Which Aerodrome?
Sorry about that Hen Ddraig, but it gives me an opportunity to post a picture from another part of the world where, like Wales, dragons feature prominently in folk-lore
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A couple posts ago a Dubendorf photo was posted by evansb. While I have not visited there in 30 years, they had an outstanding collection of early aero engines - two dozen or more pre-1920. What a way to see the technology evolving in the early days!
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Hello Simon! Thar be dragons! (and an ATR-72 freighter by the looks of it)
Is it Phnom Penh, Cambodia (VDPP)? Below is a photo of Aviation Royale Khmer Gardan GY-80 Horizon trainers taken forty years ago.
Regards, Brian
Is it Phnom Penh, Cambodia (VDPP)? Below is a photo of Aviation Royale Khmer Gardan GY-80 Horizon trainers taken forty years ago.
Regards, Brian
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bri,
That's the one - Phnom Penh, Cambodia, taken two weeks ago. The tower has that very 60's look, but the rest of the airport terminal is very modern.
It's actually a Vietnam Airlines ATR72 in the foreground. The freight door is the baggage compartment in the forward part of the passenger cabin.
Over to you.
Simon
That's the one - Phnom Penh, Cambodia, taken two weeks ago. The tower has that very 60's look, but the rest of the airport terminal is very modern.
It's actually a Vietnam Airlines ATR72 in the foreground. The freight door is the baggage compartment in the forward part of the passenger cabin.
Over to you.
Simon
Reminds me of Claresholm
All 12 runways still useable.
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Claresholm Industrial, Alberta (CEJ4), formerly RCAF Claresholm (CYOM). Only runway now listed is 03/21. If you are a glider pilot, most of southern Alberta, east of the Rocky Mountains, is considered a runway. Krakatoa has control.
Krakatoa has control.
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While we are waiting .....
Brian, I should clarify my comment about "all runways being usable".
Sensible aviators should use the nice smooth 03L/21R provided by Claresholm Council. However, if you choose to fly with no engine (or there is a strong Chinook blowing), then all runways are useable:
2005 Canadian Nationals start grid on 15L (you can see the forecast was for weak thermals - it was the wettest summer on record in Alberta)
Some of the runways need a little more care than others - 21L for example:
Only runway listed is 03/21
Sensible aviators should use the nice smooth 03L/21R provided by Claresholm Council. However, if you choose to fly with no engine (or there is a strong Chinook blowing), then all runways are useable:
2005 Canadian Nationals start grid on 15L (you can see the forecast was for weak thermals
- it was the wettest summer on record in Alberta)Some of the runways need a little more care than others - 21L for example:
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Christchurch.
I should have known that. I used to live to the left of the far end of the strip.
It's all houses now and the windy road through the middle is called "The Runway".
Most of the other roads are named after British aircraft types from all makers but for some reason the products of AIRSPEED and DE HAVILLAND are missing, and this was their factory.
My Father worked there on Vampires, Venoms and Sea Vixens.
Sorry for drift.
I should have known that. I used to live to the left of the far end of the strip.
It's all houses now and the windy road through the middle is called "The Runway".
Most of the other roads are named after British aircraft types from all makers but for some reason the products of AIRSPEED and DE HAVILLAND are missing, and this was their factory.
My Father worked there on Vampires, Venoms and Sea Vixens.
Sorry for drift.
