Which Aerodrome Mk IV

[jensdad]

Could it be Pau?

[Self loading bear]

Could it be Pau?

Could be? It definitely is!
Bleriot operated a flying school there.

Extreme caution!
Please observe the 24 hour rule.
Asturias and Ouaqukgf have been banned for a month for jumping the gun on Christmas Eve.
I hope to see them back here soon.

Over to Jensdad

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/800x526/9b5128be_b80e_4068_97bc_8e917c614c03_4c6f43b8133f0402c82337f 7c8d81616bc63108a.jpeg

[jensdad]

Thank you SLB. I wasn't expecting to be correct with that. I've never actually been to Pau airport, but I travelled through the city on a train a few years back.

Nothing to hand at the moment, so it's OH.

[Self loading bear]

Ok last challenge was technically not mine.
So where are we now?

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/450x273/2067a34a_47a7_487b_b728_09e43cb04b33_8e5ad8b4609dc0a32942dcb 8ca1dadc110ae0d79.jpeg

[chevvron]

...king hell; gotta be Italian.

[Self loading bear]

...king hell; gotta be Italian.

not Italian
and for your mental rest: I think this is a (quite large) RC plane.

[Self loading bear]

As you all seem to be still lost a further clue is required?

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1200x876/5ae67126_888e_4e63_b30a_f151cbf2218e_e08eb28ddafefec26ff0568 9a63bb14d9f7ef94c.jpeg

[UV]

North of Italy. Sound of Music land.,

[Self loading bear]

North of Italy. Sound of Music land.,

We are indeed.
In a bus to Nowhere:

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/730x528/114567ec_ab8d_4616_894d_3e01d2a2008a_506fcde8a890163116edff8 f1fd66d1ed8ec0ae8.jpeg

[descol]

Kottingbrunn / Voslau

[Self loading bear]

Kottingbrunn / Voslau

We are indeed in Bad Voslau Austria.
(also residence of the Author of Chickenwings)

video of the Yak-130 RC:
Yak-130 at Voslau

over to descol

[descol]

thanks SLB - fantastic YAK and excellent control
nothing available at the moment - open house

[descol]

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/640x418/21_jan_c69801ccccc4b2c26461af5e153a84dcb79403d7.jpg
Its been a few days since I noted open house - trust its OK to post in order to move things along - so, try this one

[chimbu warrior]

An easy one, but I will await the passage of the mandated 24 hours until revealing the answer.

[chimbu warrior]

RW28 at Wewak (AYWK) unless I am very mistaken. Open house if correct.

[Gne]

CW,
The Mods may correct my clarification but my understanding of the 24 hour rule is that you could have nominated Wewak in your original post but that Descol had to wait until 0144 this morning to acknowledge it was correct. - assuming it is correct.

Had someone nominated Wewak between your two posts, again assuming Wewak is correct, that PPRuNer would have been the successful nominator and have control.

Gne

BTW, I think you are correct.

[chimbu warrior]

Gne, thanks for the clarification. Had there been millions of dollars at stake I would have paid more attention to the rules, but as we only do this for fun I would not have minded had someone else pipped me at the post.

[Self loading bear]

I don’t see the second turning spot on Google Earth??

edit
But on older pictures it is there indeed.

[descol]

RW 28 at Wewak it is - and perhaps an F28 cockpit window ? - CW has declared open house

[Self loading bear]

Too long nobody home:

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/768x462/de6b3d49_6ebd_4b42_9156_b894594b8a74_96f6ce62a3981a60c298968 9a0bc710e83e93074.jpeg

[Self loading bear]

I noted that Evansb is still visiting this thread but he has apparently not yet taken up this challenge?

[Self loading bear]

Last clue was not enough?

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/944x566/f33ae87d_c1c3_40a2_929e_61606e506027_bb6a4c8894a3fd0646aacf8 dcea50ed77164e91a.jpeg


https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/768x462/d1c0a68f_5a01_459d_946b_33117a507711_67db4db28269ab54b15e360 590504378eabf2068.jpeg

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Generous clues - somebody ought to be on the trail by now.

[Self loading bear]

Generous clues - somebody ought to be on the trail by now.

I am wondering if there is anybody home?
If no question or try comes forward I will hand it to youOUAQUKGF ops!

[India Four Two]

I guessed it was Canada before the "CF" clue, but my search has not led me to the correct Regional airport.

I even thought "trail" might be a clue!

[Self loading bear]

No problem.
As long as I know somebody is still hiking and tracking,
I let you ponder over it some more.
If you have any questions just ask.

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1019x543/248fee2c_4155_4d27_bb61_ae1bf0d72f9f_a8385895fccb2302f4224f8 f4da093016da63abe.jpeg
Winter business lounge


https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1120x510/9c61c8e2_ffb2_4410_8b86_dbf79b7644a9_14ce6a815c624cbd4e94c86 9e21c4d77db628a5a.jpeg
Summer Business lounge

[chevvron]

Sorry my only communication with Canada was when my UK bake statement showed a withdrawl from an ATM in Montreal and I've never been there!

[India Four Two]

Well, it turns out it is Trail. I stumbled on this photo:


https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/640x426/24565731_web1_210323_tdt_trail_airport_1_640x426_e79c8e6d160 dc15abf38a46ed98776789be266ac.jpeg

However, I can't find the location of this sign on GE!

Open house.

[Self loading bear]

Thank god you have recovered!
I was afraid you would ignore such a clue!
Like stumbling while sleep walking over a clue for Wide-awake airport.

Open house called.

[Gne]

The picture taken some years ago when working on a GA related project.
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/799x345/runway_cropped_b48ab1cbadedf3947d34e6fe059b4b41d43d9b2c.jpg

[India Four Two]

A flat piece of ground with trees in the distance. That narrows it down, not!

However, the band of cloud in the distance intrigues me. Are we looking at lenticular clouds, downwind of some mountains?

[Gne]

There are certainly mountains in this country.

Does the uncropped picture give you more clues? Or do I need to consult the bard's opposition for plain language on which the airport is standing
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/799x533/runway_a17d24f60303fdcb0e0fee9ab32371edaf99dc7d.jpg
?

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Southern or Northern Hemisphere ?

[Gne]

Which Hemisphere? Well, part of the country's name suggests one but the full name tells the truth. The local mayor has a name link to a BBC series.

The reference to the bard could flow into a jet engine name.

Gne

[chevvron]

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/190x392/tower_2__4f5ef4ab925a3fa3ae9864d8debe3e28c801d13c.jpg
Found this posted on 21 Jun 2021 but there was no 'solution' as far as I could see; looks like ex british wartime.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Chevvron - Above Shepherd's Grove Suffolk.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Well I get the reference to the River Avon - however I'm not too hot on Local Mayors and we don't take The Radio Times ..........

[Gne]

Avon is correct so now we need to find the city. Looking un the UK would be a nugatory exercise.

Although the airport supports international and domestic RPT traffic, there is a thriving GA community.

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/799x533/ga_hangers_b6adc0f496878be86a12c337d3df36c02e665a89.jpg

[chimbu warrior]

Christchurch (NZCH).

Open house.

[Gne]

Christchurch it is, on the Avon river and nestled on the Canterbury Plain.

Open house declared.

Gne

[Dendmar]

As it is open house, try this one.
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1307/kuwait_departures_cfba2276372dc093e9bb995561bda0a3b12885b3.j pg

[Jn14:6]

Vaguely reminiscent of Benghazi.

[BSD]

Kuwait?

If not then I'll bet its somewhere in the middle east.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Lovely photograph wherever it is. Well that's an Air Liban DC4 which dates the photo to not earlier than 1954... I'll see whose Dak that is if I can.... I think now it belongs to Iranian Airways. I'll have a crack at the Viking when the airfield i.d. is confirmed.

[BSD]

OUAQGKGF - you've cracked it with the Air Liban (which became MEA) DC-4.

It has to be Beirut. The hangars became Trans-Mediteranean air cargo, where they used to load/maintain their green 707s. I'm pretty sure they are still there.

I'd guess the photo was taken from somewhere beside runway 21.

Sadly, away from home with limited it capability. If right, may I offer it up for "open house?"

[sycamore]

Aircraft on left is a Hermes....double n/wheel,4-blader props....

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

BSD If I were you I would stick with your first guess of Kuwait. I'm pretty sure that Viking is probably G-AGRU or G-AIVK which were leased in 1955 to the Kuwait Oil Company. Their basic livery appears to be that of the leasor 'British International Airways' a BOAC subsidary? I don't think the airfield is Beirut.

[India Four Two]

Since I was passing by, I thought I would confirm that the previous challenge really was CYZZ! :)


https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1504/6e0d97b4_1922_43c1_9583_7767eaec64e3_2c9c540146ece50c14dc5dd 8507c72b551ba8711.jpeg

i’m driving back to Calgary from Victoria via Highway 3,which is the scenic route winding its way through the mountains, close to the US border. It takes about 17 hours instead of 11 that the quickest route would take, but I’m not in a rush.

I stayed overnight in Trail which is one of the several mining towns on this route. The mountain scenery is very spectacular but the towns themselves are not exactly beautiful. Here’s the lead-zinc smelter which dominates Trail’s skyline:


https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1504/54e73980_b41a_490e_91b8_920c30f95e96_1bb808fdfbe27cc78e52c63 63d428d780bed9ba0.jpeg

The pollution is not as bad as in years past. An indication of what it used to be like can be inferred from the name of the local ice hockey team – the Trail Smoke Eaters, known locally as the Smokies.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

From one climatic extreme to another !

[BSD]

OUAQUKGF,

Kuwait didn't seem right as I posted it - the grass in the foreground didn't seem likely. My memory of Kuwait is all sand.

Your Air Liban pointer jogged the memory.. I once parked outside those hangars and whilst we unloaded relief supplies (what else at Beirut?) I walked over to the AN-12 parked beside us and had a guided tour from the crew.. If I was at home I think I could find the photos-- with those hangars in the background.

I'll stick with Beirut, though I'll feel a right chump if it isn't.

Meanwhile, loved the Canadian pix.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/460x328/screenshot_2022_02_07_at_22_40_40_c0604011420_pdf_075c5db2e5 11a30f3553ce10aa1bee23beeb2e2d.png
1947

[BSD]

Oh dear, that picture definitely isn't Beirut! Perhaps those were standard issue hangars for all mid-east 'dromes.

Is that a York beside the Connie?

Weren't those great days when you could:

a) Park outside the terminal &
b) not pay a swingeing drop-off fee!

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

BSD - I'm just in from doing the molehills. Please take my advice - I don't want to steal your Glory !

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Al Nugra Airport, Kuwait ?

[Dendmar]

Sorry been away. BSD correct for Kuwait Airport. Taken in 1955 before they put a proper hard runway in.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

BSD declared an Open House - so here is an offering from the 1930s.

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/810x539/0_js230614294_landing_field_3__cadad4f66c08ae56818221c2aed19 83129d0f49f.jpg
1934

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/265x173/index_moth_postcard_9980a413ebcbcd5c60c080da5860e4bfa73d7237 .jpg

[Self loading bear]

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/265x173/index_moth_postcard_9980a413ebcbcd5c60c080da5860e4bfa73d7237 .jpg
ASN
Broken wing due to gross asymmetrical loading.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/500x382/molesworthendpapers_5d8ad68604f017ac8e96606884344565b9ced787 .jpg

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

I'm out until this evening. So leaving a good clue that will lead you to the Airfield which was half a mile from here. (UK Airfield 1932-c1939. Built Over.)


https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/736x409/puffer_5__5efcfdb9106e43ab6e4748869c7fbae2abba2364.jpg

The Historical Station. Over the the years Visiting Royalty and Prime Ministers alighted here. (LMR later LNWR)

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Jennings and Darbishire would have cracked this aerodrome by now. Railway Timetables were standard escape issue at the old Reformatory where I was incarcerated.
On the first morning of term The Headmaster would stand on the edge of the football pitch, his dog snarling at his side, field glasses raised and watch tiny figures lugging huge suitcases twice their size stumbling through vast fields of cabbages, turnips and spuds in an ill conceived bid for freedom. Lucky they weren't mined. Inevitably they were apprehended by British Transport Police and returned to continue their sentence altho' several long 'Runs' and notable absences were achieved.

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x778/liverpool_manchester_lines_b406c1d7f7cb5ee33acb47821295b0c00 a7015e2.png

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Number 49 SLG a mile or two away..........

[Self loading bear]

I did not grab the clue of royals alighting here was beyond me
But prime ministers Wilson came from Huyton.
Huyton Hill station is closest to SLG 49.

Huyton Hill school airfield

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Well done Bear - you have it with Huyton Hill School Airfield. The school re-located to the Lake District presumably to escape Bombing. Harold Wilson was the Huyton Constituency M.P. In the 19th Century Lord Stanley of nearby Knowsley Hall was also a Prime Minister. The station was used by The Royal Family on several occasions.

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/810x539/0_js230614294_landing_field_fa3dde674c0beceb0a705065be0879f4 39a33e5a.jpg


https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/700x861/screenshot_2022_02_09_at_14_47_22_hh_airfield_1932_flight_ma gazine_jpg_jpeg_image_750_922_pixels_scaled_74__052fc5c449ef 02e5dbedf5e920ea4c5215ce0b5d.png
Flight Magazine July 8th 1932



https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/502x491/screenshot_2022_02_12_at_11_08_24_huyton_events_knowsley_loc al_history_6dd6ab18ea9d48a011febac9644ba40dda6d7c55.png
Some information about the Airfield here. The Master of Sempill was a No 1 Dodgy Character.

https://knowsleyarchives.wordpress.com/2020/08/19/huytons-forgotten-school-and-landing-ground/


Over to you Bear !

[Self loading bear]

Thank you next try,
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/768x576/756cd840_5815_44b4_8f6d_e39a91b99849_88d36d9fa070f75c4b0f4ad 6153b1d0ac4d77fda.jpeg

[chevvron]

Looks like Corfu.
(Thinks: at least they walked away from it whatever happened)

[TCU]

More Aegean than Ionian?

[ea200]

Very recent incident. Blown off the runway by high winds, Milos.

Open House please.

[Self loading bear]

Very recent incident. Blown off the runway by high winds, Milos.

Open House please.

Correct, I better would have started with a different photo of Milos:
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/978x546/c29ff423_3989_439c_bae7_1f7c1c69595e_f953346e11d63bb081cf56e 2398e1ef6e5fb20d8.jpeg

Open House called

[Asturias56]

Comrades! I've done my time and the Mods (Gawd bless them all!) have restored access... it's good to back :ok:

Let us try this one ..............

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/311x268/2022_02_15_110207_3d010fde56fd0dbba7edb1a2c339bd948463b97d.j pg

[India Four Two]

Judging by the roof tiles and window shades, I’m suggesting SE Asia.

[Asturias56]

Regretfully wrong.........................

[descol]

maybe Japan !

[Asturias56]

alas not japan - it's been around for about 80 years or so and there's a lot of activity but only a small amount of military activity these days

[ex82watcher]

Clarke Field ?

[Asturias56]

No , not Clarke Field - somewhere reasonably warm


https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/466x356/2022_02_15_110135_aadfe265f0c3115240b050cadb47878d6310de60.j pg

[descol]

maybe Guam !

[Asturias56]

"here's a lot of activity but only a small amount of military activity these days" hardly applies to Guam I think...................

We're not getting a lot closer.......

[sycamore]

NW Africa/Morocco...?

[Asturias56]

Well.... no ...but a bit closer than Guam I have to say

A somewhat more modern picture.​​​​​​​
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/246x323/2022_02_15_110733_2c24036a091d65979ae159f8ca2ffcd4feab0254.j pg

[Asturias56]

maybe this will help

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/326x311/2022_02_15_110950_879f1b0c428de741c59b6e3c58ba94115859a792.j pg

[India Four Two]

A Globemaster II and an "American-looking" tower.

Lajes?

[Asturias56]

Yes, yes
but no -not Lajes

Compared to previous entries - in one sense further away and in another closer

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Wright Army Airfield - Georgia USA ?

[Asturias56]

Im afraid not - but we're now on the right side of the Atlantic..............

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Central America ?

[India Four Two]

Let me correct that for you: … but we're now on the left side of the Atlantic

;)

[albatross]

WAG…NAS Roosevelt Roads?

[sycamore]

Edwards AFB.....?

[Shackman]

Bahamas maybe?

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Howard Air Base Panama ?

[Asturias56]

OUAQUKGF is getting closer.

as for I42 "Let me correct that for you: Quote:… but we're now on the left side of the Atlantic" I have to point out it depends where you are standing - if you're at Lands End then it's on the right side of the Atlantic and if you're in Port Stanley................ it isn't :}

Another picture

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/284x298/2022_02_15_110830_566a6f1d07964eb936e727e93264f82ea9795965.j pg

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Soto Cano Honduras ?

[Self loading bear]

For the English being known for their correct language,
I think we must agree that the right side of the Atlantic Ocean remains the right side.
The left (west) side is in this challenge probably the correct side.
(same as they consider left hand driving to be correct but then the right hand steering is on the right side)

[sycamore]

FAB Fortaleza,Brazil...O H if correct...

[Asturias56]

No but getting warmer....................

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/371x277/2022_02_15_110620_dbed8847f797f16ba9f26f1c4e3b936509ad3760.j pg

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Well I think Sycamore is very close. In Brazil (Just managed to find image of Brazilian Air Force Police Helmet) so I'll go for Belem...?

[Self loading bear]

Galeao

scrap that I have positive photos on Recife USN NAF

[Asturias56]

24 hour rule applies - ESPECIALLY to me................... :(

[sycamore]

A56,it is 5 days since you put the picture up.......!

[Asturias56]

"A56,it is 5 days since you put the picture up.......!"

true but I've just come off a ban of over a month for answering a correct challenge after 8 hours on Christmas Day - and I thought I understood the rules. The Mods always have the final say.

So you won't get anything out of me until this evening I'm afraid.

[Self loading bear]

"A56,it is 5 days since you put the picture up.......!"

true but I've just come off a ban of over a month for answering a correct challenge after 8 hours on Christmas Day - and I thought I understood the rules. The Mods always have the final say.

So you won't get anything out of me until this evening I'm afraid.

Too bad.
As I am back on my favorite foreign project,I am hitting the sack early. So no new challenge from me tonight if I would be correct.
But without a challenge you already have a clue to ponder over!

[Asturias56]

Sorry folks about the delay

Bear is correct with Recife - it was a major US base from 1941 then a main base for the Brazilian AF - these days it's a big civil airport with occasional military aircraft visiting and a training school for military police, para-militaries etc I think. The military area is bottom left on the latest GE pic

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/363x290/2022_02_15_110244_1c952990e120955db75c9108de842881ab801704.j pg
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/547x768/2022_02_15_110550_67ced62c9492011522d721f1abdb111e233ed6f6.j pg
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/362x287/2022_02_15_110922_6f5285856084d4d3c96fd3279fcb1e7793c08774.j pg

[Self loading bear]

Okay, thanks Asturias
Here my first photo

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/345x217/78df6f7c_d4eb_4601_8827_8a75cd52c7d1_15e195e14b00166299acf92 64ab78432b5a4c713.jpeg

[India Four Two]

Interesting. It looks like an early Farman biplane, but I haven't been able to identify it. The building looks French to me.

[Asturias56]

well there's a hill in the background so not the Netherlands ;) Could be Belgium

[sycamore]

Think it is possibly Roger Sommer,whose son later died in the French G Prix.

[Self loading bear]

The plane is indeed a Sommer but not flown by Roger Sommer.
Not Belgium, nor France.
In the Netherlands we have some hills to match the ones shown hear but albeit at a lower ASL.
So also not the Netherlands.

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/480x280/fb8b744a_71cd_48bd_9d09_0bdc6b9cb82c_af53d5d321f5b3d0096f26c 2ac88e60a1c5b02b1.jpeg

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

A Voisin Biplane of some description ?

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Are we possibly at Rosehill, New South Wales 1910?

[Self loading bear]

Are we possibly at Rosehill, New South Wales 1910?

Only the year is correct.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

How about Plumpton Paddock - Diggers Rest - Victoria ?

[Asturias56]

are we even in Australia?

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Well I was rather hoping we were looking at Harry Houdini. (His name nearly escaped me). However if not I would suggest Denmark or Sweden......... All rather exhausting!

[teusje]

Is it Mondorf les Bains? OH if correct, please.

[Self loading bear]

Is it Mondorf les Bains? OH if correct, please.

Yes Teus It is Monsdorf les Bains in Luxembourg.
Location of the first Airshow in Luxembourg.

More info on:
Info Monsdorf 1910 (http://www.thefirstairraces.net/meetings/mo1006/events.php)

OH called

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/660x465/band_plays_on_f08bc4162410abe979ca397e2b32988cb328b71a.jpg
Photo Credit Isle of Thanet News.

Ramsgate Corporation Official Airport Opening July 3rd 1937.

[chevvron]

Leicester Ratcliffe?

[Allan Lupton]

The top hoist quarter of the flag looks like the Kentish horse (or horse of Kent) to me. The Shorts aeroplane means I'll guess Rochester without any real evidence.

[India Four Two]

... the Kentish horse (or horse of Kent) ...

Make up your mind! Which side of the Medway are you on? :)

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Yes Chaps the Flag is interesting but I've not been able to find out anything about it despite searching the net which I suppose is a good thing. Perhaps with luck we will be enlightened in due course by a Vexillologist. No it's not an Antibiotic. In the meantime I believe that band is from The Royal Air Force. Sorry neither Rochester or Ratcliffe.

[Asturias56]

Could be the 1937 Kings Cup Air Race at Hadfield

the guy in uniform is saluting the flag (which looks a bit weird to me) so presumably not an advert for some local car dealers

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

1937 - but not Hatfield.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/747x525/brokenwing_a66dcfcfb46e218451d714258b10e034ba737cb5.png
Photo Credit: Find a Grave.

Elgy in a country churchyard. A poignant Memorial to a last flight from the aerodrome a few Miles away.

[Jn14:6]

Woodley, from the ‘Miles’ clue. OH if correct.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Sorry - not Woodley - I'm pleased that you picked up on the Miles clue. You should be able to determine the type which might help, incidentally it is listed, made of Marble and as you can see has suffered from the passage of time since 1938.

[Asturias56]

Shoreham? Miles operated from there for a while post war

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Sorry not Shoreham - there were quite a few prangs of Miles' Aeroplanes in 1938 - try and identify the type- it might help.

[Self loading bear]

AAC Angel???
and I don’t miss a wing either?
Triplane Angels do those exist?

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/615x696/b655a004_851b_4f3c_9303_f598f61368d1_3c86762282c5ba390be8daf 0eebe67946100ce41.jpeg

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Sorry chaps we will stick with the marble Miles ---- ------- for the time being. The young pilot had an affectionate nick-name which I included in my caption. You can also see the last few letters of his surname which was quite short. All very time consuming I know.............

[Self loading bear]

I think I found it

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/750x867/afd18ffe_afea_4d1b_a606_d116bc566ca4_cd054b5d394258653ea9153 85ca635b2339acef4.jpeg

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Brilliant ! Dear me - Winter and the grass needs mowing. I'll probably be taken out by a Tractor when I do the verge. So if you hear nothing you will know why.

[ea200]

There seems to be some confusion in the records but I think it is a Hawk trainer. Departed Ramsgate and crashed in the sea killing the pilot Edmund Betts.
The grave is in Margate cemetery.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

ea200 would you just name the aerodrome - then I can wrap it up. Thanks.

[ea200]

All I have is Thanet Flying Club, Ramsgate Airport.

[Self loading bear]

And the flag is the Ramsgate coat of arms.

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/374x374/b5439180_7672_41c1_94bc_ceea5a7d06b6_b6480388e618ed73b0a540f 5b96648e6e0ed7e22.jpeg

[India Four Two]

Damn! I thought that flag looked familiar.
I lived in Ramsgate for a while as a kid and my first flight was a 7/6d joy ride in a Dragon Rapide from the late-lamented Ramsgate Airport.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Well Done ea200 . Ramsgate Municipal Airport it is. Thank you Bear well found.

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/543x380/epw053975_clubhouse_937_strait_976a428eddda67be1ed6e300f3c16 2ae09b88cef.jpg
1937 Terminal and Tower designed by David Playdell-Bouverie. The Drone G-AEEN was destroyed in fatal crash later that Summer. Photo Credit: Britain From Above EPW053975.


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1935 before the Terminal was built. Photo Credit - Britain From Above EPN048857.


https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/580x455/epw052880_ba_swallow_trim_abce50f6f66f8dedebaeea5a9195327432 0f487f.jpg
BA Swallow a Ramsgate resident. Destroyed by enemy action during The Battle of Britain. Photo Credit: Britain from Above EPW052880.


https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/907x636/short_scion_near_aerodrome__b8da46c04b0b3a0c9bbc5c35c1630de7 708749ae.jpg
Ramsgate Airport's Short Scion. This photograph a consolation prize for Allan Lupton - who had a good sniff......



https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/465x487/grave_fdd280f7b014b9b2d40400d84dc97ac1b205ff46.png

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/205850


Over to you ea200 !

[ea200]

I'm afraid I''ve been troo busy to get something together. Only fair to declare Open House in the interests of keeping things moving. Must make sure I have got something to hand!

[jensdad]

Thank you, ea2000.

Here's a nice one from the family archives. Photo date: 1957.
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/640x508/3_copy_640x508__54ac6afe99d789b80e9c8a7d0e0158db99571366.jpg

[Asturias56]

Hmmm - on an island or a peninsular, beach to "NW", salt flats to east - possibly a west cost location in the UK or NW Europe, Railway from "SW" ends at dead stop station west of airfield - looks like a holiday line - another railway from the north doesn't seem to go past the airfield and connect with the "passenger" line

Sort of Blackpool-ish spot? (but it isn't Blackpool)

Is North to the top??

I keep thinking Scheveningen

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

In Germany perhaps ?

[jensdad]

Hi Asturias and OUAQUKGF Ops.
OUA is on the right lines with the holiday angle - this is still a popular holiday spot, and Asturias is correct to say it's in Germany.

Edited to add: as far as I can make out, the photo is tilted about 45 degrees off North, so what looks like North on the pic is actually about 315 degrees. And when OUA talks of an island or a peninsula, it's actually a bit of both...
A lot of clues there, I fear this won't last long now!

[Self loading bear]

Yes the railroad is the connecting element here.
Sorry, too easy now?

[jensdad]

Yes the railroad is the connecting element here.
Sorry, too easy now?

I thought you might have an idea of this one, SLB!
Feel free to name the airfield, unless you would rather leave it to someone not as familiar with this area :)

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Company I worked for used to do a Sunday Student flight from Berlin and back to this airfield before doing a Bornholm rotation. (Vickers Viking). I'm out.

[India Four Two]

Well, i’m not familiar with this area, but after all the clues, the first place I looked at was Sylt!


https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1170x1252/5d55995d_0d67_42c4_8256_f528e7343f4f_bb9b7b4182cbc149c8b8dd3 fb0f923400bfb0f97.jpeg

OH if correct.

[Asturias56]

"Hi Asturias and OUAQUKGF Ops. OUA is on the right lines with the holiday angle - this is still a popular holiday spot, and Asturias is correct to say it's in Germany."

For the sake of history it was the other way round - I do holidays, OUA does countries.............

[jensdad]

Spot on I12, it is indeed Sylt. Started out as a civilian airport as early as 1919, then a WW2 Luftwaffe base, then taken over by the RAF until the 1960's when it again became the civilian airport it is now. My uncle was stationed there on his national service in the late 50's. I'm visiting there, new COVID variants permitting, in May. Looking forward to having a nose around his old haunts.
For the sake of history it was the other way round - I do holidays, OUA does countries............. Haha, apologies for that.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Jensdad - visiting Sylt ? Just in case your 'German' is not too fluent - this is what the sign says Achtung !


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[jensdad]

Jensdad - visiting Sylt ? Just in case your 'German' is not too fluent - this is what the sign says Achtung !

Ah, thanks for that inside info, OUA. Might save me getting into an embarrassing situation haha. On the other hand, nice to know I can take a dip even if I forget my cossie... :)

[India Four Two]

On the other hand, nice to know I can take a dip even if I forget my cossie…

A word of caution. You would be exposing a part of your anatomy that has probably rarely, if ever, been exposed to the sun. It is easy to get sunburned. Ask me how I know! :eek:

[Self loading bear]

Visiting any Wadden island in March/April?

I would not be afraid of sun exposure.
Sand blasting!

[jensdad]

Thanks for the advice, gents. I'm going in May so hopefully the weather will be decent (think I'll be keeping my claes on though!). Having said that, I went to Vlieland in May 2019 (see a previous challenge of mine) and it was fogged in. Still a nice part of the world, the fog just added to the 'end of the world' feel. I know that Sylt is a bit more developed tourism-wise than Vleiland though :)

[Asturias56]

"the fog just added to the 'end of the world' feel."

Sounds like Whitley Bay....................

[India Four Two]

Sounds like Whitley Bay....................

… with or without the fog!

[Archer4]

Sylt is a bit more posh. With expensive houses and private beeches. Lots of expensive private jets on the apron.

A couple of years ago I flew there myself. Got quite a scare when the alarm for the middle marker went off. They are so rare I didn't know what it was at first!

[jensdad]

Funnily enough I was at Seaton Sluice, just up the road from Whitley Bay, this afternoon. Not exactly tropical when those easterlies are blowing in...

Archer4: I'm just taking the train over unfortunately! I think you're right about it being upmarket - I'm having to stay in Niebull as all the accomodation on Sylt's either booked up or just ridiculously expensive.

[Asturias56]

I42 has declared OH - here's another one for the weekend - been in service as both military and civil for over 80 years

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/606x629/2022_02_26_094556_4a67dbbf0f81a685b8fb6c1f54580a752098badb.j pg

[Asturias56]

This field was mainly military but now is overwhelmingly civilian - its also had a lot of names - in several languages

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/275x309/2022_03_05_075018_e900304d0d01a3577733acb99c027c22f660d7cf.j pg

[chevvron]

Laffan's Plain?

[Asturias56]

No - its not in the UK - it has several international flights in normal times

[Self loading bear]

Is it a Gulf Air destination?

[Asturias56]

Not currently and I'm not totally sure about pre covid - possibly not

Currently only the national airline seems to using it for international flights

[Self loading bear]

So the R is not on a Gulf Air aircraft?
(it does not look like Finnair and Iran Air uses the lower capital r)

[Self loading bear]

Eigle Azur
or Star Air?

[jensdad]

Or could the airline be Frontier? Which might suggest somewhere in Latin America...

[Asturias56]

You can tell that I had over a month in the sin-bin - I looked at the picture and thought "maybe I should trim off that"R"... nahhh it won't help anyone..."

Wrong!

Bear is correct - Eigle Azur is the airline and we're not in Latin America

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/281x264/2022_02_26_093321_d1f468d11dca00120adf5befdad3f356f1b134f0.j pg

[Self loading bear]

I will then stab at Constantine Algeria.
For which I found match on the fencing and the truss light towers.
But these could of course be Algerian standard airport issue.

[Asturias56]

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/364x315/2022_02_26_093534_51af551668ff2ae372f4616876fa970d43b6bdf6.j pg
We are in Algeria but not at Constantine

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/391x473/2022_02_26_093204_0b607e5148eda4e878b7f09ca4fb51ae8f1dfbb3.j pg

[Asturias56]

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[Self loading bear]

It seems nobody is interested to explore further.
It is Rabah bitat formerly Bone airfield during WW2.
It is not listed in the Wikipedia list of Aigle Azur destinations

[Asturias56]

Yes - variously Annaba, Rabah Bitat, Les Salines Airport, El Mellah and Bone

The photo was definitely Aigle Azur bear - not sure about the date or if it was flying a regular service or a charter

Over to you.


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[Self loading bear]

Apologies,
I prepared a challenge but did not hit the post button apparently:

Asturias thanks!
I do not think Wikipedia can be completely thrusted on destination lists of ceased airlines.
Annaba is stated on the various route maps of Aigle Azur. So no problem there.

Now this:
As a child I thought these kind of place names were made up same way as Never-never land or the island of Pipi Longstocking.

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1200x780/7200f5ea_6cab_4ea2_b4d1_18c466c91523_81fa48fc9d65509862510a4 4600db406b2f4e7af.jpeg

[jensdad]

No worries, SLB, not pressing 'send' is a favourite trick of mine as well :)

I used to always think of 'Pondicherry' as a particularly exotic name, and it's in India which is where I think your challenge might be. I don't even know if the town or city of Pondicherry has an airfield, but I'm going to have a stab at it anyway...

[Asturias56]

It's ZNZ - the old Zanzibar airport terminal... a mate of mine is involved with a Charity there and sent me a picture pre Covid "out of interest"

[Self loading bear]

It's ZNZ - the old Zanzibar airport terminal... a mate of mine is involved with a Charity there and sent me a picture pre Covid "out of interest"

Zanzibar is of course correct
Old terminal is now the CAA office.
Asturias in the lead.

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1519x985/451ca182_820d_4299_85cd_d5b4db031f0b_c914d3846535c0f25851614 2e9dceff9a546c6a7.jpeg
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/592x797/ac53281d_9709_431c_a493_20684fdacfb4_7f3be7612ceab52f7fea9a2 5fa3eba2547144de9.jpeg
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/900x686/f93e1dea_a2d6_4a47_b314_9c1240ae02c9_519c61e5def67006119d36c 862c02ccdf17af9ba.jpeg

[Asturias56]

According to my mate, who is from there, the whole place sort of slept for about 30 years and only joined the rest of the world about 10 years ago really. He's been involved with setting up schools,old people's homes etc etc through a Dubai charity

Here's one from a place that doesn't often feature here

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/263x250/2022_03_11_091643_5e691187c1c1504d54309577730524d298ea0104.j pg

[Self loading bear]

Now that is a grainy photo.
Are they playing baseball?
Central America?

[Asturias56]

Sorry about the picture - most of the ones seems to be poor - like the history - it's been around since about 1944 but finding any detail or old pics has been tough

joint civil military field, not C America and not baseball

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/218x312/2022_03_11_091927_7d874ab64747843c1e86295cdcd48535aad8626a.j pg

[sycamore]

India ,or Pakistan..???

[Asturias56]

We are in the Sub-continent


https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/365x523/2022_03_11_092257_b41ee3b2c6c7221679894cbdce535057362484e3.j pg
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[Asturias56]

No international services from here

[Self loading bear]

Yes, sure this a difficult one.
Still wondering what sports it is they were playing
Cricket?

[Asturias56]

Definitely cricket Bear - who plays anything else in the Sub-Continent?

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/357x415/2022_03_11_092341_636186becebe5bbc9bf40e766ab446166fe207ff.j pg

[Asturias56]

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/323x384/2022_03_12_111922_3c3cf202f554e7f5284968e4fc8425149561679d.j pg

[Asturias56]

still a military presence here https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/260x801/2022_03_18_081826_bb388a6fed7ea15bd543fa8b84a579dbf211ef1c.j pg

[sycamore]

Looks like an F-86 ?

[Asturias56]

Correct

get the aeroplane and you'll get the country - not 100% sure that this picture was taken at the airport in the challenge of elsewhere in country on reflection

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/231x640/2022_03_11_092219_7618c868f4c8fa289ff574943c9b9e07a4a7f2ba.j pg

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Tejgaon Airfield Dhaka ?

[India Four Two]

I agree. I tracked down the F-86 with the “greenwall” tyre to the BAF Museum, which is at Tejgaon.

However, more importantly, I need Asturias to explain the green aircraft with the “magisterial” tall fin! :sad:

[G-ARZG]

Looks like someone couldn't read the manuals/ assembly instructions for their Fouga, Magister kit

[Self loading bear]

Same applies to their space endeavor.

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1080x1440/9e522e6a_9bd1_4f1d_bf34_a5d47e02553e_0bc39ded3564e5cbdd2033b e0e35e1c67085aceb.jpeg


I think it is likely that there are more F-86s in the country.

[Asturias56]

Comrades - we are definitely in Bangladesh but I'm getting a bit worried about which aircraft are in which museum when ......... its not near Dhaka

For the sake of good order please ignore the museum pics for now - here are a couple of the real airport for sure.

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/679x412/2022_03_12_111954_3934503c2a822bfb401784403c845600ca6efdb1.j pg
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[OUAQUKGF Ops]

I believe there is still a lot of Dandruff in Jashore/Jessore, Bangladesh. A lot of water too..... I remember having a Tristar slip crew stranded in Dhaka for a week or two back in the eighties when the International Airport flooded. Incidentally I've checked every training airfield in India - could have saved myself a lot of work...............

[Asturias56]

ahhhh sorry about your educational trip around India - it'll come in useful on here one day soon no doubt! :ok:

I did say "Here's one from a place that doesn't often feature here"- we have had remarkably few challenges from Bangladesh over the years

[Self loading bear]

Cows-getting-bigger did 1 or 2 from Bangladesh.
(Fly in Peace)
There are still some states/countries left which not yet have had a challenge.

[Asturias56]

here's a picture to fill in the time until 08:54

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/127x231/2022_03_11_091617_72ce02aba8b37c01f9896333c8214e5571cec713.j pg

[Self loading bear]

From the internet I can confirm the Magister V-1=1 is from Yes Sure.

[Asturias56]

24 hours have passed so I can confirm it's Jessore - opened by the RAF in '44 or '45 but finding early pics has been impossible

Over to OUAQ!!!

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[OUAQUKGF Ops]

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/547x445/734_test_8fad075b81b9c02f7d57ff64bb88b5eaba89b69b.jpg
1932.
Photo Credit: Britain From Above EPW040734.

[chevvron]

Ratcliffe?

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Alas not Ratcliffe. Time for another clue.......



https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/910x566/quiz_1_661fbeca3e47947bec2d771f4a8f0ce39d7d37cb.png
Gravesend Winter 1940-41. Boulton Paul Defiants of 141 Squadron
Photo credit: Gravesend Airport Heritage Project.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/886x451/screenshot_2022_03_18_at_21_45_12_sigh_c71d740abd917a2a627ff 80baeac7f8a9775110c.png

A pre-war arrival from warmer climes............

[Asturias56]

I presume we are in England?

I thought it might be the winning Dh88 Comet - but she was shipped back (not flown) from Australia

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Despite looking rather like an RAF airfield in France in 1940 we are in England.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Sorry - away until tomorrow evening. Additional clue to above: Long-standing Record was set.

[chevvron]

It's Alex Henshaw isn't it?
But it doesn't look like Gravesend where he landed

Amendment written after SLBs contribution at 21/2103;
Er I'll re-phrase that:-
It must be Gravesend where he landed; note his bruised and battered forehead where he hit turbulence.
Considering the number of times I've consulted that guide (www.ukairfieldguide.net) and contributed to it, I should be embarrased.

[Self loading bear]

It's Alex Henshaw isn't it?
But it doesn't look like Gravesend where he landed

I think it looks exactly like Gravesend (https://www.ukairfieldguide.net/airfields/Gravesend)

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Thanks Chaps. Gravesend it is. If it's OK with you Bear I think that despite his initial doubts Chevvron should have it.

Henshaw's Cape Town record stood for seventy years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di0OQN3jOfU

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/686x567/screenshot_2022_03_18_at_19_01_17_epr000364_england_1934_gra vesend_aerodrome_london_east_airport_gravesend_1934_britain_ from_above_b3a6cef357792bd6efd3fd080e7299b57fbc38bb.png
Gravesend 1934. Photo Credit: Britain from Above EPR000364

I found this excellent photographic source for Gravesend Airport. https://www.flickr.com/groups/gahpuk/

[chevvron]

I don't have software to post photos (I don't use Windows, only Chrome) so it's (as usual) Open House (get in quick bear)

[Self loading bear]

I don't have software to post photos (I don't use Windows, only Chrome) so it's (as usual) Open House (get in quick bear)

It is definitely for Chevvron. I only posted to assure chevvron that his gues was correct.

What is the problem chevvron. I run chrome from my PC and have no problems.
please give it a try.

[Asturias56]

I use chrome as well and have no problem posting photos - hit the little square with mountains near the Smiley icon, drag and drop pictures from Explorer into the big arrow and cloud on the "UPLOAD Files" dialog

[chevvron]

All very well but all my photos are on 35mm and I have no way of downloading them so still OH.

[Self loading bear]

There are good and affordable 35mm negative scanners.
Gives you something to do with your excess time on your hands.
And the public is here on H en N forum.

But most photos I pull from the net when I see an Aerodrome which interests me.

Anyway then this challenge
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/619x424/15c72fba_da45_4197_a470_ff38d193b115_0936c0c05b4a3402376733c 1ce2195f601cd425e.jpeg

[Asturias56]

They look like Fokker's to me but those tail markings? Somewhere in Europe 1918?

[chevvron]

Could then tail markings be Swedish?

[Commander Taco]

I re-watched the classic "Dr. Strangelove" the other night and at the 19:52 mark there's a scene with Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake meeting with Brig. Gen. Jack D. Ripper in Ripper's office. First time I'd ever noticed, but on Ripper's office wall is an image of Heathrow airport. I find that strange for what was an American production.

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1052x502/dr_strangelove_c6805146687c74bfd5f785a891b98b548165766a.jpg

[India Four Two]

I find that strange for what was an American production.

It was filmed in Britain so that explains the Heathrow picture, which I still think is a poor continuity decision.

I remember reading that the set designers built the B-52 cockpit using their imagination and common sense - how many thrust levers do we need?.

Apparently the USAF were appalled when they saw it and thought someone had been passing on secrets!

I’m always amused by the low-level sequences, where the Buff’s shadow has magically morphed into a B-17’s.

[Commander Taco]

It was filmed in Britain so that explains the Heathrow picture, which I still think is a poor continuity decision.

Thanks India, it must have been filmed in some LHR muck-a-muck's office.

I’m always amused by the low-level sequences, where the Buff’s shadow has magically morphed into a B-17’s.

Damn! Now I'll have to watch it again to look for those sequences. Hardly a hardship, it is a wonderful film.

Cheers,

~Taco

[Self loading bear]

They are Fokkers but not Swedish.

[PPRuNe Towers]

I'll promise I'll ban myself for drift but Stanley Kubrick flatly refused to fly so all films since late fifties made in his adopted UK home or nearby. His use of Brit character actors is always a giveaway From Paths of Glory onwards through Barry Lyndon, 2001 A Space Oddity and finally the Cruise/ Kidman err, thriller...

Rob - deeply sad Kubrick fiend

[India Four Two]

Given Rob’s post above, I’ll risk drifting a little further.

Besides playing President Muffley, Squadron Leader Mandrake and Dr. Strangelove, Peter Sellers was supposed to play the character of Major Kong. Due to an injured ankle, although there is some dispute about that, he was unable/unwilling to play the Major Kong part.

As a consequence, Kubrick made the inspired decision to cast Slim Pickens:
As it turns out, Slim Pickens had never left the United States. He had to hurry and get his first passport. He arrived on the set, and somebody said, "Gosh, he's arrived in costume!", not realizing that that's how he always dressed ... with the cowboy hat and the fringed jacket and the cowboy boots—and that he wasn't putting on the character—that's the way he talked.

I hadn’t seen the Wikipedia entry before, but I highly recommend it. Extremely detailed and informative:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Strangelove

[Asturias56]

"They are Fokkers but not Swedish."

I can't find those tail markings other than some Spanish Civil War ones - but that is ruled as they're Fokkers

Are we pre or post 11 November 1918 Bear?

[Self loading bear]

Post 1918
please note that tail markings are different between #29 and #30.

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/330x232/734fc9ec_0a39_4b50_a390_df01c8b8bb08_bb0bc26775debedec86e587 dfb5b2734ccc97df0.jpeg

[Asturias56]

Now that looks like a Fokker D.XI or D.XIII

At max magnification the nose looks a bit more like a D.XIV = which take us perhaps to the Reichswer and onwards to Lipetsk in the late '20's?

OH if correct

[Self loading bear]

Indeed Fokkers at Lipetsk.
A Russian Aerodrome paid for by the Reichswehr were the Luftwaffe could practice and train their new pilots.
As the complete Luftwaffe was forbidden it has to be done in secret in Russia. Russian pilots got trained there as well as repayment.

I had never heard before that Fokker evaded the embargoes with also turning a blind eye of some Dutch customs.

OH called

[Asturias56]

Back in the saddle

try this one in use from the late 20's into the immediate post WW2 period I think

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/665x794/2022_03_27_093629_00671f9b5b2412391c9c7909bd3e45662ba37e20.j pg

[Self loading bear]

Looks European and also quite UK?

[Asturias56]

Obviously firing on double banked cylinders today!!

yes & yes

Quite an odd one - I came across it purely by chance and realised I must have driven past it every working day for 8 years without knowing it was an airfield at one point. Civilian but used for military purposes in WW2

[chevvron]

Woburn Park?

[Prunus Dessicata]

It was filmed in Britain so that explains the Heathrow picture, which I still think is a poor continuity decision.
I’m always amused by the low-level sequences, where the Buff’s shadow has magically morphed into a B-17’s.

My old mucker John Crewdson flew 60 hours filming that backdrop of the stuff over Greenland..

[Asturias56]

No but you've got the general idea

This was taken over for use building fighters and a specialised bomber in WW2

It was a private airfield outside of wartime. Not a lot of old pictures - this one is damaged I'm afraid

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/250x219/2022_03_27_182115_0f9eb194a1d89c710953bb0a15dca3ec8f9d0a0c.j pg

[chevvron]

Castle Bromwich?

[Asturias56]

No , sorry

I've seen some descriptions that say it was visited by Puss Moths, a Wapiti, Comper Mouse, Rapides and even an original "Argosy" etc etc at various times

A USAAF Squadron was here for a year or so towards the end of the war

There is nothing left of the WW2 buildings or runways other than a small memorial.

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1087x541/2022_03_27_093645_c6a40e27a96a6e048d0e26a343001ce250fff862.j pg

[India Four Two]

I may possibly have a slight advantage here, because I can guess at Asturias’ migration path. :)

I think it might be Smith’s Lawn, Windsor.

[Asturias56]

India42 has it - Smiths Lawn - the ULTIMATE private strip at the southern end of Windsor Great Park

used by the Prince of Wales in the early 30's (see pic of his arrival)

Taken over by Vickers to assemble Hurricanes and then the high altitude Wellington V1

A USAAF communications squadron was there '43-'46 to support Eisenhower & co based nearby.

Completely cleared up and converted to the Guards Polo Club but the Duke of E. unveiled a memorial relatively recently

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/359x181/2022_03_27_094222_48cce37d8f6a6fb2a977107c7628bddd4bd40b06.j pg
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/783x312/2022_03_27_094114_2b93a6d50acea8cc9c77aff727500d856d703e91.j pg
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/813x708/2022_03_27_093555_6aa037675e41f78fa528a2c7d0d2a2bbbf3e9a06.j pg
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/344x146/dofe_4a2f7395c34ae6628b1c7c6936dfe4be6c6a7720.jpg
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/275x183/smiths_lawn_11a8637b162c6bbeb9d4267366f73c73bf6ed322.jpg

[India Four Two]

As I said, I had a slight advantage, but it was the "specialised bomber clue" that clued me in.

Try this:


https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1000x600/wad_2020_03_30_3c7cbb038981b443634e1ca91bde167030294b6d.jpg

[Asturias56]

Are we in Canada? Doesn't look much like Vietnam??

[India Four Two]

Go to the top of the class - it's Canada! I'll give you a freebie - it's not in the Prairies. :)

Edited to add a gratuitous picture. It may not help much, but I like flying boats!

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1800x1200/albatross_e656b0b15c95bf56e4764ea78b90222f5da6590f.jpg

[jeffb]

Naniamo? OH if correct

[India Four Two]

No, not Nanaimo. The water in the distance is not salty.

[Asturias56]

"Go to the top of the class - it's Canada! I'll give you a freebie - it's not in the Prairies"

Sometimes you're ALL heart! Thanks.................... :ok:

So ... a lake, a reasonably large town with TWO multi storey buildings but not so busy that it has a parallel taxi way... Almost thought of Winnipeg.... :}

But I'll plump for Penticon BC instead - presumably you were there to visit the adjacent Play Estate Winery?

[India Four Two]

But I'll plump for Penticon BC instead Obviously spell checkers work differently in Emilia-Romagna, but I'll give it to you. Penticton BC, with water at both ends of the runway:

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/672x434/june_29_penticton_airport_3_2__82949a9e57dcd195bee3596048ae9 2fd92845f6f.jpg

One-hundred kilometre long Lake Okanagan in the distance and Skaha Lake in the foreground.

Asturias has control.

[Asturias56]

Finger trouble I'm afraid

Open house - I've run out of challenges

[Noyade]

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/800x554/scan0869_5735b07dbd0e42400ab1ca5155f95acbff04d3fb.jpg

[Asturias56]

looks very nice

beaches, river, dunes, golf course, airstrip and not a single large hotel or villa in sight!

at least then - I presume it looks a bit different now?

USA perhaps?

[descol]

that surf looks like OZ ?

[siftydog]

Somewhere near the Merimbula beach I suspect. Lovely spot.

[Asturias56]

Now that looks like a good shot..................