Which Aerodrome?
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Harbour Grace, Newfoundland: http://jproc.ca/rrp/h_grace.html
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The year is 1939 and the "airport" no longer exists.
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The year is 1939 and the "airport" no longer exists.
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Originally Posted by John Hill
B17 at San Francisco World's Fair?
The "airport" was the Treasure Island Panam Clipper base, later AAF.
Over to you.
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Harbour Grace, Newfoundland is still a registered airport, location identifier CHG2, and is operated by the Town of Harbour Grace.
It is listed in the current edition of the Canada Flight Supplement. Runway 09/27, 2000-ft turf. No winter maint. 65 ft high rock outcrop 450 ft E of thld rwy 27. Rwy may be soft when wet.
It is listed in the current edition of the Canada Flight Supplement. Runway 09/27, 2000-ft turf. No winter maint. 65 ft high rock outcrop 450 ft E of thld rwy 27. Rwy may be soft when wet.
Hmmm. Two Canucks exchanging secret notes about an airfield with snow on the ground.
Could it possibly be this one?
Camp Borden, Ontario
Picture from here: http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/16w.../airmus4_e.asp
Could it possibly be this one?
Camp Borden, Ontario
Picture from here: http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/16w.../airmus4_e.asp
You have it, I42, it is (was) RCAF Station Camp Borden, the birthplace of the RFC in Canada in 1917, later home of #1 SFTS and the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. That curved hangar line is a dead giveaway.
It was also the site of Robert Turnbull's early experiments credited as the first successful variable pitch propellor.
Over to you, India Four Two!
It was also the site of Robert Turnbull's early experiments credited as the first successful variable pitch propellor.
Over to you, India Four Two!
Thanks, two chai. Yes, the curve is a giveaway, but I had never seen a picture of Borden before. However, I immediately looked up what I knew to be the biggest early military airfield in Canada. How on earth did they manage to avoid the military obsession for straight lines and right angles? I can imagine the RSM having a fit.
BTW, a nice picture of the 504K, for which I have a soft spot, since both my grandfathers learnt to fly in them. However, the artist has managed to overlook the requirement for windscreens! For British readers, note the "Imperial" registration prefix for Canada in the 1920s - "G-C". I'm not sure when the switch to "CF-" happened.
Here's a quite difficult one (I think, but I imagine I could be proven wrong very quickly). Where was this nice art deco terminal? Extra points for identifying the aircraft with the two-row radials.
BTW, a nice picture of the 504K, for which I have a soft spot, since both my grandfathers learnt to fly in them. However, the artist has managed to overlook the requirement for windscreens! For British readers, note the "Imperial" registration prefix for Canada in the 1920s - "G-C". I'm not sure when the switch to "CF-" happened.
Here's a quite difficult one (I think, but I imagine I could be proven wrong very quickly). Where was this nice art deco terminal? Extra points for identifying the aircraft with the two-row radials.
Last edited by India Four Two; 24th Jun 2008 at 14:51.
How on earth did they manage to avoid the military obsession for straight lines and right angles? I can imagine the RSM having a fit.
Not in Africa. Go west young man, well northwest to be precise.
I wondered about the aircraft being a Connie - the caption does not mention the type.
Edited to say that it doesn't look like this fire-breather (Photos: Lockheed C-121C Super Constellation (L-1049F) Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net), so maybe a Douglas product?
BTW, re the link above, was it normal for this much fire out of the exhaust on a Super Connie?
I wondered about the aircraft being a Connie - the caption does not mention the type.
Edited to say that it doesn't look like this fire-breather (Photos: Lockheed C-121C Super Constellation (L-1049F) Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net), so maybe a Douglas product?
BTW, re the link above, was it normal for this much fire out of the exhaust on a Super Connie?
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XX,
That wasn't very nice of you, was it?
The Connie picture I linked to was in-flight. Was that normal? It would scare me if I was a passenger.
Back to the aerodrome in question. It's west of the Mississippi in one of the less populated states. The terminal is no longer there.
Someone has suggested to me that the aircraft is a C-118. That's possible, since this was also a military base. On the other hand, it could also be a civilian DC-6.
Edited to add that someone might chastise me by saying that most states west of the Mississippi are "less populated". So to clarify, even by western US standards, this state is still less populated.
That wasn't very nice of you, was it?
The Connie picture I linked to was in-flight. Was that normal? It would scare me if I was a passenger.
Back to the aerodrome in question. It's west of the Mississippi in one of the less populated states. The terminal is no longer there.
Someone has suggested to me that the aircraft is a C-118. That's possible, since this was also a military base. On the other hand, it could also be a civilian DC-6.
Edited to add that someone might chastise me by saying that most states west of the Mississippi are "less populated". So to clarify, even by western US standards, this state is still less populated.
Interesting guess, bri. Try a bit closer to home. There is a nuclear connection, but no detonations in this state.