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Bingo - nicely done.
All yours. :ok:
Self loading bear
28th Jul 2019, 11:57
Actually according GE the airport is on the Argentinian side of the island.
But a good challenge and find anyway.
Asturias56
28th Jul 2019, 12:01
OK - it was just too well developed to be Alaska or Newfoundland...
Try this.... the Airport is not located in the town who's name it bears..........
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/447x450/2019_07_28_124823_f4f04389543d02da9211a0d44c85562ef5b916bb.j pg
Now here's an interesting aircraft ID problem....
Asturias56
28th Jul 2019, 13:22
yes - it foxed me for a while - but an aircraft ahead of it's time ...... . not E Europe
We're talking late 50's early 60's
….ahead of its' time....
France or Italy ?
sycamore
28th Jul 2019, 15:24
Meteor u16 or u21....... UK or OZ...?
chevvron
28th Jul 2019, 15:53
Farnborough? Architecture is similar to some of the (now demolished) buildings.
Quite possibly RAAF Edinburgh, Adelaide.
Good ID sycamore and if it is, the credit must go to you.
Asturias56
28th Jul 2019, 17:58
Sycamore is correct - it's a Meteor U. Mk 21A unmanned drone................
But not the UK.... and not Adelaide.....................
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/365x538/2019_07_28_124918_0af8c15f68859e8baeedf2b8d1b74ece87aa52c2.j pg
Asturias56
28th Jul 2019, 18:44
I believe the Meteor was used at Woomera but this isn't there Still in use (the airfield not the Meteor...)
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/496x456/2019_07_28_125016_4d802b8ee431d6d14673fdb2dc2cbe362adc6c26.j pg
I'm signing off for the evening folks
India Four Two
28th Jul 2019, 19:56
Sycamore is correct - it's a Meteor U. Mk 21A unmanned drone................
But not the UK.... and not Adelaide.....................
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/365x538/2019_07_28_124918_0af8c15f68859e8baeedf2b8d1b74ece87aa52c2.j pg
Ah, the Drover. Three Tiger Moths in close formation! :)
JENKINS
28th Jul 2019, 20:03
Meteor a Fairey conversion at Bankstown, or was it Canterbury? Bankstown still very active.
…..and this is where his Robinson cockpit photo was taken.
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/700x384/helos_b35ca3d630c3fbd2894f853ed6b8fd4013fc4c1e.jpg
sycamore
28th Jul 2019, 20:42
Wouldn`t care to fly 15 of those......!
Asturias56
29th Jul 2019, 07:45
Jenkins has it!
Bankstown, Sydney it is - I think the Meteor photo was taken early 1961 when it was modified there - not sure what it was before............ Three runways still in use!!!
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1030x449/2019_07_28_124809_ebae5f73a0dcac992678b42cd4497751d8c32c76.j pg
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/291x227/2019_07_28_125104_2403cfe207d2713ad2a9236c0aafdd4152639c2a.j pg
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/338x258/2019_07_28_124937_41203d6dee6fe75e6d640269ee8323b6ec03bf46.j pg
JENKINS
29th Jul 2019, 09:18
Thanks. This machine was a Royal Air Force F8, initially converted in UK by Flight Refuelling at Tarrant Rushton. Passed on to Fairey at Bankstown for further conversion, and I note the RAF serial still on airframe. Shot down eventually at Woomera.
Regret that my contributions do not meet the required standard, so Open House.
Asturias56
29th Jul 2019, 09:25
Oh come on!! It's always good to get another challenger - everyone has something to contribute - and often what looks simple is the hardest of all....................
JENKINS
29th Jul 2019, 09:31
Thanks for encouragement. I have posted many, but the response to my last effort, now withdrawn, leads me to adopt my present position. I thought my last effort was not bad, so try it now.
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1440x1080/earth_postcard_1563793980_7a37fda2c73a13640c585bdc9f36c920e3 fb5d1c.jpg
Am I correct in thinking this is semi-desert ?
Asturias56
29th Jul 2019, 09:53
Wherever it is they have a top class gardener- look at how neat those edges of the ?grass? are !! :ooh:
Not much in the way of runway clutter (signage, lights etc) visible or oil/rubber stains but very neat looking
I'd guess we have the Military Mind at work here..................
JENKINS
29th Jul 2019, 09:55
Not semi-desert, and certainly not military. I have, in my travels, driven along this field,
JENKINS
29th Jul 2019, 09:59
Further to my last, a bit grey at the moment, and 68 temperature.
Perhaps Southern hemisphere ?
JENKINS
29th Jul 2019, 10:08
Not Southern Hemisphere.
That's narrowed it a little.
Europe ?
JENKINS
29th Jul 2019, 10:20
Yes, Europe.
Ascend Charlie
29th Jul 2019, 10:36
Hmmm... doesn't look like Gibraltar...
I'm intrigued - you've driven along it but not flown into it.
So is it still in use or disused ?
JENKINS
29th Jul 2019, 10:46
Error, driven alongside it, but road not in view, sorry. Yes, still active according to call for weather earlier today. Cannot link it with Gibraltar I fear, but certainly close to efforts of locals in struggle for independence. No battle nearby, but perhaps 'a battle' may be relevant.
This might sound silly, but are we in Scotland ?
JENKINS
29th Jul 2019, 11:00
Not silly at all, yes and chosen for that very reason.
JENKINS
29th Jul 2019, 11:08
Away for one hour.
Possibly Campbeltown.
Perhaps your reference to "battle" may refer to the ship.
JENKINS
29th Jul 2019, 12:41
Heaven forefend, Macrihanish! Definitely not, and I have landed on the grass there. Nice note though, about the destroyer. So, once again, no battle but perhaps A battle.
Well, I think it must be on an island.
May I assume it is marked on GE ?
JENKINS
29th Jul 2019, 13:36
Not on a Scottish island. I found it on GE, though I knew what I was seeking.
JENKINS
29th Jul 2019, 13:48
Perhaps I should add that GE has not 'marked' the field.
Well, I don't think it's marked on GE with the usual airfield symbol.
edit: crossed posts
Dunno 'bout anyone else, but this jury is out.
JENKINS
29th Jul 2019, 14:18
Nearest machine is Polish, and for one in this parish the field lies close to a straight line between two significant points.
Asturias56
29th Jul 2019, 14:20
A repeat A battle in Scotland... or perhaps we should read it as A BATTLE in Scotland
If memory serves me right there was one at Strathallan and it looks a possible on GE
JENKINS
29th Jul 2019, 14:33
A battle, put those together and you are there. But then, this battle was not in Scotland. Polish machine still there. Not Strathallan.
Strathallan is marked on GE and the challenge is not.
JENKINS
29th Jul 2019, 14:37
My battle, not in Scotland, was 1July, and my significant straight line was 1June.
Deeside gliding club.
As in A boyne.
JENKINS
29th Jul 2019, 14:43
Yes, well done, Aboyne. Plenty of local history in relation to the '1715,' wonder if the Stuarts will ever return.
Thank you J - I was going to give up until I found the battle of Boyne.
Here is an aircraft of which I had never heard.
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/800x465/monday_f3f63af9ad1682820729560759f82b5d71bdd083.jpg
Asturias56
29th Jul 2019, 15:21
is it a Sopwith Rhino?
and thus this is Brooklands?
Thirteen minutes !! :mad:
Your shot.
Asturias56
29th Jul 2019, 15:28
Always fatal to post a picture of an actual AEROPLANE on here!!!!
So lets have some accommodation instead......
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/301x393/2019_07_28_192204_7830b127f7e7d1a406afe678d24b857c0c6b40a6.j pg
My next one might well be another aeroplane, which defeated people on another site for a couple of days.
The challenge has a far east feel.
sycamore
29th Jul 2019, 15:41
Could be Italian.....?
J,ref `Polish machine`......Blanik...?
India Four Two
29th Jul 2019, 15:43
Overhead cables and fir trees - let's start with western North America.
Asturias56
29th Jul 2019, 16:13
Not Far East , not Italy not W N America......
They fix things as well - taking a big risk by showing an air-frame.......:E
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/598x391/2019_07_29_152754_c5a4b5b9cbad1ca460c43f1a5058982fda080e72.j pg
Not this time you're not.
Asturias56
29th Jul 2019, 16:28
Bits of the aeroplane fold.........................
Asturias56
29th Jul 2019, 17:22
Nope - twin radials...... here's some more
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/596x288/2019_07_29_173014_e3e685f7c9cf93f1bf8068c998585851708f01cd.j pg
So it's an MLD Tracker but I suspect you are trying to con me to Nederland.
JENKINS
29th Jul 2019, 17:33
For Sycamore, G CLVO. I had hoped that the constant presence of the machine, PZL manufacture, would indicate a glider site.
Asturias56
29th Jul 2019, 18:02
" I suspect you are trying to con me to Nederland."
Moi? Never.................... :D:
They also had smaller aircraft - several hangars ..... not sure that is still the case....... it's still active
off to dinner
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/221x185/2019_07_29_173119_f6224619f02f7e876d7494943a99d425cdc1e7bf.j pg
Self loading bear
29th Jul 2019, 18:02
Fairey Canada Patricia Bay Vancouver island?
SLB
JENKINS
29th Jul 2019, 18:23
Fairey Canada Eastern Passage, now Shearwater I believe.
Asturias56
29th Jul 2019, 18:37
Jenkins in one!!!
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/214x169/2019_07_28_192100_bb4f0e9b4f6b2dcecbe6ad28dcb7bd3a5cdb2bfb.j pg
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1331x543/2019_07_29_152600_148a258d2907dbb4442682b73b8302890b273676.j pg
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/331x291/2019_07_29_152814_60bcefe0fa17124aacecdfd23d603f3176600176.j pg
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/327x289/2019_07_28_192154_9be8eb9c3e859157a4fce6cbe967b997606804ea.j pg
Asturias56
29th Jul 2019, 18:38
I Shall go to bed and plot............................................
Is that a new Italian word for sex ? :E
JENKINS
29th Jul 2019, 19:36
Thanks, that took some searching with a recalcitrant Interweb. I believe many years ago I identified Shearwater from an Evans effort. Now this.
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1440x1080/earth_postcard_1563459794_87cae0087543d92dd532fb1f9be7b2e260 760ed4.jpg
I thought for a moment I saw a Shacklebomber there !
JENKINS
29th Jul 2019, 19:45
Doubtful, but an elderly machine not unlikely at this spot.
Is there a museum there then ?
JENKINS
29th Jul 2019, 20:12
Yes there is.
Suspect stars & stripes but totally unsure.
JENKINS
29th Jul 2019, 20:30
Remain unsure.
Auxtank
29th Jul 2019, 20:33
Paine Field.
Home of Boeing Wide-Body flying things.
JENKINS
29th Jul 2019, 20:37
Not Paine Field, small things ici.
Auxtank,
I'm having a scotch but wot you on ?
Auxtank
29th Jul 2019, 20:39
I can't remember dook.
Renton?
So it is the USA I assume.
JENKINS
29th Jul 2019, 20:44
Not Renton, and I hope that I had assuaged the doubts about the USA. Not there.
Auxtank
29th Jul 2019, 20:48
Wait - that's Phoenix Goodyear. A fair way to the South East of Washington - where all the airlines send their cadets to fry in the sun and do their PPLs.
hic...…...:uhoh:
Orstraelia ?
Auxtank
29th Jul 2019, 20:52
The colour of the soil looks like Utah.
However, due to a surfeit of wine I am retiring. I look forward to congratulating the winner in the morning.
Cheers!
It's definitely Utah...HICCUP...etc.
JENKINS
29th Jul 2019, 20:57
Really not USA, but certainly Australia.
Auxtank
29th Jul 2019, 21:10
Ahhh. So easy it is to Err.
To my bed...and Good Fortune to those that prevail on this noble Thread...
JENKINS
29th Jul 2019, 21:41
My bed also. I feel strangely involved in the spirit of this place; not possible really as so far away, but as I look out of my window........
Levelling off at two feet six.
Kick the tyres and light the fires tomorrow - first man airborne is leader.
JENKINS
29th Jul 2019, 21:43
He who wins the debrief wins the fight?
Max Tow
30th Jul 2019, 00:12
The army helicopter training field at Oakey? OH if correct.
Checklist Charlie
30th Jul 2019, 01:18
Of course it's Oakey, there's a 'Bou and a Gonad parked at the Museum.
CC
Dora-9
30th Jul 2019, 07:04
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1439/oakey_1945_4e85b3778fad0f0b95028c58ccf7be6bf37abdca.jpg
The same area of Oakey in 1945, lots of aircraft awaiting disposal, note the concrete hangar base at the bottom CC's photo.
JENKINS
30th Jul 2019, 08:22
Yes, Oakey of course. From my window here chez moi I can see the British Army equivalent. Sad that a former colleague 'bought the 'farm'' in a Gonad many years ago. Good ancient photo, thanks.
To Max Tow.
JENKINS
30th Jul 2019, 09:44
OH, thanks, lack of attention at breakfast time.
Breakfast seems late in the Chicken Run.
JENKINS
30th Jul 2019, 10:31
Read newspaper first.
I hope we are not going to wait all day for a new challenge.
nvubu
30th Jul 2019, 12:34
Here you go then
https://lkklnq.bn.files.1drv.com/y4mIPIEE5qCBWxV4e_WKSF7jft1D02wNYddK9EQlKusVJrf3RTS2eC-EwmNV9ohpXhPHUoCWryJGIhhYQdp52v5Yz7L1tg8-LYI-bX09ZJvGE0ZyI3Uo4wDMiFtt6GhHgoEnCLNRxK7qyubAMM47Gr7bip8AtU5y 1YDl9IBQOEMfl2ILIJbyd74urJIhdEopbJ75GDsUS9dEqLGVnoZszl1cg?wi dth=889&height=1024&cropmode=none
edit: image change
I wonder why the change.
Looks like a few bombs missed.
nvubu
30th Jul 2019, 12:52
Same location. I think this might be a harder image :ok:. I'll put the other one back up at a later stage.
Allied airfield or Axis WW2 ?
nvubu
30th Jul 2019, 13:00
Well that covers every combatant airfield in WW2 :)
Well, I have to start somewhere in the search.
I'll opt for Axis since I have more sites bookmarked for those.
Interesting that there is no runway visible, so prolly grass.
The fields and woods suggest Germany.
Self loading bear
30th Jul 2019, 13:20
End of runway at upper right corner?
the Field in Centre of picture is to small
Possibly an American raid.
sycamore
30th Jul 2019, 13:40
J,imagine you refer to ex-RR,SP...?
nvubu
30th Jul 2019, 13:59
Axis Airfield, but not Germany now.
Ramp is top right - later photos will show the runway.
American Raid
Poland or Czech Republic is my next shot.
Asturias56
30th Jul 2019, 14:27
Could be the original Rechlin field? but you say not Germany NOW...............
dash7fan
30th Jul 2019, 15:05
Wiener Neustadt, West, now Austria
nvubu
30th Jul 2019, 16:01
dook - You would miss the target with both shots
Asturias - not Rechlin
dash7fan - not Wiener Neustadt, but it is in Austria.
You can see the runway here.
https://ps3ppg.bn.files.1drv.com/y4mrjwJID60fU6Qz2eMMbpvLjMKiD5l3smxL-fe5KB-dJLrWYBb1pMv8Fudl0Q8vQBSLUwc-J_F5TkFDz6YxizR_qHpqIU9uTfyhYi5xtU5WO-HX6V8aNVsuv1g2QzG69lp4X0kDx-HyimuIr6Pr9RzV1Z1Z8L8b1MufWcK-c7SzOc6sQxsgC9l5r2GN-wZW3SWpgCRK0QI9yirvGFQMRL9qg?width=849&height=1024&cropmode=none
nvubu
30th Jul 2019, 16:28
It isn't Deutsch Wagram or Langenlebarn.
Although I must admit the image I first posted does look very much like Langenlebarn - but it isn't :)
https://mpnqyg.bn.files.1drv.com/y4mzVEv1jWqxos_Z5pIqVqS1RwAgNxVDB1sL9n0lUCzB2ogmPryBQLhfgMdE Ro71NHR712wRe_-E6NHvsuokqzVrx2FVALy9s1quRnQi_-FS3-e-aYgjiASvn56oxafrDz-CWTZZFKLS8HoE60sb2s9TrUrpVcjFO2IHzyofCHS-7keCoG3b9BnjhbsfFiL_91VacAcuoY1ByklI6Y5JSg4bQ?width=1024&height=799&cropmode=none
just going home, so won't answer for a short while.
I have all of them listed.
Is the runway grass or paved ?
Zeltweg was by a canal.
JENKINS
30th Jul 2019, 16:33
How about Salzburg?
Zwolfaxing looks better though.
aka Wein-Zwolfaxing.
JENKINS
30th Jul 2019, 16:43
For Sycamore, no, this was an Australian Army Aviation colleague.
nvubu
30th Jul 2019, 17:07
Not Zeltweg, Salzburg or Zwolfaxing
Are you sure Zwolfaxing isn't right?
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/650x461/what_5c6356541bbbf85cd0bbb930ee5696f1144bfc4b.jpg
nvubu
30th Jul 2019, 17:19
That isn't Zwolfaxing - I did think that you might query it :)
That airfield is Schwechat or Vienna International today, which is the correct one :ok:
Over to you.
Sorry - my source gives the original name as Zwolfaxing-Wein, 15km from Wein.
Sod 'tinternet !!
Sorry - didn't see your control handover edit.
Herewith another in the same vein, but the whole airfield this time.
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/650x511/smoke_6b291ae1ee8d0cace90fa6c89dbfebb96254e3d8.jpg
Asturias56
31st Jul 2019, 07:44
Usual question
Which direction is North?
Another WW2 Axis airfield??
is it still in use???
that should make up for 12 hours radio silence .......
The orientation is about 330 degrees.
Not an Axis airfield, but the photograph is from WW2.
Still in use as an international airport.
Asturias56
31st Jul 2019, 09:07
Europe? Or somewhere more exotic??
It is considered that a part of this country is a part of Europe.
The location of this airfield is part of Europe in this country.
jensdad
31st Jul 2019, 09:45
Going purely off the clues and not the photo... Would it be Yeslikoy, now Istanbul Ataturk?
Not Turkey I'm afraid.
This country is much bigger.
There were some of these stationed here.
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/600x296/what_26c54607a7d902b9d8744b2f6be6ec08f7aad4e6.jpg
Asturias56
31st Jul 2019, 12:14
Bigger than Turkey , part in Europe
We're talking the USSR here originally no?
And that looks like maybe an Li2??
Now is it STILL part of Russia???
USSR yes, but now called Russia. Li-2 yes.
The location of the airfield is part of Europe.
It is considered that western Russia is to the west of the Urals, and that part to the east is in Asia.
We are to the west of the Urals in a city.
Self loading bear
31st Jul 2019, 12:30
Moscow vnukovo
Self loading bear
31st Jul 2019, 12:36
Thanks dook
I try to go to the edge of the box sometimes,
These exotic challenges tend to be the easiest
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/995x750/c445d510_c60d_403c_a7d4_1c6133004039_7e6e88f27d0c659e8d81a75 3f66759ad2f2cb0a0.jpeg
An airfield ??
I know where the balloon is.
I have been through the airport there many times, but what are you after ?
Self loading bear
31st Jul 2019, 12:47
As the balloon has an official aircraft registration.
I think this exact spot applies as Aerodrome?
Really ?
It's Downtown Disney, Orlando.
Self loading bear
31st Jul 2019, 12:52
Wrong!!!!!!
You could have fooled me !
I thought it was Disney Springs.
Asturias56
31st Jul 2019, 13:17
EuroDisney? the company that makes the balloons is French I think
Self loading bear
31st Jul 2019, 13:23
Asturias has it
F-HDSN
I go back Toy soldiering
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1840x2000/f3fe482b_e9ba_4d70_a71f_6ae1c50bd9aa_1f106d9ce2f881f880d515e 8a6b900957691a39a.jpeg
Asturias56
31st Jul 2019, 13:37
Well better than being Mickey Mouse
I like something different - just wish I had a better imagination
try this - definitely no Theme Parks here....
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/208x257/2019_07_22_163558_b7847b2187edfa5b80b3ed0a4ef1615a038ae809.j pg
Asturias,
This could be anywhere in the world !
I am sure that you will post another photo soon, so may we have it now please.
In the meantime I for one cannot even start.
Asturias56
31st Jul 2019, 15:24
Just getting you in the mood............... this is the airport for quite big & busy spot but as usual one that few people will ever have visited (or want to visit TBH...)
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/246x207/2019_07_22_163611_2ed7e5e5d21152bc8e4393dd1d78b321b9793c6f.j pg
Asturias56
31st Jul 2019, 16:30
No - another continent - its green above but it can get a bit drier.......
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/191x303/2019_07_22_163535_81163107c102780b455bf284b8d9794af9c2a707.j pg
chevvron
31st Jul 2019, 16:38
New Orleans Lakeside.
JENKINS
31st Jul 2019, 16:40
Wild guess at Freetown Lungi?
Asturias56
31st Jul 2019, 17:02
Jenkins is closest - still a ways away..................................... heading out but a close look at the picture at 16:24 might help................ also visible in this one
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/355x181/2019_07_22_163304_8a8acecdb0aafe9d78cebaa4e61882f564132e89.j pg
Asturias56
31st Jul 2019, 17:25
well.... right continent but quite a ways from the target
Off until about midnight - a Client is buying me dinner...........................
Self loading bear
31st Jul 2019, 18:12
Osvaldo Viera
Guinee-Bissau?
nvubu
31st Jul 2019, 18:34
Lubumbashi
Wotever you're on I don't want any. :ooh:
Asturias56
1st Aug 2019, 07:33
None of the above but Bear is probably closest but Dook is correct - this is no tourist location
This place has a bigger population than Manchester or Lyon and is based on a single industry - but you'll never have heard of it
It is in the FrancAfrique - football is pretty big here I believe
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/160x160/2019_08_01_082944_cd808f51c93fb1621ca7c8adee41b91d37d9ed42.j pg
I've been looking at the wrong side of Africa.
Maybe that single industry is film-making.
Are we in Gabon ?
Asturias56
1st Aug 2019, 08:16
Not Gabon and not film-making - something a lot more basic................
The good people are largely Muslim by faith
I repeat - a close look at the picture at 16:24 might help
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/136x105/2019_07_31_143230_9bb28993d278c2a3a66bf7a09af1ad0eb5c9fe07.j pg
I have looked several times at that post.
All I see is s large river/estuary possible on the coast.
If I wouldn't want to go there is it near Sierra Leone ?
Asturias56
1st Aug 2019, 08:39
Firstly Apologies on the population of the town - I confused the Department numbers with those of the city... its NOT bigger than Manchester......
but location wise Dook is getting there ................ cross-country, on foot, the hard way but getting there ;)
It is indeed a large river but it is nowhere near the coast................ some of the local lads................ and what some people do as the day job
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Asturias56
1st Aug 2019, 08:42
I believe there is a semi regular ATR service from the Capital to here but what the frequency is I'm not sure
Quite a lot of charters tho'
Asturias56
1st Aug 2019, 08:48
I'm running out of pictures
try this
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/679x738/2019_07_22_163203_5a0e68412c3b67fb1f70e2dd3e391e5de3d4fe30.j pg
Any point in searching Ghana ?
Asturias56
1st Aug 2019, 09:36
No - this is French Africa - get the River and it should be easier................ it 's BIG, REALLY BIG
India Four Two
1st Aug 2019, 09:42
How about Senegal?
Asturias56
1st Aug 2019, 10:01
Too far west............................
More jobs... and the other picture was taking when they were having some sort of occasion at the airport I believe - maybe the start of a new airline service?
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/164x118/2019_08_01_105757_b6ff17c1f84f4c21648351c0a3341a88fabe82fc.j pg
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Asturias56
1st Aug 2019, 10:18
Absolutely.................. it's only 4200 kms long but I'd start near the beginning...................... :ok:
Asturias56
1st Aug 2019, 10:34
République de Guinée indeed......................... never been, m' club doesn't have reciprocal memberships...........................
Asturias56
1st Aug 2019, 11:15
Whoaaaaaa a 20 Hours - that's better...................
Dook has it at Siguiri - apparently a quite a well off spot (by Guinean standards) due to the gold mines around there . The airport is now served by a new airline - the state one went bust years ago and it seems to have been mainly charters for years. Unfortunately still a lot of HIV and even ebola around.........
The Siguiri gold mine is found within the Siguiri District in the north-east of the Republic of Guinea, West Africa, about 850km from the capital city of Conakry. The nearest important town is Siguiri (approximately 50,000 inhabitants), located on the banks of the Niger River. Bamako, the capital of Mali is 300km away. A majority stake in the mine (85%) was bought by Ashanti Goldfields in 1996 and became a part of AngloGold Ashanti when the two companies merged in 2004. The government of The Republic of Guinea holds a 15% interest in the mine. The first shipment of gold from Siguiri took place in April 1998. Total production for 2009 was 316,000oz compared with the 333,000oz the previous year. Around 2,973 employees and contractors work at the Siguiri mine. Total capital expenditure on the project for 2007 was $US22m.
The mine is located in the heart of an ancient gold mining region, thought to have been known since the 13th century as the basis of the Mandingo Empire. At its peak this empire controlled an area in West Africa the size of the United States. Unlike in many other areas in Africa, the orpaillage (translated as gold-washing), or artisanal mining system is highly formalised and forms an integral part of village structures. However, there have been numerous clashes between the miner AngloGold Ashanti and some groups of artisanal miners who have been found operating beyond the traditional orpaillage system and therefore agreed areas. On some occasions, mainly during the rainy season, as many as 10,000 people have been involved in pit invasions when artisanal workings are flooded or inaccessible. AngloGold recently announced that it had engaged the services of a specialist consultancy to assist with future disputes.
The ore and waste is mined by a mining contractor in a conventional open-pit mining operation. Ore is treated using carbon-in-pulp (CIP) and heap-leach processes. In 2009, the CIP plant increased volumes to 10.4Mt.
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Asturias56
1st Aug 2019, 11:18
I was surprised that no-one focused on the river - it's visible (just) in two of the early pictures and I thought once we'd reached Africa it wouldn't last 30 minutes.........................
Over to Dook.....
At least you are able to monitor when you have a challenge.
Let's go back in time.
Caution - an aeroplane.
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/750x254/aeroplane_eb9cdbb8f334544884a1c6b83d6c72c24d03b847.jpg
Allan Lupton
1st Aug 2019, 13:48
Aaahhh de Havilland! That'll be Seven Barrows, Hampshire in about 1910.
Aaahhh indeed Seven Barrows.
That was an inspired shot.
I visited Highclere Castle a few weeks ago.
Please take the stage.
sycamore
1st Aug 2019, 14:55
Actually an RAF F.E.1,designed by G de H....I have some time on one of it`s contemporaries.....
It's annotated as De Havilland No.#2.
AL,
Do you have something ?
Allan Lupton
1st Aug 2019, 15:24
Actually an RAF F.E.1,designed by G de H....I have some time on one of it`s contemporaries.....
The photo, and its caption "The first de Havilland aeroplane which flew, photographed at Seven Barrows, where I learned to fly" comes from "Sky Fever" by Sir Geoffrey who presumably knew of what he was writing!
Any road, here's a bit more "Aahh de Havilland" (in memory of Mike Ramsden) to identify the location.
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1398x745/where002_61601a60a3f9d447d1251d9a041e2f8cc4c909c6.jpg
JENKINS
1st Aug 2019, 15:46
1927 Kings Cup, Brooklands?
Something to do with the England-Australia air race ?
Allan Lupton
1st Aug 2019, 16:08
1927 Kings Cup, Brooklands?
I have it as Wally Hope winning the 1928 King's Cup but Brooklands is correct and what was asked! There is some of the banked track visible (which, in the case of Lympne, it has not got).
Over to you.
sycamore
1st Aug 2019, 16:30
1928 King`s Cup,Hendon-Brooklands,DH60G Moth ,G-EBYZ,won by Capt W.L Hope.....OH if correct....
Tooo late,slow page change..
JENKINS
1st Aug 2019, 17:26
Thanks. I thought it was Alan Cobham in 1927 but as you say, correct place. Few minutes please while I find something. Wasn't Sycamore second in 1928?
Yes he was, but, as in air combat, there's no prize for second place. :sad:
JENKINS
1st Aug 2019, 17:38
Bit high, Hoskins. In fact, very high.
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Asturias56
1st Aug 2019, 17:57
UK I guess - which direction is North?
JENKINS
1st Aug 2019, 18:02
Top of page.
"Bit high, Hoskins. In fact, very high".
Good angle for strafe though. :E
JENKINS
1st Aug 2019, 19:10
12 o'clock, 500, hangars. Right, 2 o'clock, 100, Officers' Mess.
OK - two bursts of 30mm HE should do it.
To the task - East Anglia ?
JENKINS
1st Aug 2019, 19:31
Not East Anglia.
Just a wild guess to roll the ball.
I suspect much further NW.
JENKINS
1st Aug 2019, 19:41
Not North West of East Anglia. The Iceni knew the way.
A Roman road towards Londinium maybe.
JENKINS
1st Aug 2019, 20:12
Not towards The Great Wen.
Maybe Cambridgeshire then.
JENKINS
1st Aug 2019, 20:26
Keep climbing westward.
Waypoint Warwickshire ?
Maybe "climb" means a bit of north in it.
JENKINS
1st Aug 2019, 20:38
Warwickshire not high enough, and too far North. Was it Ram-Jet Ricky found a high spot, a GPO mast? Follow the chalk.
Running low on fuel, but Wiltshire or possibly Buckinghamshire ?
Who's Ricky ?
I lost a dozen mates on Jaguars.
JENKINS
1st Aug 2019, 20:58
Just a little clip of the mast, having left my own crewroom earlier, not certain about true name. Much humour from some of my chums.
So, chalk. Yes, plenty in Wiltshire, and altitude, as indicated at beginning, is relevant.
Thanks for you company - at least two of us have been playing this evening.
Glass empty and levelling off at two feet six.
Not quite empty.
Clyffe Pypard.
JENKINS
2nd Aug 2019, 06:38
Spot on, very high but can still be looked down upon from even higher Wiltshire. Similar views down on to Wroughton. Very busy, I believe during National Service training post WW2.
All yours.
Thanks J.
There is a clue already in this one.
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/641x450/friday_02d3015a69971c19eeb09fdbf7e537878d4b6fee.jpg
JENKINS
2nd Aug 2019, 11:03
Oberpfaffenhofen?
You are in the right country.
dash7fan
2nd Aug 2019, 12:49
Oberschleissheim ?
sycamore
2nd Aug 2019, 13:03
Manching ,Bavaria.....
dash7fan gets the top banana.
The Fugwerft Oberschleissheim Museum.
All yours d7f.
dash7fan
2nd Aug 2019, 13:40
Thanks,
Airport closed many years ago
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1612x1056/file2436_2025c4cab481e7595780a174198276f3cedb16f0.jpg
Looks like a Schweizer but I doubt it.
Your part of the world ?
dash7fan
2nd Aug 2019, 14:19
No, ist a Scheibe L-Spatz 55
Doesn't look small.
Strasshof ?
dash7fan
2nd Aug 2019, 16:05
Not Austria, but in the vicinity
Two choices I feel.
Switzerland maybe, but I have discovered that glider was popular in Hungary.
The car might be East German or Russian.
JENKINS
2nd Aug 2019, 17:53
Munich-Riem?
dash7fan
2nd Aug 2019, 18:37
Jenkins, correct city but wrong airport. The Hangar was typical for this field. You could fly through it.
dash7fan
2nd Aug 2019, 19:22
Dook is correct. Airport closed 1968. We picked up the glider 1959.
Your control
Nice challenge d7f.
I'll put this up.
However, if anyone feels like a shot at posting a challenge, then please feel free to do so and I will then remove this one.
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/700x489/lots_5ed7ee68ee9e8f32587cf25baf0d816d68b24400.jpg
Self loading bear
2nd Aug 2019, 20:20
Looks like they are grounded due to some bug in the MCAS system!!
sycamore
2nd Aug 2019, 20:25
Possibly Canada,or Orstralia.....?
JENKINS
2nd Aug 2019, 20:57
Scoudouc, New Brunswick?
Splash. :ok:
Scoudouc was an RLG for Moncton.
Your round.
JENKINS
2nd Aug 2019, 21:28
Thanks. Some amazing photographs of Lancasters left out in the Alberta prairie, and more amazing was the 'Tankaster.' Bedtime now, and busy tomorrow matin, so OH I regret
Self loading bear
2nd Aug 2019, 22:10
I will try to reach to Jenkins’ cryptical level:
His flight was bad, not like a gracious falcon.
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/736x1152/a5de8496_0a7b_437f_a199_fd0ca707d2eb_39392b3cc005dc087a80bfe 743acfd9651c5789b.jpeg
Now turned into a golf course.
Self loading bear
3rd Aug 2019, 13:29
You will have to decript (most) in French
That would be fine if I knew what to interpret.
I'm out on this one - see you later.
sycamore
3rd Aug 2019, 15:20
Son vol etait mauvais,pas comme un faucon gracieux`...A de S Ex.....?
For a thread which is about identifying aerodromes, maybe this is now getting a bit silly !
sycamore
3rd Aug 2019, 16:46
Is it in France, ..Paris..?
Who is `he`, Pilatre de Rosiere,...Louis B,,...?
Self loading bear
3rd Aug 2019, 17:36
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1334x587/47ef5d4a_9e6d_41c3_bc28_60dec151d1f6_4d416895c693d26b8a22c50 98e97b5b2a2655acc.jpeg
when you have the man and his machine the Aerodrome is easy
Self loading bear
3rd Aug 2019, 18:01
Is it in France, ..Paris..?
Who is `he`, Pilatre de Rosiere,...Louis B,,...?
Paris neighbourhood indeed
Not one of the Pioneers above.
There is a French song about him
partial Free translation:
The plane!, the plane!
It climbs into the air,
It hovers over the mountains, it crosses the seas,
Let it go to watch the sun like Icarus
And that it may astray even further
And it puts a trace in the sky, an eternal furrow
But let's keep it the suave name of a plane
Because of it’s magic word, the five clever letters
This virtue opens up mobile skies.
French, what did you do with his air castles?
He left a word, but there is nothing else left of him.