Which Aerodrome Mk IV

[Shackman]

Are you up in Shropshire by any chance - Brockton?

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Sorry Shackman the strip was not in Shropshire. It was in the Home Counties. Here is a clue that holds the name of the airstrip.............

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/563x428/screenshot_2023_09_20_at_14_40_24_assorted_oriental_lace_jos hitex_b75c841a8fae8b505db9fd30e1c9047acca2e0be.png

And here is another clue which should, I hope, wrap things up.
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/650x548/screenshot_2023_09_20_at_23_17_07__c29e43338a364e4284f31949f e85475380544d55.png

The Gentleman sitting at the desk regularly flew in the Stinson Reliant from the strip.

[chevvron]

I've looked all the way from N**h*** northwards to L**** G**** and I can't find the grass strip but I was told he actually used the straight bit of road outside the main 'bunker' site; there were a couple of short pieces of (paved) road just outside the main gate up until about 1980 (there had been a helipad established on the sports field long before this of course) where the aircraft could be parked; I observed them many times when I visited in my capacity as a member of a Royal Observer Corps 'Special Duties' team.
Later in life, my ATC squadron was 'parented' by the station for things like uniforms and other equipment so I visited many more times.
Now I've gone and revealed both his name and the name of his HQ.
Time 0708: I just searched google instead of Bing and the grass strip/cricket field IS there.

[Asturias56]

Give us the name!

[sycamore]

Arthur Harris....?

[chevvron]

The generic name would be 'RAF High Wycombe' but this is spread out over several sites near Naphill with the actual grass airstrip being at Lacey Green which is about a mile north of the main 'bunker' site.

I'd better add 'Open House!

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/800x609/large_ch_014168_1_121da2ef29e5f731ca4239511077f29b37ec8311.j pg
(Photo IWM) Sir Arthur Harris with 'Pathfinder' Bennett. (Is that a box of eggs?)

Lacey Green Airfield, Buckinghamshire (http://www.petergoodearl.co.uk/laceygreen/airfield/index.htm)


Phew - we got there in the end. In the old B+W aerial you can see 'New Road' which was built by the RAF to connect the village and Princes Risborough beyond with RAF High Wycombe.


https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/747x755/screenshot_2023_09_22_at_09_23_32_google_earth_370660450f069 5787ab8f44d0bc8a8e2610908fd.png

Well done Chevvron, Sycamore and A56 who had a good sniff...............

I think it is OH.

[Asturias56]

good challenge!

I came across the Stinson connrction when I ran a challenge on the airfield just south of Windsor Castle - which was used by top brass in WW2. Never thought of Harris tho'.............................

[chevvron]

'New Road' was built by the RAF and was also used for light aircraft as it passed right outside the main gate of the 'bunker' site; parking 'spur's' leading off the main road either side of the gate were provided to park the aircraft. These short 'spurs' had 'No Entry' signs at both ends which was why we asked about them.

[chevvron]

good challenge!

I came across the Stinson connrction when I ran a challenge on the airfield just south of Windsor Castle - which was used by top brass in WW2. Never thought of Harris tho'.............................
There was more than one airfield 'just south ' of the castle, one being to the south west at Foliejon Park (used by the King of Norway and his government in exile during WW2) and another at Smith's Lawn at the southern end of the Great Park used for the assembly and test flying of Wellingtons and Warwicks and by Prince Philip while he was learning to fly in the '50s.

[descol]

As its Open House -
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/425x342/pprune222_f06303689a1cf4dd06e66f6b66e7b8c2686f0ffd.jpg
try this -

[jensdad]

I'm pretty sure that's Shannon?

[descol]

Jensdad -
Shannon it is - all yours
rgrds from Dublin

[jensdad]

Jensdad -
Shannon it is - all yours
rgrds from Dublin
Thank you descol. Cracking photo from the grand old days of Transatlantic flying.

Where's this, then? Another photo from my holidays. The two antennae aren't on top of the plane, btw, so that might help anyone who's been here.
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/640x480/p1190994_640x480__fc23cceafb8d3643d980bec49b6325c116d5ed15.j pg

[dixi188]

Birmingham? There are two antenna around Litchfeild but those look too close.

[thnarg]

Oh I recognise those antennae. A long way from Birmingham and quite a different smell in summer…

[chevvron]

Venice?
I visited in May and the smell was bad enough then.

[Asturias56]

Doubt it's Venice - it's as flat as a pancake for miles around the airport - but it might be Italy

[thnarg]

Maybe jensdad is busy looking after jen today but won’t mind me saying it’s not Italy

[jensdad]

Hi team. Sorry, been busy walking in the rain and photographing wildfowl today. The joys of a wet Sunday.
As thnarg kindly pointed out, it's not Italy, although not a million miles from there.
OK, it's on the Med, or one of its sub-divisions..

Another Italy-related clue will follow at lunchtime tomorrow if there are no winners.

[Asturias56]

Sardinia?

[chevvron]

Sardinia?
Not Alghero but there are several more airports to choose from.

[jensdad]

Not Sardinia, no. The name by which this airfield, and locality, is known in English is actually the Italian name for it, although it has a different name in the native language. It has been ruled by Italy, and constituent parts of it, at various periods of its history, but it isn't now.

[Allan Lupton]

Tripoli seems a worthwhile guess . . .

[chevvron]

Funny I was about to suggest Tobruk.

[jensdad]

Getting a bit further away, folks. 'tis in Europe.

[Self loading bear]

Preveza/Aktion airport?

[jensdad]

Nee, not Preveza.

So, where are we? I think I've given enough clues already, but here are the previous ones...
On the Mediterranean. (By that, I mean the lump of water that stretches from Lebanon to Gibraltar - I'm never quite sure where the sub-categories of the Med begin and end.)
In Europe.
Has a name in English that was originally given to it by Italians, or folks from a place that is now in Italy. The locals call it something else.
Has been governed by Italy, and/or some of the various bits that came together to form Italy in Garibaldi's time, on various occasions.

[Allan Lupton]

I'll try Trieste, but there must be thousands of other places with Italian names in the former Yugoslavia

[chevvron]

Has a name in English that was originally given to it by Italians, or folks from a place that is now in Italy. The locals call it something else.
Has been governed by Italy, and/or some of the various bits that came together to form Italy in Garibaldi's time, on various occasions.
Possibly Sicily or Corfu? Some of Greece has been governed by Italy.

[jensdad]

I'll try Trieste, but there must be thousands of other places with Italian names in the former Yugoslavia
I'm afraid not. Trieste is still part of Italy :)

[jensdad]

Possibly Sicily or Corfu? Some of Greece has been governed by Italy.
I need some narrowing down here :)

[chevvron]

Oh all right, it's Corfu.
On google you can see the shadows of those two antannae whereas on bing, you can only see one because they happen to be in line with the shadows.
Open House if correct and it's just over 24 hours.

[jensdad]

Oh all right, it's Corfu.
On google you can see the shadows of those two antannae whereas on bing, you can only see one because they happen to be in line with the shadows.
Open House if correct and it's just over 24 hours.
It certainly is, chevvron.
The name 'Corfu' seems to be Venetian, from the period when the island was part of the Venetian Empire, and it is also the current name in Italian as well as in English. The Greeks, however, call it Kerkyra. It also seems to have been governed by the Kingdom of Sicily at one stage, and was also annexed by Italy during the Second World War.
I think it's officially in the Ionian Sea, but as I said, I never quite know where one 'sea' in the Mediterranean Sea ends and another one begins.

Chevvron has called Open House.

[thnarg]

The name 'Corfu' seems to be Venetian, from the period when the island was part of the Venetian Empire, and it is also the current name in Italian as well as in English. The Greeks, however, call it Kerkyra. It also seems to have been governed by the Kingdom of Sicily at one stage, and was also annexed by Italy during the Second World War..

Ah didn’t know that, jensdad.An interesting destination with a distinctive smell from the lagoon in high summer, especially in the middle of the night. But then the autumn storms came to rinse it away and provide low cloud and lightning strikes for circling to RW17. Anybody else not missing the night CFUs?

[chevvron]

It certainly is, chevvron.
The name 'Corfu' seems to be Venetian, from the period when the island was part of the Venetian Empire,

Told you the smell could have been from Venice didn't I?
As for Corfu, not only Prince Philip of Greece (later D of E) was born there but Gordon (later of Khartoum) lived there too.

[Asturias56]

Another one I 've passed a few times and never realised what it was

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/305x277/2023_09_18_083835_c64f1b3685699b5b85d96b12ca565e3ecf74395a.j pg

[descol]

Central Europe ?

[Asturias56]

Europe but not not central

[Asturias56]

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/384x196/2023_09_18_083723_d4a04438908d6eb8526bb8c239a54b58f5dffc71.j pg

[India Four Two]

Home counties?

[descol]

Scotland

[Asturias56]

It is Scotland

[Asturias56]

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/615x433/2023_09_18_115059_0afa3934fbce0727f5785f74ec87c0e6c2ba9614.j pg

[descol]

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/615x433/2023_09_18_115059_0afa3934fbce0727f5785f74ec87c0e6c2ba9614.j pg
Could it be Montrose air station ?

[Asturias56]

It could be but it isn't

This is no longer active as an airfield tho' its quite recognisable , especially from the air - note the sheds and trees!

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/397x378/2023_09_18_083939_a4a1436e6293460b069fa52ef6084c2d450eae66.j pg

[Asturias56]

Big Shed

the challenge has had several names and was first used over 100 years ago

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/308x246/2023_09_18_083803_102f35626298eee4a5c82817d22156aba4c75d1b.j pg

[lsd]

Longside ?

[chevvron]

Or Rattray?

[Asturias56]

sorry - neither

[chevvron]

Milltown?

[Asturias56]

Not Milltown in Corgarff either

I almost posted a picture that would have given the game away totally at 10x magnification but knowing the way people ID flags,,lamposts and trees I caught myself in time

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/495x552/2023_09_18_114602_afae5df19ddf5e7a1557d7856f611e10a694f34b.j pg

[Self loading bear]

RAF Evanton
Now Technip pipeline welding station.
(Not that I would have recognized that from a cut out overhead shot)

[Asturias56]

As ever Bear strolls into his library, flicks the ash off his cigar, settles into his leather chair and glances at the screen - "Evanton, or Novar or Fieldfare. James! A scotch and water please..."

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1061x659/2023_09_18_114543_c21f9612e622055c2e68ac1dac96029d6f943e7e.j pg

[Asturias56]

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/653x352/2023_09_18_115022_9f54272ec37e7a5b7bc7fb0c463d969ed4e5c0a0.j pg

note the drilling rig to the right of the lampost!

[chevvron]

And the other one left of the lampost too.

[kcockayne]

A stab in the dark - Tain, north of Inverness.

[Asturias56]

No - Bear got it with Evanton (or Novar or Fieldfare.) which is also N of Inverness

That Technip factory is quite something.

[Self loading bear]

I don’t smoke, don’t have a library and when I call
Mrs Bear, “James” I better make sure I am closer to the door than her.
Sorry to disappoint your perception.
But it is probably not better at my house as it is at yours.
But thanks anyway.
sometimes Wikipedia has its use “Former RAF stations”.

Now this:

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1294x520/eea47124_06d6_4800_9e80_985e9922f9ea_e755bcfe92cd0c0634b602a d5cc9e109543512e9.jpeg

[Asturias56]

We can dream Bear, we can dream........

looks very substantial on a river or a lake?

[chevvron]

Lough Erne?

[Self loading bear]

We can dream Bear, we can dream........

looks very substantial on a river or a lake?

Not a river or a lake
The Hangar still stands today

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/320x160/fd3591da_5c01_4ac7_bf37_5f693894590d_11686ed99268a9f24926c06 604afbb32c0061744.jpeg

good food and good skiing nearby.

[ea200]

So mountains near the sea. Maybe Canada?

[Asturias56]

looks more like Europe to me.................... but not on a river and a lake = seaside

but close to skiing? = hills or mountains near-by

could be the Balkans, Italy, S France or Scandinavia I guess

[thnarg]

Yeah but all those bicycles? Must be near the Dutch Alps.

[Self loading bear]

On second thoughts the “good” of skiing might be a bit overrated and the “good” of the food a bit underrated.

[Self loading bear]

Yeah but all those bicycles? Must be near the Dutch Alps.

We do have a Dutch Mountain Trail and a famous song of The Nits, Dutch Mountains.
But no not in the Netherlands. Somebody else mentioned Scandinavia?

[chevvron]

Looking at the hangars and the width of the paved surfaces I would say it's for flying boats rather than seaplanes ie Sunderlands or similar.
Not Beaumaris or Dumbarton and probably not Castle Archdale; don't think it's Pembroke Dock either..

[Self loading bear]

Not in the UK and no big flying boats.
They did built their own (derative) seaplanes.

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/400x266/5070d948_9548_4a05_bd09_e56bfa50ea4d_709818fe6e2b3b701a8b1bc a3b9088143623b617.jpeg

[thnarg]

[QUOTE=Self loading bear;11512499]Not in the UK and no big flying boats.<br />They did built their own (derative) seaplanes.<br /&gt
Ah now that could be Marinens at Horten?

[Asturias56]

"Somebody else mentioned Scandinavia?"

Me - but that was when I was going skiing

Don't think the Finns built many seaplanes - could be Germany, Denmark or Sweden I guess?

[Self loading bear]

…..Don't think the Finns built many seaplanes - could be Germany, Denmark or Sweden I guess?

scatter gun suggestions will be replied the same:
Yes somewhere there.

Not Marinens Horten either.

WWII damage:

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/450x291/07e76304_6f50_401e_8ac3_5ee10971765a_fb54c21f6a8b93e1b9ac60d 86830f7b899cd14ef.jpeg

[chevvron]

Not too familiar with boats but is that a Supermarine Stranraer?

[Self loading bear]

Not too familiar with boats but is that a Supermarine Stranraer?

Not a UK seaplane.

Throwing it wide open:
View from the skiing piste onto the hangar.
The 3-star Michelin restaurant is in the red circle.
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1388x746/c903eb43_0dd3_4e81_8089_79227359cc10_c1e58761c346ffc237f4aef ee2b2af77df613c33.jpeg

[D26]

A major city in a flat country: Copenhagen, Denmark, the Marine station. The picture shows the view from the artificial ski slope.

[Self loading bear]

A major city in a flat country: Copenhagen, Denmark, the Marine station. The picture shows the view from the artificial ski slope.

Take it away D26!
The ski slope is on top of the Amager Bakke power station I think partially built on the former Naval Air station on Margeteholmen.
And who has not heard of Noma world’s best restaurant (when you can afford it)?

[Asturias56]

"scatter gun suggestions will be replied the same:"

Of course - it's thinking aloud................ 2nd time in a week my Holmesian powers of deduction have got me almost there but then I've gone way off piste.......................... :*

Must try harder!

[D26]

It was not the ski slope who gave me the clues, but the buildings at the far side of the water and the church with the green roof. Also the building with the large flat roof.

Then, open house please!

[Asturias56]

Once I saw the picture this morning it was obvious - the Maersk offices on waterfront top right hand side brought back memories -some good and some bad

[chevvron]

And who has not heard of Noma world’s best restaurant (when you can afford it)?
I haven't.
Only time I went there on a fam flight was on a monday and everything was closed apart from 'Ripleys Believe It Or Not' and the Burger King next door!

[thnarg]

… the Maersk offices on waterfront top right hand side brought back memories -some good and some bad

Would that be BHX-related, Asturias?

I know we’re supposed to be historic here, but while you dig out your old photos and edit the trees and sheds I just took this:


https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1580x1013/img_4450_7570540534556be436b46852734e787a74fc69a2.jpeg

[Gne]

Oman?

Gne

[thnarg]

Oman?

Gne
Not Oman

[Asturias56]

"Would that be BHX-related, Asturias?" - don't get the reference thnarg - i used to go there to see some technical people (v good) and their commercial & legal guys (truly appalling............. the arrogance was astounding)

[Asturias56]

perhaps the challenge is in the Med.?

[thnarg]

"Would that be BHX-related, Asturias?" - don't get the reference thnarg - i used to go there to see some technical people (v good) and their commercial & legal guys (truly appalling............. the arrogance was astounding)

Sorry, just wondered if you once had a connection with https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maersk_Air_UK

Yes, in the Med.

[chevvron]

Santorini?

[Asturias56]

No - not the airline - Maersk are a mansion with many rooms as I'm sure you know.

A colleague went to make a pitch at their monthly board meeting - he was sitting in the ante-room with some guys from the gas company, some from the supermarket company, some from the cinema & leisure company and of course herds of shipping units........................ the firm was very carefully constructed legally back in around 1904 - it's just about untouchable in Denmark.

[thnarg]

Understood, Asturias.

Well, that was just a bit of non-historical fun so let’s agree that Chevvron can start editing his trees and sheds while I finish my souvlaki here.

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1351/img_4455_dcca0c0556b7af6c27e161412f40181f4e1f6828.jpeg

[thnarg]

Yes, Santorini, and Chevvron can resume normal service.

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1398x868/img_4110_89bd0ba6214121510689918d19fb3d6e897733be.jpeg

[Asturias56]

Is it Santorini as per Chevvron's post??

[chevvron]

Open House!

[Self loading bear]

To fill in on the open house:

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1758x844/7ec504d1_4b9d_4fca_ad6a_0d981a8f621f_d256a900c4d4afd581d1d25 ae27e742a1b5bf1ea.jpeg

[thnarg]

A pretty old building, even when spoiled by a modern lamp-post:

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1473x1199/img_4129_ed872e6b4dafc42516673fe725141c9842ea850b.jpeg

[Asturias56]

looks similar to the De la Warr Pavillion in Bexhill built in 1935 "new Modernist" design

but the vegetation looks as if the climate is a bit warmer? Looks like it rains a bit as well??

PS a pretty, old building or a pretty old building??

[chevvron]

You feel like you could run into Poirot there.(That's not a clue!)

[thnarg]

a pretty, old building or a pretty old building??

Both. 1930s art deco. But this is Mr Bear’s challenge so he can provide further clues for you!

[Asturias56]

N America?

[chevvron]

I would guess eastern Europe but that's just me; it could be a bit closer like Netherlands.

[Self loading bear]

Indeed quite warm
More sheds
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/333x188/27a643ca_52c3_4080_ab15_2dd73b69d972_ce4c0e56eb0294d98e5fa12 97d3174b8c3309481.jpeg

[Asturias56]

looks like water top right? But the aircraft look land based - so maybe some sort of joint land/sea base?

Two rather odd hangars or tents behind the two aircraft parked "above" the terminal? might be attap buildings = tropics?

doesn't look like skiing country...................

[chevvron]

Paved runways like Prague?

[Self loading bear]

Definitely tropics, so not Prague or Europe.
I found a lamppost:

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/270x180/aebe519c_c35b_45f9_97d2_c20229d37220_6a23153c59d1789075594ec 8da6134c2eff574e6.jpeg

[India Four Two]

Finally an airport that I have been to, or at least the terminal building - the runways are long gone.

Kallang, Singapore


https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1316/kallang_89a1ee051b1642b99a3ada5328e53cb693336bec.jpg


https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1307/kallang_2_3eb4bdb3beca3f6c40f565f5d5677ad6f1d52ee5.jpg

looks like water top right? But the aircraft look land based - so maybe some sort of joint land/sea base?

​​​​​​​See towards the end of this article:
​​​​​​​
https://thelongnwindingroad.wordpress.com/2020/07/15/when-kallang-counted-among-the-worlds-best-airports/

[Self loading bear]

Kallang it is/was.
Take it away India.

[India Four Two]

Thanks Slb. It's nice that the terminal building didn't get swept away in Singapore's rush to develop every square foot of the island.

Here's one that is definitely not tropical:

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1208x647/waf231005_01d659663d4f92925ea331c265d92b447ba1e755.png

[Asturias56]

mm - I was going to suggest Canada but that paint job.... reminds me of a couple of challenges a few years back

I posted something up near Archangel and Bear had a challenge of a benighted helicopter base even further up the coast towards Novaya Zemlaya IIRC :uhoh:

So we'll say Russia?

Big place - and lots of trees.......................

[Asturias56]

Just checked - Bear posted Varandey and I posted Mezen.......................

[chevvron]

mm - I was going to suggest Canada but that paint job.... reminds me of a couple of challenges a few years back

I posted something up near Archangel and Bear had a challenge of a benighted helicopter base even further up the coast towards Novaya Zemlaya IIRC :uhoh:

So we'll say Russia?

Big place - and lots of trees.......................
But that would at least suggest pine trees and those are birch.

[Self loading bear]

But that would at least suggest pine trees and those are birch.

Lots of birches on the Russian tundras but these can be found over the whole Northern Hemisphere.

In Greenland and Iceland birches are the only trees which grow there.

I will try Finland?

[chevvron]

Pure guess; Estonia.

[Asturias56]

Without another clue it's a very big area to look over -though it might be in the Timan-Pechora area - IIRC India42 may have worked there once

[India Four Two]

It's a big drawback when another PPRuNer knows where I have been during my peripatetic oil-industry career! :)

Timan-Pechora it is and those are silver birches.

Here's another picture from the same aerodrome. It doesn't help with the identification, but its a great picture.


https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1067x539/waf231005a_dc888684088ced1d851fac84621ae1023371a66c.png

[thnarg]

Nice photo. And here’s the lamp-post…

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1349x1346/img_4137_0ce692e0ed7414c7c40dc2adf8c48b0d0607c150.jpeg

[chevvron]

That car park; looks identical to ones I've seen in Surrey ie rough, pot holes stc!!

[India Four Two]

Nice photo thnarg. It looks like you have narrowed it down. I don't remember the terminal building looking that nice when I was there in the early 90s.

If you can read Cyrillic, the name over the door translates as "airport". :)

What's the full name?

[thnarg]

My Cyrillic extends to аэропорт and no further. I’ll be away this week and I’m sure somebody else can find it, and maybe even pronounce it.

These challenges are certainly improving my geography knowledge, so thanks everyone!

[Asturias56]

"It's a big drawback when another PPRuNer knows where I have been during my peripatetic oil-industry career!"

Yeah well you ID'd a challenge because you figured out my route to work last year................ :ok:

[Self loading bear]

It seems nobody else wants to claim Uktha Airport?

[India Four Two]

Slb, that's probably because it is so difficult to spell! :)

Ukhta Airport (UCT/UUYH) in the Timan Pechora area of the Komi Republic in Arctic Russia.


Slb has control.

[Self loading bear]

Thanks India,
apologies for the misspelling.

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1280x719/b7e0a09e_72de_45c1_9d60_3613e9eaa68b_36d16bd7cd3901604f50474 0d437cf5e2603fec6.jpeg

[India Four Two]

Slb, Без проблем. :ok:

[chevvron]

'It's All Greek to me' as they say in Turkey.

[India Four Two]

Precisely chevvron. On my first trip to Russia, I had a revelation when I realized that most of the Cyrillic alphabet was Greek!

So suddenly, "pесторан" was "restoran". :)

[Asturias56]

It was actually " Бар" - that tipped off I42

Back to the challenge - Europe perhaps?

[Self loading bear]

Indeed Europe.

[chevvron]

Flat, water all round, green, instrument approach markings on r/w 22 not 04, no sign of an ILS glidepath but it looks like it may have had one, I think I see the stanchion mounts for an arrestor barrier on 04 too, quite a wide taxiway looks like about 30m instead of the 'standard' 15m.
I'm thinking Denmark.

But I'm probably talking b0ll0cks.

[Self loading bear]

Water 270 deg around.
No mention found about former ILS nor arrestor gear. Flat but about 300ft AMSL. Not Denmark
More than 90 year active. Currently no scheduled services.
50% balls 50% bull.

I found a lamppost.
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/649x312/8d580407_15ce_4ff5_99a9_b0b60d5971a1_167d2bc28b753ee920da42a a0d647d33270ed685.jpeg
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/200x300/b3b4b7da_c852_403a_b49d_6cb2c0e8ba8f_e415c5d466732304209537c 47a528669c88e07e5.jpeg

[Flap40]

It certainly had an ILS when I last went there but that was back in 1991 and I think it then had a daily service to Paris. Maybe I should have gone there eight times as it is Le Havre Octeville.

[Self loading bear]

It certainly had an ILS when I last went there but that was back in 1991 and I think it then had a daily service to Paris. Maybe I should have gone there eight times as it is Le Havre Octeville.

Scheduled service to Paris started in 1930.
It has also been served by Ryanair but TwinJet was the last to pull out.
Flap has it with Le Havre Octeville.

[Flap40]

Thanks. Having computer problems so open house this time.

[campbeex]

One for a Thursday...
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1504/imgp0876__c65ce204201aca8865e366d56c0ed56ee78e3385.jpg

[chevvron]

Rendcomb?

[campbeex]

Rendcomb?
Nope, sorry, not Rendcomb.

[jensdad]

It isn't Eshott, is it?

[campbeex]

It isn't Eshott, is it?
You're quite correct jensdad, it isn't Eshott either.

It's not in England, if that helps.

[Asturias56]

is it the UK?

[campbeex]

is it the UK?
Yes, UK. North of the border.

[Self loading bear]

West Freugh?

[campbeex]

West Freugh?
Sorry, SLB, it isn't West Freugh.

[campbeex]

Another picture clue...
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1504/imgp0873_e201c53a0e7d4f83959162b4c0055b92eb7e3f31.jpg

[Asturias56]

get the lampost specialists out

[Self loading bear]

get the lampost specialists out

Scottish by first sight.

[chevvron]

It's that 'Condor' moment - RNAS Arbroath.
OH if correct.

[campbeex]

It's that 'Condor' moment - RNAS Arbroath.
OH if correct.
Top marks to chevvron. It is indeed RNAS Arbroath / HMS Condor / RM Condor (call it what you will).

Your turn next.

Google Maps image showing the hangar and tower locations along with a somewhat wintry photo for good measure...

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1078x807/overhead2_a58ca5cad299c4de351e3ded49b286d89067bda1.jpg
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1504/dsci0441__16c57110b163d8c155cb2fd54bee235621332e28.jpg

[Asturias56]

looks like a wet weekend - try this

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/242x127/2023_10_20_175743_7fa4d0e4f6d3be5c43db3514b95d0ecb1f1155d1.j pg

[Self loading bear]

North American fence?

[Asturias56]

No not a N American fence or N America...........................

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/212x203/2023_10_21_134226_6c6b32f1ac0d32cf8ebda4c28874105683ad8a93.j pg

[chevvron]

Caribbean?

[Asturias56]

No - not in the Americas

No longer in use

[thnarg]

No lamp-posts or trees visible. Middle East?

[Self loading bear]

Or Pakistan?

[Asturias56]

Middle east (whatever that is) but not Pakistan
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/236x132/2023_10_23_121235_b6cc8748d730431ded72ace6ccb59d6e102c62d9.j pg

[Asturias56]

I think it was active for 18-20 years

[Self loading bear]

By your remark “whatever that is” I guess it is not in the Classic Middle East but in the wider area?
(according Wikipedia)??

[Asturias56]

Sorry - it does fall within the area shown by Wikipedia as the Middle East. But the whole concept is very woolly IMHO - these days I wouldn't put Turkey in the ME but I would add Libya and some people add Afghanistan and even Pakistan

It was mainly military but also civil

[thnarg]

Sorry - it does fall within the area shown by Wikipedia as the Middle East. But the whole concept is very woolly IMHO - these days I wouldn't put Turkey in the ME but I would add Libya and some people add Afghanistan and even PakistanAh the Middle East! Amazing culture and lovely people, although some have a strange attitude to supernatural beings, contraception, internationally agreed borders and each other.

Is it Turkey?

[Asturias56]

Regretfully it's not in Turkey

here's a shed to help - trees would be ... difficult

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/661x370/2023_10_23_121001_384da2aba702b15ce202c3edff13231812ab7811.j pg

[Asturias56]

It changed dramatically this was the main runway

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/216x256/2023_10_23_121113_340ea1966188e97bb77f712bdd2d0fbcaacf0c7b.j pg

[thnarg]

Well, well, there are trees after all. Reminds me of Crawley.

[Self loading bear]

Egypt perhaps?

[Asturias56]

Defo not Egypt - or Crawley!!

[chevvron]

Cyprus?

[Asturias56]

Alas alack....................... no

I've been carefully cropping the pictures to avoid some of the scenery - it would give the game away instantly I think.................

[thnarg]

Actually that 1980s Crawley look could be Iran?

[Asturias56]

some of the photos are pre 1980..........................

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

That last snap gives the game away.....Bait Al Falaj Airport, the old airport near Muscat Oman.

[dixi188]

I thought about Bait Al Falaj but your comments about what is the middle east, made me think it must be somewhere other than Arabia.

[Asturias56]

OAUQUKGF has it - it's the old Oman airport which is now in the middle of Ruwi by the Sheraton

Sorry about the Mid East remark - I did say "Sorry - it does fall within the area shown by Wikipedia as the Middle East."

Here are two pictures taken about 20 years apart...... and it's changed even more since

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1124/20231020_170010_df96abc9cbfc0118b3ddb091e77d3151068e3d1b.jpg
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1124/20231020_170023_e1beb21a10ee263003183f16b829e1f8d40bc41e.jpg
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/670x483/2023_10_23_121249_19688e8f37474b3d88b6b3b5580114f721ac367e.j pg
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/202x394/2023_10_23_120847_760ed1203a0a5d4b9554047d54b5f59e61770e86.j pg

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Thanks AS56 the comparative views above are very good. I only got it because a year or so ago I was digging around that neck of the woods on the internet.



https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/733x477/screenshot_2023_10_25_biplane_5bcf32d0c83d3403668ec9dc25b223 c5e558f14c.png

[dixi188]

A Thruxton Jackaroo, a shed, some trees and some 1970s hair.

[chevvron]

Canopy doesn't look wide enough for a Jackaroo.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

A Shed !? That's a Hangar.......





https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/737x557/shed_19178df01f88041bd076f6f3d0f49931743f7dc9.png


https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/733x473/screenshot_2023_10_26_contact_e84860721dbfaba1e71ff3ab054d24 68d081ac17.png

[Asturias56]

The Oman pics are taken from exactly the same place more or less - and it's amazing how fast it changed!

[chevvron]

A Shed !? That's a Hangar.......

The first hangar built at Farnborough was the Army Air Corps hangar at Jersey Brow built in the early '60s; prior to that all covered aircraft accomodation including that for airships was called 'Sheds'.
There are only 3 'Sheds' left at Farnborough now; N Shed and D Shed on west 1 Apron and K Shed aka the 'Black Shed' (there were originally 2 but one was demolished) at the eastern end of the airfield.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Well Farnborough it isn't. However I'm sure that if you look carefully at the photograph you will find a few sheds, a hangar or two including those for Pigs Who Fly.


https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/714x523/somewhere_in_britain_trim_452795ffb2815d8bf70086c6a72248cba5 2b243e.png


https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/696x464/screenshot_2023_10_26_at_22_47_19_pig_shelter__5646faeaebeb8 0e2337324843b4e965533b2b41b.png
QRA. Pilot Officer Pauline 'Streaky' Bacon taking a well earned 40 Winks between sorties.


https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/402x269/screenshot_2023_10_26_at_23_15_59_the_red_baron_gary_rosier_ contributing_editor_photographer_barnstormers_com_eflyer_fea tured_article_18860c22b9a767ff54628216997ecfee3dd5f757.png
Hoping to down his 1000th Bratwurst this morgen.


https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/428x321/image_3c06162ceb8fdc6f4ab7d8d282c0b6ffedfff129.jpeg
Ring that Bell and Snort like Hell !

[chevvron]

Dornoch?

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Good Morning - Sorry not Dornoch but it is in the UK.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/450x284/screenshot_2023_10_27_downsize2_63531fc50164e57b96297bec0860 43aafcff2b1f.png
Unfortunately P/O Bacon slept through the raid. She has since informed the C.O. that she is on Maternity Leave.

[Asturias56]

East Anglia?

[thnarg]

Sorry but I searched in vain for a lamp-post

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1640x1381/img_4169_d410b17a99a17177b239c19f660f6bac67f988a3.jpeg

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Yes indeed.........

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/471x350/screenshot_2023_10_27_at_09_27_11_history_144096d34c800250be 4fd48bc7e9aa7730b24f95.png
On a more serious note as the Airfield is not yet named a final clue for anyone else taking part.............

[thnarg]

I didn’t realise your airfield was where that happened, Mr Ops, although of course it wasn’t relevant to the cause. A sad day but a lot learned from it.

[ea200]

Felthorpe. Thought I recognised it but a long time since I've been there.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Well done ea200. Felthorpe, Norfolk it is. Also thnarg who resisted the temptation to open the gate. Many thanks to Felthorpe Aero Club/Flying Group from whose site I borrowed the images of The Tiger Moth and the results of the arson attack on the Hangar in 2003 when nine beautiful, cherished aeroplanes were lost, also the thumbnail of the crashed Trident. Until recently and it still may be there, the airfield was home to a splendid, newly built replica Fokker Triplane.


https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/737x659/wreckage_68808a0a042f2741516f1aaea82bbb5f11e403c3.jpg
June 3rd 1966 Trident 1c G-ARPY near Felthorpe Airfield. Test Flight, all four crew killed.


ea200 over to you................

[ea200]

Thanks OUAQUKGF. Here's one with an unusual activity.


https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/168x170/airfield22_3468b6d57cfdcc0e9bfd437cf6fc86b76e2e94fb.jpeg

[Self loading bear]

You don’t have to give away everything but that photo is so pixelated/blurred that I cannot see if it are 2 cows from behind, two horses from the front or 2 elephants with their ears against their head.
Or two road workers in red work clothing.

[ea200]

They are of course none of those. They are actually people in costume and if I didn't know I wouldn't have a clue from behind either. There are other people in shot with more conventional attire.

[thnarg]

On this iPad it looks like a turd race

[Asturias56]

Civilian or military field?

[Self loading bear]

Could be these runway runners?
No clue about location though.

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/546x421/4f6180ed_b737_4de0_ab89_208f318eda06_6d0975b555357bd24c75426 1ca2a3254bf75041c.jpeg
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/275x183/e001e6d3_1cfd_431b_a387_4866fab9c2f7_034060d0b405da685b61618 ced54828f252cbb72.jpeg

[Self loading bear]

T-Rex running seems to be “hot” in the US.
So I stab at the USA?

[Asturias56]

Looks like a float plane behind the delectable three-some and maybe a business jet with an N number in the background so USA looks like a good bet

Pretty flat - maybe Florida?

[ea200]

Bear gets an accurate stab. Not Florida Asturias but to answer your earlier question, civil now but has a military background.

[Self loading bear]

Looks like a float plane behind the delectable three-some and maybe a business jet with an N number in the background so USA looks like a good bet

Pretty flat - maybe Florida?

The photos I posted are not from the same place as the challenge!
only to illustrate that this might be the “turd” suit in the challenge.

I edited them now before anybody starts analyzing the wrong lightpole.

[ea200]

No idea where Bears' pics were taken, but I can confirm the challenge turds were dinosaur costumes.

[Asturias56]

You mean there are TWO places where people do this? :eek:


has anyone told the President?

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

It is The President.....

[sycamore]

And his Deputy...?

[ea200]

From when this was a military airfield.


https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/278x181/airfield22c_8e5a501e10a43ff0073adcba63deab560f9061de.jpg

[Self loading bear]

One of my turds was from Chico Regional airport

[ea200]

Would that be the one with the amphibian in the background? I know what it is!

[ea200]

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/259x194/airfield_22d_6dd0e739370079d2212e831cecd65af16ec5acc4.jpeg

Clocks change tonight, losing track of time.

[ea200]

As the 24 hours have passed I can confirm that Bear's turd search led him to the correct airfield. Chico Regional in northern California. The airfield existed before WW2 but was leased to the military in 1941 to become an Army Air Corps training base. Returned to the city of Chico after the war but a site just outside the old airfield boundary became a ballistic missile (Titan) launch site between 1961 and 1965. The airfield itself was used for stratospheric balloon launching between 1961 and around 1980. The aircraft in the background of Bear's picture is an AT802 Fire Boss of which quite a few are based there. There is an air museum on site with around 20 aircraft on display together with a fair amount of military and NASA memorabilia.
There is also a very good craft beer brewery nearby (don't ask how I know),

Self Loading Bear has control.

[Self loading bear]

Thanks EA200!

I first thought of Changi Singapore but you just confirmed it was USA.

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/259x194/686a391f_820e_4998_b8d1_07132e22ec58_5aec797454049e419671038 2c892e0b7cf471c2d.jpeg

Thnarg and OUAQ Ops should be ashamed of themselves relating the President of the USA to a dinosaur or worse.

Just to play a tiny bit different:
I recently saw this on the net. And I myself would really have no clue which one would be HongKong and if the other 3 are also airports?

Place your bets. Preferably with photo proof. You have at least 25 hrs.

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1163x994/c1fa1e85_33f4_464a_aed3_3f1f833e76dc_8b28151fd9c57e2701a12b8 dba36eba69b765482.jpeg

[Asturias56]

Bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb

[Self loading bear]

Bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb

Asturias has it with B
Hongkong terminal 2

Shall we up the bet?
I have matched A and D also to an airport
Anybody any ideas about C?

[Asturias56]

A lot harder looking for any airport rather than finding which of 4 pics applies to a single one

however - it should not be beyond the whit of man

the roof in C looks rather generic but it has an interesting curve on the solid, LHS.

Sort of reminds me of Atlanta?

[Self loading bear]

A Orlando
B Hongkong
C We will not know (doesn’t look like Atlanta to me)
D Beijing

Asturias take it away.

[Asturias56]

I'll keep looking - meanwhile..................

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/416x385/2023_10_29_085733_b5b5259261e85f0668f700be8789c4822cc37f7b.j pg

[chevvron]

Barajas?

[thnarg]

Is that an Il-62 in the distance?

[Asturias56]

Not Barajas and I doubt it's an Il-62 - unlikely I'd say

[Asturias56]

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/439x273/2023_11_02_081823_4efdd0d3d560bafb71932d3e94296fe312345090.j pg

Civil & military

[Self loading bear]

Looks like they are driving leftish of the road?

[Asturias56]

Optical illusion - or a quiet evening I think They definitely drive on the right here - tho overall it's a quiet part of the world

[Asturias56]

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/360x179/2023_10_29_090110_4a9fbc3b173bda01bea37c87b0ce0be935a4243f.j pg

[Self loading bear]

Quiet corner of the world.
military and civilian.
Big enough for a 3 runway arrangement probably dating from its military airbase glory times.
Enough traffic for a modern style terminal and one or more airbridges.
Looks fairly flat and weather looks like higher lattitude.
A bit like Gander but a bit smaller.
Russian?

[Asturias56]

Getting close Bear , getting close - but not Russian

Has a limited international service as well as domestic.

Occasional "exotic" visitors
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/324x345/2023_10_29_090225_c94667fafadce032014c9d6eb40877e3ebcdfaf7.j pg

[Asturias56]

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/98x225/2023_10_29_090131_14cbec279a597e9a8848596507e165cedaebdd66.j pg
Quite a nice terminal as well..................

[thnarg]

That tall blue gantry structure looks familiar but can’t remember where, or what it’s for. Canada or Finland?

[Asturias56]

Neither and a long way from both

I think BLUE is a default for cold (-er) places

The staircase is a bit of a well -known feature for regulars through here......................

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/333x232/2023_10_29_085814_fe2686400433240e970ba31159826e5adb8fdf0a.j pg

[thnarg]

Ah yes, a very long way and I haven’t been there after all!
Still can’t work out what those blue towers are for though…

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1489x1361/img_4190_9f40709025f9427c8e6777d897682db5cf1b4362.jpeg

[thnarg]

Still can’t work out what those blue towers are for though…



Of course… lamp-posts!

[Asturias56]

yes lights - want to name it?

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/425x394/2023_11_02_081934_e78ca17dd7bc279af3823b884dcfccc0343a639f.j pg

[thnarg]

Punta Arenas (PUQ)

[Asturias56]

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/308x325/2023_11_02_082059_cf6b38ce8fb77ea5b628952a90b9e693f070be66.j pg
It is indeed - a bijou spot TBH - all sorts of interesting stuff heads down to Antarctica from there - plus, of course, it's a major airbase

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1187x766/2023_10_29_084951_c28ba436f1bfc7536b04d6ee2063990225de9743.j pg
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/397x151/2023_10_29_085146_6d0dcc4f9936bd2288cbbcfd0d2e7c60e11cd806.j pg
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/250x172/2023_10_29_085205_2505823ccacbed478a3ee7995ae3b5671e23129e.j pg

[thnarg]

Thanks Asturias, and don’t forget we’re still all looking for SLBear’s Answer C somewhere above.

Meanwhile, as usual I’ll make it easy for you…
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1053/p1000366_4b98b2a6b1f83b7fa00418cbdebf56cf9a6f2115.jpeg

[Asturias56]

I haven't forgotten!!

The challenge looks like one of India42's infinite series of Canadian airstrips........................

[thnarg]

… and he’s probably been to this one

[ea200]

Runway direction, hangers, general terrain, ski runs and even cracks in the runway look awfully like Elk Valley, BC?

[thnarg]

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1307/dscf5260_bfb61f56439177b7b8b7cff4a6b12b471a42660c.jpeg

[Asturias56]

He has and he posted it as a challenge in What Airfield 3 page 971 back in 2020

I remember it as I cracked it. :ok:

[ea200]

Obviously has a 3 year attention span (almost to the day). :O

[thnarg]

Oh now I’m sorry but I’m not going back to check every bloody challenge! It’s not often anyone gets me up in anything weighing less than 20 tons, but that was one occasion.

OK ea200, Sparwood Elk Valley it is and you have control.

[ea200]

Don't worry thnarg, it has happened before. In fact I think I may have done it myself. If you go to Post 1372 (https://www.pprune.org/11277842-post1372.html) Page 69 you will find an Excell spreadsheet which has details of challenges posted on this thread. A search for the airfield name will show if it has appeared before. At least up until the last update which was about a year ago. With thanks to all those who have contributed to the maintenance of the spreadsheet.

Now this one:


https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/509x537/airfield_23d_616109298dece416bea9a2fea35f50a89784f75b.jpg

[Self loading bear]

The update I have kept up to February 23 but in February I encountered problems by attaching zip or Excel files to a message. Is only possible via URL and I do not want to use my employers Onedrive account. Christmas holidays are coming up. I will give it another try.
Anybody who feels like updating March-November-23 is welcome!

[Asturias56]

I'll do that Bear - i just noticed yesterday when I was checking for Elk Valley that we were falling behind again on the spreadsheet

Do you think tho that we should agree a time cutoff after which posters can revisit old airfields that have already featured years ago?

[thnarg]

Thank you both very much for your hard work but maybe we don’t need to take this too seriously? I’ve been lurking on Pprune since the days of Danny but didn’t know it had spreadsheets as well as rumours!

ea200, I have definitely been there

[Self loading bear]

We definitely do not have to take this seriously!!
Time cut-off not required, do not scare new entrants away!
Especially when someone has his own photographs or old photos which are not from the internet, then the challenge is most welcome!

[India Four Two]

The challenge looks like one of India42's infinite series of Canadian airstrips........................

Well, that was posted and correctly identified without me having seen it!

I don't think duplicates are a big problem.

[Asturias56]

Fine - It's Thnarg as PIC I think.................

[thnarg]

Not me. ea200 currently has control, although if he doesn’t mind I’ll ride supernumerary with a lamp-post and shed…
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1504x1242/img_4228_1e5267717b905d1991f1ce6e2be87745967986c0.jpeg

[ea200]

Not sure that qualifies as a shed, but I do see this distinctive tower in the background.


https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/928x1167/airfield23e_ad15f7a39a496d76b09c131d59a5556f4b576fde.jpg

Would you care to name it? Unless someone else wants to take a punt?

[MAC 40612]

Not sure that qualifies as a shed, but I do see this distinctive tower in the background.


https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/928x1167/airfield23e_ad15f7a39a496d76b09c131d59a5556f4b576fde.jpg

Would you care to name it? Unless someone else wants to take a punt?

Almeria airport, Spain.

[ea200]

Almeria it is as thnarg clearly knew. MAC 40612 has the con.

[MAC 40612]

A busy place up until the mid-1990s, now no longer in use [but still there in this abandoned state]
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1818x752/image_2023_11_08_172019573_ce25b97df365d0ef0270c485514d8ecf4 68b6689.png

[Asturias56]

My first thought was Florida or the US Gulf Coast but the trees seem to be more fir like. Enlarging the picture it looks like the word "PRIVAT" (might also be "POLISEI") is painted near to the camera - so Germany?

[MAC 40612]

My first thought was Florida or the US Gulf Coast but the trees seem to be more fir like. Enlarging the picture it looks like the word "PRIVAT" (might also be "POLISEI") is painted near to the camera - so Germany?

Well done, top marks for the country.....so just the place to figure out.