Which Aerodrome Mk III

[nvubu]

That's where I thought it probably was - but on the 1945 overhead on GE, there doesn't seem to be anything there .

Re my challenge

https://am3pap004files.storage.live.com/y4mFXwF5eKMQlbW_2XLOeiD3hJCiaz_Jh7dL1t0PyiQFjHptWnUzkhy27Tlu CbtnojgGou0cTTHgzxx2whQRr9WnOuKfjpbQn6Uo0ziDa6kWtW9vhWhs1DyW aqs-CQ__0Dkawls9MRRrsLSO-Fba61U3IMkBPsJk0iEEFlp4IlRZYFn46OWQQ-gqF9fqOcvzS_g?width=564&height=503&cropmode=none

[Asturias56]

are we in N France?

[nvubu]

Yes - North eastern France

https://am3pap004files.storage.live.com/y4mdLi_BKce2zzEeIRCYkI2jc2FK1mUDBS6fk0S9guUakqKrnNxSzoRfkODs 0kOBgXIQOzo_F4KVszHmC-mn3OfZG2WFhdy5rv1PtiXO_tEmeH_TCvQ_2n2Q7Pryb4djOTRl-5v33YsoT5ximsuboWRUSx1qeuXUu_JrZtKHJHDBAol3TOynu7fBj2VzIYK5j S5?width=719&height=340&cropmode=none

[Asturias56]

Bessonneau hangers I think - but that's not a great help

Did the Germans ever operate from here in WW1?

[nvubu]

Got to post the photos that don't give much help at first so that it can't be solved too quickly - I'll post an aerial in a couple of hours.

The aerodrome was built in 1918, and I don't think that the Germans got this far west during WW1.

[Asturias56]

"Got to post the photos that don't give much help at first so that it can't be solved too quickly"

I thought I'd got it on the second picture but a close look at my image showed the hangars were a bit closer together..............

[nvubu]

Now for an aerial

https://am3pap004files.storage.live.com/y4mlYu9gBQvN8QT9L1YnHhhG3p3JEYm2vgmWbczMU4k6TtzN0PGnlx6Hs81D wdwZn42KAf1dhi-MmFOaPP1wohvWa3JZcdTVlgcRLQR1YzO5kJDXo4P-LcZ0Wk1bpqL7SjvRfWO4mTnUQR3I5UQEaVaC3kFX5TG1qJblzG-T4EAEEF7KZfWdpxbzkQeEmlT4wOd?width=710&height=459&cropmode=none

[Self loading bear]

Posted upside down to get the north upwards?

[nvubu]

Nope - north is at about 3 o'clock

or nine o'clock here :ok:

https://am3pap004files.storage.live.com/y4mUhwFshMs1iNKrOnVcbsHGiaanIGeoX2LtdC-Zu-KqfQKnbokiNkfGeHst3qQRstAK5kxAhXXMZYYn-fgwLIHy6skcrihAWaLmm1GjbXok7q8A4W310ESs-oOvENrofwpohXX2aCtm1zrjjpJtYH67LUc8GbqUpdgxmNLn_KOq0Uz9eMlRd opQkGWwRSdJqCd?width=539&height=442&cropmode=none

[Self loading bear]

Lucky quick find on Google
Epiez

[nvubu]

Well it almost lasted 24 hours - hence the overheads last :)

Epiez it is.

Over to you SLB

[Self loading bear]

Thanks Nvubu,
I am not to far into the WW1 airfields but the aerials were quite distinctive.
You were right to put the other photos first.
What is the first photo supposed to camouflage?

Now this one
Sadly only a Google overhead to show but got the remainder completely within the name of the game:

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/608x1080/39a0c467_8114_4bfe_afa8_b47a2a212ce0_a80f9b4cfb9a4665cc62d02 275f8746e3b42d6a3.jpeg

[nvubu]

Yes distinctive and still recognisable today. The photo doesn't have a title, just a number as it's description, but I think that they are the gun butts for testing the machine guns.

I'd hazard a guess that your challenge is a fly in community in the USA?

[Self loading bear]

Yes distinctive and still recognisable today. The photo doesn't have a title, just a number as it's description, but I think that they are the gun butts for testing the machine guns.

I'd hazard a guess that your challenge is a fly in community in the USA?

Thanks a gun butt makes sense.

Fly in community; perhaps
private: certainly
USA: no, it is east of London

Below the only other photo on the net found under same location reference:

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/974x750/c7ecc964_31ce_4277_8fb4_2cc1b1ab5366_b122b57d22613477e965e6d 2aaed6ef73a4d3879.jpeg

[nvubu]

Phew - I don't have to go through this site Fly-In Communities accross the United States and Canada (bifold.com) (https://www.bifold.com/fly-in-communities.php#IA) :)

No more guesses from me for a while though

[sycamore]

East of London UK,but not in UK,and a long way ....?

[Self loading bear]

East of London UK,but not in UK,and a long way ....?
Indeed not UK
A long way from the UK but not so far from East of London.

[Asturias56]

Sounding like a politician Bear - ... east of London ?? or East London in South Africa? there are a few fly-in communities around that part of the world

[Asturias56]

Kwelega Road Airstrip 32 54 07S 28 02 55 E
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/828x543/2021_04_05_155335_3544520730e3dd355789bbefcda06f849ce72d3f.j pg
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/950x684/2021_04_05_155227_7d54899fbc5af22fe57de2831da989cf088de32a.j pg

[Flap40]

The nearest name on Google Earth is Kwelega. NE of East London.
I'd spent a few hours scouring the area NE of London Ontario.
OH if correct.

[Asturias56]

think i got in by 60 seconds...................... :E

[Self loading bear]

Already thought East of London would give it away.

It is in the name of the game to give each challenge a name.

You both (or others) have 5 hours left.

[Self loading bear]

The name of the strip that Asturias found correctly,
Can be found in Google earth/ maps when you zoom in to about East London area and search for “airstrip”

I was hinting on Whats landing.

Next episode of Which Aerodrome is for Asturias to fill.

[Asturias56]

Let's see - a change of location I think - the scenery is nice but not a major tourist location.....................

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/383x287/2021_04_01_142238_f9e2a25a11aa51a4773e5bcb5d9615f3061a754d.j pg

[jensdad]

Let's see - a change of location I think - the scenery is nice but not a major tourist location.....................

18 hours and nobody's had a shot yet! I'll kick off with a guess at the mountain range at least... Is this somewhere in the Caucasus?

[Asturias56]

These days things aren't as frantic as a couple of years back JD. It is a mountain range but it's not the Caucasus quite a ways from there. A couple of scheduled internal flights a day but quite a few private/charter movements

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/299x307/2021_04_01_142122_5a2f74e74173725b578b7f0bd1c886d09bd7b016.j pg
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/386x333/2021_04_01_142224_7aba209c11f8c182c45786ea1f7e11941a13cbbf.j pg

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

North Africa ?

[Asturias56]

No not in Africa.

The place has I'm sure produced many famous sons & daughters but there's only one who might be recognised on here - and not by name but by the tune wot he wrote (and that's probably only an older subset of PPrune)

[Self loading bear]

Spanish language
perhaps Maya culture?
Central America?

[Asturias56]

Spanish is one of the languages spoken here Bear although they do also speak a local language

It isn't Mayan nor in C America. Unfortunately, due to local history, it doesn't really attract many people who don't have to go there

The song referred to above is over 100 years old and has, more recently, a (very tenuous link) to a UK railway station via the USA

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/346x320/2021_04_01_144247_b5bc6890c2912b25633bebc395830dc8e5d0a791.j pg
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/381x269/2021_04_01_142353_3bb7f1004c3056c86f89a21b737ecf65b14e9439.j pg

[descol]

are we in Peru ?

[Asturias56]

We are indeed .................

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/410x294/2021_04_01_142531_c4fa3bbdf7cd32561d9741edd880a50e69e94a2c.j pg

[descol]

Ast-
I think it is Huanuco
Alferez David Figueroa Ferdinand Airport - HUA -
operated by the civilian government with one daily fight to Lima
Runway is in the valley of the Huallaga River
OH if correct
Descol

[Asturias56]

wait.... I've been banned (again) for no reason from Rumours so I'll wait 24 hours

[Asturias56]

Yes - Huánuco - pretty spot but suffered a lot from the Shining Path and various drug wars

The composer Daniel Alomía Robles (3 January 1871 – 17 July 1942) was born there - best known for writing El Condor Pasa, one of the most rerecorded Latin American songs of all time which was covered with additional lyrics in English by Simon & Garfunkel. Paul Simon famously wrote "Homeward Bound " in the middle of the night on either Wigan or Warrington stations in the UK (a terrifyign thought)

Over to Descol

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1057x672/2021_04_01_141912_ef87438f38313d0ba32d7c2118dd233e24426816.j pg

[descol]

thanks Ast - nothing available here at present - open house

[Max Tow]

Try this...

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/750x254/4301588b_40dd_4d2a_8331_388d6385405f_4_5005_c_2a5ad4abc525eb 1df0dc02dedc5209e1fb5cc637.jpeg
1940s

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/736x233/032edb62_6239_420b_b1dd_c582c3e775a7_4_5005_c_f14d880bc14d77 19cb0ac35e2005da25a6afae0b.jpeg
1990s

[Asturias56]

aggggggggggggggggggg I've seen it in the last 4 months - but can't remember it

[Flap40]

No idea what the aircraft is but I think the terminal is MXP.

[Self loading bear]

No idea what the aircraft is but I think the terminal is MXP.

The aircraft should have had a moustache.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Those are splendid British Piston engines from Bristol......

[Max Tow]

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/560x446/8b663038_43d5_4e1c_805c_091faed7922c_1_201_a_538215b0e14ef3d 8dd0a3540f47d377bebc76c03.jpeg
Flaps40 thinks he's cracked it!

[Max Tow]

Malpensa has been a cradle of Italian aviation for over a century, starting with the Caproni brothers in 1910, used by the Italian Air Force use through both wars until becoming a civil airport in 1948, followed by extensive redevelopment to its current form in the late 90s.



Even if you don't read Italian, there are some interesting photos of locally produced aircraft and the early days of the airport here:



https://www.mxpairport.it/breve-storia-di-malpensa/



The BZ308 shown in the challenge was the first aircraft to visit the newly opened civilian airport in 1948 from the Breda factory at nearby Sesto San Giovanni. A fine looking aircraft with a Brabazon-shaped nose and four Centaurus engines with five bladed props. The prototype reportedly showed great promise during testing but there are tales of political pressure from Allied competitors and it never entered production, though the prototype flew with the air force until damaged beyond repair in a landing collision with a cement truck in Mogadishu in 1954. The aircraft featured in the 1953 movie "Italian Holiday", scenes from which appear in the clip below.



More on the BZ308 here if you have a few minutes:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6GgwZIPVRU

Over to Flaps40...

[Self loading bear]

Nice film!

Strange that a cockpit photo of a different airplane appears at 0:28...

[Flap40]

Thanks, Open House i'm afraid.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1170x671/screenshot_2021_04_05_google_maps_1__fd14e15ca90da548e24b046 4be5e14522d34dbc1.png

[chevvron]

Ludford Magna.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Sorry Chevvron it's not Ludford Magna.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/900x638/8wiu_cargo_9462d9beb77f77d9d906e00a45b7219e78225ea7.jpg



Somewhat too large in every respect for the aerodrome in question.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/225x225/index_airfield_79efe9c2d80c9411c0adc6e15fc26e978428ac26.jpg


So sorry - a small image of a small aerodrome. The best I could find.

[Shackman]

Lasham perhaps?

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Shackman - I follow your logic but I fear that it is not Lasham....

[descol]

Luton Airport ?

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Sorry Descol. Not Luton. Again I follow your logic too. I suppose the CL44 might be a bit of a diversion at the moment - perhaps it will become clearer in time ?

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1073x877/screenshot_2021_04_11_google_maps_888f126f2fff526d0bcfc676d3 1267437525d759.png

Private Air Strip Pre-War. Active Airfield, though never very busy, circa 1947-1967. What is thought to be surviving Pre-war hangar highlighted.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/442x690/p2_jpg_cf2825d4ec0a7db95d1a0d43c89f6868_0baf2e23b3a9d23763f8 e9ff21eaa42d4f14074f.jpg

Photo credit: Imperial War Museum.

[Flap40]

Are you absolutely certain that it’s not Lasham? There are pictures of a Redcoat CL-44 elsewhere on the internet that claim to be at Lasham in summer 1980 and visible in the background of your photo are a Dan-Air Ambassador and what looks to be an Avro York, both of which were at Lasham until they moved to Duxford in 1986. The 727 is also in an early 80’s colour scheme.

[Max Tow]

Flap40: I agree re Lasham but I suspect it's there just for a clue from the CL44 photo hence comment re being too big for the OP's airfield...

[chevvron]

Closed 1967; Ramsgate?

[Asturias56]

Doubt it - its now a great big distribution complex - Dates fit Harpswell or Fambridge but neither look right

Just to check - we are in the UK?

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/561x298/1949_no_ref_592x383_trim_af67fb756c8955fc34393a130a872de1412 81e09.jpg


British Isles.

[chevvron]

Butlins Pwllheli?

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Chevvron - Name of the Airfield Please....

[chevvron]

Chevvron - Name of the Airfield Please....
Broom Hall?

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Chevvron has it. The airfield is Broom Hall, Pwllheli. Billy Butlin bought the Broom Hall Estate after the war and reopened the airfield in 1947. I would think it was quite seasonal mostly with pleasure flying. Butlin used Fairchild Argus, Austers and Rapides. Early pleasure flying operators were Cambrian Airways and Dragon Airways - the latter became Starways of Liverpool who wrote off their Petrel P6 G-AFIX at Pwllheli without loss of life in 1949. A later pleasure flying operator was Chrisair with their Dragon.

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1024x1024/gettyimages_1187527532_1024x1024_20313b7bc553a64f8c0db40af2e 70caf3c3199e3.jpg
Billy Butlin with his Airspeed Consul at Pwllheli in 1949



https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/938x625/15224_butlins_7f6ede409fd3e6fc425e04101b9b3f0feacde652.jpg
Butlin's Redcoats laughing about that silly old swingtail.



https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/683x1024/41138714374_443239a8df_b_war_memorial_29db3a3711a01b10b9d279 d3d98f445c36165d23.jpg
Pwllheli War Memorial.


http://www.butlins-memories.com/pwllheli/pleasureflights.htm



Congrats Chevvron. Over to you.

[Asturias56]

great challenge!!

[chevvron]

Sorry Open House.

[chevvron]

Broom Hall?
www.airfieldresearchgroup.org.uk/forum/caernarfonshire-airfields/11042-broom-hall.
But fer chrissake don't look at the rest of the forum 'cos if you like airfields, it's 'habit forming' and you WILL get hooked on it.

[Max Tow]

Apologies, withdrew my challenge as away for a few days!

[Self loading bear]

Lets try this:
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1334x750/1344b906_9a5c_4014_8aef_d4768b5176bb_a83fc2aae8ead2fd4b83a4c 8740b7a921bc16f52.jpeg

[descol]

Aeroporto Nicellie Lido de Venezia

[Self loading bear]

Aeroporto Nicellie Lido de Venezia
indeed Venice Lido.

a grass strip with beautiful terminal building in Art Deco style.
The photo was a screen schot from a Pilatus P24 promo video.
Promoting the short unpaved landing and take capabilities.

I hope you have something in store for us Descol?

[descol]

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1799x1211/dc_81c7a5e7e68237c66f2ea673fe30a229f6c8eb0b.jpg
Thanks SLB - have a go at this one

[Asturias56]

Australia?

[descol]

Ast - Not Oz

[Self loading bear]

Ast - Not Oz

But surely Commonwealth isn’t it?

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/550x835/c05227c5_e54a_4ddf_a3db_8aed1602d9c6_c41b1daecc5c75a3b8ed996 63a099bbcdf3a288a.jpeg

[nvubu]

My first though was southern Africa.

[descol]

Commonwealth yes - SLB how does the exploded image relate ?
nvubu - not SA

[Self loading bear]

Commonwealth yes - SLB how does the exploded image relate ?
nvubu - not SA

For me (being overly generalistic)
men in shorts with white socks up over the calves
is definitely British/former commonwealth.
Could have been a visitor of course.

[nvubu]

I think SLBs definition is a good one.

"southern Africa" is not just SA,

[descol]

Commonwealth with men in with socks is true - not Southern Africa

[Self loading bear]

Commonwealth with men in with socks is true - not Southern Africa

I hope I have not offended any Brits?
Because then I will put on my wooden shoes at start weeding the grass between my tulips.

[siftydog]

Pacific Islands?

[descol]

Yes SD - Pacific Islands and a commonwealth county - where BrIts / Ozzies and others where white socks over the calves

[Asturias56]

Does it still look the same or has it been modernised?

[descol]

Ast - I took the photo in the mid 80s - have not been there since - I suspect it has changed

[JENKINS]

Just a guess, GA Terminal, should one exist, at Raratonga. So long since I passed through; I was wearing Desert Boots at the time, otherwise just about as shown. Rugby was the topic of discussion while refueling, being Welsh helps in those parts.

[descol]

Whilst I can see why -Jenkins - it's not Raratonga
I still have my desert boots - can't beat them

[descol]

perhaps a clue is in order - the airfield played a significant role in the Guadalcanal campaign in WW2

[teusje]

Honiara International Airport (formerly Henderson Field), Solomon Islands?

[descol]

teusje not Honiara / Henderson - go further South

[descol]

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1280x853/star_834c48a42a427b08ee24f168ef55501374c25cff.png
Green Star - Symbol associated with location

[Asturias56]

Not much south of Honaria

Could be Bauerfield International in Port Vila

[Checklist Charlie]

Or it could be Santo-Pekoa International Airport on Espiritu Santo (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espiritu_Santo) in Vanuatu (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanuatu) (IATA (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IATA_airport_code): SON, ICAO (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICAO_airport_code): NVSS)

As is the Flag of the short-lived Republic of Vemarana

OH as I will be incommunicado for a couple of days

CC

[descol]

yes CC - Santo - Pekoa it is - old terminal - google shows a much bigger facility
The flag of Vemerana - correct
The Espirito Santo Rebellion led by Jimmy Stevens - assisted by the Phoenix Corporation from Colloredo
As you say open house

[India Four Two]

Airport on a cliff top. Been here twice - once in a 737-200 and once in an RV-6A.


https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1200x703/wad_2021_04_21_e003e52c5127db51feca1841ed37e57487db4ebe.jpg

[Asturias56]

Billings Montana - been there in a 727 and 737..................................

[India Four Two]

Asturias,

You might think that but I couldn’t possibly comment, at least for another 12 hours or so! :E

[Self loading bear]

When searching 1980s airport Vanuatu I found these two pictures:

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1088x588/ea319b2f_907b_40ca_b62f_80895a5de3f3_2118bee1a6b7122de6338dc 38e23162ea703e94d.jpeg
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/715x306/ea25d524_e29e_4c31_990c_d38fd68f0b47_efd2237b85712944a72e6c0 fdf69945b2f17219d.jpeg

[descol]

SLB - that's how it was
If you fancy a read - try
The Santo rebellion by
John Beasant

[Self loading bear]

Thanks,
Added to the vacation list

[chevvron]

Billings Montana - been there in a 727 and 737..................................
Closest airport to Little Bighorn Battlefield?

[Asturias56]

Closest airport to Little Bighorn Battlefield?

certainly with a scheduled service tho I was heading to Bozeman and and Yellowstone - at one time NW A/L had a stopper service from Minneapolis that toured a load of small airports between there and Seattle...

Whilst we await the decision of I42 I'd observe that the approach from the SE to 28R at Billings in a commercial aircraft is a bit of a shock - you're sailing along several hundred feet above the countryside and then cross the cliff and are suddenly 30ft above GL - most disconcerting

[India Four Two]

Asturias is correct - Billings Logan International Airport (KBIL) in Montana. An unforgettable airport once you've seen it. The cliffs are known in Billings as The Rims, which overlook the city in the north and east. They are formed by the Cretaceous Eagle Sandstone.

There is an ongoing issue with rock falls, causing damage to houses that have foolishly been built close to the foot of the cliffs. I hope none of those houses were bought by civil engineers or geologists!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuqZsX7C4dQ

Asturias has control

[Asturias56]

I know of geologists who've bought houses on the top of cliffs "for the view" and then watched their gardens suddenly wave goodbye on day - or in the absolute dead centre of a narrow valley bottom in an area known for sudden, violent downpours......................

back on subject:- This place has changed hands so many times its a blur...................

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/374x249/2021_04_16_155907_54a665545a3c3fab800ab75753a03d783877e597.j pg

[chevvron]

Ercan, Cypris?

[Asturias56]

no but not that far away - well... within 1000 km........

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/533x918/2021_04_16_160502_618373ce633c569f13fbd933aefdb2c90de37472.j pg

[Asturias56]

It's been invaded by just about everyone

Venetians, Saracens, Romans, Greeks, Turks, Byzantines, Russians, Genoa, the Pope, Britain, Germany for a start. The Spanish may also have been involved at one point....... not the USA as far as I can tell.

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/283x578/2021_04_16_160403_f7f67ca0102b25dda6afd7eb12fb3a3277584735.j pg

[Self loading bear]

As you have left out the Egyptians, that is probably the country.
I could not find matching terminal but perhaps Alexandria?

[Asturias56]

Actually the Egyptians aren't mentioned - perhaps they couldn't book a suitable slot?

It's not Egypt tho' - not quite as warm

It has several intra-country flights and seasonal charters from a number of destinations and there is a geographical feature of which there are only two in the same, very large, geographic region.

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/360x322/2021_04_16_160620_1df34a7685cbed9a763e3f47b4e33fb981cb8404.j pg

[ea200]

Are we in the Aegean?

[Asturias56]

I'd say yes

[kenparry]

Santorini?

[Asturias56]

No but it has been volcanic within the last few thousand years, tho not recently - but that covers a lot of places thereabouts..............

[ea200]

I will try Milos then. Had discounted it, but it is volcanic.

[Self loading bear]

Altis
What you have said, it seems still to be a place of continuous fighting.

[Asturias56]

I don't think Milos is in the Aegean, sensuo stricto. And although there's been a lot of fighting there there's also several thousand years of history - you just had to choose the right time to live there......

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/210x213/2021_04_16_160036_9ed77cec51b8863bce554653a922872eee59ff6a.j pg

[jensdad]

I haven't got a clue where it is, but I'm very intrigued!
While I'm here I suppose I'll have a wild guess... Could it be the old Rhodes airport - Maritsa I think it was called?

[Max Tow]

Lemnos? OH if correct.

[Asturias56]

can't comment for a while

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/248x181/2021_04_16_160136_136b2b034b17d0821aa05c10f5e3962ecff4c918.j pg
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/806x778/2021_04_16_155732_5b86723a298c6f5a4cb2af0c023658fc4aa7308f.j pg
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/181x158/2021_04_16_155926_b105f1b9777d3c4f3c36f6b2b2e2047493fb5011.j pg

[Self loading bear]

You can call it an alternate truth or a parallel universe but in the shooter game Arma 3
it is 2036 and there is an island state Altis almost completely modeled after Lemnos.

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1280x720/2082a59a_e0ab_4c9f_b4bb_f023b963ec4e_e7ee7a677edbdabd312b90d eb654104aaf409eec.jpeg

[Asturias56]

More customers at Lemnos but better gardeners at Altis

[Self loading bear]

It is difficult to model scrub and weed and by leaving it out it saves on your digitized Garderner.
I do not how to shoot with a PlayStation pad or keyboard I just ran into it when searching for the geographical feature which is probably the salt lake?

[Asturias56]

Ok Lemnos or Limnos it is - "Hephaestus International" (IATA: LXS, ICAO: LGLM) - he was the Greek God of Metallurgy who was thrown (physically by Zeus) out of Olympus and landed here - no information on type of approach

V good beaches and one of Europe's only two deserts.

MaxTow wins and has declared OH

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1400x865/hangar_resize_9229d49af96f9dba5df4efa22c4823a584d13350.png

[chevvron]

Chelveston?

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Sorry Chevvron - it's not Chelveston.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Coming to rest in the trees of an Estate some five miles from the Aerodrome.............

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/712x1024/p281213_14_03_richard_filter_18cd760ca2a7d8581695bdeaa8a2a14 3a5668547.jpg

Photo Credit Richard Burlingham.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Whilst further down The Drive .............Listed for concerns over alleged roof leakages and dry rot.......



https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/640x360/sd_19_leaking_roof_9b061b9aa9878d07bb5a17cb38b856b6854ecb7a. jpg

[sycamore]

It is Shedwall Court ,near Thetford,left to decay by the Dubai Royal Family....looks like an Avro504,nesting...

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/650x1023/p281213_14_02_01_shadwell_filter2_dbd6af736138ad33c4526380de da1c7fcb9c2e81.jpg
Photo Credit Richard Burlingham.

Excellent Sycamore. Time to scout around for an airfield.........

[chevvron]

East Wretham then?

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Chevvron I fear it is not East Wretham......

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/385x276/sopwith_dolphin_026e016942f567dfef8d3f6258a7f624f6da9713.jpg
Sopwith Dolphin Circa 1918. Photo Credit Simon Blackwell.

[teusje]

Is it Old Buckenham?

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Good try teusje but not Old Buckenham.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

This is not the mystery aerodrome. However if you follow the extended centre line south-west from the point marked on the runway you will come across the site of the First War Aerodrome that we are looking for. Alternatively you could take the train. Sort of a bonus !


https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1016x916/screenshot_2021_04_30_norfolk_historic_map_explorer_0442b66d af43d118deea6828c849b65871831576.png

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/897x918/screenshot_2021_04_30_google_maps_1a3de4fe152d632fc088417412 52375084540af2.png

[Asturias56]

Bit bucolic....................

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Indeed but it's more than one a day..... surely you must be near our destination?

[Self loading bear]

RFC Harling road SW of Old Buckenham.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Well Done SLB ! Harling Road it is. (Two miles south-west of Snetterton Airfield as imaged). RFC/RAF 1916 - 1920. Flying then ceased. American Forces Supply Depot WW11. Rumours of C47 Operations post-D-Day.




https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1396x1080/harling_road_aerodrome_roddy_kesterton_6db7aa0a2a5a05b08902b e0ff6f0afe16613072d.jpg
Photo Credit: Roddy Kesterton.



https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1377x849/screenshot_2021_03_01_historical_maps_of_norfolk_1364e598add 645ea228e122217e1379a9cd72d6a.png
Image taken 1946.


https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1800x724/screenshot_2021_04_15_google_maps_resize_e431775f7799816987c b10e5b28860acb489411f.png
See Link below:

https://imodeler.com/2013/12/harling-road-airfield-norfolk-1916-1981/

[Self loading bear]

Thanks OUAQUKGF!
Again a very interesting challenge with a beautiful string of photos.

My challenges are usually somewhat easier:
This photo where the sun conveniently hides some details.

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/768x1024/b4f0ce80_d245_455a_a4c4_fd3ecb870edf_d7a8c698dda7e4cdfc3c52b edb8c3c5a637fc71b.jpeg

[descol]

Could it be Nausori - Fiji ?

[Max Tow]

Looks a bit chiily for tropics!
Sweden?

[Asturias56]

Doesn't look quite right for Nausori - I think the terminal building runs in front of the tower

[Self loading bear]

The Nausori terminal is also much bigger.
Sweden is the better bet.
( It also has more airports to choose from)

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/266x205/be9381fb_b04c_4ad6_885b_da4578b6ffa1_6fed5fd1a2f0410c5f7225d 9bdf41c7b6f2ae7fb.jpeg

[Asturias56]

Ok - not a major airport but not a really small place either

Somewhere like Torsby?

[teusje]

I would say Hagfors.

[Self loading bear]

Asturias, you where only an inch away from victory, if I would have chosen the other picture from the same article of a Dutch website.

AIS Airlines resumes operation (https://www.pilootenvliegtuig.nl/2021/04/26/ais-airlines-hervat-zweedse-lijndiensy/)

But Teusje has it with Hagfors!

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/742x989/d730f576_78b5_4c27_b69d_99ac3a6ff602_51a9f263d464baddcec83ff 40a901c65248e1c46.jpeg


https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1193x593/f64c59d6_a16d_4743_ab8c_9db9973c34db_f10d3a5b8fcf76d93e9aa75 76cd2c789c635d84b.jpeg

[Self loading bear]

Strange that my last reply is not indicated in the H&n home page but is visible (for me?) in the thread

[teusje]

Thank you SLB.
Now let's try this one.
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1000x525/2_6c095862fe80ce25df5ff1dc6c4f43237f15cd25.jpg

[Asturias56]

Well Bear that wasn't easy - a lot of Swedish airports have very similar towers and the sun angle made any ID on the other buildings bloody hard - I thought I had it 4 times before trying Torsby!!

The challenge looks like our office! However that's a lot of lighting for a track like that- even in it's glory days. And relatively modern at that - note the light sensors on top of each lamp - so probably post 1980...... And the lights were put in before it fell upon hard times

I'd guess we are in Europe? I have a feeling this is a now abandoned part of a Cold War airfield

[teusje]

Not in Europe. And no connection to the Cold War.

[India Four Two]

The lights look North American and the festoons of overhead wiring point to the same area. Judging by the vegetation I’m going to say southeastern US.

[chevvron]

The lights look North American and the festoons of overhead wiring point to the same area. Judging by the vegetation I’m going to say southeastern US.
But the log across the road to deter 'traveller' incursion says UK.:\

[teusje]

It is Eastcoast USA, but not the south.

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/679x360/4_44dff341220580deb7ccc65428ea3ee452be164d.jpg

[Self loading bear]

That is a massive building in the background.
But does not look like a hangar/aircraft factory?

[Asturias56]

Public Housing to me.......

[descol]

I'd say public housing New York area

[teusje]

I'd say you're getting close descol.

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1024x699/3_7c6027f3251ed091030db2505fe1a50701d383f8.jpg

[Asturias56]

Is the airfield still in use as an airfield?

[Asturias56]

It could be Flushing in Queens?

[Asturias56]

Actually it IS Flushing Airport in Queens.......... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flushing_Airport

I think I'll go out and buy a lottery ticket.......

[teusje]

Actually it is Flushing Airport in Queens, New York City.
Asturias got it.

[Self loading bear]

We are now past 2,5 million views on this thread

[Asturias56]

Thanks Teusje it looked like a real challenge - I'd settled in for a long haul through every current and old airport in NE USA , fired up Google Earth and Zoomed in on one of the more "historic "parts of NY (I actually mean to start in New Jersey) and saw the name "Flushing" - which fired off an old memory of the airport closing. Street View and then Google took me home in style.

I know the Thread Gods will exact get vengeance in due time.

Here's one a long way away

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/566x338/2021_05_01_181151_4199aecbb505345d875e08f02af66641368c8b9a.j pg

[Asturias56]

lets try a sunnier day...............
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/138x215/2021_05_01_181059_19554d0c79872c74fc4311e30e5ce34bfd5fc1ff.j pg

[Asturias56]

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/274x240/2021_05_01_181120_ddf22d8425d6b8f837790f22f8b2abe4d7144cd1.j pg

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Is it Chivenor? No it's not Chivenor. I now think it is Predannack.

[Asturias56]

can't comment....... for a while..........

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/145x235/2021_05_01_180859_0d657ce41986a959d92c65fc1f14403184c2afaa.j pg
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/364x456/2021_05_01_181541_c238c04a7a34b0073e536472e3ac80f7277fd408.j pg
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/275x199/2021_05_01_180957_acef006bbac6ecc477e65b7640df5e6c590f7415.j pg

[chevvron]

can't comment....... for a while..........

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/145x235/2021_05_01_180859_0d657ce41986a959d92c65fc1f14403184c2afaa.j pg
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/364x456/2021_05_01_181541_c238c04a7a34b0073e536472e3ac80f7277fd408.j pg
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/275x199/2021_05_01_180957_acef006bbac6ecc477e65b7640df5e6c590f7415.j pg
Air Cadets so more likely Perranporth.

[Asturias56]

OUAQUKGF Ops has it with Predanack - oddly only 25 kms from Flushing (see previous challenge..) I think 626 Gliding Squadron use Pendannack Chevron

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/275x159/2021_05_01_181333_13ead3f4428279f0fbec6fb08114de5e71452cd4.j pg
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/394x669/2021_05_01_181606_6df5d083479a35d7138e221234960c8aa5ef956a.j pg
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/459x318/2021_05_01_180821_9b7318cb2bccce76345f8d7616a33d1add6acd9a.j pg

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Interesting challenge Asturias. Looked pretty dreary in first image. The airmen depicted were from 304 (Polish) Squadron Coastal Command. An excellent book to read is ' No Place to Land ' by J.F. Jaworzyn of 304 Squadron .(pub William Kimber 1984).

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1152x750/screenshot_2021_04_17__ee174fb9256a586755d31c2aaf30da11dd0ca 2ee.png

An Arena for The Flying Circus.......

[ea200]

My first thought was Rendcomb, but it looks a bit hilly for that.

[chevvron]

More like Luxters Farm near Henley; you take off dowhill and land uphill.

[chevvron]

OUAQUKGF Ops has it with Predanack - oddly only 25 kms from Flushing (see previous challenge..) I think 626 Gliding Squadron use Pendannack Chevron

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/275x159/2021_05_01_181333_13ead3f4428279f0fbec6fb08114de5e71452cd4.j pg
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/394x669/2021_05_01_181606_6df5d083479a35d7138e221234960c8aa5ef956a.j pg
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/459x318/2021_05_01_180821_9b7318cb2bccce76345f8d7616a33d1add6acd9a.j pg
Pendannack?
I'm a bit out of touch with which VGS are still operating; the three to which I used to supply cadets from Herts and Bucks Wing ATC (612 Abingdon, 613 Halton and 616 Henlow) have all been disbanded so there is a massive 'void' stretching from Oxfordshire through Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire to Bedfordshire.

[descol]

are we in the UK ?

[Asturias56]

"Looked pretty dreary in first image." - Cornwall on a wet winters day............. wonderful!


Chevron - 626 have a fairly active Face book page - looks like they have quite a good time.

As to the challenge that hill look a bit high for Henley - I'd suggest it's further west in the Vale of the White Horse maybe?

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Beautiful country-side - certainly in the United Kingdom....keep on searching......



https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/600x298/index_early_bird_3__fffc7808b83f9a591d566836e900970809dd3ff2 .jpg
An early visitor.

[descol]

how's about Cirencester ?

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Cirencester a charming town but not the right location.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/204x549/_113326878_building_trim_b4222c36e05bedb9dc4570000f4da604eeb 6e151.jpg




https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/600x372/handley_page_w10_g_ebmr__4669509b5b679dddb63313f2f1104218a01 c914d.jpg

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/994x1259/2522_xl_statue_filter_2_crop_9e0ff6c4db02eed2549dc7b9138da23 6935bdba0.jpg



This Artist celebrated The Green Green Grass of Home - In their confusion Women sometimes threw Undies at him........

[Asturias56]

Well thats Tom Jones I think which takes us to Pontypridd - but I don't think there was ever an airfield there so maybe Glamorgan?

Might be Llandow by the scenery but that only opened in 1940. Pengham Moors is the right age but the scenery doesn't look right...............

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Tom Jones - a common name in Wales....... You are in the right country but you need to broaden your canvas to find him in the town where the 'aerodrome' is.

And no, his clothing is not from Carnaby Street but of the period. You might find paint on his fingers.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Final clue: Christian Name not shortened..............

[Asturias56]

Ahhh - Thomas Jones of Pencerrig, Llanelwedd in Powys in the late 18th Century

It's not Builth Wells as I can't find any pictures (or even a precise location) but it look like Llandrindod Wells just up the road to me

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Llandridnod Wells it is. Not much to the aerodrome as you will see. You got there in the end Asturias well done! Incidentally Descol you had me worried when you picked up Hamel at Cirencester I thought you had rumbled me.

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/760x717/im20121127_trike_filter_8837e9af30f7a83a45541c3b32fe4d537f71 0502.jpg

Tom Norton. Llandridnod's Motor Entrepreneur who brought aviation to the town. Photo credit: Grace's Guide.


https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1185x516/screenshot_2021_05_09_google_maps_558221add0f88b7bbea86e8aca 8b834ce89d1687.png
Tom Norton's Automobile Palace. It is not known if he ever sold any aeroplanes but he appeared to show an interest in the sale of Kronfeld Drones.


https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1220/gettyimages_502244156_2048x2048_hamel_b24dfbdb9234480c3a86f8 39aebf66cffba1500e.jpg
Gustav Hamel displayed at the invitation of Tom Norton in 1913.
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/976x549/_113308691_ddoleairstripcradnorshiremuseum_b16df5f16e733fec1 606f6038e38d059a4244bff.jpg
1933 Possibly a National Air Day Display. Photo credit: Radnorshire Museum.


https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/620x821/254329281_flyer_8d11c95efe567cccabcf4bbbfacc69dcf669e766.jpg

Alas this enterprise came to nothing. It is thought that the aerodrome closed towards the end of the 1930s. Photo credit County Times.

It is all yours Asturias.

[Asturias56]

Now that WAS off the beaten track - thank you

Interesting list of fares "£100 in 1933 is equivalent in purchasing power to about £7,341.46 today" so 2 pax t o London = £ 1400 today - not too bad really...

I've been on here quite a bit recently so I'll let someone else have a go

OPEN HOUSE :ok:

[Allan Lupton]

When I visited Llandrindod Wells in the 1970s I was amused to see the sign on Tom Norton's Automobile Palace still offering Aeroplanes. We wondered how many he'd sold and how long ago, but had no time to find out.

[old,not bold]

I suspect this is rather easy for the experts.....type is obvious, but where? The picture is dated 18/August/1938, as a clue.

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/400x280/heyford_5bd6e12b7882b25013433de02d87c01bbd88bef2.jpg

[Self loading bear]

Puttin’ hole lane?

[Asturias56]

well it's a Heyford so lets try Upper Heyford?

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Is it Mildenhall - if not on the airfield then in the locality ?

[old,not bold]

I can't find the rule about pausing, but no point in prolonging it...... probably too easy.

Yes, Mildenhall, right in the middle, evidence of either my father's over-enthusiastic braking, or even landing with brakes on. His immediate and fast-thinking claim of a "soft patch of earth" was dismissed when no such patch was found.

Your controls.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Not that easy Old not Bold - I just came across a distant memory if you know what I mean - nudge nudge wink wink.... Thank You !

Open House

[mgahan]

Not my usual tramping ground but I did visit for a brief consultancy
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/800x600/hilltop_obst_light_to_adjacent_hill_2b14d799855acddf157f5e58 3980ea6c02246bde.jpg
a few years ago.

[Asturias56]

N America?

[mgahan]

Not that part of the world. There is a WW II connection to the location but not the aerodrome.

The view towards to aerodrome probably does not help but it will show that the obstruction light has a purpose.
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/800x600/hilltop_obst_light_to_airport_3e6e0feb1bea92ae03e286e078e845 ccb0c9ad7c.jpg

[chimbu warrior]

Might it be Christmas Island YPXM airport in the Indian Ocean?

[mgahan]

And you might be correct. Yes - Christmas Island. Over you CW. .

When I did some research for potential clues I found that it was occupied by the Japanese for three years during the war to access the phosphate.

View looking north.
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/800x600/36_runway_50b31a7e08141e3d0d5e740a603dfefb4d8e325a.jpg
.

[chimbu warrior]

I thought that looked familiar......

Alas nothing to offer here, so OPEN HOUSE.

[asw28-866]

Try this one...

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/600x610/racecourse_e20c95429de4fed972fedf5b20c7bc5eb398ac21.jpg

[chevvron]

Silverstone.
OH if correct.

[nvubu]

Gramsden Lodge seems to fit the layout, and was used for motor racing in 1946/7

[asw28-866]

nvubu has it with R.A.F. Gransden Lodge. Home of RCAF Pathfinders during WW2, and host for post-war motor racing in 1947. Now hosts Cambridge Gliding Centre (formerly Cambridge University Gliding Club), and a couple of clay pigeon shooting clubs...

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/620x428/twr_d1290fd3a9969fe5138ae07e5c8eb10c25af76e7.jpg
nvubu has control.

[nvubu]

Thank you - that's the second motor racing circuit challenge I've got right.

Now for today's aerodrome:

https://am3pap004files.storage.live.com/y4mg7fkjd07XCJEIngSKMj_Ue8ssOvVvkponTN5SYeSYKuLiQQaPrzCJQjlW reD0sDB3sBqpH5ZxfsBWPHbqQq8H5KyVgUwrGR1wisckIlYkiTPp44G_yrzy gm8dM3BjGAnhqZILzF_96ttPtoC6mMSZG3Lt8rbj2tBrutWyB8om9VFumJH2 v_IwT8-8BOMpA0X?width=910&height=1024&cropmode=none

[nvubu]

No takers so far, so time for another image

https://am3pap004files.storage.live.com/y4m1BQeyr0lxHUD-jjG0VvUUulk1E0lAqpjmrd7mbgmAJju-UpO5fTYU5lQNLucdBMoIXb7A3s2DAeOns62qUCSIsD7cde5pccRRqAlB6G64 qs8xGhrhnE4VP83AzK9JryyO2T2BZifp_uX4sWxcSneZ75k8tO_DuGOUBg7M Aujd7Cdi9yJBnMVGYJregJbUdM3?width=1024&height=799&cropmode=none

[nvubu]

Well 24 hours are almost up, you can have some guesses now.
https://am3pap004files.storage.live.com/y4mBbM0vKXBtCWz2GO5BV-XvvHfcpW1Do6wF-So1GZeuyV-B9UFqRQI8qEzS1uTAyvrdZUFOX1i64i9T2mUQCV07O_6AN7UbyABaIKruAY7 G6jYy26xCsnG90QWEm7QEdq3-YIrXTWRL4GW96m71E3Q4Srhdgm9Oc8or6uezTigqMYok4WGDkb9iuo37UfcU v1V?width=838&height=1024&cropmode=none

[Terry Dactil]

I'll go for a WW2 Japanese airfield.
Is it in New Guinea?

[Asturias56]

Hmm - I posted a question yesterday which hasn't appeared but seems to be irrelevant after the second image

[nvubu]

I did think it strange that there were no posts over the last day.

The answer is yes to both of Terry's questions.

And it is by the seaside
https://am3pap004files.storage.live.com/y4mQbetTaw9F28Eh9xAaNlLh0XMdM1dY0ZlOYuS3yVfRWfKR-82S3kf2AqFN5XtgxtLLXj9jnDbjA1m00Zi1ErA5NCGk7y__f-w81GnMJwUDUp0C55DwuTp5fHstIKiHNpcahG4n3LPGLFIzRMTq5lPYJiSurX pH24ciW89R9sGo4-jPlaOJxAGouX-BXIAZrZ1?width=1024&height=1020&cropmode=none

[Terry Dactil]

OK. I reckon that is Lae, then.
And possibly that is the Tenyo Maru getting sh!t knocked out of it before it was run aground at the runway threshold.

[Checklist Charlie]

Same place a little later

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/559x480/image_c5a79fe282eb520544cb1ac366c8f2219b3a5eac.png
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/719x487/image_384db0f635cb6dda2f0be0fff1e6dd226c1da4af.png
The afore mentioned Tenyo Maru before it slid down the continental shelf
CC

[Terry Dactil]

Yep. It was a handy visual inner marker when I was flying around there in the 1960s
Sadly, neither it nor the runway are there now.

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/599x439/tenya_maru_lae_a17fa8b93b2470f5f28f317e6024f4ca7395112a.jpg

[nvubu]

Terry, you have it with Lae - over to you
https://am3pap004files.storage.live.com/y4mPMsnnvTnaPYWwgDWfgWW5GAJNj4IiLjjLiMdzIdgdv6AZ7Avwx-QYdgkRoXX04rjqPDnCEFKzX-V0xkDtyKIW6VgjrtjTEo15BRtIuZL85lct9Xx1BVoTEUZm9NT4mPk5mK2gPl ON8zfiyklc-zVVr-zBdgVrW2W6fa37EOe-OFegGBplnOAj_u9a3daeMZL?width=1024&height=818&cropmode=none

[Terry Dactil]

Thanks.
Here is one with no nautical connection and a bit more more modern.
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1807x841/screenshot_2021_05_15_065740_fd54d6b72eb70783e45a54a7c7a5c8b b98d26cb6.jpg

[Allan Lupton]

Looks much as Jackson's, Port Moresby. must have done in the 1940s:)

[Terry Dactil]

Allan Lupton: That is too far in the wrong direction !
Here it is in crappy weather.
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x656/screenshot_13__5601923aee1be5bb14006fd7ec7f2ba0e54ece17.png

[chimbu warrior]

It is Nadzab (AYNZ) the replacement airport for Lae which was originally built in WWII and then rebuilt by the Australian government in the 70's. Just a pity it is so far out of town.

Open House (once 24 hours is up).

[Terry Dactil]

Yes. It is Nadzab.
I thought Chimbu Warrior might come out of the jungle for this one. (halo wantok!) :)
This airport replaced Lae in the precious challenge.
Modern progress decrees that you can't have a convenient runway in the middle of your town or city; it has to be miles away!
Open House has been declared.

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1483x1600/nadzab_960d9a49e456f427a853eed935fb3d01c6d02d49.jpg

[Asturias56]

Since OH has been declared let us try another:-

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/703x623/picture1_1e549938ada3375eae2e89741dd98d415b302d02.jpg

[chevvron]

Portmoak??

[kenparry]

Banff, AB?

[Asturias56]

Alas neither of the two suggestions altho they both have merit. Chevvron is somewhat closer and KP's is closer to the landscape

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/376x366/2021_05_17_092006_004c905c5437fecc08bcc18e61cefd312679c810.j pg

[Self loading bear]

I think the Norwegian glider community gets their dose of health and happiness here:
Vaksinen near Bergen Norway.

[Asturias56]

Regretfully incorrect tho' Bergen has many similarities.................. the gliding club here has been around for a long time - at least 50 years IIRC

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/212x219/2021_05_06_165337_07719fcebce36f9459daa48f213e007bb8a7ff78.j pg

[Asturias56]

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/645x367/2021_05_19_084520_3bf9538ec1ea8e8ecab7e723e7f16605c98c13f3.j pg

[lauriebe]

Could it be the Cairngorm Gliding Club site at Feshiebridge?

OH if correct.

[Asturias56]

Lauriebe has it and has declared OH- Feshie just south of Aviemore - beautiful spot.................

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/293x226/2021_05_06_165359_028605b535ef0423eee87859ac336ab2de88f257.j pg
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/209x181/2021_05_06_165320_3eba396f3fa8dd978efe8e06fbc0b8cb7b80b744.j pg
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/599x400/2021_05_06_165233_191fc425a12517f2d91bb44c1eb554584f2ea7a3.j pg
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/486x206/2021_05_19_084248_8193c6d1725bfa9697fa3b744a6109ddb853ee4f.j pg

[Senior Pilot]

With more than 2,500,000 views and more than 20,400 posts it is time to retire this magnificent thread :ok:

The penultimate and the new challenges can now be found on https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/640637-aerodrome-mk-iv.html ; here's looking forward to another great read. Thanks to all who have contributed :cool: