Which Aerodrome Mk III

[dook]

You can't buy one anymore but I have Hasegawa Sopwith Camel - 1/8 scale.

Designed as a skeleton model. The engine is a masterpiece in itself.

[Self loading bear]

"her"...."her"...?

He'll love that.

I don’t mind that.
Actually it is good manners of her/him (Chrevron)
when the OP posts under a pseudonym.

By the way, we had an outspoken female contributor some months back.
Did we scare her off?

[Asturias56]

India42 - is that the UK?

[dook]

We didn't scare that female off - she's a troll.

[India Four Two]

Yeah but nah! :)

Head in an antipodal direction.

[dook]

It would be nice if that Moth was VH-UPV.

Mascot, Sydney ?

[Self loading bear]

We didn't scare that female off - she's a troll.

Now dook, what a language.
This might really scare her off....

[dook]

She appeared on another thread once and then disappeared.

Maybe a he not a she.

[India Four Two]

Not Mascot. What’s special about VH-UPV?

I left an unintentional clue in the picture.

[dook]

VH-UPV Maude Bonney first female solo Australia to UK.

[Self loading bear]

Hokitika New Zealand?
OH if correct

[India Four Two]

dook,

Thanks. I had not heard of Maude. I shall look her up.

SLB,

Right country, but not Hokitika. My accidental clue is the very faint ZK at the bottom right of the picture.

[Self loading bear]

Thanks I42.
I couldn’t find much hangars with knuckled roof in Oz or NZ.
dook’s mascot was 1, Hokitika another.
Perhaps somebody in the night shift or in Oz and NZ will find it.
I am leveling-off.

[kaikohe76]

Could it be Ardmore possibly?

[India Four Two]

Not Ardmore but getting warmer.

[India Four Two]

This should give it away:

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1179x750/b9c83e57_036b_4b07_a4a6_6500a54d76b8_8945ce7e274a4e9c769b6e4 5e932910caf7516d2.jpeg

[mustbeaboeing]

Mission Bay.

Open House if correct.

[siftydog]

I'll have a go at Hobby, or Hobsonville as it was known to visiting pilots.

OH also, if correct

[India Four Two]

siftydog gets the bone!

Hobsonville, now closed. Here’s the original unedited photo:

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/934x549/3f7c4360_96b8_4947_b609_a66ac9c46023_e6fae23c8ab71efbe71f4d3 99c4d83b32d01e0e5.jpeg

Douglas Mill’s house is one of 15 houses at Hobsonville Airbase classified as a heritage building. These built heritage landmarks are being retained during the transformation of the former RNZAF base into a new housing estate. One of the reasons the house is being preserved is due the significance of Douglas Mill; one of New Zealand’s pioneer aviators.

Mill was one of the first fliers to see the potential for commercial aviation in New Zealand. In 1927 he established the Air Survey and Transport Company at Hobsonville. One of its specialities was aerial surveying and photography, but the company was also the New Zealand agent for Britain’s De Havilland Aircraft Company. As De Havilland’s agent the company imported and assembled De Havilland Moths and Tiger Moths, which Mill then sold to aero clubs throughout New Zealand.

https://tinyurl.com/y2lj8vh3
(Why does PPRuNe censor this website?)

More information here:
https://hobsonvillepoint.co.nz/about/histor (https://hobsonvillepoint.co.nz/about/history/)y

siftydog has declared Open House.

I think it is jensdad’s turn at bat.

[dook]

That tiny url opened for me.

[India Four Two]

Yes, it’s the site behind the TinyURL, beginning with B, that PPRuNe hates.

[dook]

Oh I see. Thanks.

[dook]

I42 said he thinks it's jensdads' turn to bat.

Nobody has pitched up for the OH though.

[JENKINS]

Here goes. This grabbed the attention of two truly wonderful British wordsmiths, Noel Coward and Max Boyce.
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1440x1080/earth_postcard_1567454958_ceffb2482f5122eb8b1ec471f6d2ff820f 594b2f.jpg

[chevvron]

Obviously USA.

[JENKINS]

Interestingly not, but it looks it doesn't it. Don't be put off by the rejection.

[jensdad]

Hi team, Apologies for not picking up on the invitation to bat before...
The current challenge: Macau?

[JENKINS]

Not Macau. My son remembers, I think, a hangover caused by a Macau trip.

[India Four Two]

A tropical airport?

I had never heard of Max Boyce, but I do know of Noël Coward. Are we to look for places mentioned in Mad Dogs and Englishmen? A much longer song than I expected!

[JENKINS]

Checking on Lat and Long, answer very soon.

[JENKINS]

Within the definition, yes.

[JENKINS]

Never heard of Max Boyce! Just found the extra about Mad Dogs, no I'm afraid.

[JENKINS]

I believe that Mad Dogs pre-dates the interest of the Master in this spot by several years.

Now bedtime, good night.

[chimbu warrior]

Pago Pago (NSTU) in American Samoa. A place where waves sometimes crash over the runway.

Open house.

[JENKINS]

That's the place. Coward set off by sea to spend time writing there, though I believe that he was distracted during the journey and failed to reach Pago Pago. Boyce, in 1991, while expressing the horror of his nation at defeat by Western Samoa, posited that Wales was lucky that only Western rather than the whole of Samoa was involved. Pago Pago is in the American part of Samoa, formerly ruled by the US Navy, and has only recently taken up rugby.

OH declared.

[Asturias56]

Another one a long way from the S pacific https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/509x568/2019_09_08_082957_83e80d789e21a7d0282d502a6683cd1a05b8b49a.j pg

[JENKINS]

And even further South perhaps than Pago Pago? I once worked alongside a wing like that, though it was in Liberia many years ago.

[sycamore]

A C-130 probably civilian,just shutting down,somewhere in the `dark continent`....

[Asturias56]

It is a C-130 - but if the Dark Continent is Africa you're wrong....

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/386x335/2019_09_09_134633_b070a48ad0059b31179b3b637af29b2a350e392f.j pg

[sycamore]

OK ..Far East...?

[Asturias56]

No - not Far East - here it is in the dry season......

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/428x315/2019_09_08_083155_77f2e071ccb7487f36465c53f2c2f6b9e31a70dc.j pg

[dook]

"dry season"

Does it get monsoons ?

[Asturias56]

Not that I'm aware of - and Hurricanes hardly happen either........................

the local town was nothing until about 1960 onwards................ TBH its still bit of dump but prosperous (relatively)

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/209x194/2019_09_08_083114_213261dd81c30d60ad94e5faf00cd6e6284211e6.j pg

[dook]

By "dry season" I therefore assume you mean summer.

Since you mention hurricanes it must be northern hemisphere.

[Asturias56]

Hurricanes or cyclones or typhoons happen world wide in both hemispheres - but not here - which is south of the equator

[Asturias56]

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/391x243/2019_09_08_083129_5f8bd0530b500138ad04e598a9cbf7ebe374d232.j pg

[dook]

New Zealand ?

[dook]

Or possibly South America.

[sycamore]

Possibly Argentina...?

[Asturias56]

we are indeed in S America - but not the Argentine Republic - it's Ok (-ish) but occasionaly standards slip................

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/668x511/2019_09_09_140126_e908e5f05898932d1228dc36ca95a6dbe67b4ce7.j pg
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/775x465/2019_09_09_135640_20609b0e8db052831c634bcb2df7323da0417341.j pg

[Asturias56]

Oddly, given it's location, there don't seem to be any international flights scheduled from here

[dook]

You said it's a bit of a dump.

Did Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid get killed here ?

[ExAscoteer]

C-130 with the props parked wrong.

[Asturias56]

Dook has the correct country - the Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia - but it's not San Vicente

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/491x302/2019_09_09_140108_ae8d2878a4f535e777c49dd87b2ad0d7890787b4.j pg
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/385x305/2019_09_09_135426_f37f82ca9c33ca2123e07212e550fefd6c3ee02e.j pg

[dook]

I am down to M on my list.....

[mgahan]

Sucre?

When we were there we were told it was the Capital.

[Self loading bear]

Yacuiba

Usually Asturias takes at least some photo’s from the Google Earth location photo’s.
The Hercules with the floppy propeller blades is from Yacuiba.

I regret to call OH (if correct)
Busy day again tomorrow

[Self loading bear]

PS,

I first went for an aircraft ID on the quite specific Cessna Caravan/supervan with green top and white belly.
I still cannot find any photo of that one.
Is that from your private collection?

[dook]

I cannot believe it's Yacuiba.

Nothing matches - runway and markings, ramp, tower, buildings.

[Self loading bear]

Empty apron (https://www.google.nl/search?q=yacuiba+airport&source=lmns&bih=553&biw=375&client=safari&prmd=minv&hl=nl&ved=2ahUKEwi8jeLx28nkAhUSdlAKHY-PDLYQ_AUoAHoECAAQAw#fid=0x940f2be809205bf1:0xe12e7040ba1274f 3&fpstate=luuv&imagekey=!1e10!2sAF1QipP-MnxfX4fWuvVrRUHTwVRuCX3F9hSczmpZNWhn&trex=m_t:lcl_akp,rc_f:nav,rc_ludocids:16226029930764465395,r c_q:Yacuiba%2520Airport,ru_q:Yacuiba%2520Airport&viewerState=lb)


Boeing nose (https://www.google.nl/search?q=yacuiba+airport&source=lmns&bih=553&biw=375&client=safari&prmd=minv&hl=nl&ved=2ahUKEwi8jeLx28nkAhUSdlAKHY-PDLYQ_AUoAHoECAAQAw#fid=0x940f2be809205bf1:0xe12e7040ba1274f 3&fpstate=luuv&imagekey=!1e10!2sAF1QipP1FG1kLYS6UQeYaVUWRqW_2rw4H1S49PHYCf1 o&trex=m_t:lcl_akp,rc_f:nav,rc_ludocids:16226029930764465395,r c_q:Yacuiba%2520Airport,ru_q:Yacuiba%2520Airport&viewerState=lb)

[dook]

Check Google Earth.

[Self loading bear]

Check Google Earth.

I am with you on the runway, the ramp with boxes, the tower and the Caravan.
But I could not find any match on those in Bolivia.
For the other photos I have a match on Yacuiba.

Let wait and see what Asturias had in mind.

[sycamore]

ExAscot ,props are still winding down,and the flaps are still at t/o.....

[4forward8back]

Cessna Caravan/supervan with green top and white belly.

I believe that is not a Caravan, but a Quest Kodiak.

[Asturias56]

Sorry guys - I was dragged out last night.......................

It is Yacubia................ right down in S Bolivia - mainly an oil town built up 1960-1980

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1000x826/2019_09_09_134218_08572855ff417e43d4aaee7aa86646e19629a0dd.j pg
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/241x119/2019_09_09_134823_39f3b5e10b11b8a0acc111af75946ca7fda0babc.j pg
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/315x167/2019_09_09_134719_722c039ceda56e69a698251105341a1c6ea30653.j pg
Bear has the con

[India Four Two]

... I was dragged out last night...

A likely story signore!

[Max Tow]

Can I also query the aerial views - also the blue terminal doesn't seem to fit?

[dook]

The reason I didn't think it was there is that this the GE view of Yakuiba.

I am now somewhat baffled.


https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/532x512/capture_540f90c18e2e602c2f373e76bdac0c2445d349bd.jpg

[washoutt]

Asturias airport picture in 16804 looks a bit like a Flight Simulator picture. The trees at the horizon seem too sharp w.r.t. to the rest of the scene.

[dook]

Even more baffled. The terminal building:


https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/614x450/yacuiba_1fc7194f275c939e062927329823657cf030b754.jpg

[sycamore]

Looks like GE is `stuck` at year 2005 and not 2019....

[dook]

But the photo above isn't.

'tis best to wait for the next challenge methinks.

[Max Tow]

I think the next challenge is the name of the airport in post 16815!

[dook]

Gentlemen,

Bear has called OH.

[nvubu]

Here you go for the Open House

https://qc3qag.bn.files.1drv.com/y4m7VFa7W6Kh2kTo3neTaeVv3m--raFBCc_SnW9gjmb11A7P1CJZStGWrgl095dzAjkLh86PKM4MKCsUYWY2Hic3 mmBIAoQvLBT0ePvP1KdYfljlLOYxxErsOvApouADjwuxAyTJVdnm4kp37e_C y3zRc6wJTNWwXC3AmKpvHCX7fu_G1axAjccnUqY8nxLoqc933ETAqkRd4StA ZktJlB16Q?width=1024&height=576&cropmode=none

[dook]

Good grief.

WW2 ?

[nvubu]

No it isn't WW2 for once.

[Auxtank]

A veritable plethora of SEP's doing 180's in that foreground turning area.

Auxtank is back and is going thoroughly wild-card with...

New Zealand. (something about the light - either that or it's Skegness)

[dook]

Good afternoon nvubu

Maybe cold war Canada.

[nvubu]

Not New Zealand, Canada or even Skegness.

[dook]

Well, it ain't Cleethorpes either !

Somewhere in the Med ?

[Auxtank]

Hold!

Malta?

[nvubu]

Not in the Med, so Malta is out as well,

One end of the single runway
https://nunw0g.bn.files.1drv.com/y4mG1nUjz9TWegsL_sVuzIq_vM9r5caQSFrETg6xQYU8GGxH1QqL24d7KMMp E68YliopnM8Jicml2wSoAbo3iIMY9y8cP0SVBqv1HZnaxtlFqmDAGkP8vB6l wpn_tI3uYWdtqiwpVcI03BIHYz9qVu2fKjgkHAtjslc2GE4L7iCNLTGfi8hD-orm29vWV4lt2rePatVaRm9uHVynxVvL49zmw?width=1024&height=576&cropmode=none

[dook]

Is it Europe ?

[Auxtank]

South America.
Chile way.

[dook]

I hope it's Europe. ;)

[Auxtank]

Nah, got that wrong dook.
We're South America or I'll eat my supper.

[Auxtank]

I still say South America - and will be checking in tomorrow morning to ascertain the validation of my assertion.
(It's all very well of dook - in his Lightening - to geographically flit from perch to perch, etc, etc.)

[nvubu]

If you have finished your supper, you'd better go and eat another one as we are in Europe.

Here's the view when I turned around
https://l6krpq.bn.files.1drv.com/y4m0q99KQYX8GKNx5UAqwdzqPe26cyIoKjSgUk1ieBa2rtpq7X5K8k5ADV4D 9DUIuwKs8QwhpTaxLr3efgcu2EwPXeqMLS2AjHV1tN1HdWNaKqLz9cj92Cv3 TgKYNG3F8uDl3k296RlJ8Q9l9wuk8qSDNg4RB1SXTcGdpayGJtdN5ADQMbWe c3BzbDi4qsbNGXfdlkGAAnhDOlzpc3_W45XrQ?width=1024&height=576&cropmode=none

[dook]

Not very long is it, unless a lot of weed has taken over.

Northern Europe ?

[nvubu]

Full runway is/was about 600yds long, almost N/S. It is listed on this website - https://www.aviationfanatic.com/index.php. Although not sure how much help that is :)

In the only image I have found on the web with aircraft on it, they are gyro-copters.

Has a single hangar - there was another one to the right of this in 2012, but was removed sometime before 2015.
https://ov5pdq.bn.files.1drv.com/y4mGkje0R-FrEgmrnvm_HAF4u4jCrOqXnnpMlCsIoEXQukMq25wsmOjpYdtmwMatUKrSEf mJ07YUd1KVFBn3hgVvDwW5PoafnDn1crhoo5HDLVDA37g9bVQNRSW4DzEd0j lnjuAtJ4D06lZsoYITOAS953a-mhqaPVJfgY2Hmg_O2jCslRjw-kVzUKd9r3zNeRJifApdvwVDaLeCHoBk9kkPA?width=1024&height=576&cropmode=none

[dook]

Hungary maybe ?

[nvubu]

Not Northern or Eastern Europe.

[dook]

Well, I found the continent and country for the last challenge, but I now have to climb a couple of feet and level off.

Nite nite.

[dook]

Spain perchance ?

[nvubu]

Not Spain, but close by.

[sycamore]

Flughafen Praia Verde, bottom right corner of Portugal....OH if correct

[nvubu]

It is in Portugal, but not Praia Verde. (Not sure why an Aeródromo in Portugal would be called a Flughafen)

I didn't know this when I took this photo, but the airfield is just behind the hill on the right of the valley.
https://zyvh6g.bn.files.1drv.com/y4moW0kbMudth4gH6EM7Qud4IjOPYX2pkdSxzS4qQncC30JSldahL_vtckHf 3mDu0Bj8ao4d7ZfJ1UjAo-nzMjYFwtEv25OaI2-HGVwz_Ap0KnMAd-3R5YSICtqGE_r1jwHqTs2KCE2au2VUeYWyqDu4-aNOVveFe64Kh10q4XaR6Hg-qJqot4BhsaJfbmOyIhrZXhh7u3hDErEbDSerOzqlQ?width=1024&height=576&cropmode=none

[chevvron]

Lagos Microlight airfield?

[nvubu]

Not Lagos - and it isn't on the Algarve

[dook]

Is it marked as an airfield in GE ?

[dook]

Aerodromo de Obidos ?

[nvubu]

dook has found it as it is the Aerodromo de Obidos - the picture from the town wall of Obidos should have given it away.

Was driving back to our accommodation when I saw this.
https://zyvg6g.bn.files.1drv.com/y4mkjd1x-HrwNHnKy2mUnaS1OY1--2828u_b5Icw8cGHCnvvqPxy-cBlW39tUvb1XRSLLjzdYDlBnAnkUTwxT7D-NzOTIjAKeTD8V_Xdy__TdqihHOe2cpawRugwtsEXR6Q8BYTwWRq47Ccgymxe zx0RZ_hf9Uk9rL6_FXAF7VP4wxL9b5ka5_y7F6tDMwGcfm8qi24fRd5-mGVHhbNdglZRw?width=1024&height=576&cropmode=none

Drove a little way down the road to come across this:
https://mhc5sa.bn.files.1drv.com/y4mBxYim0zC0PGz5xpkjaBnRpvenjYbP42vTIrVvWJmSb5NDv7IQ9iJdqEXE mwIU2TOGX2BjeX9vQkQter51hwlt3ZY8a9b4ywBK3tF7Yd7QXE8-Y_7hGTLClBXZcDZWAtGyJVn6aWAeP1YmRwyt0JUGef9E1_5kfZHYJJ7blNX8 r41zKj_cMpny9LYmfY8_qLvi71ZRIaa66IAKQm9-TGcDg?width=1024&height=576&cropmode=none

Definitely one for this thread I thought. Don't know when it was last used as the image on Google earth has both hangars

Over to you.

[dook]

My GE version has only one hangar.

That was a sod !

Standby please......

[dook]

Ball rolling....


https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/750x422/friday_fa4940eb73fdb93ce4c3943e1dac09c949d79165.png

[nvubu]

dook - go back to 2012, The 2nd hangar appears plus a small building.

[dook]

Thank you. I only looked at the current image.

[Self loading bear]

Ball rolling....


https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/750x422/friday_fa4940eb73fdb93ce4c3943e1dac09c949d79165.png

Is that Neo-Barbarian or Retro-Alpine building style?

[chevvron]

Not Lagos - and it isn't on the Algarve
I hate to argue but the roadsign and the sign on the hangar clearly says 'Lagoa' which is the Portuguiese for 'Lagos', plus the sign on the hangar says 'Escola de pilots ULM' which means microlights.

[dook]

Bear,

Neither.

chevvron,

Comments from nvubu will be interesting

[nvubu]

The aerodrome is shown as " Aerodromo de Obidos" on the web,

The sign & hangar state "Aeroclube Lagoa de Obidos",

If you go north of the airfield there is a the Lagoa de Obidos or Obidos Lagoon (where we spend some time paddle boarding), so the Lagoa in this case translates as Lagoon or Lake, and the sign is saying "Aeroclub of Obidos Lagoon".

There's also a Lagos in Portugal in the Algarve, which is where I thought you meant when you stated "Lagos Microlight Airfield" - especially as there is a microlight airfield just outside Lagos in Portugal (37°07'17.94" N 8°40'38.86" W) although it looks nothing like my images.

[dook]

That's settled then.

[India Four Two]

For the record. :)

Lagos Lagoon is a lagoon sharing its name with the city of Lagos, Nigeria, the largest city in Africa, which lies on its south-western side. The name is Portuguese, and means 'lakes' in the Portuguese language so 'Lagos Lagoon' is an example of a tautological place name.

[chevvron]

The aerodrome is shown as " Aerodromo de Obidos" on the web,

The sign & hangar state "Aeroclube Lagoa de Obidos",

If you go north of the airfield there is a the Lagoa de Obidos or Obidos Lagoon (where we spend some time paddle boarding), so the Lagoa in this case translates as Lagoon or Lake, and the sign is saying "Aeroclub of Obidos Lagoon".

There's also a Lagos in Portugal in the Algarve, which is where I thought you meant when you stated "Lagos Microlight Airfield" - especially as there is a microlight airfield just outside Lagos in Portugal (37°07'17.94" N 8°40'38.86" W) although it looks nothing like my images.
I can see where I made my mistake. Gerry Breen's airfield has been extensively developed since I last looked at it and as you say is nothing like the airfield pictured.

[sycamore]

Austria....?

[dook]

Good evening sycamore.

Go a long long way west.

[dook]

A different view.


https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/700x317/2_2__9bb1a3af7028474b01f0d8740c9c90070133948e.jpg

[chevvron]

The original Montserrat now covered in volcanic ash?

[dook]

Good morning chevvron.

You need to go a lot further west.

Think outside the box again.

US TV series about the survivors of an aircraft crash.

[sycamore]

Captain,where is my tanker...I`m diverting to Guyaquil shortly...!!,...or did you send it along the `West` line of latitude....??

[dook]

It's an island.

Are you Lost ?

[dook]

"Lost" seems lost on everyone.

A quick Google will find the island quickly.

[dook]

OK gentlemen, you all know that I do not do cryptic clues.

So far then:

US TV serial about the survivors of an aircraft crash.

"Lost"

An island.

I don't see why this is now difficult and I am considering revealing the answer.

[Self loading bear]

A desperate dook,
not seen very often.
I guess not very much players this Sunday.

as there are no other takers,
Billingham Oahu Hawai

[dook]

Goede dag Bear.

I'm not desperate - I just think it's been up for too long.

At long last a winner.

It's Dillingham not Billingham, Oahu.

Please take the thread. :)

[Self loading bear]

Thanks,

I think this will be a short one again.
Although, with everybody out to play.....

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1075x546/03dfc2cc_cdee_4243_867a_2011aae5414b_613115a97521067f6ebaaee 9ed2b528371522ac7.jpeg

[dook]

I'm not out to play - only here.

[dook]

Spartanburg airport park South Carolina.

[Self loading bear]

Spartanburg it is/was.
dook has control

[dook]

Thank you Bear.

I think it is appropriate to call OH.

[WIDN62]

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1879x1408/xxx_fa70a1de8ac44d80d06929f98d462cf12dfa666f.jpg
Plenty of clues in the photo.

[dook]

I would say it's a UK airport.

[WIDN62]

A good start!

[sycamore]

Leeds....?

[WIDN62]

Not Leeds.

[dook]

Is it East Midlands ?

[WIDN62]

No it isn't EMA.

[dook]

It looks like a cargo jet.

Stansted ?

[WIDN62]

Yes it's a DC-8. But wrong place and wrong thinking from you all.

[dook]

Wrong thinking from us all ?

Two of us. Am I correct with cargo jet ?

[WIDN62]

I am so sorry! Wrong thinking from both of you.
Is that better?

[dook]

I didn't mean to be flippant of facetious.

Do I read Cargo Express ?

[WIDN62]

I will give you Air Charter Express. Now you should be able to Google away and get there.

[dook]

"were you truly wafted here from paradise ?"

"nahh Luton airport"

[WIDN62]

Not Luton. Still wrong thinking. What do Leeds, Stansted, East Midlands and Luton have in common - apart from all being wrong?

[dook]

Dunno - one runway ?

[Self loading bear]

They are all English but I understood there are more countries in the UK?

[WIDN62]

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1879x1408/yyy_7dcd49185d96f6461f59290824861dd51503c419.jpg
Same company, same airfield - different weather. More clues in this photo.
It is in England.

[chevvron]

"Lost" seems lost on everyone.

A quick Google will find the island quickly.
Never watched it.

[WIDN62]

Off out for a couple of hours. I will answer if I have a mobile phone signal!

[Self loading bear]

Not a civilian airport but military?
I see a SafeSkys bird control vehicle in the first photo
Would that be on RAF Valley?

[Self loading bear]

Nothing LOST by not watching it!

[dook]

chevvron,

I never watched it either but a google of the series Lost reveals Oahu.

[sycamore]

Bristol...?

[WIDN62]

Not Valley but at least you have got away from civilian airfields.

[WIDN62]

Getting warmer with Bristol.

[dook]

St. Athan maybe.

[WIDN62]

Colder with St Athan. I did say earlier it was England.

[dook]

Doing the tour.

Brize Norton ?

[sycamore]

Well, it could be Lyneham,must`ve been empty on 25, and V1 was at `Brakes Off`...!

[WIDN62]

Lyneham it was. Over to Sycamore.

[sycamore]

Something a bit different... sorry ,pressed wrong button,but should work

[Self loading bear]

Is this a recent classic run
or an old picture of a race?

[dook]

Croft maybe ?

Could be Odiham.

[sycamore]

SLB, recent in `classic terms` was 25 yrs ago.....didn`t win...
dook,neither, O is closer.......

[dook]

Thruxton opened a long time ago.

[sycamore]

This is MOD property

[dook]

I thought it might be Hullavington but that was sold recently.

I assume current MoD property

[sycamore]

Getting warmer...

[dook]

East of Wiltshire ?

[sycamore]

If you mean East of the county of Wilts...No

[JENKINS]

Colerne perhaps?

[chevvron]

Llandow???

[sycamore]

LLandow is in Wales..no..
J,I would have thought you might have been a `courier` here...
Not Colerne,but we raced there as well....

[chevvron]

Pershore then?

[sycamore]

Not Pershore,too cold up there

[dook]

Still searching.

Please clarify:

Is it currently MoD property and is the circuit still in use ?

[sycamore]

Current MOD property....circuit is not in use,but runways are in use regularly ,drag strips ,and what they were designed for...by all sorts....
main is 6000 ft

[JENKINS]

Silly of me, too many hills. Keevil?

[sycamore]

It`s very nice there at night,but you need goosenecks and goggles

[sycamore]

I`ll light the goosenecks ,clear for take-off Jenks...!!!

If you `google it ,you`ll find videos ,Apaches,C17,A400 and Herks there.....

[dook]

Keevil is sometimes used as a motorsport circuit.

[sycamore]

I was the Comp.Sec for RAFMSA road racing(voluntarily),so we used to race at those places,plus the IOM TT,MGP,and sometimes Internationals ,and other UK venues.Beats being `Officer I/c JR mess, Cpls Club or Mess Sec....
Again,sometimes one had to lead from the `front`....

[JENKINS]

Thanks. I had a similar sports role which confused those who wished to enhance my career, wonderful. On the day shown, if indeed 25 years ago is as you say, I was battling South Atlantic gales for 4 hours 30, a short day. Never flown skydiving at Keevil, plenty at Colerne, and at the successor to Colerne where an acquaintance was twice required to attend, and succeeded each time.

A sporting event drew my attention to this place.
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1440x1080/earth_postcard_1567344995_2ce09c2715407b2492f53a0647aff1de96 ec86b1.jpg

[dook]

The best secondary duty I had, in 1972, was bar officer.

As for the challenge, I have had quite enough for one day so I'll come back to it in the AM if it's still going.

[Self loading bear]

Cricket or Rugby?

[JENKINS]

Neither SLB.

[Self loading bear]

Then it is not a sports event

[JENKINS]

Ho-ho. This sport is followed by many, and the Dutch seem to be quite prominent therein.

[Self loading bear]

Then either darts or sailing

[dook]

Can't resist this......Cruyff.

[JENKINS]

Both wrong. Good weekend for Dutch teams from the sport this weekend in different countries. This airfield seems to be the international airport for a country not its own, and lies in a region keen to cut ties to the country which is its own.

So, something of a lottery perhaps, that might help as a banker.

[JENKINS]

Bedtime, 'till tomorrow. Lots of ironing, so will be close to machine.

[jensdad]

The hint that the airport serves 'a country that is not its own' and its location in a country that some in the region want to break away from, would seem to point to an airfield in Catalonia that serves as the airport for Andorra? Haven't a clue which one though. Lleida is in flat(ish) country and the pic looks a bit hilly...

[ea200]

The clues seem to fit cycling (terrain, La Vuelta, Tour of Britain) possibly Tour de France? Then airfield in Catalonia serving Andorra. That's as far as I get because I cannot think of an airport that fits the bill and I cannot see one on GE either.

[ea200]

We crossed there Jensdad. I looked at Lleida but it's not that. Off to bed!

[JENKINS]

The responses to the clues are correct, keep looking.

[jensdad]

A google search of 'airport for andorra' brought up the wikipedia page for La Seu d'Urgell airport, which includes a nice overhead view of an airfield that looks suspiciously like the one in your picture :)

[dook]

I think it's La Seu d'Urgell in Andorra.

sod it - too late.

[JENKINS]

Jensdad has it. My attention taken by it when looking at aircraft involved in TV presentation of La Vuelta. Field opened in 1980's, Common Market subsidy perhaps, but closed soon after. I imagine the pull of Andorran money ensured the re-opening.

To you.

[chevvron]

Jensdad has it. My attention taken by it when looking at aircraft involved in TV presentation of La Vuelta. Field opened in 1980's, Common Market subsidy perhaps, but closed soon after. I imagine the pull of Andorran money ensured the re-opening.

To you.
So you're the other person who watches the Vuelta; I thought me and Mrs C were the only ones.
Tour of Britain was good too; when they said one stage was in 'Pershore' my hopes were quickly dashed when it turned out to be the town, not the airfield..

[jensdad]

Thank you JENKs. Must admit I'd seen the town on maps before but didn't realise there was an airport there!

Here's the airfield I posted a week or so ago but had to withdraw as someone beat me to the open house...
For the moment I'll just answer yes or no to an airfield name as I'm pretty sure one of you knowledgeable and richly experienced people will have been here. If it doesn't go by tonight I'll start dishing out the clues...
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/640x480/no_clues_here_i_learned_my_lesson_last_time_b370de2d97b8556f ad1bae1fabaa48166c04d7a6.jpg

[dook]

If you're only going to answer yes or no to an airfield name, then how about geography.

Europe ?

[jensdad]

In the unlikely event that this is still active, I'll start dishing out clues at 7pm UK time :) Someone on here will have been to this place, I'm sure.

[dook]

OK then.

I'll check out.

[chevvron]

Llanbedr??

[jensdad]

No to Llanbedr :)

[jensdad]

I've just realised, the fact that I've said that someone on here will have been is kind-of a clue that it isn't in the border regions of Mongolia and Siberia for instance. Back in an hour or so...

[sycamore]

In UK ,plus all Ireland

[Flap40]

I'll have a stab at Colonsay.

[paddyboy]

Tingwall.

OH

[jensdad]

Looks like paddyboy has been there :) Tingwall it indeed is.
Open House has been called.

[dook]

Does anyone have something ?

[sycamore]

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/810x518/far_from_home2_5806690f0657068136795f8727d3c95f57434f32.jpg
Far from home
Here goes,and a pair of sharp eyes may find an interloper `far from home......`

[sycamore]

Apologies senor...

[dook]

Eessa OK now

[dook]

Isla Grande Airport, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

I think the interloper might be a JP.

[chevvron]

Looks like paddyboy has been there :) Tingwall it indeed is.
Open House has been called.
Pedant Mode!
To be accurate it's the 'new' Tingwall airport which replaced the old grass strip in, I think, the '80s.
I flew into the old strip in Sep 1972 courtesy of Loganair; a patch of stinging nettles marked the northern end of the strip and there was a substantial stone barn just off centreline at the southern end but I don't know exactly where it was! There was a dry stone wall next to the barn which extended across the centreline; a visiting Aztec tried to demolish this while landing during my 'tour of duty' at Sumburgh.

[sycamore]

dook,you have been to `Specsavers`....correct on both counts.... pins out,canopy closed ,....off you go
It is Mk4 XP547...

[dook]

Not Specsavers - ASDA opticians - much cheaper. Oh, and I have over 2000 hours on JPs.

Dice roll again, but not too difficult.


https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/700x348/eyes_86ce580e4741a460f1c6421c786b0d465b69df30.jpg

[JENKINS]

XP547, 27 July 1981, Lossie - Leuchars - Finningley - Brawdy. My last Mark 4 trip. Another marvellous 'jolly.'

[sycamore]

J,could have done that in one...burning at lo-level...?

[jensdad]

Pedant Mode!
To be accurate it's the 'new' Tingwall airport which replaced the old grass strip in, I think, the '80s.
I flew into the old strip in Sep 1972 courtesy of Loganair; a patch of stinging nettles marked the northern end of the strip and there was a substantial stone barn just off centreline at the southern end but I don't know exactly where it was! There was a dry stone wall next to the barn which extended across the centreline; a visiting Aztec tried to demolish this while landing during my 'tour of duty' at Sumburgh.
Didn't know that this place was a replacement for a previous strip. Thanks for your recollections and the info. I paid a quick visit while driving around Mainland earlier this year; I visited on a Saturday so no activity unfortunately!

[Self loading bear]

Not Specsavers - ASDA opticians - much cheaper. Oh, and I have over 2000 hours on JPs.

Dice roll again, but not too difficult.


https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/700x348/eyes_86ce580e4741a460f1c6421c786b0d465b69df30.jpg

This is probably either HR-TNL of TAN carga or HR-SHN of Sahsa. Lots of pictures on the net. Most from Miami International.

[chevvron]

XP547, 27 July 1981, Lossie - Leuchars - Finningley - Brawdy. My last Mark 4 trip. Another marvellous 'jolly.'
JP4 still in use at Shawbury when I did my PAR course in 1984, but I didn't manage to get a 'jolly' like some others did when doing the course.:{

[dook]

Bear,

It is indeed a TAN aeroplane but it's not Miami.

[JENKINS]

For Sycamore, Lossie - Brawdy at high level tight and unlikely, not much Rebecca Eureka coverage left in 1981. Low level much more fun. Distant memory of Rebecca Eureka at Twenthe earlier that year on another jolly, but not convinced. On one trip I went Leuchars - Coningsby, doing a favour for the future Scottish Air Marshal.

[2 TWU]

XP 547, first trip Ex 121, dual GH at Cranwell, 6 landings, 25 Nov 1966

[Self loading bear]

Bear,

It is indeed a TAN aeroplane but it's not Miami.

Let’s not go for the most obvious:
Belize City Philip S.W Goldson International airport

[dook]

Belize it is Bear. Taken by an RAF controller.

Your service.

[sycamore]

Having been to Belize,it looks very much like Rudi,handling agent`s ,truck......

[dook]

You may well be right.

[Self loading bear]

Thanks dook,

Now just for the mood impression of the twilight zone:

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1334x427/872e1ce2_999e_42fe_a99a_8848b8aa19cd_39bbdd6b9e09c84b2596efb 0b4aa8ce202746e0e.jpeg

[chevvron]

King's College Hospital

[Self loading bear]

Wrong country

[dook]

Rotterdam maybe ?

[Self loading bear]

I will not compare Rotterdam with the South Pole.
But the answer is not correct

[dook]

I thought that might be hopeful looking at the helicopter.

But are we in Nederland ? Coast Guard ?

[Self loading bear]

Nederland indeed

[dook]

Den Helder ?

[Self loading bear]

Not Den Helder
Mood and weather deteriorating

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/726x730/85e8e697_39a0_4e97_9789_d1e7d999bc3a_0de47ff78d695064b0309bb 1613d0a62bea6dacf.jpeg

[dook]

A very long shot - Maasvlakte ?

[Self loading bear]

Not on Maasvlakte nor on Maasvlakte 2.
But weather and mood improving

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/979x618/7c71d4f1_2ccc_4717_bb1c_f5e1262bd64e_598f4de6d2cc6dcc99b2dbc fbad590a826623644.jpeg

[dook]

It certainly looks right.


https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/650x390/capture_84c9e48888a21d289dea221a8d597a8cc9ff1029.jpg

[dook]

I wonder if it's also called Pistool Haven.

[dook]

Yes- they are the same place !

[Self loading bear]

Dook has control
The pilot helicopter station at the Pistoolhaven Europoort Rotterdam.
Don’t want to be pedantic but Maasvlakte starts on the other side of that Harbour.
That is about a 15 minutes drive.
This area is called Europoort

[dook]

It seems GE has the wrong place marked.

Not this one though.


https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/750x387/no_helicopters_ece0c3def115b0a0a52ac5047236264b2c46c13d.jpg

[chevvron]

Looks like Africa; similar to Banjul/Yundum but it's not there.

[dook]

You're right, but it is in Europe.

It no longer exist and has been changed into something else. Think sport.