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Asturias56
26th Jun 2019, 10:51
Warmer like Italia but not Italia ... out until 1600 UK
sycamore
26th Jun 2019, 12:46
Africa or Far East....?
Asturias56
26th Jun 2019, 15:38
Could be could be........................
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/536x299/2019_06_23_191456_4f8fcf562bc2dfaa184c1b024a3af394b5777c31.j pg
Thanks for the airline as in Indonesia.
Looking.
Asturias56
26th Jun 2019, 15:58
Yes -Republik Indonesia it is (and Merpati - now there's an airline to bring you out in a cold sweat...)
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/369x235/2019_06_23_191113_b0f971267d1967b9d9bb8d06feb117843501327b.j pg
Another not very helpful picture...................
Yes - and I've ID'd and found the CASA.
edit: is it Binaka ?
err - no.
Actually I've now looked at it on G Earth and I might be fooling myself by the proximity of the sea. The challenge could be photographed from the north.
I'll change my mind and shoot for it again although I can't understand your last image.
Asturias56
26th Jun 2019, 16:25
Bloody hell!
yes its Binaka Airport, Gunungsitoli, in Nias in Sumatra......
I'm m going to seriously have to up my game........................ Dook has control
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/736x379/2019_06_23_190846_0a8ea6313ef0b06cdabfd78ba5613610970204b3.j pg
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/413x240/2019_06_23_191034_acc95afaa17ffd27b4dbd630ffd8ecb245e57fd9.j pg
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/426x260/2019_06_23_191016_f6069e745655d08d63fe21a30330b23029620dcf.j pg
The other day one of mine lasted two minutes !!
The airline name on the CASA gave it away.
Here you go.
http://i65.tinypic.com/2ihar6c.jpg
jensdad
26th Jun 2019, 18:05
The landscape looks a little Canarian or Azorean. The apparent era and aircraft type(s) makes me think of one of the transit airfields in the Azores. I'll take a punt at Lajes?
Good punting jensdad - Lajes indeed.
Your runway,
jensdad
26th Jun 2019, 22:02
Thank you dook.
In the absence of anything more challenging, here's the one that I posted the other day but then took down as I was beaten to the open house by nvubu.
dook has very kindly agreed to not partake as he got it in about 2 minutes last time :)
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/640x480/2017_08_09_papa_westray_1_copy_640x480__154096b0898d1b4e4038 a2737c82af3acb662168.jpg
India Four Two
27th Jun 2019, 05:07
I see that AW is based in Europe. The stone wall makes me think it might be Lundy.
lauriebe
27th Jun 2019, 05:26
Thank you dook.
In the absence of anything more challenging, here's the one that I posted the other day but then took down as I was beaten to the open house by nvubu.
dook has very kindly agreed to not partake as he got it in about 2 minutes last time :)
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/640x480/2017_08_09_papa_westray_1_copy_640x480__154096b0898d1b4e4038 a2737c82af3acb662168.jpg
Could this be one of the Scottish Isles?
Flap40
27th Jun 2019, 06:52
I think that is Papa Westray, the eastern end of the worlds shortest scheduled route.
OH if correct.
I got it last time because I once landed there in an RAF Sea King on a "jolly".
We flew all the ASR pilots in a Jaguar and this was a reciprocal trip. Fair amount of torque available in the Sea King I can tell you.
Asturias56
27th Jun 2019, 09:15
Need the OP to confirm.........................
sycamore
27th Jun 2019, 11:05
With those tyres you can `water-ski` across...just keep the brakes on...
I have often wondered about the drag penalty of so called "tundra" tyres.
Asturias56
27th Jun 2019, 12:37
I think there was an article in the US magazine "Flying" in the last 18 months where they took a Husky or similar into the Back Country - involved landing on stream beds etc etc - where they discussed this
yes there is a price to pay in speed, load etc etc but if you WANT to land on 1ft boulders....................................... of course you aren't travelling very fast when you intersect the terrain
Gentlemen,
We do not know why jensdad has not been able to check in.
At 0752 this morning Flap40 gave his suggested answer with an OH call if he was correct.
Does anyone feel that we can honour the OH call since jensdad has stated that I knew the answer.
Perhaps the thread would then move once again after almost nine hours.
Asturias56
27th Jun 2019, 15:50
I get the impression he works so lets allow him up to 1900 UK time?
If you so wish, but I don't think we need to at all, and I know he would be happy for us to move.
1800 UTC is just an arbitrary time.
The answer to his challenge is indisputable.
It is simply an exchange of ideas, that's all.
If you gave up here then why have you posted the above ?
jensdad
27th Jun 2019, 16:50
Good evening team,
Apologies for the late call (I would normally manage to check in during the day but but have been a bit busy) but Flap40 does indeed have it. I took the photo just before embarking on the world's shortest scheduled flight. I think we took about a minute and a half that day!
Flap40 has the baton.
Good evening jensdad.
Did you NB his OH call ?
jensdad
27th Jun 2019, 17:07
And a good evening to you dook!
Ah yes, Open House it is. (I'm not quite on the ball today!)
Since I retired I am no longer able to stand on the ball either !!
JENKINS
27th Jun 2019, 18:24
With OH, try this.
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1440x1080/earth_postcard_1561491248_5cb3e8cf81b3b330f1b99e2601706f3412 f79bce.jpg
sycamore
27th Jun 2019, 19:01
The smell is indescribable...once took out a vulture when landing there, wingspan big as a Herk blade...then there`s the `night-fighters` around the hotel to run the gauntlet....
JENKINS
27th Jun 2019, 19:30
But the Corniche is pleasant. BN2T on my visit. Won't allow it to my old chum; I am sure someone will identify. Churchill failed there.
Self loading bear
27th Jun 2019, 21:20
The Bengali famine could have been handled better by the greatest Briton.
But I cannot find a match on google earth....
JENKINS
27th Jun 2019, 21:40
No, not Churchill in that episode. This debacle featured in an Evelyn Waugh novel. The aircraft on the ground are interesting. One may, if memory serves, be in the colours of the state carrier, but this location is not the home of that carrier. Neither of the two military types appear on the strength of the local Air Force.
JENKINS
27th Jun 2019, 21:51
Bed time now, and probably there, nearly, as well.
India Four Two
28th Jun 2019, 00:19
This debacle featured in an Evelyn Waugh novel.
Where Hookforce landed?
JENKINS
28th Jun 2019, 07:48
Good morning, and yes, that is it. I will give in now, two lovely idents without a name to which one must give Dakar. This is the original airport, given name of a prominent leader, while the current long-named International airport is some distance out of town. My visit was 1993 from Banjul, Bathurst to those of a certain age. I imagine Sycamore was en-route to the home of the pretty red Islanders in the South Atlantic.
Two Ospreys? To you, India Four Two.
Asturias56
28th Jun 2019, 12:39
I42 is based in Calgary I believe so he won't be on here for a while............
sycamore
28th Jun 2019, 13:21
J, yes we landed at Yoff,les Gaullois were resident with Transall and Atlantique,but no Jaguars visible...It was always courtesy that the ALM rounded up all the unused coffee,tea,milk,sugar, and gave the Customs man a bag full,,one to the agent,and one to the refueller...All the other unused meals(not scraps) were likewise bagged,and placed under the tail.Figures would appear from the ground behind the aircraft,,and the bags would disappear.....Protocol,and wearing many stripes and a big hat would see one on ones way easily.....A few dollars or coffee in flt.ops also had a beneficial effect...
I did find a yu-tube video of the new Air-Senegal A330 First flight to Paris,but couldn`t equate it with the old airport until your quote and further search on GE...
Think the little Reds are still going...you`d be in your element down there Jenks.....
JENKINS
28th Jun 2019, 13:37
At another West African field each refuel required a large bucket of Avtur to be taken as a sample. Cooking and lighting fuel for someone!
sycamore
28th Jun 2019, 13:59
J,yes ,the Ground engineer had a longpole ,hollow for the Herk,which he would decant into large plastic bags,which were left on the scrub (below the aircraft in picture).....they too would have` evaporated` by the time the crew got on board...! ...must have been the `fairies`.....
JENKINS
28th Jun 2019, 14:01
Fairies in your background acknowledged, Sycamore. They still pay my pension.
India Four Two
29th Jun 2019, 06:20
Hello all,
Sorry I’ve not been paying attention due to helping out at a gliding competition.
Thanks JENKINS for accepting my slightly devious identification. I must read Men At Arms again. A wonderful story. Who could forget Brigadier Ritchie-Hook?
Open House.
Asturias56
29th Jun 2019, 07:20
Ok - one to start of a very hot Saturday........................ a long way from Dakar..........
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/385x270/2019_06_27_090124_d5b96e87d2e4ea644d65678d91531b6e79628493.j pg
Buongiorno Asturias.
It looks somewhat scruffy and "third world".
Asturias56
29th Jun 2019, 09:16
Grazie! 35C forecast for today and 37-39 tomorrow - not going much further than the nearest shade today - which just happens to have a bar in in it..........................
Not sensuo stricto Third World - agreed a bit scruffy - they've done some work on it tho'
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/294x311/2019_06_27_085657_dd4353d7459670d3c9d0376f821ed784daeabc51.j pg
sycamore
29th Jun 2019, 09:45
Latino Americana......?
Asturias56
29th Jun 2019, 10:06
No - but quite a large place................. off out to the "shade"..................
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/287x219/2019_06_27_084537_copy_2__55e49141bc667ef5b9e938608758950c4f c8e32d.jpg
Hope you are enjoying the shade - cin cin.
You said not sensuo stricto Third World.
Depends on your point of view.
Might it be India ?
sycamore
29th Jun 2019, 11:15
Guessing that may be an IL-62,so Ukraine or Russia...?
Asturias56
29th Jun 2019, 11:24
Good spot - definitely the Former
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/292x145/2019_06_27_085110_copy_8d52fce0a7d52269b3c0f746231f01fffdf4b fbd.jpg
Soviet Union
Does that mean Russia or one of the union countries ?
Asturias56
29th Jun 2019, 13:43
It's still in Russia.......................
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/270x432/2019_06_27_085909_copy_4662750a1a5e9130f462aeac2bb345664731e 5d6.jpg
It's eluding me, but I have found a photo which might be it.
But it's a Russian site and I don't speak Russian. :(
Just Goggled another site "International Airports of Russia".
It looks like Novy.
Asturias56
29th Jun 2019, 16:06
yes - you've got it.... Khabarovsk Novy Airport way out in E Siberia -
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/175x275/2019_06_27_085606_f6f9e1ea72d2ab391abc7b36168a57c1610be3a0.j pg
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/610x538/2019_06_27_084043_a600492df810ed8f26b5c2134cdcb48d146bbaef.j pg
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/305x217/2019_06_27_084139_25b87a83b8abac8e63413de48aa12c1d8d07dbbb.j pg
Grazie.
An interesting history here:
http://i65.tinypic.com/2mrazdj.jpg
Asturias56
29th Jun 2019, 18:29
Hmm - Tante Ju and a Gotha 242 - lets punt on Grosetto in Tuscany...................
Sorry but not Grosetto and no hard runway.
chevvron
29th Jun 2019, 20:21
How about Maleme on Crete?
sycamore
29th Jun 2019, 21:08
Must be back to Russia again....
Dora-9
30th Jun 2019, 06:16
That white camouflaged Ju 52 complete with a yellow fuselage band would certainly suggest the Eastern Front.
Asturias56
30th Jun 2019, 06:26
Is Volgograd - maybe Gumrak (now VOG)?
JENKINS
30th Jun 2019, 08:20
Airborne supply of German 6th Army at Stalingrad? JU 52 for Paulus? No idea of any location.
Asturias56
30th Jun 2019, 08:32
Gumrak was one of the 7 fields they used and is the only one still in use I believe - which is why I chose it as it has "and interesting history"
Good morning gentlemen.
This place was held by 5500 Germans for three months under heavy siege from the Russians.
They could only be supplied by air. The only other support they had was from German artillery ten miles away.
Just under a quarter survived.
nvubu
30th Jun 2019, 09:21
Kholm Pocket - but wiki stages that the it was too small for aircraft to land.
Flights originated from Pleskau-Sud/Pskov-Sud?
nvubu strikes with Kholm.
Aircraft did land there before the area shrank, as evidenced by the photograph.
During the conflict some 2,000 sorties were flown - initially by JU-52's and then gliders. The change of approach was forced by a 30% loss rate in aircraft. As the 'kessel' area was compressed because of the intensity of the fighting, the airfield became part of 'no mans' land and each glider landing was greeted by frantic efforts from both sides to retrieve the valuable contents.
You have the thread.
nvubu
30th Jun 2019, 12:01
Thanks dook, the give away was the 5500 defenders.
I'm currently sitting at a hockey club where the temperature is close to 30 degrees C. So here's one where the temperature is closer to 30 degrees F.
https://k9dpeg.bn.files.1drv.com/y4mKn_5zNpjv03DNvgzwyTRAjX56NRhElfX2TJ0PhEVzxUkLch2Szeoc2sRn 0c_gVeueGEEeTxI1WbcVojbZcZTtRKrhwMS1XH2237WcK7vua5M3p3fdClAa bww9zIPHIPLfOK9Y_bitYclf-oaXXJtMCXrHLgeX9qinf9k5-NmenFWOW7Qu3thzfr66_InaMu8vtwVRYqoNqKBGuNGeJYELA?width=1024&height=750&cropmode=none
All I can establish at the moment is probably the 391st Bomb Group of the 573rd Bomber Squadron.
Europe maybe Belgium or Vitry en Artois France.
nvubu
30th Jun 2019, 14:16
We are not in France or Belgium
nvubu
30th Jun 2019, 15:50
Not RAF Matching. Here's another cold picture.
https://nuniyg.bn.files.1drv.com/y4mIWR7C7BEzsBZpAlYgDRocYi6u0HV-SHczmkDWZ4nPPqvKW2cH7_Z_Up12FMGG84AlhickvZYrx_oMrmv05CvNt62S dPxOCSpk4OX09giAUx86XYWnvcb99Z0DMzdvIN7R4h4KDj_RCBC4rnZypDo9 7EuocDXYk9K4BqJDSHYDF7YFAWr7tmpbXoURUdKWtKeXB-N9zffafRkymvSAOjlkA?width=1024&height=758&cropmode=none
I'll change seasons for the following images.
Are perchance in the USA then ?
nvubu
30th Jun 2019, 16:30
That we are.
https://aacuhq.bn.files.1drv.com/y4mOaPwB7axZ8x2ZsbWq5rHfyDbfV42uSfT3kQiA5od0tcovM0JLN3kEEjXs sx_VBhPkl66O5vRBtVAIUFWevARWA9p3YdyGG4uMyW8-L3YCtnxvFBSPo3TYj42jhzYCZLEfUNSychFO9DMySucAA3YH5_EJJAFJYNLN 0s7feqFxpBgKpJMZLEG04v78-cqi5W3-bvrrDK3MXdTlOHOKWIJNw?width=1024&height=595&cropmode=none
sycamore
30th Jun 2019, 18:16
Further N in Alaska....?
I'm still trying to work out why it's on its tail.
nvubu
30th Jun 2019, 18:32
These aren't
https://nungyg.bn.files.1drv.com/y4mO2JlNbRp5tujUxmt84ba918P3ibgry4xgpd-S-M1zd66UIwudj44IcD_uUcsmmpH6MHRxR0wQ113K0jmwQrohn0Jo-bqzyzbhj69qcEvxRZrH0uu9d2MxNOKKL3pcwRAYXFS9c7ulf_cx5pbhvmlGi b1aCXjArwtoVFq7BUJaaa_xVJQhhiTaDhp0vldZBK9kxfpWUEscnLnFzoBVO kl3A?width=1024&height=647&cropmode=none
I'm beginning to think factory.
nvubu
30th Jun 2019, 18:47
This isn't a factory
sycamore asked if we're in Alaska.
nvubu
30th Jun 2019, 19:50
Did he? We're not.
But yet more Aircraft types
https://qc30pg.bn.files.1drv.com/y4mjzB4-lqflJzFU8jJdkSSIddNveqIVIUViJNEe-mNboKpllm22_DFuZDmob-r9l7U_SePOkJB8fwbLSwXazljM9R9fco4e-2yOIT-OobtebPTzibKOEQIwUijBS0xUXNUnly6aRf2SyZ8JTZe3sJ1t5qgMceUPYHX 4ktgLmNmZ8ajyiPlYv0qm2NZxM7jInDDdlFsiu6pVfqWJr4ccepf3Q?width =1024&height=637&cropmode=none
nvubu
30th Jun 2019, 20:15
Whoops, so he did, missed that when the page no changed
Well, I've now got the bomb group and the aeroplane and still getting nowhere.
Time for a rest.
JENKINS
30th Jun 2019, 20:41
Rapid City, now Ellsworth? Plenty of snow there.
Self loading bear
30th Jun 2019, 21:12
Fairchild Airforce base / Spokane Air depot Washington state
nvubu
30th Jun 2019, 21:18
Not Elsworth or Fairchild
No propellers here.
https://qc3zpg.bn.files.1drv.com/y4mGU9WYZIPJ-Pu5CVkdbMaIRZgJ2KhHmQjxR1yKMsg5Abt37tTaIXefJ_yGg2itOQjyIywyh kaXlIyypPcjKoIUPvLbSoVyMXPVK3W6MWl7Ty-hHuOP4ZNbm6nuBKxKobJVHtTH5y81JHboOqJhq_pRb4hZJCH9HAULpzX6oGE JwZwMnRH9nZryIINdmUbyMSZ5yXxbqF8XklxjTPPcnJhYg?width=1024&height=669&cropmode=none
Asturias56
1st Jul 2019, 07:04
shadow shows relatively low latitude ie lower 48 and possibly southern states. Flat old lake bed? with substantial mountains to EAST - so probably not the plains side of the Rockies
Big snow so not S Arizona or California - maybe Utah/Wyoming??
Salt Lake City?
Asturias56
1st Jul 2019, 07:15
I think it might be Hill AFB, Ogden Utah
"Following American entry into World War II (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II) in December 1941, Hill Field quickly became an important maintenance and supply base, with round-the-clock operations geared to supporting the war effort. Battle-worn warplanes like the A-26 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_A-26_Invader), B-17 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-17), B-24 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-24), B-29 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-29), P-40 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-40), P-47 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-47), P-61 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-61), were sent to Hill Field for structural repairs, engine overhauls, and spare parts. The peak wartime employment at Hill Field was reached in 1943 with a total of just over 22,000 military and civilian personnel. "
Asturias56
1st Jul 2019, 07:19
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/714x474/2019_07_01_081745_a7f4c549a754a249e0c9726955a55121ed5149a3.j pg
Ridge line looks similar......
Asturias56
1st Jul 2019, 07:22
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/300x169/davis_county_utah_photo_d_ramey_logan_1__ea8054aad50fd4d6adc cb3e4e945e5d3c9bdf979.jpg
Asturias56 has it with Hill AFB. I thought that the mountains would be a give away.
https://mhdcqa.bn.files.1drv.com/y4mKU36UN_CrY9Uq_O4xWNYAmYqIz1tTiZwS6EnicxNaxL9uBRvVMroto13S bztxcetpjPKZ4SqKPsRWq3SoppWtP4FhgEok0jg_RCo49cSIN4S8ylOZIM3h 5ZwBu8KtkeASp5yJb5_4kLIdYOI-Pf22WBjXMVgqWb6bKsDINvWQC7rEzCyBgdHOiYJ3nswzhjd4jfFGfJwgX9Vs Qkm98hM0A?width=1024&height=629&cropmode=none
dook was wondering why the aircraft was sat on it's tail, he missed the ones in the following image that were sat on their noses.
https://a3u4ka.bn.files.1drv.com/y4mhBJJe_3FkazzRVoUlF6T8nSFFTGFU1vWBfmBWn_QXdBtGpBJrFmQTiHg8 8GhPr1fhe7EWRsASH1ib5L24gVNWLpzcnoPDXQC9GgJYeoYfkMCppc3YmSvS biCUw4IwF2aH8DnCfQIxWNwjo9WbfEgs_9Hy9SVEIxUilvywXpty-pctiFtUZP9czPMjloeqCdj20hFtzXYdBU3vrSGVAP1zw?width=1024&height=647&cropmode=none
This was D-Day
https://k9d8eg.bn.files.1drv.com/y4m322GG2nAMZwphyUEzc9RNRYo2lRlPpDQqb9ALDZHKEYOvwQS79lyM2SAh GlLMPWxxyVcOXvQYi2gD4yGAf8jYu2p-Xg59tLchvSQrYo2hKXi-Bd1fxwv_GStCVOHjxyVlMMSmJkYl3eDrxOkLul9zku9ucih_brl477EBlqP4 eYyHX_XGBP4ogEjU-9qLcv79VueoBqPmWPUl8Ty0xIZsg?width=1024&height=676&cropmode=none
Asturias56
1st Jul 2019, 08:25
The mountains helped but it was actually the shadow and realizing the base had to be VERY close to the mountains... and such a range of aircraft..................... so not a factory and probaly not a n active fighting location - some sort of facility for repair, upgrade etc etc............... :ok:
Try this bucolic location..................
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1144x554/2019_06_24_023958_m_6cff529cef51394e0f2ccf75fea050479fb043da .jpg
Morning Asturias, and well done on the last challenge.
I think I see water top right and maybe a beach bottom left.
An island or peninsula ?
Asturias56
1st Jul 2019, 09:04
On an island .................................... small but has occasional international flights
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/593x510/2019_07_01_100111_a1d1a47eab0db17d4b807d38e1db06a8a79d8702.j pg
It doesn't look tropical so I'll shoot for Scandinavia or USA.
Asturias56
1st Jul 2019, 09:18
Not tropical and not Scandi or USA
Off to work until lunchtime your time
I would judge the runway to be less than a kilometre so if there is the occasional international flight it is probably close to a border and can only take small aeroplanes.
Canada ?
I've searched Canada and it looks like Miquelon.
It seems it doesn't facilitate international flights.
Asturias56
1st Jul 2019, 11:01
Its not Canada but it is Miquelon - which is of course an integral part of La Belle France - same as Bordeaux, Corsica or New Caledonia - it was left over from a war way back and no-one has ever bothered to sort it out. Hence all flights from there to Canada are International flights.............
Thought I might get a bit further with that dodge........................ Over to you
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/270x259/2019_07_01_095753_a86ebb2bb1e09969711100ee9873b36fc71f5018.j pg
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/252x234/2019_06_24_024201_m_027b1dc285f4852d001f47d584496b31e86c4447 .jpg
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/285x281/2019_07_01_100242_e0a488be5278688dcf75037862c5e236858f36bc.j pg
I didn't know that. It came up under Canada though.
http://i68.tinypic.com/2u9n9dt.jpg
JENKINS
1st Jul 2019, 14:07
Dagua, New Guinea?
Dagua it is indeed.
All yours.
JENKINS
1st Jul 2019, 15:23
Thanks, courtesy of a Canberra recce. Back to the ironing board, but first this. Were there to be a British reg, Golf Juliet Papa Golf Romeo it would be very welcome here.
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1440x1080/earth_postcard_1561832782_e40ad7be39001f54714d07cfcc120e2cb9 bf3b93.jpg
I would like to know how a Canberra photographed Dagua.
Asturias56
1st Jul 2019, 17:22
Looks rather Dutch to me ... but that's an ENORMOUS Apron with not much in the way of buildings behind it.... was it designed for some special occasion (s)
Self loading bear
1st Jul 2019, 17:39
Looks typical American to me.
In Holland we do not waist so much space
I agree with America and I don't see tyre marks on the runway.
General aviation I would say.
JENKINS
1st Jul 2019, 17:44
A vast amount was wasted there, SLB, the space was needed, and Dook, dear boy, did I mention an aeroplane? Yes to GA.
JENKINS
1st Jul 2019, 17:50
Certainly not Dutch. A long look at the non-existent British registration may put you on the right 'track.'
Asturias56
1st Jul 2019, 18:13
"track" - "wasted money"
Sounds like my dear Grandfather who took a great interest (and spent the family fortune) on sick horses..................
Is this near a race track?
JENKINS
1st Jul 2019, 18:17
Nice idea but no to racetrack. Wrong sort of 'track' for this theme.
Was that large space required for military bombers or a very unusual craft ?
The runway cropped at bottom left seems very long.
Do I also see differential GPS equipment ?
JENKINS
1st Jul 2019, 19:19
Differential GPS? No idea, I regret. Bombers in that space, yes, and I am sure lots of other machines. Indeed, a veritable host, and when at the peak constantly changing.
Thank you.
Would those bombers be B52s ?
JENKINS
1st Jul 2019, 19:32
No, despite that length. The highest bomber number was 32, although that did not dominate the field.
Might it be WW2 era when built ?
JENKINS
1st Jul 2019, 19:44
Yes, right at the end.
sycamore
1st Jul 2019, 19:47
B-36 Peacemaker.....
Fort Worth joint base ?
edit - err no.
JENKINS
1st Jul 2019, 19:56
Not Fort Worth, and 32 was the highest bomber number Sycamore. Even then, the 32 number was a mere 10 per cent of other bomber numbers. Take another look at my registration, it will lead to the Interweb. Perhaps a little help from your friends?
Spence Air Base Georgia ?
JENKINS
1st Jul 2019, 20:09
Not Georgia.
JENKINS
1st Jul 2019, 20:23
Spot on. WW2 junkyard, that is how I found it. B32 Dominator, late entrant. Many years ago the four members of a popular beat combo from England landed here in their travels, and Walnut Ridge continues to hold a Beatles festival each year, John, Paul, George, and Ringo, providing another entree to the field.
All yours.
Thank you.
http://i67.tinypic.com/rtjgv5.jpg
Asturias56
2nd Jul 2019, 07:42
Looks like another S pacific hell-hole - maybe in PNG?
Asturias56
2nd Jul 2019, 08:59
It might be Mokmer near Biak?
Good morning Asturias.
Unfortunately not. This airfield no longer exists
Asturias56
2nd Jul 2019, 11:33
I think we're going to need another clue.................... :confused:
Coming up.....
Built by the Australians and captured by the Japanese in 1942. The aeroplane is Japanese.
More clues if required.
chimbu warrior
2nd Jul 2019, 12:20
Vunakanau on East New Britain? OH if correct.
It is indeed Vunakanau chimbu.
Bad luck Asturias.
chimbu has called OH.
Asturias56
2nd Jul 2019, 12:26
Ok - I thought it might be Aitape..................... no airfield there anymore either
Let's try this one
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/606x418/2019_06_29_172034_e52b688c2a61785bffd8b795a596055d84fa2fe3.j pg
I can just make out the serial number under the wing. Looking...
I have found your photo uncropped but the site doesn't say where it is. :{
MG751.
One site says it is Blackbushe and another Fontanarossa.
Asturias56
2nd Jul 2019, 13:21
Curses!! I knew I shouldn't have put that one in first... Fontanerosa it is ... quite an interesting history... Over to Dook - I'm going to have to find something seriously
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/441x404/2019_06_29_172215_fdb444bd86a5b97a274287e1e752d4af44120198.j pg
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/509x350/2019_06_29_172115_5a0ef7c37d31dfbb4c32a95cd63621acee6f644a.j pg
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/356x160/2019_06_29_171040_050bbbd3714fc66644b670a1f4ef00a14d30d4b9.j pg
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1255x437/2019_06_29_170911_144425d6a7f01bd4d4e21e7afc446a3a89f62f68.j pg
fiendish.....
Well get another one ready because this one should not be difficult.
http://i63.tinypic.com/jszmkj.png
sycamore
2nd Jul 2019, 14:37
RAF Kallang ,S`Pore......OH if correct
Good afternoon sycamore.
Close but no cigar.
kenparry
2nd Jul 2019, 15:03
Seletar?....
I thought you would get this Ken.
Seletar it is.
Your watch.
kenparry
2nd Jul 2019, 15:10
dook, thanks. Back in the 60s my Flt Cdr on 1 Sqn (sadly recently departed this world) had started his fighter career on the Hornet in FEAF. A tenuous connection, I know.
Standby for the next
kenparry
2nd Jul 2019, 15:37
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1632x1138/123wittaug71_978938f4beb8603636721d389c1a9fa500d6d2fc.jpg
Are there any Harriers behind the camera ? ;)
kenparry
2nd Jul 2019, 15:59
No - they are off to the left!
I did a display where I think it is with a Jaguar in 1984 and yes - the groundcrew did leave a saucer of milk in front of the nosewheel !
Let's see if anyone else knows it.
Asturias56
2nd Jul 2019, 17:04
Is that a 1 Squadron line-up?
kenparry
2nd Jul 2019, 17:08
Yes. All are types the Sqn had flown - even the Harvard, from the slightly less than glorious days as Fighter Command's instrument training squadron.
I've flown one of them. :)
Asturias56
2nd Jul 2019, 17:20
lets punt on RAF Wittering? If I'm a winner OH as I'm travelling tomorrow
kenparry
2nd Jul 2019, 17:47
Your punt is correct. It was a 1 Sqn open day in 1971, fairly early days for the Harrier.
Asturias has declared OH
lauriebe
3rd Jul 2019, 01:33
Quite a long way from Wittering.
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/650x434/wa091_538badfce228a917754f5cfd40dc031a91129858.jpg
India Four Two
3rd Jul 2019, 03:53
New Zealand?
lauriebe
3rd Jul 2019, 04:47
New Zealand?
New Zealand it is.
Good afternoon lauriebe.
Suspect mail delivery aeroplane, a Fox Moth. That looks like the name Mathui on the front.
Christchurch ?
lauriebe
3rd Jul 2019, 08:31
Good afternoon lauriebe..
Christchurch ?
Good morning dook.
Not Christchurch. Here's a more modern image of the approach.
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/650x433/wa092_ccfebae3fe38153c80497491c01b019ccdf925ee.jpg
It appears that Mathui, as I edited above, crashed near Cattle Flat.
Westport ?
lauriebe
3rd Jul 2019, 08:41
Not sure of the full name of the aircraft. It could be Mathui but the challenge is not Westport.
Google "new zealand dh fox moth"..
Your photo, uncropped, reveals ZK-AGM awaiting passengers and mail at Greymouth.
The photo is about halfway down in my browser.
lauriebe
3rd Jul 2019, 08:49
Greymouth it is.
Your thread.
Thank you and thanks to India Four Two for the heads up.
Standby please.....
Yer 'tis.
http://i68.tinypic.com/2mo9xcg.jpg
lauriebe
3rd Jul 2019, 09:03
Is this in the UK?
lauriebe
3rd Jul 2019, 09:27
Or perhaps Eastern Europe?
Self loading bear
3rd Jul 2019, 17:05
I think this photo is quite some years post war?
The way the power cables are strung across a (former?) taxi way.
I thought that the Germans did not have a romney equivalent?
Nice to see someone playing.
The airfield closed towards the end of 1946 and the photograph was taken in 1948.
Some more clues in a few minutes.
Holzkirchen - 1948 - you replied with the year before I submitted this.
I was about say BMW land and aircraft smelting.
Excellent shooting nvubu. :D
Holzkirchen it is.
Please hit the trigger.
For what we are about to receive...…..
Thanks dook …. I think we were looking at the same webpage :)
And where might this mystery aerodrome be?
https://j1trca.bn.files.1drv.com/y4mqJjSRpf9UVaaqaZR83RLwNB7hjjcv7A78dvfKsQ_TrF4SyvO4UNMywvMt cP_vrpx1Qqwn2AbzUOF9Yb3xzTYQjInTTDrVurs1TLeDQK_GkAftss0w91lK o_LAwV8VSqayJ-HcC3Bz_sbeHAuceyFv80pqpYgxroSu0ILD_1HXJ3nDn7m2gNWTwFk0CvF1VE axJkEuVWVgnz-Vjeor1GORA?width=1024&height=786&cropmode=none
JENKINS
3rd Jul 2019, 19:41
A Scottish sky, don't know about the wheelbarrow?
More likely Germany or Italy methinks.
Not in Scotland or Germany
You didn't say about Italy.
Correct - I didn't, that should tell you something :ok:
Also, we are by the seaside - under the bombs.
https://mrcqqa.bn.files.1drv.com/y4mRHtwpgiMCWFKsXVjtLO75-HtXYbUeDqc-NXyaqVUd3RKYe5sE9_NOxZZGUmthW2H1LrUe56sjGBzLHARzkGeeZTcVjh-yU7Dbo2hidD0PbfTl0R3pK8FVAP0hZEVLx64YmxyZnAmQbEDWcm29u3IbKlg w0-dUjclqUW8y_vftOwDDkK_Ql2JJmuA1vslSf8_9KXOIBablhd4gBf95TrsZQ? width=910&height=1024&cropmode=none
I'm suffering brain failure here.
Does that mean that it is Italy and you didn't mention it or it's not Italy.
Good job I don't sleep with a nuke-armed jet anymore.
A part of the Foggia conglomeration maybe.
More in the Campomarino area.
Same as my last answer
https://ktd5eg.bn.files.1drv.com/y4m14OudyJ403yBRIWmXig2RYfpQ9uV2ljjPUlRXviMcTbm6dM5wyM64_Ewz U84onh3PAn4x5zFi47-w0JWuSlH639Bem-yKcCTd-Cw1G4_RyCdht53M0BcfP7uUJ-EiaKvijgGuVkB9_eZwucpil-urrPcYeay88KVGtyHQgvnbWFzDgpblU-4IuCnAGEz7JkodHrBLM2rUdoficm0k0_wAw?width=1024&height=962&cropmode=none
I'm shortly climbing to two feet and levelling off.
Eesa Seecily ?
Over to the night shift.
Sleep well.
sycamore
3rd Jul 2019, 22:10
Genoa....?
It isn't in Genoa either.
More pictures in the morning
Hmmmm…. All quiet on the overnight front
https://nenbyg.bn.files.1drv.com/y4moef9d6VogGsIhCjdUzT40zntws8Ql3M0-LlUpcIwWVZUTKL6PCSdXsJZj9C-myCm_43oxtFytdEXjsq-QMi8eQFMdQVCxP8QwU8_NiqmMy3ovufi9sYYtpzv6BC11khqBGBtwHivWaIy B-dzVlzoMEwVES0kcMRnBg7befd9XVRYi_3TdZB9I4KNAXUG1LejNwR8wV0bK8 qxLleqWVUJvQ?width=1024&height=770&cropmode=none
Asturias56
4th Jul 2019, 06:52
Cagliari? tho I'm not sure
Allan Lupton
4th Jul 2019, 07:56
Perhaps it's San Andrea, Venice, in 1927
Asturias56 has it with Cagliari/Elmas
Few more images
https://of6dbq.bn.files.1drv.com/y4monExFu56Pm-OrEB3yhD8nFYo94OppAbxzKUeqUxUyegUc3yakW6L42mo-QATKO3PJA2SkAhiG-1mGYs0D2tsCfdo0mg4Edn9POpnc9-hw3rAlgRALAvbp7Z7nmA0I6o5neZSOVKOctw8VEEa4HTJnzpU7FzwTTLwGIq nmOp1Gx9HjQTYfsHQJSNGCP0jGa4cOL0jibMtBODa8HGEMV8_pw?width=66 0&height=496&cropmode=none
This building still exists.
https://anu1ka.bn.files.1drv.com/y4m20u5SY0XbIEEuG8khTpJ90SzJePpqjZ9Hx5pAVpkIQfGmuT_AZijzn-oSYBtXXO83obLZMbaq0hQwkLD8gZMu7wmJYmYGARkHTHJI9pyT5a5HA1ODUd RrqC_E9evmcMRLQBrGu80sHwyYAbkHHrAkj7xb0d97OGKFMoGMktBcab7YKo kFllbYqGhLlT-Mmq1JLjLR-sV_Ysxi56Fp0IgJQ?width=660&height=507&cropmode=none
https://lqkxnq.bn.files.1drv.com/y4mBHjUG4IRgcbGqQShXic-dWnx_hMh5TOQt0a5_kp_yA_H4jhbJ6If6SFS8hwzRHkOjnH5rdmaaRnI0-3iD3bs_j1kwql7QaPbJXSq6FHq2kbVAh4idi7rPtEJNKoZa56v13fR02WGuJ Ubt50NPYZogb7eDK1ydFV-deEhWOddQt4v_3D9u9Kudi4GYvgaTBmo-MZ_wJypwFF9NjVAhuKaug?width=660&height=610&cropmode=none
https://lqkwnq.bn.files.1drv.com/y4mvBz2HtEpg9LbES54DUhM-K2errrKchimW7B8eJbKa1O0a3Rk3_0QMc6Xfu9FDqAVqatfnAFRVx-ATPN0nMJd96LcAfQeIoluIFTXEmvcMb9FZwA2A3B6hBYztg-rzBr03YRGjrkcuNplwfRxhVFzZz28J9kTDf4Vaq-neqkRKGBEGzHhMssZ5hXSodW-rvY8XKtoiqRMXX5GSswcG_7W7g?width=660&height=496&cropmode=none
Asturias56
4th Jul 2019, 08:23
Wow! that really was a toughie - I thought it might be Venice but Cagliari looked like the only one that was a) near the coast b) possibly extended - but I couldn't find any old images to cross-check.. Flown in there a few times
Let's try this one...................
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/393x298/2019_07_02_143439_b9c0139730df2cf4459a9c875c6f664803842598.j pg
Buongiorno Asturias.
Looks far eastern to me. Philippines?
Asturias56
4th Jul 2019, 09:36
We are indeed east of Italy but it's not the Philippines - still in use
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/332x314/2019_07_02_143013_51c1a2a05b84d3efaec9598126362a91f817fb1b.j pg
Well, that's a very old C130 with three-bladed propellers - probably late 1950s. The refuelling truck looks ancient as well.
I'm wondering where the Americans might have been in the Far East around then.
Maybe PNG.
Asturias56
4th Jul 2019, 10:14
TBH I think they were everywhere around then................................ out till late this afternoon but here is a picture from the early days
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/423x366/2019_07_02_143606_47d182bad9cc67b4bd31ae809ee0201fb950c8aa.j pg
In an attempt to narrow this down somewhat, are we east of 116* east ?
sycamore
4th Jul 2019, 10:46
Thailand or Vietnam...?
Atap roof and punkah-wallah windows...`ain`t half hot ,mum`...
sycamore
4th Jul 2019, 11:02
Chiayi Air base,Taiwan....OH ,if correct....
Asturias56
4th Jul 2019, 15:50
Chiayi it is...................... quite a busy spot! Sycamore has declared OH
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/404x935/2019_07_02_142337_4f799e2347b1e5db481c556cd8308898ecf86f29.j pg
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/633x386/2019_07_02_143648_5847d342d76a5698dabc7aa92052cf9eccb9b570.j pg
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/278x234/2019_07_02_142807_3e0e2280b7cd2725061199631bebae05e7435e7c.j pg
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/241x291/2019_07_02_142542_fab34ed6f8b0f7e928c33176aabed04d91ea5d5b.j pg
A superb shot by Sycamore as well.
JENKINS
4th Jul 2019, 18:13
What about this for the much-travelled Sycamore?
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1440x1080/earth_postcard_1561479232_eabe5bee5e6e239345ba95f8594cb540a2 4f8b4d.jpg
An invalid name, I fear for the time when the field gains validity.
Asturias56
4th Jul 2019, 18:38
Sycamore
i'd love to know how you got to Chiayi!! Unless of course it infringes on the UK Offical Secrets Act or some Guild Secret.... we all have our own ways of tackling the problem but I'd love to know how you did it..... so that next time............
I'd de- indented the pictures, run them through Google Image (i know as gentlemen we don't use that.. but...... ), checked there were no A/c registrations................ and it lasted 2.5 hours.........
I sit at the feet of Masters...................... :(
Asturias56
4th Jul 2019, 18:40
Jenkins
N hemisphere but not UK I think?
JENKINS
4th Jul 2019, 19:10
Yes, N Hemisphere, not UK. My Republican leanings not helped by the name.
Self loading bear
4th Jul 2019, 21:24
Fethiye airport?
More widely known as Dalaman.
JENKINS
5th Jul 2019, 05:20
Delighted to deny Dalaman.
lauriebe
5th Jul 2019, 06:43
I think this is the Kingsfield strip within the Eastern SBA, Cyprus.
JENKINS
5th Jul 2019, 07:04
Yes it is. Busy it seems , oday with skydiving, and such was the purpose of my visits, military and civilian.
All yours.
lauriebe
5th Jul 2019, 07:09
Yes it is. Busy it seems , oday with skydiving, and such was the purpose of my visits, military and civilian.
All yours.
Thanks Jenkins.
I had hoped to do some gliding there when I was posted to Cyprus in the early 70s but never managed to get there.
Let's try this one.
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/480x360/wa080_c2a1e6261bfc36eff38dbc4c7bd15cb1123b7dd9.jpg
Asturias56
5th Jul 2019, 07:33
We're in the FSU here?
lauriebe
5th Jul 2019, 07:42
We're in the FSU here?
No, it is not the FSU.
Good afternoon lauriebe.
You are getting soft in your old age !
Volga Dnepr Airlines IL-76 at Trivandrum. This might be a still from a video.
lauriebe
5th Jul 2019, 08:21
Good morning dook.
The master strikes again! Trivandrum it is.
I only found a still. did not see a video.
Over to you.
sycamore
5th Jul 2019, 08:26
More like Turkey...?
lauriebe,
I have not checked if this link works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMdyOnDWyZ8
edit: yes it does.
lauriebe
5th Jul 2019, 08:51
lauriebe,
I have not checked if this link works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMdyOnDWyZ8
edit: yes it does.
dook, thanks for that. I had just located the video too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMdyOnDWyZ8
Cheers lauriebe.
Next one...
http://i67.tinypic.com/dlgdj6.jpg
I shall be back about 1220 GMT.
Asturias56
5th Jul 2019, 11:24
Thats a weird taxi way pattern IMHO
banks of a large river, what looks lie a large house bottom left...
Europe?
Europe yes, but it's not a river.
Asturias56
5th Jul 2019, 15:12
So is that the sea at top picture?
And is it set amongst dunes??
Yes - the English Channel.
Built by the Americans.
There are just a few dunes around the place.
It was only in use for four months.
http://i67.tinypic.com/2hpitkx.jpg
Asturias56
5th Jul 2019, 15:40
Saint-Pierre-du-Mont Airfield (https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj0yvGnjp7jAhVmx4UKHR9wBqoQjhx6BAgBEAM&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSaint-Pierre-du-Mont_Airfield&psig=AOvVaw0PrL8GeAfQK6FlVX57y0Rr&ust=1562427544804469)?
The invasion fleet is a bit of a giveaway!
I do not do cryptic clues.
St. Pierre du Mont it is indeed.
Your runway.
Asturias56
5th Jul 2019, 15:54
Lets try this........
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/395x206/2019_07_04_114028_960442998568b81576934eb272cfd661fb741f55.j pg
A search for serial 0190 brings up your image but entering the site it doesn't come back up. :ugh:
Asturias56
5th Jul 2019, 16:30
Lets add some others...................
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/389x244/2019_07_04_113311_e1674e92e2699c21c624b768e27b347e50cdd258.j pg
It's come up on another site though.
Pratica di Mare Mario de Bernardi. July 11 2009.
Photographer Stefano Truzzi.
Asturias56
5th Jul 2019, 16:47
I'm never going to post another serial in my life
yes - the Italian AF base south of Rome on the coast
and here is a picture of the man himself !
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/331x276/2019_07_04_113930_96b76597c85aa28184a5a6eab2d2978dd5242fca.j pg
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/226x160/2019_07_04_114002_2a23fda19b5bbe627178f4bb3b68dec55e965237.j pg
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/298x228/2019_07_04_114123_1a1e6c77f314e67c891c0ff8a402624642ffe196.j pg
Over to you.....................
Just airbrush serials out.
No serials here.
http://i66.tinypic.com/2mg81s0.jpg
Good evening nvubu.
Not Germany I'm afraid.
minuteman
5th Jul 2019, 18:18
Tis Domededovo if I’m not mistaken.
Currently downroute with no posting capability alas, if I am correct...great photo!
Hello minuteman and welcome.
It is indeed Domodedovo, photographed in 1979.
I assume you are calling OH.
Asturias56
6th Jul 2019, 08:39
Sounds like OH - pity - always good to see someone else get the bug..............
I think it is OH.
Thanks for the PM.
Hello everyone!
I do not have time to go here very often unfortunately...However I still have some interesting stuff (in my area of predilection):
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/741x652/pprune11_0fc7263986cc5e99c0df675e812ab92afe1ad7cd.jpg
This one should be easy!
It is an extract of a most formidable recce photo. If some are interested, just say so...
JVM
I am interested, as always, providing you are able to monitor the thread.
Suspect France.
Asturias56
6th Jul 2019, 09:19
I am interested, as always, providing you are able to monitor the thread.
Suspect France.
Agreed - or Belgium
Might be totally crazy but just north of the airfield on the NE-SW road there are 7-8 regularly spaced, almost identical ?buildings?
I suspect this may be one of the old WW1 battlefields and the constructions are post WW1 farm buildings rebuilt to an identical design
Who ever bombed the airfield also seems to have hit a fair number of local buildings as well.....................
Are you assuming the photo is orientated to north ?