Which Aerodrome Mk III

[sycamore]

Looks Mediterranean,near coast,Portugal or Spain...?

[dook]

Certainly Mediterranean and coastal, but you need to go east.

[chevvron]

Near Barcelona?

[dook]

Go east to the land of islands.

[Expatrick]

Ignorant newbie here - but love this thread!

Couldn't resist a punt -

Hal Far, Málta?

[dook]

Hello Expatrick.

That's one island - I suggested the land of islands. I also suggested think sport.

Please don't remain a newbie - join in more.

[nvubu]

Marathon - where the Olympic Rowing & Canoeing centre now is?

[dook]

Strike ! Marathon it is.

Over to you. :)

[Expatrick]

Hello Expatrick.

That's one island - I suggested the land of islands. I also suggested think sport.

Please don't remain a newbie - join in more.

Ah thanks! I shall. I thought of Hal Far because the surviving runway is (or was) used a a drag racing strip! I shall try again!

[dook]

As above, nvubu cracked the sport.

[nvubu]

Thanks dook. The Athens Olympics - lots of the venues used once and not since - check the hockey pitches (my sport) at the old airport on GE over time. What a complete waste.

And for the next aerodrome

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[dook]

Lossa sky.

Do I see French biplanes ?

[nvubu]

Helpfully, the name of the airfield was printed in large letters just below the hangars, so I had to cut them out :)

They may well be French, but more likely another nationality.

[dook]

Might they be American in France, as in expeditionary ?

[nvubu]

That they would.

here's some more sky:
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[dook]

Parois maybe ?

[nvubu]

This aerodrome is not at Parois. It is no longer an airfield, and hasn't been for a while.

Here are some aeroplanes (and sky)

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[dook]

This might be a long tour !

Methinks it was a temporary field.

Bicqueley ?

[nvubu]

Not Bicqueley and it wasn't a temporary field, used in both wars.

You'll like this picture :ok:.

There is a aerial composite of the local town on the wall of this trailer :)
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Too small? click here (http://www.nvubu.co.uk/pprune/20190918_09a.jpg) for a larger version. (I've blanked the name of the town out).

[dook]

Did you say I'd like it ?

[nvubu]

Due to the photo on the wall.

[dook]

That's what I assumed. :uhoh:

[nvubu]

Airfield is just off the bottom of the picture on the wall - and I'd say the North as at the bottom of the picture.

[dook]

Strange therefore that the north arrow is the other wat round. Perhaps that's the direction of the intelligence caravan.

Are we near Tours ?

[dook]

If it was used in both wars might it be Toul-Croix De Metz ?

[nvubu]

Well found, you have it with Toul-Croix De Metz.

Comparing the image with GE, the left hand side looks more like the eastern side of the town, and aren't those railways criss-crossing at the bottom of the picture - which are to the north of the town?

This chap was also stationed here.


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[dook]

Thank you - it did turn out to be quite a tour.

I am not sure of the caravan photo orientation to be honest.

I think I am the only player here who can devote a lot of time to the challenges.

I have no wish to be thought of as a hog and therefore feel it's appropriate to call OH.

[chevvron]

Thank you - it did turn out to be quite a tour.

I am not sure of the caravan photo orientation to be honest.

I think I am the only player here who can devote a lot of time to the challenges.

I have no wish to be thought of as a hog and therefore feel it's appropriate to call OH.
You're not a hog; you've refreshed a thread that had got a bit stale.

[dook]

Very gentlemanly of you to say so. Thank you.

However, an odd PM recently leads me to think that my presence here is not always appreciated.

[JENKINS]

Start looking for this spot. Language appreciation may help.
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[jensdad]

Hi JENKs, Got to be USA surely?

[JENKINS]

Indeed it is. GBS or Oscar Wilde defined the language situation, cannot be pinned down.

[jensdad]

Hmmm. Louisiana?

[JENKINS]

Not Louisiana. Certainly a state with a long history, and one which had an unwitting role in relatively recent events. Think words, think language.

[sycamore]

Cajun...? filet gumbo,on the bayou....?

[JENKINS]

No, but words open up a route.

[JENKINS]

And looking South, if the other view failed to cut it for you.....
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[JENKINS]

Now, bedtime. The state? The Catholics liked it, and Warby flew it.

[Self loading bear]

Freeway airport in Maryland
I regret OH (if correct)

[JENKINS]

Yes, not in bed yet. Freeway, not a word used in the English language, but certainly used in the American language, and perhaps a reasonable word to describe that main road. No doubt that will change. There was unwitting relevance here 17 years ago.

The future is not Orange, it seems, since OH declared.

[dook]

The future is now orange again.


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[Self loading bear]

Then in the Netherlands?

[dook]

Good afternoon Bear.

Not your country I'm afraid.

[Self loading bear]

Then it was an orange herring?

[dook]

I was not trying to mislead you.

It was a response to post #17040 by JENKINS.

[chevvron]

Another one of those froggie ones?

[Self loading bear]

Never mind.
I then can also discard the opportunity that Orange Future would be a lead to Japan.
I then assume the future is bright as a Blitz (Krieg)
So former Luftwaffe base?

[dook]

chevvron - not France.

Bear - it's not a former Luftwaffe base, but was occupied by the Germans in WW2.

[Self loading bear]

Poland perhaps?

[dook]

It's north of Poland.

[dook]

OK - north-west of Poland.

[Allan Lupton]

Norway perhaps?

[dook]

Now you are too far north.

Three countries comprise Scandinavia, so that's two to go.

[jensdad]

I can't see any civilian infrastructure (most military airfields in Denmark double up as civil airports), so is it Vaerloese?

[dook]

Bomb on target with Vaerloese. :ok:

Your turn.

[jensdad]

Thank you dook!
Open House, I'm afraid...

[JENKINS]

Rugby watched, awaiting weather horrors tomorrow. Try this: never landed here, but passed by when wiring house of wife's sister.
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1440x1080/earth_postcard_1569074273_6832f602c10545d486cfede35921ff41cf 7e8f08.jpg

[jensdad]

Good afternoon JENKs. More of a round-ball man myself, currently following the Clash of the Titans that is Newcastle v Brighton. Anyway...
Lack of hedgerows would suggest mainland Europe? If I had to take a punt, I'd go for France.

[dook]

Rugby ?.....Football ?.....

I only do the gentlemen stuff - golf. Just watched Ross Fisher ping an albatross on the eighteenth at Wentworth and bag an expensive BMW for his trouble.

You don't find these chaps arguing or shouting.

[JENKINS]

Keep punting, I hope that you punt from the correct end.

[jensdad]

A BMW? Some of the people currently running around St James's Park could buy one of those on a day's wages, and they still can't (as yet) hit a barn door from three yards, sadly :)

Not France, but is mainland Europe correct, JENKINS?

[dook]

Golfers aren't prima donnas.

Back to the challenge.

[jensdad]

Very true indeed, dook.

[JENKINS]

Yes, Europe, and I stress mainland Europe. The sister of my wife, the target of the wiring, was ici today with husband and dog.

[dook]

That sounds like France then.

Is the pic north orientated ?

[JENKINS]

The national designation of the large road, which is not a freeway, is the same as that of the nearest major trunk road to moi.

Yes to North.

[JENKINS]

Not France, I had already advised 'keep punting.'

[jensdad]

Hmmm, could that be a reference to propelling a small boat along a canal? Are we near Venice?

[sycamore]

J,they may have come over to move`in` as there was a Belgian `on the line`,or you may have wired the house up incorrectly.....

[JENKINS]

Punting was reference to the Oxford rather than the Cambridge mode of propulsion. For wiring, read 250 feet, 240 knots. It was a Mark 4 rather than a Mark 5. So, neither Belgium nor Venice.

[sycamore]

Must be in SLB`s neighbourhood..?

[dook]

I mis-read your punting reference also.

[chevvron]

Is that circular thing a VOR?

[dook]

Not with a building right next to it.

Holland ?

[JENKINS]

Not particularly close to The Netherlands, yet neither is it particularly far away, at 240 knots of course.

[dook]

240 ? Finals was 190 !!

Sorry - not concentrating - watching the mammaries and bums show on BBC1.

We're not back in Denmark are we ?

Could be Germany.

[Kemble Pitts]

Melle-Gronegau

Built by Montgomery's BAOR apparently. Now a mainly gliding site. Attended a fly in there this summer.

[Kemble Pitts]

... and OH please.

[JENKINS]

Yes, Melle. Wife's sister was with husband, a Brown Job, at Birdwood Barracks, Bunde.

OH declared from Gloucestershire.

[dook]

Not another one :{

[Kemble Pitts]

OK, try this one.
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[Kemble Pitts]

Clue. Has a fair claim to being the oldest aerodrome in the world.

[dook]

I always thought that was associated with the Wright Brothers but this clearly isn't.

[sycamore]

dook, suggest you don`t watch Naked Attraction` late at night........

[Kemble Pitts]

I would not suggest the Wrights weren't the first to achieve conrolled powered flight, certainly. But they were nowhere near here.

[dook]

Quite normal sycamore. :E

KP - UK ?

[Kemble Pitts]

Not the UK.

[Self loading bear]

Ljungbyhed Airport Sweden?

[chimbu warrior]

Would that be Waitohi, New Zealand, where Richard Pearse conducted his experimental flights in 1902? OH if correct.

[chevvron]

Clue. Has a fair claim to being the oldest aerodrome in the world.
As in Goodman Household in Kenya?

[Kemble Pitts]

Not Sweden, not NZ, not Kenya.

This is going better than I thought.

[sycamore]

First use of aerodrome (according to Wiki) was by the French at Viry-Chatillon,a Paris suburb ,now overgrown with housing,nothing visible in the environs..
Another is Gacina,in Russia,but nothing visible there either....
So ,is it Langley in USA..?

[chevvron]

First use of aerodrome (according to Wiki) was by the French at Viry-Chatillon,a Paris suburb ,now overgrown with housing,nothing visible in the environs..
Another is Gacina,in Russia,but nothing visible there either....
So ,is it Langley in USA..?
Langley's attempts used a houseboat as an 'airfield'.

[Kemble Pitts]

Not USA, not France.

The picture is current and the field is still used, mostly by gliders although I've landed the Jodel there.

[dook]

I thought it might be Ireland but can find nothing.

Possibly one of the low countries.

[sycamore]

Are we in Germany.....?
dook,apart from Harry Ferguson of tractor fame,....

[dook]

Yes - I found Ferguson but no airstrip.

[dook]

Off topic.

JENKINS thinks that a "wire" is 250 ft 240 kts.

May I introduce a very good friend and colleague.


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[Kemble Pitts]

Sycamore - Germany indeed.

[Kemble Pitts]

Another clue. Operations pre-date Wilbur and Orville.

[JENKINS]

I remember when all that was just sand.

[Kemble Pitts]

Jenkins's comment makes me think he knows...

[dook]

I think he's referring to the Jaguar pic.

[Kemble Pitts]

Ah, right.

[dook]

Are we in north Germany ?

[Kemble Pitts]

Dook - We are.

[dook]

Have you gone back in time in GE ?

It's just that I can't see the camera or building symbol anywhere.

[Kemble Pitts]

No time-shift involved.

[Kemble Pitts]

Who was flying in Germany before the Wrights?

[dook]

Jatho, but 'twas Hannover and there's nowt there.

[Kemble Pitts]

More famous than that and earlier.

... and forget about the engine

[dook]

I've looked at Lilienthal already and can't tie anything in.

[Self loading bear]

Stolln Rhinow

But dook feel free to take my Open House.
Edit: But I think we both could appreciate when the open house is taken by somebody in the night shift.

[dook]

Rhinower Berge.

edit: too late.

[Kemble Pitts]

Self loading bear has it by a nose.

Otto Lilienthal used the hill for some of his early (1894) experiments. If you want to see some impressive flying try googling the video of the landing there of an IL-62 in about 1989. The strip is about 900m grass and he raises a fair bit of dust, but a great bit of flying. The capain has the look of a 1970s porn star.

The IL-62 is still there by the way, getting in is one thing...

[dook]

Bear called OH last night but I see him on line now.

[Self loading bear]

Bear called OH last night but I see him on line now.

Passive watching only feel free to take the lead.

KP:
Nice challenge
sufficient clues
I went searching along the same lines as the other posters
I had the same questions but they put them out just before me.
OH
i hope to fill one OH later in return

[nvubu]

Here's one for the afternoon.
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[dook]

Orientation please.

[nvubu]

North is approx 9 o'clock.

[dook]

Thank you.

American bombing in France ?

[sycamore]

looks a bit dry,somewhere like NAfrica,or S Italy....?

[nvubu]

It is American bombing, not not in any if the three places mentioned.

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[Kemble Pitts]

Italy maybe?

[nvubu]

We are not in Italy.

[dook]

If it was a German-occupied country, how about Greece ?

[nvubu]

You now have the right country with Greece.

https://anu0ma.bn.files.1drv.com/y4mq6glPLfiglUwlDx4NIue3At9K0tmBy-K1RO-1MiMNbH1nVUbHfKXc0VFySUnRr9GesCKVKgZz1UbM9of6pIWumUMxusXQZdq o4SnW4vQQT2LKAzA_1zGIgevyziYqdzYjlBLfQprXsxcFotoWqt_WAshINON dcvRQqAuAMCiAboaIBe75r26yoUrFBVr48VqZb7qAi1-WYpbafISH1KsfA?width=1024&height=788&cropmode=none

[dook]

Kalamaki airfield ?

[nvubu]

It isn't Kalamaki

Edit to add - Just going back to the orientation, just realised I was 180 degrees out - sorry :(

North is approx at the top of the last image.

[dook]

eeny meeny minee mo - Eleusis ?

[nvubu]

Which one is that eeny meeny minee or mo?

You'd better have another try.

[dook]

minee - Tatoi ?

[nvubu]

You've hit the target now - rather like the below photo - Tatoi it is.
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And I didn;t have to post the image showing how close to a city it is.
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[dook]

There was only mo left !

Please standby.....

[dook]

Yer 'tis - no bombs.


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[nvubu]

Is this a new airport, replacement for one just out of shot on the right/bottom on the shore of a lake?

[dook]

Not a replacement and there's no lake.

Opened 2001.

[nvubu]

OK - not the one I was thinking of then :ok:
Best get back to work.

[sycamore]

Is this somewhere tropical,N of the Equ.???...

[dook]

Yes and yes.

[Self loading bear]

West Africa ?

[dook]

Good evening Bear.

Not Africa I'm afraid.

Go east.

[Self loading bear]

I searched Bangladesh.
I don’t think it is there.
Further east?

[dook]

Further east.

[India Four Two]

Are we in Malaysia?

[dook]

Good afternoon India 42.

Getting closer but not Malaysia.

[Cubs2jets]

Indonesia / Borneo

C2j

[sycamore]

Sweet Cape airfield/Tanjung Manis ;051/66nm from Kuching....E Malaysia...

dook,you could go 198/23nm from Kcg. and take SWMBO on a golfing holiday ..a bit uphill,and you`ll need your hotwater-bottle and jimjams at night...dressing for dinner `de rigeur`.......OH if correct

Once had to judge a Longhouse `beauty queen` contest of local ladies near there;;can`t show the pics as I`d be banned !

[Octane]

I was playing golf in Malaysia a while ago when a monkey ran out, grabbed my ball and took off with it:}

[dook]

We spent three weeks in Brunei in 1986.

I remember condensation on the windows - on the outside.

sycamore gets the top banana with Tanjung Manis and has called OH.

Octane - that would be an "outside agency" then.

[JENKINS]

In the search for possibly the oldest airfield, I thought of this which has good reason to be named close to that search topic.
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1440x1080/earth_postcard_1569316388_37791d58491bfd601cd4bb8ae019eae278 2ef562.jpg

[dook]

Good morrow J.

Do I NB a UK solar farm ?

[chevvron]

Dunno the name but it's about 4nm east of Lewes in Sussex and just west of the village called 'Ripe'. (It's not Deanland although that's not far away)

[JENKINS]

Solar farm, yes. That was quick Chevvron, 'named' being the clue which I inserted since this is Kittyhawk Farm in Sussex, exactly where you placed it. Now I can go back to my ironing and the rugby.

[chevvron]

Open house

[sycamore]

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/990x728/somewhere_4fcd3b781657651871798654a37a8ab61992414d.jpg
How about this then..?

[dook]

I'll kick off then.

Looks disused. Is that aeroplane some kind of museum or visitor attraction ?

[Cubs2jets]

The large aircraft looks like a Constellation. The geography looks like USA (Florida?). I can't find a Connie survivor that matches the setting.

C2j

[sycamore]

dook ,both...maybe disused,or cropsprayer...,..not a Connie,not USA...

[dook]

Is it a Britannia in Europe ?

[sycamore]

Not a Brit,or a Guardsvan`...

[dook]

I presume you mean not Britannia and not British.

The fuselage looks long and thin but I think that's due to the GE oblique view.

I don't think it's Russian either.

Germany or France maybe.

[sycamore]

yes;,maybe,;specsavers,;one

[dook]

I thought it might be a Tu-114.

[sycamore]

Not that fast,or as noisy..you could catch it in a Jag...

[dook]

You mean like hitting 630 kts off a wingover in my display ? :p

So maybe it is a Russian aeroplane.

Are we in what was the DDR ?

[sycamore]

I should have added `maybe`, after Jag...not French....

Once had some fun doing a stall-turn in a Hunter....

[dook]

I'll try again.

Russian aeroplane in the DDR ?

[sycamore]

Yes... .

[JENKINS]

And it is called Borkheide?

[dook]

Now there's a bomb in a bucket J.

[sycamore]

Found it looking for KP`s place..
J ,full tips away you go....

[JENKINS]

Full tips, no spinning. Several Il18 trips with Tarom when collecting Islanders from Bucharest, seemed to make the Guardsvan quite pedestrian. You will know the Electra of course. Very distracting You Tube for the KP field. Cannot contribute ce soir or tomorrow morning, so OH I fear.

[Self loading bear]

Small challenge
should not take much time?

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/665x624/41e89716_d134_4985_a9ab_0e4fcd0ac819_5ecc7dd391c5975f5283290 6b593e37a0d8207ea.jpeg

[dook]

That's a matter of opinion !

Are we back to the Far East ?

[sycamore]

Borneo Airways Twin Pioneer...?

[dook]

I have a theory that people often go back to the area of the previous challenge(s) because they found something interesting in their searches.

Keningau airfield ?

[Self loading bear]

Dook’s Theory is proven correct although I found this one some challenges back.
But indeed Far East
Borneo Airways: not sure

[dook]

I'll shoot for Indonesia though.

[Self loading bear]

Then it will not be a hole in one

[dook]

Borneo Labuan ?

[Self loading bear]

Labuan it is
But it is Malaysian though
Is it considered part of Borneo when it is in fact a different island?
dook is in control

[dook]

It is not part of Borneo.

Next:


https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/587x500/wed_2ea1cfb0da00c9906c5595fae1955e543ab357ae.jpg

[Self loading bear]

A lot of firwood
Canada?

[dook]

No, but you're not far away.

[Self loading bear]

For a split second I thought you would now have chosen Dillingham Alaska.
But no visual match.
It is Alaska?

[Self loading bear]

Searching “paved runway 26”
Mackinac Island airport Michigan USA

[dook]

It is indeed Mackinac Island.

Your shot Bear.

[Self loading bear]

Thanks dook,

apologies for the delay.
I was very busy on my work today.

I wonder if this airport would be big enough for me

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/990x734/7fed989c_b1b1_4bf4_a2c1_baa0588b4c6c_ee932644aa98aa45d05577f 60f9d3b2e7c838dce.jpeg

[dook]

Goedenavond Bear.

Have you taken us back to the area of my last one ?

[dook]

Ahhh - "big enough for me "

Big Bear CA.

edit: just looked on GE and it doesn't look right but the runway is in the correct direction.

Looked at some more recent photos which are much better. I think your image is quite old.

[dook]

If I am correct it will be OH.

[Self loading bear]

Big bear CA it is

OH called

[Russell Gulch]

OK, try this one:


https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/576x650/1061_b1f3047ae432332b55f8e3f3ac1e3da392642bcb.jpg

[dook]

I don't see a terminal building. Might be PPO.

A clue would be useful.

[Russell Gulch]

Here's a clue:


https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/600x1081/img_3791_79fd4c23847a7c5e337121af09a5129fd3761295.jpg

[dook]

Cheers.

They look distinctly American to me.

[Russell Gulch]

It is in America. The prop has some significance.

[dook]

It looks like it might be a Curtiss-Wright electric propeller, so does it have a connection with the company ?

Perhaps an air race.

[Russell Gulch]

It is indeed that prop, dook, but no connection with the company or an air race. Further clue: The aircraft it came from is a P38

[dook]

Are we in Ohio ?

[sycamore]

The significance of the prop might be from an early change from H-S to C-W electric,or possibly from the prop of Lanphier`s aircraft that shot down Yamamoto,or one of the props from `Glacier girl`.......?

[Russell Gulch]

Not Ohio. Nothing to do with Glacier Girl.
Here's another clue:

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/200x246/img_3696_fab6c957fff47b7b6a58bcd0db77f2c81cac485c.jpg

[dook]

Having found out who she was, I think it must be Evelyn Sharp Field.

[Russell Gulch]

Well sleuthed, dook. Evelyn Sharp Field (KODX) in Ord, Nebraska.

Evelyn Sharp was a local lass who died in a P38 take-off crash in Pennsylvania. She was the USA's first female airmail pilot. She was the youngest American woman to hold a commercial pilot's license. By the age of 20, she was one of only ten female flight instructors in the United States.

There was some apparent but unsubstantiated controversy surrounding the crash which killed her. She had landed the day before for an overnight stop; the aircraft had been perfectly serviceable then. The engine failure happened on the first flight next day. Some suspected that foul play may have been part of it, but there was no investigation, no evidence.


https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/600x450/img_3692_cc2f99afb501f045f5ded17dd198c45f7642e4c4.jpg


https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/500x667/img_3782_5efc8c0d808e7809b8bf4057fef93d15216a3e54.jpg

[dook]

Thank you kindly.

I Goggled "female pilot killed in a P-38" and a colour version of your portrait came up - it was downhill after that.

Standby please....

[dook]

I usually do historic photos and this is no exception.


https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/700x444/saturday_0071dd7ca1ce380a388ec02431bcafc0c2ea86ba.jpg

[Self loading bear]

It has something specific German military airfieldish about it.

[dook]

Good afternoon Bear.

Unfortunately not German.

[Self loading bear]

That was not exactly my message
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1283x598/db19c8f0_bae6_4c9b_b797_2b16407b33b0_049ef09f0b969a3ac51ba20 875624a15f1753814.jpeg

[dook]

Must get new glasses !!

So where please ?

[Self loading bear]

It is printed on the grass just below what is now the National Museum!

[dook]

Well, I can't see it on GE.

You have obviously found Tartu so fire the next please.

[Self loading bear]

Okay
I just happen to have something ready.
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1334x616/33d004cf_b974_4091_89ab_09431d5d40be_ec54ce938015ed2fc8fbc38 df07a0f7ffa4eef24.jpeg

[dook]

Tarmac RW11...….:uhoh:

[dook]

Blimey - I just put that (tarmac runway 11) into Google and....

Bozeman Yellowstone !!

[Self loading bear]

I already had a hunch it would be found quickly with such search parameters

dook back in control

[dook]

Somebody also did that recently - was it not you?

Standby while I open up my sleeve…..

[dook]

Not a GE photo and checked with new glasses for watermarks.


https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/550x556/sat_98d12aad64e26b80ecf31ffc509293db3c696e68.jpg

[Self loading bear]

Somebody also did that recently - was it not you?…..

Yes It was the same time that this one also popped up

[dook]

Do you mean I have repeated a recent one ?

[Self loading bear]

Do you mean I have repeated a recent one ?
no I found Bozeman when I was searching for Mackinak

[dook]

Oh - I see.

[sycamore]

Luftwaffe airfield,either trainer or fighter...?

[dook]

I must now climb to knee height six and stay straight and level for nine hours.

It has been a great day gentlemen - thank you.

Now the What Cockpit thread has bee resurrected let's support it.

[dook]

Good evening sycamore.

German yes but not trainer or fighter.

[JENKINS]

No idea other than Rangsdorf, and not convinced by that.

[dook]

I've done Rangsdorf before.

[Self loading bear]

I think this photo is not on www.mil-airfields.de?

[sycamore]

Is the airfield still visible on GE ,or under solar panels/coal mines...?

[dook]

I think it is not on that website - glasses and magnification no good this time.:)

Still visible on GE and there are some panels around.

[JENKINS]

All of which means it is called Basepohl?

[dook]

It does indeed.

Basepohl - you are clear hover-taxi.

[JENKINS]

Thanks. Seems to have been a busy spot. Now this: s
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1440x1080/earth_postcard_1569605775_735767d5147f04a6d7d41f35106d8a8904 7f5776.jpg
hort-lived, in an interesting area, paludrine may have been advised.

[India Four Two]

Somewhere in Italy?

[JENKINS]

Not Italy.

[dook]

I don't think there's a lot of malaria in Italy.

[dook]

Somewhere in Africa ?

[JENKINS]

Not Africa, and now I must disappear, nos dda.

[JENKINS]

Malaria in Italy thought to have been eradicated, but seems not altogether so. Malaria in this spot may have been eradicated by an interesting piece of hydraulic engineering which in turn would have discombombulated some whose attentions may have been unwanted.

Purely an afterthought.

[India Four Two]

I don't think there's a lot of malaria in Italy.

I thought JENKINS might be giving us devious clue. :)
The term malaria originates from Medieval Italian : mala aria—"bad air”; the disease was formerly called ague or marsh fever due to its association with swamps and marshland.

[JENKINS]

Good morning, and there is the clue which is entirely of your making. Could have been fun were we in the same Time Zone.

[dook]

Good morning.

Would that engineering have involved a drainage system ?

[JENKINS]

The effect was drainage, the purpose was not. I believe that in this area the undertaking had two functions, transport and defence, and was undertaken long before Paludrine. I believe that those involved, not many kilometres away from the airfield, in later years played a major role in early military aviation.

The field itself was not used in its primary role, but soon found another divers role.

[dook]

Did you mean "divers role" or "diverse role" ?

Looks flat, so Europe low country ?

[JENKINS]

Low country, not mainland Europe, and I don't make spelling mistakes, ho-ho.

[JENKINS]

Long delay, sorry, flu jab time.

[Russell Gulch]

The darkened fields look to me like burnt sugar cane. So possibly southern USA; Louisiana?
Russ

[JENKINS]

Not USA I fear, deciduous arboreal vegetation I surmise.

[dook]

Silly long shot - Danish island ?