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Old 12th Nov 2008, 21:18
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Next challenge

Thanks RETDPI I have always been here in the background. Here is a nice easy one.
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Go on, give us a clue.

You said easy! Only if youv'e been there.
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Sorry dixi188 I honestly thought this would go within minutes. A clue, well they get a lot of cruise ships visiting the area as well as holiday flights.
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Old 14th Nov 2008, 12:11
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Singapore Changi

OOPS! That's not right.

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Old 14th Nov 2008, 12:26
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George town, Grand Cayman!
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Old 14th Nov 2008, 13:06
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Mel's Challenge

That is the one the Owen Robert's International Airport, George Town Grand Cayman. You have control dixi188.
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Old 14th Nov 2008, 13:14
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This my first try at posting a picture, hope it works!



This has been done before but it was a very old photo so I hope its allowed. (also its the only airport on my laptop)

Too easy I expect.

(sorry the photo is so small, I still have a bit to learn about hosting)

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Zurich!

Open House if correct....
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Zurich Kloten it is.
Try this if it works.

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Not Henderson, but I flew from there to here.
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Old 15th Nov 2008, 12:57
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Is that some of those twin Otters with the big scenic windows I see?

Grand Canyon Airport KGCN?
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Not KGCN Grand Canyon Airport, but close.
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Old 15th Nov 2008, 17:44
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Grand Canyon West, K1G4, on the Hualapai Indian Reservation.
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"evansb" is correct.

Grand Canyon West!
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Old 15th Nov 2008, 22:45
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Thank you. I visited 1G4 in July, OAT 43C (110F). Here is the next mystery aerodrome:

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Old 16th Nov 2008, 08:48
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I was going to say 'haven't a clue' but there are some pointers there,

The landscape looks glaciated and relatively treeless, the trees in the foreground are conifers, so I'd say relatively 'northern' (or southern) continental, with cold winters.

The lake/river has a milky sheen so perhaps glacial meltwaters flow in.

Mining activity with stilling ponds at the far side of the lake. Possibly some sort of quay at the water's edge for loading of ore?

Oil storage facility in the near foreground, no company logos, so maybe a government facility.

Older? short runway parallel to the apron and later main runway parallel to the lake/river.

My money's on somewhere in Canada/US.

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Old 16th Nov 2008, 10:34
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Don`t forget the `interesting` scrapyard,and the golf course....!
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Old 16th Nov 2008, 14:16
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Depends upon your definition of Central Canada (Westerners claim title to all lands west of the Ontario/Manitoba boundary) but nowhere in 'Central' Canada has topography similar to the above, that I can recall.

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