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Old 26th Sep 2007, 21:24
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Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway.

(sorry don't have the postcode!)
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Old 27th Sep 2007, 09:43
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Sorry to go back one, but Male has changed a bit since I was last there in 1972 - the runway was PSP!!

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Old 27th Sep 2007, 20:28
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As BAMRA posted a correct answer 24 hours ago, would any PPRuNers like to post an aerodrome photo?
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Old 27th Sep 2007, 21:39
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Yea, sorry, was kinda out of town unexpectedly.

nice approach that one.

As nobody else comes in...




Should be very easy.
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Old 28th Sep 2007, 08:53
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Is it Southend?
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Old 28th Sep 2007, 09:17
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No, not Southend.
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Old 28th Sep 2007, 10:42
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Is it in Germany?
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Old 28th Sep 2007, 15:54
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No, not in Germany.
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Old 28th Sep 2007, 16:57
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It looks 'Eastern Block' with those apartment blocks in the background.
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Old 28th Sep 2007, 17:10
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Is it Sofia ?
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Old 28th Sep 2007, 17:12
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Sofia it is!

Looks very different now with the new terminal and runway.

GCC, all yours!

Best regards
AN2 Driver (who learnt to do just that not too far away from there...)
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Old 28th Sep 2007, 17:27
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As I did earlier in the thread when I "won" one, I'll pass, thanks.....
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Old 28th Sep 2007, 20:36
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To keep things flowing on a Friday evening, here is the next aerodrome challenge:
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Old 28th Sep 2007, 20:54
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RAF Geilenkirchen perhaps?
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Old 28th Sep 2007, 21:24
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RAF Laarbruch 1961.
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Old 28th Sep 2007, 21:50
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BEagle is spot on. RAFG Laarbruch-Weeze, ETUL, opened in November 1954. The base hosted as many as 5 squadrons, and operated until May, 1999.
The airport re-opened in 2003 as Niederrhein Airport, EDLV, and has been called Airport Weeze. Ryanair was the first scheduled carrier to operate from the aerodrome.

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Old 28th Sep 2007, 22:28
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A sad fate for good old Laarbruch.....

How about this:

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Old 30th Sep 2007, 05:48
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Just a guess - Boscombe Down? Looks like whereever it was, it was taken from the "dustbin" turret below a Haybag (maybe Fairford-based?).

In the unlikely event I'm right, it's open house as I don't have any suitable pix.
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Old 30th Sep 2007, 06:06
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Neither Boscombe Down, nor taken from a Heyford...

But it was a British military aerodrome.
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Old 30th Sep 2007, 07:41
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Little Rissington? Being a Gloucestershire lad, it looks like God's county.
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