Which Aerodrome Mk III

[India Four Two]

Stone walls, not in the UK. How about Ireland?

[JENKINS]

Railway was mentioned; yes, a line exists. The airfield is advertised as International, and does indeed have scheduled international flights. An assassination nearby, nearly 100 years ago, may have had a profound effect on the course since taken by the country wherein lies the airport.

[JENKINS]

We crossed, 42. Indeed that country is indicated.

[Haven't a clue]

Kerry. OH if correct.

[JENKINS]

Yes, that's it. Farranfore, very small village. Michael Collins, 'The Big Fella,' he who was assassinated, or perhaps ambushed might be appropriate? No politics here! My flights were in the days of busy twin piston air taxi work, always a decent bed and beers at the end.

OH declared.

[Self loading bear]

Kerry
of course!
With it’s Centre of excellence!

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/750x940/b81885cb_1636_4053_9d82_fab80ac9319d_32c6c98b38eff42cdef4917 4dd9612487fa8aea8.jpeg

[Asturias56]

I'm bored, bored, bored - try this one.......
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/451x300/2020_10_03_155908_dcecc9b58d12b353b3ff3af2f9de8d4cee05934b.j pg

[kcockayne]

Praslin, Seychelles.

[Asturias56]

Warm yes, Seychelles no - a very long way away

[grizzled]

Are we in Indonesia?

[Allan Lupton]

Or the Philippines?

[Asturias56]

Neither Philippines or Indonesia - still a long way away......... but just as warm!

I'm off out to eat before they close down for Covid........

[Self loading bear]

Those turbo props are Air Santa Domingo Let L-410s
I stumbled over the aircraft type because of the large black exhaust areas.

so are we in the Dominican Republic or one of the neighboring islands?


https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1596x1052/a9e9e095_36bb_40bb_a45a_aa76fbc02acb_42a11df170148cdb5933bb9 8331c22ffcc841c91.jpeg

[Asturias56]

Always a mistake to include any actual aeroplanes on these challenges............................

yes it is indeed in the Dominican Republic

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/397x243/2020_10_03_155831_b142dc6af0b7c947a5993197a1842a597a3dfe51.j pg

[Self loading bear]

Could not match with google maps but based on this photo:
Samana Portillo?

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1024x695/ae6c458f_6734_44bd_9df6_f0f9b6222c59_c23a3ff318af18698e7fbb8 5a1a9c21a24a48df3.jpeg

[Asturias56]

Yup - Bear has it - the little hut is VERY distinctive - El Portillo Aeropuerto , El Limon, Samana on the N coast of the DR - sadly its been closed for a few years and looks like it's well on it's way to oblivion.

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/338x329/2020_10_03_155723_8897d7ec25133665976bf6f0b1a33b0f697ddb31.j pg
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/347x310/2020_10_03_155740_4e84b002a0469a8319bf164e50023f0b44464832.j pg
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/945x648/2020_10_03_155522_34abd36475e16fbde9fb88614b64ad0ff4f78f71.j pg

[Self loading bear]

Nice challenge Asturias!
Also because you use your own photos.
The determination of the twin props took me an hour already.
It is sad these little airstrips are closed but if you look at the close surroundings on google maps it is also clear that this could not hold up with current safety requirements.

Now this one
( not my own photograph, but at least not a Google earth image.)

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/720x1280/c9c881d0_a73b_41a2_a7b7_8b07cc87f912_12fd331d457cb2ac0b2e52e 2531b210bb04463f8.jpeg

[Sultan Ismail]

Is there a bonus point for the registration of the SEP at 3 o'clock

[Asturias56]

Bear - I try and use my own pics when I can but in this case I had to use others - I remember the strip tho from a while back

That plane in the field in your pic looks like it has pancaked in.................. and left a trail behind it......

[Self loading bear]

Bear - I try and use my own pics when I can but in this case I had to use others - I remember the strip tho from a while back

That plane in the field in your pic looks like it has pancaked in.................. and left a trail behind it......

Always better than rip the photos from Internet
(as I mostly do, apologies for that)

There are no bonus points for the pancaked Single Engine Plane.
But it is basically the only clue.

[nvubu]

Italy... ?

Is that a velodrome?

[Self loading bear]

Italy... ?

Is that a velodrome?

It certainly looks like that.
On this copy-paste from a 360deg view I see the angled sections being built-up.

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/750x637/370cafff_cc02_4567_84e8_bad684fc5157_57ec183d1e2f5cbab2acaee 124a6a235bfdc487f.jpeg

But not Italy.

[nvubu]

Hmmm... so we've just got to find a velodrome at the end of a runway with a swimming pool or tennis court in the middle of it. How hard can that be :ok:

[Self loading bear]

Hmmm... so we've just got to find a velodrome at the end of a runway with a swimming pool or tennis court in the middle of it. How hard can that be :ok:

It is a tennis court. But tennis court nor velodrome are mentioned in Google maps.
Concentrate on the pancake, the photo is quite recent (weeks).

[chevvron]

Runway markings not UK style; greenhouses are Spanish in style or at least Canaries but it looks too green to be Canaries.

[Self loading bear]

Indeed Spanish influence. But not Spanish territory

[Allan Lupton]

Indeed Spanish influence. But not Spanish territory
Too green for Morocco, so central America perhaps?

[Checklist Charlie]

a private Cessna C208 Caravan (HK-4669-G) was badly damaged in in accident shortly after take-off from Guaymaral (SKGY), Colombia. All 4 on board survived.

Open House.

CC

[Self loading bear]

Congratulations Charlie,

Guaymaral Bogota Columbia it is.

Open House called.


https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1280x959/f95158df_fcf0_414b_838c_9b7a30ea65cf_48e43bcc7d6d270ba66e0f6 8a4d797cf8a1cde04.jpeg
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1300x752/de962872_7ff6_4679_b1e4_31901af85d50_b671f54f53ec46682bd5187 38da3ef0be73e2e89.jpeg

[Russell Gulch]

I've been away from this thread for a bit (my appearance at court subsequently took me away for a while) but I see that dook has been banished; which is such a pity, because there was a wealth of old Aerodrome information there.
I wish dook well.
Russ

[nvubu]

I second that

[chevvron]

I've been away from this thread for a bit (my appearance at court subsequently took me away for a while) but I see that dook has been banished; which is such a pity, because there was a wealth of old Aerodrome information there.
I wish dook well.
Russ
Why was dook banished?

[Russell Gulch]

That was my question.

[nvubu]

This might explain it: https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/629089-posts-about-ah-n-24-hour-rule.html

[grizzled]

Three things:
1 I think nvubu is correct to direct attention to that thread with regard to the question of banishment. There are several posts by PPRune Towers that give a pretty clear indication of the reasons.
2 I think we should be very careful about "playing the man" on pprune, and questions as to why a particular person was banished will lead us into that trap.
3. I would break my own rule (see #2 above) if I were to opine on why that particular person was banished, so I won't. But good riddance, I say. I'm open to PMs.

More than ever -- Stay Safe

[Asturias56]

Stay away from the Mods..............

Anyway I'm still bored so lets try again

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/467x271/2020_10_12_091702_17eea5b03baa8370dd5bcbb3634973b4e180ac14.j pg

[Asturias56]

For the avoidance of doubt the runway is the one with lights on it to the right , not straight ahead................

[dixi188]

Is that Hurn?

[Asturias56]

Not Hurn... it's quite an old airfield - I think it was built towards the end of WW1 and had a military presence well into the '50's but no longer - it's still active tho'

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/365x236/2020_10_12_090943_1135d9c1713f18ac5c2f8f91d9f67127cacc5e92.j pg

[chevvron]

Blackbushe?

[Asturias56]

Bit sparse tree-wise for the 'Bushe I think - and we had that last year IIRC. No Hampshire farmer would have an old hand pump on his land surely?? ;)

Not in the UK - it sometimes snows there

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/244x239/2020_10_12_091404_fe1e9b8072fd746699fe5a5a752e108c83e7987e.j pg
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[Asturias56]

Currently used for light aircraft activities

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/159x157/2020_10_12_091630_cad1a0ae1ff7f4c25e6f8e18340446cfa9bb6d84.j pg

[India Four Two]

There's a pump like that at my gliding club. Are we on the Prairies?

[chevvron]

Flat open countryside like Holland, but they were neutral in WW1 so maybe Belgium; Charleroi?

[Asturias56]

It is VERY flat around here but not on the Prairies

Chevron - the airfield was built in a great hurry after public outcry following an unopposed bombing raid that killed a number of citizens in the nearby city but not Belgium

Also used for other activities

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/254x224/2020_10_12_090923_b87d0f7b4ae03b527fc37626771dd94e4eea004e.j pg
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[chevvron]

Drag racing?

[sycamore]

Eeesa in Eetaly...?
Seen it before.....just can`remember.....

[Asturias56]

Yes - Italy it is - and here are the brave men of WW1 in the earliest picture I can find of it

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/328x182/2020_10_12_091439_92ff5925f4a0eedfb71a1902ee16de85999ccffc.j pg

[Asturias56]

rather interesting on GE

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/767x484/2020_10_12_091350_b41bbc9a860a9d475a0a014602bb15ef007b9a76.j pg
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/302x213/2020_10_12_091006_f8699366a9b392fcfe1da3e55afb06d3b5fc79ac.j pg

[JENKINS]

Quite busy with matters Italian at moment, so I will point at Ravenna.

[Asturias56]

Got it in one - Ravenna Foligno it is

and apologies after I started the thread I looked at the spreadsheet and realised and put it up over 2 years ago between Christmas and New Year and Sycamore got that time as well......................but its still a delightful spot

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/323x231/2020_10_12_091424_d48172a49e184c241497dbc613270b2c819724eb.j pg
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/986x626/2020_10_12_184538_fca30a53480dd7f8fd566a87d0065ccc8f6aaccc.j pg

[sycamore]

Hope those are `selfies`,A56.....Has the` Giro` been near here.....?n

AHHH,`CHUTE`!! what is it about Italian girls/women.....Sophia,Gina,Claudia...

JENKS may remember a certain lady at Finn OM....

[JENKINS]

Thanks, haven't flown skydivers there. For Sycamore, too busy in Yorkshire with my external activity to share in the social delights of that spot. Italy, Giro, very wet today, shame. Musing over Roman mythology, and up came this. I fear that lack of copyright, no photos though many memories, and limited equipment restrict me to Google Earth and a touch of obfuscation. This creates comment, I fear, but one more effort -
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1440x1080/earth_postcard_1602770396_0aa3d0085e81972826e4319227d40763a1 1f78b5.jpg

[Asturias56]

Very tidy - are we in N America?

[JENKINS]

No, not North America, though I believe that the water feature bottom left is of a type common in USA. I slipped sideways in my musings on Roman Mythology to Siamese motor-racing, inevitable.

[Asturias56]

I'm confused - Roman Gods and Siamese cars??? :ooh:

Does the large factory top centre have any aviation connection?

[Self loading bear]

That circular bush/ wetlands looks what we in the Netherlands call a “wiel”.
When a levy breaks, the floodstream erodes the land directly behind the breakthrough.
The levy was normally repaired by a new levy around the “wiel”.

But this doesn’t brings us much further.
I haven’t found such AirPort near petrochemical transfer complex in the Netherlands
Northern Europe?
Baltic region?

[JENKINS]

No aviation in factory. Not Gods, simply mythology, keep looking. As for the landscape, yes, a good assessment, better than mine. I considered an ox bow lake, your impression is better. Not Baltic, but not entirely Northern Euroope. Remember that I am Welsh, and Europe now seems so far away.

[Self loading bear]

Speyer Ludwigshafen
But the feature could be an oxbow as well.

[JENKINS]

That is it. A twin town of Ravenna, the idea from the mythology of Rome's founding. Siamese racer had Romulus and Remus as his two ERA cars long ago, these of course being the twins in Roman mythology. Prince Bira for the younger amongst you! I could have chosen Chichester and thus Goodwood since this also is apparently a twin of Ravenna.

All yours.

[sycamore]

Bit convoluted; Romulus and Remus..Roman mythology;.Also 2 racing cars,ERA R2B,Romulus,R5B,Remus, owned by Prince Chula and his cousin Prince Birabongse(Bira) of Thailand(Siam).Known as `White Mouse racing Team 1935-50s,later additional ERA R12C/B Hanuman.,racing colours,flag of Siam, chassis ,yellow,bodywork ,pale blue....
Yellow and blue= Sweden perhaps...?
Wiki has full details of Bira....

Dammit,beaten again.....

[Self loading bear]

As usual the Jenkins crypto mythology was beyond my grabs.

But I gathered the petrochemical location and harbor was too small for a Seaside harbour.
Not completely Northern, started my search from Basel along the Rhein.

Now this:

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1308x518/ef39ae0b_9673_47ac_b188_0b3cc9ef5002_7be290b2be04fbb34c5776e f277d8d34e0a04469.jpeg

[India Four Two]

A wingless AN-2 and a PZL-104 Wilga. Are we in Poland?

[Self loading bear]

You are right in identifying the planes but
Not in Poland

[teusje]

Is it Panevezys-Stetiskes,Lithuania?
OH if correct, please

[Self loading bear]

Is it Panevezys-Stetiskes,Lithuania?
OH if correct, please

correct Panevezys
You probably recognized the Kensgaila?
It is a frame shot of a Youtube of that airplane.

YouTube

Open House called

[nvubu]

I don't expect this will last very long - taken on Saturday

https://ktq8ug.am.files.1drv.com/y4mqPRTHaWwnBLmgfd9kEYJclxbsqPVzIHFFPluUMNGKoR-LMuyNW8DO0w3bAlEBbXE6FpRBSP7pZTmIWDTzx31yKm7A9uGZ3LIwww0Hpme jcl0LR_5jIQvPgzuvc3xRkprrLM2hGuGPs1lwNvmHPzk06EM4sW7795rAcks 4HKWOZQP_ke1zKzWOAV0YZl2iuFjPl-fB3h4_SJ6kaP_T3ke9Q?width=1024&height=576&cropmode=none

[chevvron]

HALTON (sadly with no 613 GS) and OH.
I've seen that view many times landing Sedberghs and various microlights there.

[nvubu]

Only 18 minutes, thought it wouldn't last long.

My son was playing his first adult hockey match (turned 13 last week) on the pitch at RAF Halton, so too good an opportunity to miss. He was awarded man of the match - a really good start to his adult hockey career.

Open House.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/640x480/p1000858_84ee1f87a163157aa22d9e693f8d2615d28a8935.jpg

[chevvron]

Only 18 minutes, thought it wouldn't last long.

My son was playing his first adult hockey match (turned 13 last week) on the pitch at RAF Halton, so too good an opportunity to miss. He was awarded man of the match - a really good start to his adult hockey career.

Open House.
The road from which you took the photo was always a favourite for people to park and watch the gliding on summer afternoons so we made sure they got some really close up views of us (some of the pilots not including me even descended over the field on the opposite side of the road then hopped over it)
Always wondered why the bus company which ran a service along that road switched from double deckers to single deckers every summer; can't imagine why!!Devil
Is the challenge Popham?

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Not Popham....

[3wheels]

Northrepps...sorry open house if correct.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Northrepps (Cromer) it is.

[nvubu]

chevvron - they were flying on Saturday. I grew up very close to Kenley Aerodrome and used to love the gliders overhead.

[chevvron]

chevvron - they were flying on Saturday. I grew up very close to Kenley Aerodrome and used to love the gliders overhead.
Not 613; they were disbanded about 3 years ago; what you saw was the RAF GSA Gllding Centre which moved in from Bicester in about '96, combining with the Halton Glding Club.

[UV]

As it’s OH

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x922/f5431084_b415_445c_ad2b_4f1cc778e277_6c2a8f40c49a6e7d14008fd 3fa5fe9f7b91acc75.jpeg

[chevvron]

Northolt??

[UV]

Not Northolt!

[nvubu]

North Weald ?

[UV]

Yes new buildings and traffic calming at NW. You have control nvubu

[nvubu]

Thank you UV - it was the "Give Way to Aircraft" sign that made me think of NW.

Let's go back in time - where might this be being built. Any thoughts as to what the thing in the middle might be?
https://lk9hxq.am.files.1drv.com/y4mbw9uB9oNT5XsmFMMWxIJF6YhCkRDrcMPJFOGBG-eYtedqahne31siCLRYLWxsokRH_VY6UMN2npp9_sD5DWrVMh76WEdzAPUspR b6hb_wNxHn20qXZueXI_2WUeZsiWeLueWVjYwpJwcesVSWlPyuDA4cj8_dVY KG_oswP0QAunepRqq4lLJxVzIlP37Ij_71G_AFzJcU958YbsyUw9wGw?widt h=1024&height=762&cropmode=none

[descol]

maybe Guadalcanal ? with a coral lump ?

[nvubu]

This airstrip isn't on Guadalcanal - although it is by the seaside.

The lump isn't a guide to where the airfield is located - I just thought that it was interesting.

[Asturias56]

I hope they filed an Environmental Impact Statement!

[descol]

I'll have another go - Wewak ?

[nvubu]

You are closer with Wewak than with Guadalcanal, but still no cigar.

The lump was a Japanese bunker - just about to be blasted.

Trying to post an image of the first aircraft to land on the new strip, but the image isn't showing - won't allow me to post the previous image either :(

You'll have to imagine it - it being a PBY

I'll try again later.

[Allan Lupton]

Momote on Manus Island perhaps?

[nvubu]

We aren't in PNG

Here's the first aircraft to land on this strip - uploaded from my PC rather than linked from OneDrive.
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1275x981/20201020_04_75875eb979d0637fc0ceed735d45099a1169ccc7.jpg

[JENKINS]

Wadke for the PBY?

[Asturias56]

Is it still in use?

[nvubu]

It isn't on Wadke either, but you are moving slowly closer to the airfield.

Edit to add: Yes, still in use, although it looks to have changed so much that there is nothing from an current overhead that shows anything lining up with the two aerial images I have seen from ww2. So maybe name only still in use.

[descol]

Santo ? Vanuatu

[nvubu]

Vanatu is approx 2000 miles further away than Wadke

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1306x972/20201020_02_39b1c70357af3901a0528e3a66a941f9055b0f60.jpg

[chimbu warrior]

Horn Island by any chance?

[JENKINS]

120, early days at Merauke?

[Self loading bear]

Sepinggang Balikpapan?

[nvubu]

Neither of those two, Merauka is slightly further away than Wakde.

It isn't on Papua - here's an aerial from before any of the other images
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1488x1143/20201022_05_520dd21b99774a75b118600a884f9195bcc6a3b4.jpg

Edit to add: Crossed posted with SLB, yes it is Sepinggang Balikpapan. You have control
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1482x1462/20201022_04_a8cbe5012f70a6f88615a7e7d1fdccfbae637f01.jpg

[Self loading bear]

Labuan island?

Edit:
crossed posts
Seppingang was a Boomerang airfield for the Borneo campaign.

I will search for a challenge. Please standby.

[Self loading bear]

There we go:

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/745x952/f1fed9a0_2c13_43bd_9907_113e445e1b4f_ae508c0b0078ec2a1af5f59 09bbe7da904d1ba4a.jpeg

[Checklist Charlie]

Don't forget to wave to the meri's on the goat track ILS.
Last there 1974.

CC

[chimbu warrior]

Tapini PNG, Patair Piaggio P-166.

Open house.

[Self loading bear]

Indeed Tapini
Open House called

[Asturias56]

Jeez - Balikpapan - now there's an airport I never want to see again :yuk:

Something for the weekend??

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/554x427/2020_10_22_184908_ab92f8e718300af6d98a5039d3c70217f5e413a8.j pg

[Self loading bear]

Ok tropical,
Africa?
(We have to lure you into posting the next photo)

[Asturias56]

Africa it is - here's another picture (but not as good as some previous efforts..) - this spot has the occasional international flight but its mainly domestic


https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/324x245/2020_10_22_185416_c8fcf92f0882e3cf5129c21ad3ea7da4d8edd407.j pg

[Self loading bear]

I think not North Africa.
I will stab for East Africa as Asturias does (or has) flown
there.

Edit:
The no parking sign says Botswana?

[Sultan Ismail]

Ghanzi, Botswana

[Asturias56]

Alas, alack Sultan! Although the terminal is somewhat similar to that at Ghanzi, which is an interesting spot in it's own right, it's not. Ghanzi is sat in the middle of the Kalahari Desert which is rather flat. The challenge has some rather large mountains nearby.

Bear is much closer over on the other side of the continent

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/592x550/2020_10_22_184944_ec93639053f47ab48538b107e6d12f00447b7987.j pg

[Self loading bear]

Aeroport de Tolarano (Tolagnaro) Madagascar

[Asturias56]

Several ways of spelling it but yes - that's the place - rather a nice corner of the island - beaches, mountains........

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/275x183/images_3bc05b78eec0c214d7e7047aec03a33f6c0900eb.jpg
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/606x458/2020_10_22_185734_d3c40bf1fc512f2037a757df3c81c1fbc268b25a.j pg

[Self loading bear]

My apologies to Sultan for putting him on the wrong track.
Some how it looks that Botswana is one of the few African countries withe the blue red no parking signs.
(others being mainly white with red circle)

“Aeroport de” put me on the former French colonies of which there is only one on the East side of Africa.

Looks like a nice place indeed.

Now this mishap.

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/602x764/a445b87a_02c5_4fd5_b358_804dc34cf7ce_536972eb06d946c0b4ab8b2 85d59c90b8cab0018.jpeg

[sycamore]

Looks like an Avro 504,flown by `Hoskins`,late on the round-out...again.....
Netheravon..?

[Self loading bear]

AVRO 504 all right
But not Hoskins
or at least not on his home field.

[Asturias56]

Is this airfield in the UK? And does it still exist??

[Self loading bear]

Is this airfield in the UK? And does it still exist??
Not UK
But still exists

[chevvron]

Kandahar?
Habbaniya?

[Self loading bear]

Kandahar?
Habbaniya?

You are now way further off than Netheravon

[Asturias56]

Well then - probably N France

tho it going to be hard to guess which muddy field without a leetle more info or another picture........ ;)

[Self loading bear]

Not N France but you are closest so far.

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/400x256/b2ee93e8_bfdc_4232_bba6_a37d12a567b6_9b6b37b46bf9917eec61ea0 3b3b89b67184f6f65.jpeg

[Asturias56]

A Bristol Frightener - but not in the UK nor a long way away from the UK - so not Argentina, Canada or New Zealand & not N France

I suspect its Belgium - somewhere like Brussels-Charleroi Airport (Gosselies)...................

[Self loading bear]

Gosselies It is.

I had a small vacation booked for April flying from there but it was not to be....
Still waiting for my refund.
The Bristol was owned by Fairey aviation.

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/500x333/ade8d1da_85dd_4644_a5b5_2a61e9550f2e_4ff0c3b719dbb5c2473c945 5b39126486fb4d1cf.jpeg


https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/500x333/aa02c514_420b_4d11_b4c2_81f1e7578b5e_1235f6950c5ab6774a1fc9f f192a492dbc8d874a.jpeg
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/500x333/4c9f6f60_4b8f_45d9_a083_88f3cfd49e03_9a627eb0cc1c0a21507d746 34602421dfd61a225.jpeg

Asturias has the lead

[Asturias56]

Sorry about the delay - well that was an inspired challenge. I looked at European Freighter operators and noticed in an after-note that Avions Fairey operated one - it was so left field I assumed that's the one - there are some corkscrew minds on here!

I think we may have had Gosselies a couple of years back but as the modern airport.

Open house!

[sycamore]

And a Hunter being swallowed by a mini-guppy...or maybe regurgitated....

[JENKINS]

Plenty of time on 'Fairey Legs' in my BN2 days across the Earth. Made no difference, still smashed in.

This next is not in my BN2 palmares, though it looks as if it should have been. Much prop blending, I imagine. Apparently extant in a much changed form.
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1000x903/2021650_memorix_452b0610_26a4_fc59_40c9_95fec40af738_a278536 d2e48ce740fdd57bb897dc17cd0963a2e.jpeg

[Flap40]

A wild guess at Salalah.

[JENKINS]

Good morning, and I regret not Salalah. North at top of photo, A320 recently landed after long dog-leg from departure field.

[Self loading bear]

Manama?
Now Bahrein international

[teusje]

Jeddah? Now King Abdul Aziz International.

[JENKINS]

Neither Muharraq nor Jeddah I fear. Not close, but general region OK.

[Asturias56]

If that photo is N to the top the sea/lake is to the west - so in the Middle East we're looking at the east side of the land - Suez, Gulf of Aqaba, Saudi , Yemen on the Red Sea , Oman/UAE and Iran on the Gulf side

Factor in the mountains right down to the coast and the fact it has or has had A320's and we're looking at a limited range of place.

I suspect it's near the top of the Red Sea but I can't see anywhere that fits

[JENKINS]

Good morning, and keep looking. 'Top' does not have a corollary in 'Bottom,' whatever Moses may have achieved. Certainly looking along the right lines, but not much dog-legging involved so far.

Political instability may be invoked. as might recent activity elsewhere in the greater parish to which we subscribe.

[JENKINS]

The B/W photograph is WW2; a Royal Air Force field, the photo attributed, by a Dutch Interweb site, to the Royal Navy.

[Asturias56]

Long dog legs... normally associated with some political /military areas - so we might be looking at the resumption of flights between the Arab world and Israel.

The initial flights were an Israeli 737 and a UAE 767 so not them

I'm gravitating towards Eilat - which has much changed in the last 40 + years...........

[JENKINS]

One part of the dog-legging correct, but I fear Eilat incorrect. WW2 RAF interest was coastal and maritime recce, almost GR perhaps. New airport built 1999-ish with hopes for tourism and maybe a strategic purpose as well.

Usual visitations through the centuries. Portuguese, of course, East India Company, Italy, Great Britain, and I believe the Soviet Navy found it useful. Probably only two of those had any aviation interest. I gather USAAC ferry routes in WW2 may have been relevant.

[teusje]

Aden, RAF Khormaksar?

[JENKINS]

Not Khormaksar, but getting a touch closer.

[JENKINS]

Remember, North at top of photo.

[Flap40]

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/874x904/screenshot_2020_10_30_at_16_09_07_da12147629cb359351ccc3e030 36d7c6edcd9df9.png
Is it Djibouti?

[JENKINS]

No, but correct dog-leg.

[old,not bold]

I'll try an uncertain stab at Hodeida (Al Hudaydah now, evidently).....

[JENKINS]

No, regret that is incorrect. Remember, this as seen in photo was once a Royal Air Force airfield, of sorts.

[JENKINS]

I find that this was not part of the Aden Protectorate, but had closer links than did Hodeida which had none. My little sister, now in the Land of the Long White Cloud, would pass a finger across her throat at the mention of Yemen during her time in Aden 65 years ago.

[teusje]

Socotra airport?

[JENKINS]

Yes, Socotra in its original state as RAF Ras Karma. WW2 use by Blenheims from Aden is well documented, with a photograph elsewhere showing a bare Wellington frame. Use in 1960's indicates Valetta aircraft from 233 in Aden. GE shows the current state. My time spent on Masirah has, maybe, given me an impression of life on Socotra many years ago.

I am off-net for some time now, so have to accept the correct answer despite the 24 hour stipulation.

[teusje]

It's gonna have to be Open House I'm afraid.

[Asturias56]

Now that was a challenge and half - I kept looking at Socotra but never realised the RAF had ever had a base there - I think we had the modern airfield last year?

Here's another - quite an old airfield and still in use

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/340x465/2020_10_22_191007_b7e437926e959e21703f2f915d70408067ea3735.j pg

[teusje]

Fokker F.VII PK-AFF at Medan, Sumatra
Open House if correct, please.

[Self loading bear]

Teus
PM send

[Asturias56]

Yes - it's the old Polonia Airport in Medan - replaced by the new out of town airport in 2013 but still open as Soewondo Air Force Base operating marine recce I think. The original name refers to the land which was orinianlly owned by a Polish Baron. Teusje has the controls

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/431x339/2020_10_22_191231_79c996b1c488887850008732bd801a4903d97451.j pg
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/294x308/2020_10_22_191213_24795984c67208b6c9d73d32b8b18774bcaca9aa.j pg
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/454x389/2020_10_22_190948_24d7bf7a84ff01b20bf05f2e6c4f6f044e6a3c76.j pg
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/399x249/2020_10_22_191156_60a1eb5c04f7155456338ed01fa58cdb71b3a049.j pg

[teusje]

How about this one.

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/652x488/001_041a213bacdcbeaf39059ae9710cb9c76a7e68c3.jpg

[Asturias56]

I shall think out of the box...... the Benelux?

[teusje]

The Benelux is correct.

[Asturias56]

the field pattern is distinctive - very "modern" so possibly recovered from the sea in the last 100 years - like around Lelystad.

Thought t might be Middenmeer but can't see any large wind turbines close to it

[teusje]

Not Middenmeer I'm afraid, in fact not in The Netherlands.

[Asturias56]

looks too flat for the Duchy of Luxembourg so that leaves Belgium?

[teusje]

Correct, it's in Belgium.

[Asturias56]

Hoevenen Airfield - right by the docks in N Antwerp

OH if correct

[teusje]

Hoevenen it is. Open House declared.

[Self loading bear]

Just one hop further away from Bergen op Zoom than Woensdrecht
I found the polders along the River Schelde date back till the 17th century
Nice challenge Teus!

[India Four Two]

Here's an interesting one. There's a clue in the dark object surrounding the runway.

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/500x375/wad_2020_11_02_1f6a21452a14f213de2055c3572ffd70daf5eec6.jpg

[Asturias56]

India 42 = Canada = Rockies = big fence

No Red blooded Canadian would be worried about people, rabbits, wild pigs, beavers or even deer on the runway - so something BIGGER - an Elk perhaps?

Which takes us to Sparwood/Elk Valley Airport (CYSW) in BC I think

OH if correct

[India Four Two]

"Elementary, my dear Watson."

Elk Valley it is indeed and the valley is well named. The anti-Elk fence is at least 8' high. I flew in for the first time with a friend in August. It is a bit disconcerting on short final when you cross the fence.

The valley is home to a couple of open-cast coal mines and these are not just holes in the ground. Whole mountains are being demolished!

Sherlock Asturias has declared Open House.

[Asturias56]

Thank you Mycroft........... I see what you mean about those mines - must be over 5 kms across - not very scenic

What age are the coals?

[India Four Two]

Here's some serious thread drift. The coals are in the Mist Mountain Formation of the Jura-Cretaceous Kootenay Group.
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/444x560/screen_shot_2020_11_03_at_10_08_43_81915154474374904ca61a044 b54adf385507322.png
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/mineral-exploration-mining/british-columbia-geological-survey/geology/coalfields/eastkootenay

Better map, cross-sections, more information and photos here:
http://cmscontent.nrs.gov.bc.ca/geoscience/PublicationCatalogue/InformationCircular/BCGS_IC2018-06.pdf

The airfield is about 5 nm north of the town of Sparwood.

[Self loading bear]

To stay in line with the thread drift:
Wild boars have performed opencast mining on this Ultra Light airfield.

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1200x630/397660b6_cdce_4fe5_b571_00f473ce95c4_706036f3140ca9dec8beb09 ec3b82617d003b719.jpeg

[Asturias56]

Looks like your average airstrip in PNG/W Irian...................

[India Four Two]

Looks like your average airstrip in PNG/W Irian

No, it's too wide and too flat!

[Self loading bear]

Definitely too flat for PNG.

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/940x583/451d0f6c_3d06_4187_ae09_6eca5f334b73_ec9eb0b88cf6be0be3cf140 e2016d6ecebfeadc8.jpeg
UL mishap

[Asturias56]

Bear - is this a "challenge" or an "observation"

;)

[chevvron]

I'll have the engine, you can have the wheels.

[Self loading bear]

Sorry this is a challenge

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1278x569/82e9182d_29ca_43de_a48a_4598c2de7a8e_8e7ec25da96d430fe12100d 787b96602197fb6e7.jpeg

[chevvron]

Newtownards?

[Asturias56]

That picture looks weird to me - almost as if it has come from a Computer game/programme..................

[Self loading bear]

It is the title photo of a YouTube film.

[Self loading bear]

Not Newtownards
Not an island but in Europe

[chevvron]

Lagos, Portugal?

[Self loading bear]

Not Lagos Portugal.
I think it is time to further clarify the clue that I stayed in line with the thread drift about opencast mining.
Within a few years this airfield will be history.

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1222x580/0b7e0974_80ff_41a5_8f63_37bf9afbc48c_cdb628e4a14e17e86fcc417 1a583ebaaedb2d421.jpeg

[nvubu]

Germany has a fair amount of open cast mining.

[Self loading bear]

Germany has a fair amount of open cast mining.

Genau
Richtig!

[nvubu]

Morschenich

[Self loading bear]

Morsenich it is.
The village and the strip lay in the projected area to be mined.
Neu-Morshenich is already built to the south Of the Autobahn strasse but the mining company has postponed to demolish the village.

nvubu has te lead.

[nvubu]

Thank you. There seem to be quite a few airfields built close to the open cast mines in Germany.

Here is the next challenge

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1024x633/20201028_05_large_2a57cb3d8e4f449d049439293c133e1911bd82b7.j pg

[JENKINS]

Subsidiary runway at a Royal Air Force training station in the late 1960's. Some of those marks on runway look very familiar.

Just fishing!

[nvubu]

Fish away - not an RAF airfield.

[nvubu]

https://am3pap004files.storage.live.com/y4mHCS86LPxfRfFakw_dlEy82BlykZ1cQoqQ9pvbO9Eot1PDwpdUF7FqP0jX voxvmwsadePNgN6YOl9x0IC1L4QTkQ0uFktMwqpGOpQ454LwvztL0mp_7Z_H rlaTH25sEpn03VZ194jASBQufwlNIkWBHI2LM4d4R2xp0bBlzTSGxdOgAAG-88yDJb6UFE0hH0D?width=1024&height=633&cropmode=none

[Self loading bear]

American road billboard?

[Asturias56]

Lets see - old photos - well probably over 40 years old.

Second photo show traffic driving one the right so not one of those shown here https://www.rhinocarhire.com/Drive-Smart-Blog/Drive-Left-or-Right.aspx

Interestingly looks like an advertising hoarding - so unlikely to be in a Peoples Democracy

Lot of tire marks so a training airfield?

I'll punt on the USA?

[nvubu]

The punt on the USA is correct.
Not a training airfield.
I'm fairly sure it isn't a railroad billboard.

[Asturias56]

Railroad? RAILROAD?? Who mentioned railroad?


Unless the strip nearest to us in photo 2 is a railroad??

[nvubu]

Sorry my bad, don't know why I read bears post as railroad :ouch:

Better let you have another image.
https://am3pap004files.storage.live.com/y4mPEv9w3It64GbQiCCE9lChbilwT3dXcz9udAcRwZ0IOCxnrjnkFgOrTx0H XtHE0GsKPV0ud2fZBrc7kK7RwBXP32V664qF6xzyvceUd_0M9N5KtiTU4rrw RO2L45MkVOSzBc7a5oyZUgNq_3xDBL1aK01VUhsACBoyXOAq-NhqRC7WMc-w17QAgt0ogf2NME4?width=1024&height=633&cropmode=none

[nvubu]

In my second image - the circle you can see is this

https://am3pap004files.storage.live.com/y4mFtrAuoHfl-wS2RLPrdzmI8LYe_bzVy8ohbfb-S-nVT_EYeSsFqlrdAAEJCov-XSmm9TGvaFd1pK_jO1BbeSrDQlik4fPm0Pt_Jcw-rvd1fmiGTdQ8bxq-OnbpdeC37GKinaLLbj7nA0TECsuY8vNjC7wNNkmDF66WiThMDcBBZt0N5qyO RegNcVoTQd6tr42?width=1024&height=633&cropmode=none

And this is at the other end
https://am3pap004files.storage.live.com/y4mbuIxFuFH76HY1glVxJaHzXK41f1DhvxWSPlaUD6M8ln35I_lC7Ml7PcvX Ihc3Cm2oTjQqQ65Q4NB-wLkMIZNmw55-wi99xWfzLaTEh-vTuvvIg3eFI2l6ghu0PU-hwppOCuwUVzebaetLvECJCb1em_VwFfMIdVOQQ-hseebxScMHa2FbGlqhXPfJctNQgGe?width=1024&height=633&cropmode=none

[Asturias56]

Does this airport still operate?

[nvubu]

Yes, still in operation.

[nvubu]

Here's a view out of the tower - even has the runway layout for you - which remained the same in GE overhead from 1999, today, two have gone (the single diagonal and the horizontal one on the plan), and the right hand vertical now a taxiway.

https://am3pap004files.storage.live.com/y4m2QGaTXPy7J8NuF1b14Jef2-cVdfkm_Gzbqza-zbUQGVFUqFDIX8vzxea6r3WveTiI8tSiM-djM_6ihGSwdCm59O-035zLpT8r7KVd7sLUZsB_E3iqCsA5dhudcu7B3F3j-X0OnHYTvcOiEghIL-JmXR3Dc-EBeFdeRF4GZ5bnGm5dCnTw4i56omZYS-5SK6i?width=1024&height=633&cropmode=none

[chevvron]

Wendover, Utah.

[nvubu]

Not Wendover, you need to go further north.

[Asturias56]

are we back at Logan Utah? I'm sure it was a challenge last year as well?

[nvubu]

Not in Utah, keep going north.

[Asturias56]

Great Falls and Malstrom AFB both have runways no longer in use

I can't get any old pictures of either but I think its more likely to be Malstrom

[nvubu]

We aren't in Montana - you are now too far north, and way too far west.

[Sultan Ismail]

Mountain Home AFB
Idaho, USA

[Asturias56]

Sultan - that's WEST of Montana......

So north of Wendover & Logan, south of Malstrom and east of all them by quite a way - that takes us to the middle of the MidWest - so let's try Offut.

[nvubu]

We aren't in Idaho either - you've gone even further west, but you are now only slightly north of the location.
Go east, well over a 1000 miles east.

Here's the view is from ground level, outside the tower.
https://am3pap004files.storage.live.com/y4mR58yRIxwvvg__VQWaZseNuzrpCWavQrwTmVcT-J0EmEPbj_CLOWjzALEt1UCXRffEpTmOcoHNOYBlsU_W7m_m0n67PXad9GqVt 2q7hABtngiDEWIX1-hDVUMQ69nOW4-n-dJGBZURM2PDyxuZQnnOAp-JZVj7USjRzrUwNWvZ76Bx2KBG5DaydTswBvuLfo9?width=1024&height=633&cropmode=none

Edit to add: Offut is still west of the target, south as well.

[dixi188]

Is it Willow Run?
B24 factory.

[nvubu]

It certainly is Willow Run - over to you dixi188

Asturias56, When you suggested Great Falls. I searched for Great Falls, and GE gave me "Great Falls Road" about 3 miles north of Willow Run :ok:

https://am3pap004files.storage.live.com/y4mBYM9Dd5wiL5MyCQUU3CtxWSC7qQ7sQ-DYD5oJRwQude7w7QrmTbra4WNGvQSCNDM3OvO23EUBWVq6Od8BwpN95MjIUP drPEM3yHIKe4KpohJkgkkgGIRfpwDALSKNhdnySi6VnwyB8N93vQRLzGbJ1p 7AgPPzyIuESQYSMqTaQfos4RU0mfk5QSGAtl1y09w?width=1024&height=633&cropmode=none

[dixi188]

I spent a bit of time there with Zantop.

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/500x333/victor_2_756b9fa7a3cb21c2bd2fc289b5aa93dc8539d3ca.jpg
Try this.

[nvubu]

Would that be the flight at Bruntingthorpe?

[dixi188]

Yes. The last accidental flight of a Victor.
I didn't think it would last long.

[nvubu]

It was the only flight of the Victor that I could think of.

I'm a bit tied up at work at the moment, so Open House for anyone that wants to post up a challenge.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/626x386/control_tower_5cfdc6c32877ef9d816a3a2d654f4869edcc0d95.jpg

[India Four Two]

Those are RHD Morris PV vans. Somewhere in The Empire?

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Very much in the Empire but who's ? Image taken in 1947 - two years after airfield closure. Leading you a bit of a dance!

[chevvron]

'Department' of Civil Aviation must mean Oz or NZ; England would be Ministry of Civil Aviation.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Very much in England......perhaps for export?

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

A clue...
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/626x362/hurricanes_68a775bdab7f143f0cfc997166000774319ac108.jpg

Cowley photo credits: Control Tower website.

[chevvron]

Langley???

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

I'm afraid not........

[JENKINS]

Redhill perhaps?

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

[QUOTE=JENKINS;10924946]Redhill perhaps?[/QUOTE

Perhaps not. Now if you set course from Redhill heading NW you would be heading in the right direction. Alas today there is no trace of the airfield as such.

[India Four Two]

CAM Hurricanes? Hanworth?

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Not Hanworth, press on until you are just clear of The Home Counties. Follow the railway lines, or the A40. You are strictly VFR, no radio, stay out of cloud at all costs. You could be doing this several times a day.

[zetec2]

That is Cowley airfield, I was born & brought up just down the road, Morris Motors on opposite side of the road where they had a production line of Tiger Moths & Horsa gliders which my Mother worked on, MPRD salvage yard couple of hundred yards off to the left, Henshaw flew from there I remember him bringing the AW52 in there and then flew it round over Cowley & Oxford. sadly it will have to be open house after that, rgds, Paul H, Bicester.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Spot on. Cowley - home to Number One Civilian Repair Unit: Hurricanes, Spitfires, Magisters and Masters. I've not been able to find any decent contemporary aerial views but I've highlighted the spot where I think the flying field was on the image below. Paul correct me if I'm wrong.

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/580x531/eaw003926__1a6ee1398ad06412888d1cf21e7bead850ef1d6b.jpg


Cowley works 1946 - flying field top right.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8Bv8zmG76A

[India Four Two]

A 1945 photo on GE confirms the location of the aerodrome. The view is looking south:

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/828x756/screen_shot_2020_11_12_at_19_36_08_2f985c2f848c0fdafa52b3985 3ea68c76f493d47.png

The two aerodromes in the distance are Culham (HMS Hornbill) on the right and Mount Farm on the left.

I was confused by the gear-lever in the Last Spitfire image above! :eek:

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/580x609/eaw029595_7161ee96e75eeef5af9a264a4da00b8562a88924.jpgImage from 1950 looking north-west.


Zetec 2 mentioned the MPRD . At the risk of slight thread drift http://geoffroynon.co.uk/HAGproject-MPRD.html

[zetec2]

The last image is good, the airfield is right in the centre, best picture I have seen of the site, suggest some time late 40's early 50's before built on, it was like that up until about 1954, I lived in one of the houses top right, St Lukes Road, Cowley, the road at front is the Garsington Road, with the speedway track centre left, the railway line - The Cowley Line was built (Lord Nuffield funding) to transport the Morris cars to the world and beyond, just in front of the square right centre is a bungalow and building, the small bulding became Johnsons cafe which supplied the workers both airfield and Morris Motors, it was still in existence until a couple of months ago, but development has taken over and now believe it has gone.

In India Four Two's picture the airfield is under the wording Cowley, where I lived is by the numbers B4495 bottom right, last road & houses yet to be built suggest that picture taken late 1938 , afraid Culham & Mount Farm way out of picture , Culham over by Abingdon some 15 plus miles away & Mount Farm same distance out to the left near Benson & Wallingford, still trying to orientate top picture ?.

Again my apologies for declaring open house but that really brought back some memories & just had to answer.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

It's a pleasure to hear your memories Paul, thanks a lot.

[Asturias56]

here's an odd one - passed by ten's of thousands each day and completely forgotten

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/300x384/asasasa_8408cfb16937f25b33b3b3bd4ff6528df70ddf46.jpg

[Self loading bear]

Not much clues to start with.
We will have to narrow it down a bit.
Not London City Airport by the looks of it.

[India Four Two]

Are we in the Home Counties or do I have to widen my search?

[chevvron]

here's an odd one - passed by ten's of thousands each day and completely forgotten

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/300x384/asasasa_8408cfb16937f25b33b3b3bd4ff6528df70ddf46.jpg
Heathrow 1930s version.

[Asturias56]

We are in S England - there are remarkably few pictures of this spot although it was busy at the time. You can get to it easily by road, rail, boat and it's regularly overflown by airliners.

It's no longer in operation some of the pictures I have only show corners of the original field

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/493x519/2020_11_13_141606_225fc02fac3b75842632e05a2dc0b375b4c087f2.j pg

[kenparry]

Langley? ???

[chevvron]

London/Ashford/Lympne.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Theale, Berkshire. OPEN HOUSE !

[Asturias56]

Theale, Berkshire. OPEN HOUSE !


It is indeed Theale - right by junction 12 of the M4 at the Ar junction and bounded to one side by the GWR and the Kennett & Avon Canal.

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/474x411/2020_11_14_103838_20d9b8b3ba3b080f775a9db5ca6c192fab407c3a.j pg


It no longer exists as it was dug up in the 60's and 70's for gravel and is now a nature reserves

OH declared

[JENKINS]

I gather that there may have been lots of digging ici as well.
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1024x683/charters_towers_airport_overview_vabre_19884afe8ef90af9a3c47 8159d64e9d854a76fd4.jpg

[Dora-9]

Somewhere in Australia? Fokker Trimotor and a Caribou would suggest this....

[ea200]

Longreach?

[chimbu warrior]

Charters Towers (YCHT). Open house if correct.

[JENKINS]

Yes, it is Charters Towers, once a major gold mining spot. A bit easy, but an excuse to look at that handsome aircraft. Great Britain had little to compete at the time, and France equally bereft perhaps. A former ( twice ) airline colleague was a great fan.

Open House.

[rog747]

Can anyone please identify this airport?
Was thinking Tropics - Far East or Caribbean, Def very Colonial......any help would be appreciated.
Ta...
Union Flag flying means it is a UK overseas joint -the other flag looks like Pan Am or EAAC...
this one I have tried to search in vain -


https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1751x1275/125784105_10220531679054671_7878113268028133421_o_65d0c82eda be861ffd4972f96968f3a42d04c1d9.jpg
Colonial - but where???


The memorial must be a clue,

Ta.

[sycamore]

Operated by BOAC 1946-54.....possibly in India....

[Shackman]

My first thought was Bermuda (Kindley Field era) but was only there once and many years ago.

[Asturias56]

Definitely in the tropics - just look at those shadows - the sun must be nearly vertical overhead.

Any other context on where the picture came from? was it amongst other pictures that might help??


https://www.pinterest.jp/gervina/
This guy has a lot of pics of BOAC Connies - he might know...

[old,not bold]

Is it a memorial or a beacon?

[descol]

maybe the Cocos Islands ?

[Asturias56]

Is it a memorial or a beacon?

I thought it looked like an old VOR aerial myself.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Shackman - You mention Bermuda. Quite possible but on the other hand it might have been a diversion. Folks have a look at the routes in this timetable:BOAC - British Overseas Airways Corporation (http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/ba4806.htm)