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28th Dec 2009, 10:34

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Yes - Southern Hemisphere -but not OZ

28th Dec 2009, 10:44

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Could be Windhoek (the big one 46k out from city), but that's 26/08 if I remember ?

28th Dec 2009, 11:14

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Merlinxx - not Windhoek

28th Dec 2009, 18:08

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Thks, just thinking in print

Too much green stuff for "Windy Corner"

29th Dec 2009, 09:58

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Time for a clue
Runway is 30m wide and 1800m long and not generally active-was used by Japan Aerospace in 2003 for testing unmaned aerial vehicles (UEVs)

29th Dec 2009, 12:36

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Aeon airfield, Christmas Island.

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29th Dec 2009, 13:14

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Yes Mr. G - correct.
Was it the clue that did it ?
Des
google shot below

29th Dec 2009, 14:43

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Even with the clue and the name of the island it took me quite a while to find it!

Firstly, I was looking at the wrong Christmas Island (south of Jakarta), but then discovered Kiritimati/Christmas Island in the Pacific.

Good post.

TCF

29th Dec 2009, 14:44

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Des,

Yes, the clue.

Here's the next.

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29th Dec 2009, 21:41

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Nauru International Airport, (ANYN), Republic of Nauru, Melanesia, South Pacific.

29th Dec 2009, 21:53

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How on Earth do you know all these places?

29th Dec 2009, 22:01

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Descol,Christmas Island is in the Northern Hemisphere......!

30th Dec 2009, 08:41

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Yes Brian ! Well done. Over to you.

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30th Dec 2009, 14:44

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Apologies to all - Sycamore has corrected me - Kiritmati (Xmas Island) is not southern hemisphere - it is loacted at 1.5deg N.
Descol

30th Dec 2009, 17:55

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Thanks. Here is the next mystery aerodrome:

30th Dec 2009, 19:05

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It looks very much like someplace in your 'neck of the woods' Evansb...

Alberta, Saskatchewen, or Manitoba?

TCF

30th Dec 2009, 19:59

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Sorry, TCF, not in Canada.

30th Dec 2009, 21:14

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Think it might be Swan Island Airport, Portland, Oregon, USA in about 1935.

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30th Dec 2009, 21:55

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I reckon Tacklebury is right.

TCF

30th Dec 2009, 22:10

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Tacklebury is spot on

Located by the Willamette River, the airport closed around 1940, and serves as a ship yard. Aviation did return to Swan Island in the 1960s, when Columbia Helicopters established a base there. The current Portland International Airport is on the shore of the Columbia River. You have control.