Batista Airport - as shown in the middle of the 1st photo.:ok:

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/017A-3.jpg

Over to you sabredog

[sabredog]

Thank you,nvubu. Excellent challenge.
The next;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/Quiz64.png

[nvubu]

Is it in the USA?

[olympus]

Is it in Europe?

[sabredog]

This aerodrome is located in Europe.

[descol]

nicelli - venice - classic 'modernist' style architecture !

[sabredog]

Correct.
YHC

[descol]

thanks sabredog - here's one I don't see on the list - though it might be there under another name !
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv14/descol/prune20.jpg

[olympus]

The now abandoned Ithaca Municipal Airport, New York.

OH if correct.

[descol]

Olympus - Good morning - Ithaca it is - abandoned - hanger building stll there and a marina now occupies the northern end of the runway
over to you

[descol]

olympus - are you out there ?

[olympus]

Yes, I'm here. I did declare Open House but for the sake of good order-

OPEN HOUSE!

[nvubu]

This aerodrome isn't on the list - should be quite easy

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/018X.jpg

[chevvron]

Another Bernard Matthews 'bootiful' place this one being Oulton, just west of Aylsham Norfolk. Thought at first there were ex Bloodhound launch pads, but I think they're just another sort of production building as they're not visible on Bing maps.

OH if correct.

[nvubu]

Oulton it is - thought it would be easy.

Open House declared

[Noyade]

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

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/5283/img465g.jpg (http://img16.imageshack.us/i/img465g.jpg/)

[sabredog]

Ie Shima Airfield (Birch Strip),arrival of Mitsubishi G4M Betty with Japanese
Peace Envoys.
Open House,if correct.

[Noyade]

Didn't expect that to last. :)

Birch airfield on le Shima.

According to the article, the Betty 'bounced' heavily on landing as the pilot was so impressed by the crowds that he forgot to put the flaps down.

Some wonderful photos here...

Le Shima (http://3rdstories.yolasite.com/le-shima.php)

http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/3243/img468x.jpg (http://img841.imageshack.us/i/img468x.jpg/)
http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/1855/img466.jpg (http://img822.imageshack.us/i/img466.jpg/)

Sabredog has requested Open House.

[nvubu]

Very interesting - thank you

[nvubu]

Another challenge to keep the thread ticking over
http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/020A.jpg

[spook]

The Latecoere site at Biscarrosse, France?

[nvubu]

The Latecoere site at Biscarrosse, France

Close, but no cigar.

This might help

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/020B.jpg

[MReyn24050]

Caraux France, I believe.

[nvubu]

Caraux France

I guess I have to give you that as a spelling mistake - Caraux rather than Cazaux :ok:

There's some more photos and info here (http://albindenis.free.fr/Site_escadrille/Ecoles_Cazaux.htm) (in French)

Mel has control

[MReyn24050]

Yes sorry about that slight finger trouble. Here is the next:-

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Airportquiz051.jpg

[Russell Gulch]

Wow! In-line sixes the correct way up!

</Dripsy Dreadfuls>

[olympus]

Without much confidence, Warnemünde?

[MReyn24050]

Wow! In-line sixes the correct way up!

Heinkel He42Bs in a line up at the Marine Flying School based at Warnemunde.
Olympus has control.:ok:

[Noyade]

What's the aircraft at far left Mel?

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/4386/airportquiz051.jpg (http://img254.imageshack.us/i/airportquiz051.jpg/)

[MReyn24050]

I believe it is a Heinkel He5e similar to this aircraft
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/4429072241_67e5dca7c3_o.jpg

[Noyade]

Makes perfect sense. Many thanks Mel. :ok:

Please continue with your Sunday Aerodromes. Cheers. :)

[olympus]

I've nothing at the moment so it will have to be Open House

[evansb]

Identify the mystery aerodrome:

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/Modernistic_now_old.png

[India Four Two]

no idea where it is, bri, but it looks like it was built from a Hot Wheels kit ;)

[seacue]

Big tower, few gates, no visible customer parking.
Few jetways = long ago.
I estimate not in the USA.

[merlinxx]

USSR or associate state

[sabredog]

Zvartnots International Airport,Yerevan,Armenia. (UDYZ)?

[evansb]

sabredog is spot on:ok: Terrence has control.

[sabredog]

Thank you,Brian.
The next challenge;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/Quiz67.jpg

[chevvron]

The old Auster factory at Rearsby?

[sabredog]

Sorry,Chevvron. Not Rearsby.

[olympus]

Somewhere in pre-WW2 Germany?

[sabredog]

Indeed it is,Olympus.

[olympus]

Well, I'm struggling with this one. I managed to find a similar photo on the 'net but so far, have not been able to identify where it is.

Time for a little clue maybe?

[spook]

I came across a photo with a very similar hangar type - especially those arch windows above the doors (Hamburg -Fuhlsbuttel) but can't match it to the quiz.
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo311/spook228/flughafenhh119_v-contentgross.jpg

[olympus]

Hamburg would have been my guess too but only because the uncaptioned photo I found was adjacent to one of the Fuhlsbüttel Terminal building.

[sabredog]

Spook and Olympus,you are both correct.
The provenance of the original photograph was somewhat ambiguous, but gave Hamburg as the airfield!
Thank you for your perseverance, and although Olympus found the original photograph (post#1324),it was Spook who actually put a name to it. I am at a lost as to whom should have control.

[spook]

Sabredog, I think that Olympus should have it. Firstly I have no other challenge to offer at this stage and also I will not be around too much over the next couple of days. spook

[sabredog]

Thank you,Spook,that is a very fair and equitable solution.
Olympus has control.

[olympus]

To keep things ticking over I offer this...

(I had intended to post an aerial view from the final approach to this airport but so far, I haven't worked out how to capture a still image from a .wmv video. If I manage to sort it out before the end of this challenge I will post it as an additional clue).

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg150/gwpcrescue/airporta1.jpg

[nvubu]

olympus - I've sent you a pm

[Lordflasheart]

A fine fiery middle eastern sunset - but not a clue as to the airport. LFH

[olympus]

Ha! Not the Middle East! I operated into this airport dozens of times and it was either raining or just about to rain every time!

Still working on the still image capture.

[olympus]

Managed it!

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg150/gwpcrescue/Apchall1.jpg

[Lordflasheart]

Ha ! to you too, Oly. Rain ... ? Doesn't look much like Seattle or Manchester so it must be somewhere in Ireland ? LFH

[frontlefthamster]

The yellow turboprop (King Air or TwOtter?) nose must be a clue. Private aircraft aren't painted that colour, so it's commercial, so, probably, scheduled... Reminds me of Scottish Air Ambulance...

[olympus]

Lordflasheart

Good thinking; it's certainly on the western side of its country but it's not Ireland

frontlefthamster

It's a scheduled service but not a turboprop (or a piston prop). Not Scottish Air Ambulance.

[frontlefthamster]

Thinking aloud again...

I've seen that odd protuberance on the nose ahead of the wiper before, but can't think on what type or what its purpose was. That will be key to solving this by the yellow aircraft route, then... At the back of my mind a voice says 'Embraer or other little jet'...

Europe?

Very flat... Slightly odd approach lights, can't remember what that system is called exactly and haven't the Jepps working on the iPad until I update... Is that the coast or obscuration in the distance?

Netherlands? Germany? The roof of the second farm building from the aircraft is distinctive, but why?

[olympus]

It is Europe but not Netherlands nor Germany. For what it's worth the aircraft is a BAe146 but unless one is familiar with the route structure of long-defunct airlines I don't think this will help.

In the distance is the coast/sea.

[sycamore]

How about Riga..?

[olympus]

Western Europe, not the Baltic.

A further clue - there is a military airfield quite close to the final approach track when on long finals for the westerly runway.

[frontlefthamster]

Of course! I remember the stubby thing from my brief flirtation with the type a few years ago...

Now, off to be a BUSY BEE researching routes..!

Bzzzz bzzzz.

[Whispering Giant]

Think you might find it has something to do with one of BUZZ (short lived UK airline made up from the remains of AirUK) airlines routes - look's like the nose of one of there 146's.

brgds
W.G

[frontlefthamster]

Was I too subtle?

[sabredog]

Brest airport?

[frontlefthamster]

Beaten by a short head, I think..!

[olympus]

Yes!! Brest Guipavas it is.

Sabredog has control.

[Lordflasheart]

So just for the record, what was the stubby thing on the yellow nose ? Windscreen washer or pollen collector ? LFH

[sabredog]

Thank you,Olympus.
The next challenge, an airport from warmer climes;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/Quiz69.jpg

[olympus]

I have an idea about this challenge but I'll hold back to let others have a go. Don't want to hog the thread!

LFH

I think the screenwasher/rain repellent? I'll have to dig out my old manuals to be sure.

[Whispering Giant]

hazard a guess at - Perpignan

[sabredog]

Not Perpignan,Whispering Giant. Somewhat further East!

[Tempsford]

Is it Tbilisi?

[sabredog]

Not Tbilisi,Tempsford. Further East still.

[India Four Two]

sd,

The architecture seems to have a British flavour. Somewhere in Malaysia?

[sabredog]

Not Malaysia,Simon, but very close by!

[Whispering Giant]

Payer Laber - Singapore, maybe ?

[SilentHandover]

Surat Thani Airport, Thailand?

Off to work for the afternoon so OH if correct.

[sabredog]

SilentHandover is correct, and he has declared;
Open House.

[Duckbutt]

Try this:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Twyler/Puzz66b.jpg

[descol]

Duckbutt - I'll have a go - West Africa ?

[Duckbutt]

Not on the African continent.

[evansb]

A disused former Cold War airfield ?

[Duckbutt]

Not former cold war.

I have to choose my words carefully here - this airport was built at a very high cost (by more than one definition) to cater for a planned business venture but circumstances changed pretty dramatically around the time of its completion and it has seen very few aircraft movements since.

I understand that it does still see the occasional visit though. In researching this challenge I have only been able to find a picture of one aircraft here on one occasion.

[sycamore]

Possibly Cambodia,Laos,or Vietnam ?

Poss. Kampong Chhanang Airport ,Cambodia..?

[Duckbutt]

Poss. Kampong Chhanang Airport ,Cambodia..?

Not possibly but definitely. Built by the Kmer Rouge with the Chinese with the stated intention of exporting rice to China, but quite likely intended for military use as well. No-one will ever know the numbers for sure but at least 10,000, maybe as many as 50,000 of the construction workers are buried in the immediate area, not all of them were dead when the mass graves were filled in.

The KR were driven from the site by invading Vietnamise about 30 years ago and the airfield was never used. It was said that the smell of decay could be detected 10 years later.

You have it Sycamore.

[sycamore]

Thanks,after I`d posted Iwent to GE and sculled about,and luck played a big part...Sorry ,OPEN House....

[nvubu]

As it is still Open House, please try this mystery aerodrome.

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/019A.jpg

[seacue]

Vero Beach, Florida?

[nvubu]

seacue, it isn't in the USA

I thought I'd add a picture looking the other way (SW)

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/019B.jpg

[seacue]

Borinquen, Puerto Rico (near Aguadilla)

[nvubu]

Borinquen, Puerto Rico (near Aguadilla)

Not Puerto Rico - but you are in the right region of the globe.

[seacue]

I would have chosen Lamentin on Martinique, but I thought that the USA didn't have access to the French islands during most of WW2.

[descol]

How about Wallerfield - Tinidad ?

[chevvron]

Has some features similar to present day Banjul/Yundum but I think that airport was built comparatively recentlly.

[nvubu]

It's none of the above, but it is in the Caribbean

[descol]

nvubu - we should have had this one by now - I'll guess agin - is it Piarco - Trinidad ?

[nvubu]

descol It isn't on Trinadad.

I'm suprised there haven't been more "guess the island".

I haven't wanted to post any more photos as i think they would give it away.

Clue: Further west than any suggestion so far and the the "runway" in the picture runs NE/SW, more like a taxiway today, with the runways running more E/W and N/S (although not exactly on these headings).

On GE looks very run down now.

[nvubu]

Is this of any use?

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/019C.jpg

[Cows getting bigger]

Vernam Field, Jamaica?

[sycamore]

Look like IL-28s on the last pic..Cuba possibly ?

[olympus]

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

San Julián Air Base, Cuba.

Open House if correct.

[nvubu]

San Julián Air Base, Cuba

That's the one - olympus has it.

I knew the picture would give it away. You didn't need the overhead on 15th October 1962, or the image of Castro at the airbase in 1959.

If you look around on GE, there seem to be aircraft abandoned all over the place, and a line-up of 10 aircraft with seemingly no access to the runway, and they have been there since 2005, when the gate guard turned around and then was removed - there on 1/5, gone by 30/5.

Open House has been declared

[descol]

Good challenge there nvubu
How about this ?

http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv14/descol/prune10-1.jpg

[nvubu]

Kindley Air Force Base, Bermuda - Tower/Rapcon/Center in 1960.

[descol]

Yep - Bermuda it is - After posting it I realised evansb posted the terminal building - way back in 2008 -I don't think the tower was posted - anyway, its over to you nvubu.

[Oldpilot55]

Wouldn't it be great if the Google car had driven down the runways and taxiways! In my hunt for the correct airfield I discovered the airfields of Puerto Rico and Jamaica. I had an interesting afternoon achieving nothing.

[nvubu]

op55 - coudn't agree more, although this time a simple image search worked wonders, try - "Control Tower" pink 1950s

This one is a bit more recent:

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/021A.jpg

The aerodrome can be seen behind the fence on the left :ok:

[SilentHandover]

Is it Rechlin-Larz airfield?

[nvubu]

Yes, it's the Larz part of the two.

SilentHandover - you have control

[SilentHandover]

Thank you nvubu let's see if I can work this again?
http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n568/SilentHandover/300px-768th_Bombardment_Squadron_-_B-29_Superfortresses-1.jpg

[nvubu]

SilentHandover - check your PMs

[Hen Ddraig]

Thats the long abandoned Piardoba airfield in India and the aircraft is "Rush Order"

Open House if correct

[SilentHandover]

Hen Ddraig is quite correct, so as requested Open House.

It may not have lasted long and my technical ineptitude may have helped make it easier but at least I have now learnt how to post a pic. :ok:

[olympus]

There is a lot of info on the web about this aircraft (42-63393) named, as Hen Ddraig states, 'Rush Order'. Apparently so named because it flew its first operational mission only 15 days after leaving the factory.

It even has its own website here (http://www.b-29.com)

As a matter of interest, some sources on the web quote Chiung-Lai (A-5), China or Chengtu, China as the location of the picture.

[Noyade]

Not much of a challenge and not really an airport...

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/3645/img462p.jpg (http://img441.imageshack.us/i/img462p.jpg/)

Carry on, once confirmed.

[chevvron]

Saigon during the 'peace with honour' withdrawl?

[Hen Ddraig]

Evacuation of CIA personnel from Saigon, by Air America April 29 1975


Hen ddraig

[Noyade]

Saigon during the 'peace with honour' withdrawl?

US Embassy Saigon. Your control Chevron. :ok:

[chevvron]

Open House!!!!!!!!!
I think it was embassy staff plus a few rich locals who bribed their way out rather than just CIA. I Remember the film of them landing on an aircraft carrier, then the pilot took off and jumped out leaving the helicopter to its own devices.

[SilentHandover]

Open house declared so how about this one,
http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n568/SilentHandover/Silenthandover3.jpg

[Lordflasheart]

Excuse me please chaps, where's the reggie spotter gone then ? Or should I consider giving up wine at lunchtime ? One mo' he's there, next he ain't. I suppose he knows there isn't another flight for an hour or two and has gone orf right stage for a cuppa. I mean the good-looking dark haired gent who appeared to be wearing a shalwar kameez. Otherwise it looks like a British Airways 737 classic which might narrow down the field a bit, but more than that, frankly I haven't a clue. LFH

[olympus]

Well, I saw the reggie spotter too... It looks somewhat foreign and tropical so I guess the shalwar kameez places it in Pakistan or possibly Bangladesh rather than LHR, but where...?

It will give me something to do this evening.

[Lordflasheart]

Thanks Oly. A great relief, beginning to think I'd imagined him. I still favour it as a BA 737, which puts it closer - like Eastern Mediterranean, North Africa. Funny coloured, funny type of fence, more animal proof than security ? LFH

[SilentHandover]

How strange, I tried to edit him out on Phtobucket, then when I posted he was there, I have done nothing apart from go to work since and he has now gone! Me and technology are not the best of pals!

p.s. The right country has been mentioned.

[evansb]

Zia Int'l., Dhaka, Bangladesh ?

[chevvron]

It's 'cos you spelt 'Photobucket' wrong.

[SilentHandover]

Sorry Chevv, my standards have slipped since you left.

Not Zia Intl sorry.

[nvubu]

Would it be Jessore Airport, Bangladesh

[SilentHandover]

It's not Jessore Airport, Bangladesh, as a clue it had occasional visits from Imperial Airways aircraft from 1934.

[olympus]

Muhammad Bin Qasim International Airport aka Multan International Airport.

I'm out for the rest of the day so if correct, it will have to be Open House.

[SilentHandover]

Olympus has it, it is Multan International. It's Open House.

[nvubu]

I posted these two photos on the RAF Sharjah page, but apparently they aren't despite the source documents stating that they were :O

These were both taken during WWII, and I've included links to a full sized version.

This one is captioned "Airport At Sharjah, Arabia."
http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/Sharjah01.jpg
The full size version (4508x3519) can be found here (http://www.nvubu.co.uk/pprune/Sharjah01.jpg)

The next one is "Control Tower And Installations At An Airfield At Sharjah, Trucial Oman, Arabia"
http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/Sharjah02.jpg
Again the full sized version (4500x3510) is here (http://www.nvubu.co.uk/pprune/Sharjah02.jpg)

So here is a genuine Which Aerodrome as all I can say that it is somewhere in that area of the world. :ok:

[olympus]

I posted these two photos on the RAF Sharjah page, but apparently they aren't despite the source documents stating that they were http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/src:www.pprune.org/get/images/smilies/embarass.gif

What is the authority for saying these are not Sharjah but not saying where they actually are? Why would the statements on the source docs not be believed?

[nvubu]

People who have been there when the Fort was around, although admittedly a decade or so after these photos were taken - and lots of things had changed.

Although I must admit I've done some more searching around, and I'm coming to the conclusion that it is at Sharjah.

Should have done more research before posting :O. The below photo is from Picture 75 « Sharjah Airport | 40 years of the UAE (http://halcrow.com/40years.ae/?portfolio=sharjah-airport&pid=75) and there is the fort.

http://www.40years.ae/wp-content/gallery/memory-sharjah-raf/15-1970-5-control-tower-and-the-fort-at-raf-sharjah-with-reduced-footer.jpg



I'll revert this back to Open House

[Lordflasheart]

Congrats Hippo, first bloke in a while to win his own challenge :) but I agree, its better to question it, rather than say it's whatever ... and find out it ain't. Fascinated by your source of old material - won't ask, but like it. LFH

[nvubu]

LFH - Thanks for that.

I originally had a few doubts as to whether it was at Sharjah as I couldn't match it to any of the photos on the thread, but I had no reason to doubt the source documents.

It was queried by people who had been there as being too big, the CT not in the right place. But I guess when it is the only thing in the photo with nothng else to compare it with it does look huge, but in the photo above the CT is in a different place and you can relate it's size.

I've also found some other sites which back up my conclusion that it is Sharjah - they are on this thread http://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/374714-raf-sharjah-7.html

I have to agree with you re the old source material - it's fantastic. Loads more where they came from :ok: - what's more, from all over the globe.

[SilentHandover]

To keep things moving, as it is Open House how about this one.

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n568/SilentHandover/SilentHandover4.jpg

[nvubu]

Well I've found a duplicate of your image - only darker in colour - but I have no idea where it is. Tunisia maybe?

[SilentHandover]

Wrong continent I am afraid nvubu.

[sycamore]

Aquino,Italy with Monte Cassino as the backdrop.....OH if correct

[nvubu]

I think the hill is Castel d'Erice, just outside Trapani

I think there are two airfields @ 38 00 52 88 N 12 35 07 11E or a bit south @ 38 00 15 85N 12 34 53 93E. Not sure of their names.

I think it is the northernmost one as the background fits almost exactly

update: well I've found the same image and it states that it is at Trapani Milo (the southermost airfield) , but the image below it shows the hill in the background - which I think is too far away.

[SilentHandover]

It is Trapani-Milo, if you google street view from the road in the middle of the old runway near 38°00'21"N012°34'54"E you can see the same view of Monte Erice.

Nvubu has it, over to you.

[nvubu]

SH good challenge.

I've gone to that location and I still think the poportion is wrong for it to be from there - the background starts to rise too soon. Streetview from 38°00'56.22" N 12°35'12.54" E and the propotion is about right - at least I've learnt how to copy a location :)

Here's the next challenge. Should be fairly easy.

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/022A.jpg

[Noyade]

Tinian?.............

[nvubu]

which one?

[Noyade]

Got no idea mate...but I saw that photo in a book recently.

Off for a look...

[nvubu]

You've got a choice of two ... better hurry, someone else might guess the right one :D

[Noyade]

Can't find the photo/article...

You've got a choice of two

Thank you. A 50-50 chance! :ok:

North................?

[nvubu]

nope......................... that's already been done :=

[Noyade]

that's already been done :=

You're right. I didn't look at Mel's list. In shame I will lower my head and retire. Can't even get a 50-50 right. :(

[nvubu]

It's West for anyone who was going to guess South.

I was just suprised to see helicopter's in WWII, I had thought that they were developed just after the war.

I'll post some more Which Aerodrome featuring helicopters next time around. Here's one to be getting on with - no aerodrome so I couldn't use it, but I think it's a great shot.

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/022B-1.jpg

Over to you Noyade.

[Noyade]

You're too kind mate. :ok:

Open house.

Pretty sure I saw that photo (your challenge) in an article on the R-4. And yes, it did a superb job in WWII....but not sure I'd trust the early choppers like that fella above.

[Noyade]

Oh, what the heck, I'll have a crack at it. Couldn't find this on Mel's list but sometimes you guys change your airfield names?

Gotta love the Stirling...

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/7100/img515n.jpg (http://img716.imageshack.us/i/img515n.jpg/)

[Hen Ddraig]

They look like 7 Squadron Stirlings at Oakington

[Noyade]

Oakington

:ok: Your control mate.

[Hen Ddraig]

Can't access my pictures at the moment so open house.

Hen ddraig

[chevvron]

Where's Mr Grubby or evansb when you need them?

[Duckbutt]

Here's another then:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Twyler/Puzz67.jpg

[Mr_Grubby]

chevvron.

Feeling a bit under par recentley. Not firering on all 4 cylinders.

But I'll get there.

C.:)

[India Four Two]

Somewhere in China?

PS Get well soon, Clint.

[Duckbutt]

Echo those sentiments.

Not China though.

[sabredog]

The old Bangalore or Puna (Poona) airports?

[MReyn24050]

Sorry to hear you are feeling a bit under the weather Clint. Get well soon.
Mel

[Duckbutt]

The old Bangalore or Puna (Poona) airports?


No, but in the right part of the world.

[SilentHandover]

How about Agra Airport?

[Duckbutt]

Sorry, not Agra.

Head SW.

[spook]

I think the Global is VT-DHA and the airport is Porbandar, Gujarat.

[Duckbutt]

Don't know about the reg but it is Porbandar.

All yours Mr Spook.

[spook]

Thanks DB, Early trip tomorrow, So Open house please.

[Noyade]

Here's another...

http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/5228/img529r.jpg (http://img833.imageshack.us/i/img529r.jpg/)

[sabredog]

Chabua Air Base,Assam,India, CBI.

[Noyade]

You must eat challenges for breakfast. :ok:

Your control sabredog.

[sabredog]

Sadly no,Graeme. Just very lucky.
An easy one;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/Quiz73.jpg

[Lordflasheart]

Dear Sabre, If you refer back to post 1401 - SHO's pic of Multan, there were comments about a chap who was seen walking across the approach, (a significant clue, edited out by SHO) who was there one minute and not the next - ie. SHO had edited him out and posted, but seemingly at a later time, he's been restored without SHO's knowledge or intervention - and then been removed again.

I have just had a similar experience with your pic of the Electra - ie the identifying stuff you sno-paked out was miraculously revealed to me - thus unfairly giving the game away to me (I mean - unfair to anyone else that is) Now your de-identifying sno-pake is back again.

Both relevant pics are via Photobucket and I wondered whether there is some common factor in editing or if it's some undesirable, unwanted or heretofore unknown Photobucket glitch that could be avoided.

I assume for this purpose, that it was not an intentional temporary clue sowed by you to help us mortal clods. LFH

[Duckbutt]

Is it Essendon?

[sabredog]

Not Essenden,Duckbutt,but correct continent.
LordFlashheart,will P.M. you later regarding problems with Photobucket.

[Dora-9]

It's an Ansett Electra freighter with a TAA B727 in the right background, photographed at - I think -Sydney??

If correct, OH please.

[sabredog]

Correct,Dora-9. Sydney Airport,1975.
Dora-9 has declared;
Open House.

[nvubu]

How about this distant view of an aerodrome

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/023A.jpg

[Lordflasheart]

WWII B-17 USAAF base, UK.
Can't work out if the photographer is downwind or on finals though. LFH

[nvubu]

LFH - you are correct so far.

Looking east, and downwind according to the windsock.

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/023A-1.jpg

Here's another view of the buildings in the centre of the previous image.
http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/023D.jpg

More views from around the airfield to come if needed later.

[olympus]

Is it Ridgewell?

Open House if correct.

[nvubu]

Yes it is Ridgewell

I thought I'd share these other phots of the aerodrome - I've provided a link to a high res version of each one.

Officer's Lounge - High Res (http://www.nvubu.co.uk/pprune/023B.jpg)
http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/023B-1.jpg

Once of those B17s - High Res (http://www.nvubu.co.uk/pprune/023F.jpg)
http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/023F.jpg

The airfield in 8th Februabry 1944 - High Res (http://www.nvubu.co.uk/pprune/023E.jpg)
http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/023E1.jpg

If you compare this image with today, I don't think there is one building remaining.

I've got photos of most of the built up areas , and a number of other aerial shots. If anyone wants to see more, let me know and I'll post them under a new thread.

Olympus is correct, and it is Open House

[Russell Gulch]

Stunning pictures, nvubu, thanks for showing them here.

Russ

[nvubu]

As it's 3 days since the last mystery aerodrome was solved.

Here's one from me - completely different from my usual fare :ok:

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/025A.jpg

[sabredog]

Kajjansi "Airport", Uganda.

[nvubu]

Well ... I thought that would take a little longer.

You have control sabredog.

[sabredog]

Thank you,nvubu.
I am afraid it is back to;
Open House

[MReyn24050]

Open House! Here is something a bit different:-
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Airportquiz052.jpg

[SilentHandover]

Is it Königsberg-Devau, now Kaliningrad Devau Airport?

[MReyn24050]

That is the one SilentHandover. :ok:. You have control.

[SilentHandover]

Many thanks, a sad knowledge of the aeroplane type led to a narrow field of airfields at which to look.

Try this one, guessing like most of mine it will not last long.

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n568/SilentHandover/Silenthandover10.jpg

[olympus]

Latin America, possibly Argentina?

[SilentHandover]

Olympus is correct so far.

[sabredog]

Tandil AFB( SAZT) ?

[SilentHandover]

It's not Tandil AFB.

[olympus]

Naval Airbase Comandante Espora (BACE) near Bahia Blanca?

[SilentHandover]

That's the one Olympus :ok: YHC

[olympus]

I may be able to post a new challenge later this evening but I'll declare OPEN HOUSE in the meantime.

[sabredog]

As it is Open House;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/56912_1244502718.jpg

[SilentHandover]

Is that the previously mentioned Tandil AFB? OH if correct.

[sabredog]

It is indeed,Tandil AFB.
Amazing resemblance to your own challenge, even down to the trees and dispersal huts!!
YHC

[nvubu]

As SH said OH, I'll change the theme somewhat.

I was only going to post the second of these, but thought that would be too hard.:D

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/2012-03-30-B.jpg

A few minutes later

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z474/nvubu/PPRuNe/2012-03-30-A.jpg

[sabredog]

Oschersleben Airfield

[nvubu]

Got it in one - over to you Sabredog

[SilentHandover]

An apology, going back to my previous challenge. Sabredog has correctly pointed out to me that I was incorrect in my identification of Tandil as La Base Aeronaval Comandante Espora de Bahía Blanca. Sabredog was therefore correct in identifying it Tandil. Please accept my apologies all, especially Sabredog, and I hope you will allow me to keep on playing.

(My excuse for misidentifying and posting it as Bahia Blanca was my bad translation of a Spanish language website, from now on I shall use Google translate and do my research properly)

[sabredog]

No need for an apology ,SHO. I have fallen into the same trap on numerous occasions and I now double check everything, and still get it wrong!
Please check your P.M.s.

Thank you ,nvubu.
Open House

[evansb]

Here is an easy one:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/WAD120330.jpg

[seacue]

Barbers Point NAS, Hawaii, long ago?

[evansb]

Yes [I]seacue[I] :ok: It is NAS Barbers Point. Your turn.

[seacue]

Thank you. I seldom am successful at this/

Here is an even-older challenge. I found this aerodrome on The List, but with a much newer photo.

http://members.toast.net/rcarpen/airp88b.jpg

[seacue]

Six hours and not even one guess. It is time for a clue which should make the quest very easy. Sorry about the quality, this is a poster on the wall of my living room / lounge.

http://members.toast.net/rcarpen/airp88d.jpg

[merlinxx]

Reimes, we all like bubbly

[seacue]

You have the correct country, but the wrong corner.

[sabredog]

Bordeaux-Merignac

[seacue]

Sabredog has the correct answer, as usual.

There is a display of the full poster :

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Meetingbeaudesert.jpeg/220px-Meetingbeaudesert.jpeg

Aéroport de Bordeaux - Mérignac - Wikipédia (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C3%A9roport_de_Bordeaux_-_M%C3%A9rignac)

It's all yours, sabredog

[nvubu]

That was a good challenge. What is the aircraft in the first photo?

[sabredog]

Thank you,Seacue.
nvubu,the aircraft might be a Montgolfier monoplane or a Santos Dumont Demoiselle ?
The next challenge;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/Quiz79-1.jpg

[nvubu]

Thanks Sabredog for that - whilst searching for the challenge I came across this weird and wonderful aeroplane, which I thought was worth sharing.

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

As to your challenge - somewhere in the USA?