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Aerodrome Issy-de-Moulineaux.
Would it today be called Heliport de Paris?
I mean the North Eastern corner. The mid field would the be for rugby.
Edit: You have cut it neatly just to take the Eiffel tower from the middle of the full picture
Edit 2: Open House if correct.
Would it today be called Heliport de Paris?
I mean the North Eastern corner. The mid field would the be for rugby.
Edit: You have cut it neatly just to take the Eiffel tower from the middle of the full picture
Edit 2: Open House if correct.
Last edited by RegDep; 21st Sep 2010 at 12:24. Reason: Have seen the full picture now
Oui! Helicopter tours of Paris are based from this historic aerodrome.
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The lack of a paved runway hints to me that it is not in the USA.
In the early days, about the date of this picture, there were quite a few airports in the US that did not have marked runways, at first. Also, just prior to World War Two, the US Navy built a lot of training fields that were huge grass fields*, with no marked runways. The theory behind the no marked runway was that the pilots were being trained to operate off aircraft carriers, as so they would always be landing in the wind.
The fallacy of this idea became apparent when it was realized that most like there would not be any aircraft carriers in the middle of places like Nebraska and sooner or later these new Navy pilots would have to land with a crosswind.
So don't let the lack of marked runway surprise you. However, most generally you are correct.
Cheers.
* There were some that were paved, such as the Norman, Oklahoma, KNOU airport. This airport is basically one square mile of concrete, made as a primary training base for the Navy in 1942. Today, of course, it has marked runways, but you can still see all that concrete.
Perth, WA?
If correct, I don't have any photos so open house.
If correct, I don't have any photos so open house.
I'll stick with Perth (originally known as Dunreath, then Guildford).
When, as a pimply faced youth, I learned to fly with the Royal Aero Club of WA they were based in the saw-tooth roofed hangar on the right (built by the Dept of Aircraft Production in 1944) and in the buildings beyond (originally RAAF, converted to the Australian National airlines terminal).
Chimbu is correct - emphatically not Jandakot.
When, as a pimply faced youth, I learned to fly with the Royal Aero Club of WA they were based in the saw-tooth roofed hangar on the right (built by the Dept of Aircraft Production in 1944) and in the buildings beyond (originally RAAF, converted to the Australian National airlines terminal).
Chimbu is correct - emphatically not Jandakot.
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Morning Des:
"in Dublins fair city-
where the girls are so pretty..."
Interesting date for the pic of Perth. The 727 on the tarmac would indicate mid 80s at latest with the new terminal not started.
It was much nicer before though. Passengers boarded aircraft passing through a landscaped garden, ornamental ponds with black swans.
Ah- another era.
Maybe Dora should post as he correctly identified it.
"in Dublins fair city-
where the girls are so pretty..."
Interesting date for the pic of Perth. The 727 on the tarmac would indicate mid 80s at latest with the new terminal not started.
It was much nicer before though. Passengers boarded aircraft passing through a landscaped garden, ornamental ponds with black swans.
Ah- another era.
Maybe Dora should post as he correctly identified it.
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Good morning Chimbu - pissing rain here - the girls are soaking wet - but not like a rainy day in the Chimbu Highlands - yes - Perth - I saw the BOAC 747 post on M's list. Dora declared open house - by the way , I think I mentioned this before - are you related to 'pruner' Chimbu Warrior ?
Chimbu - I enhanced this photo as much as I could - it's a DC-10 on the tarmac. The MMA F28 provides a clue. It's in the then standard Ansett scheme; all of MMA's F28's sported the "Kangaroo Paw" scheme by early 1983. It's a pity I couldn't read the fuselage titles as this would further narrow it down from the present 1970-1983 time frame.
Do you remember the black swans that lived in the pool (RHS of your photo)? They didn't have their wings clipped; they were "trapped" in that area as they didn't have sufficient climb performance (4th segment?) to fly out!
Do you remember the black swans that lived in the pool (RHS of your photo)? They didn't have their wings clipped; they were "trapped" in that area as they didn't have sufficient climb performance (4th segment?) to fly out!
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Sorry Des, no relation of Chimbu Warrior. I am the original Chimbu with no added flavourings or colours. I have discarded 'ar$e grass' however for 'budgie smugglers'. The better to disport my aging limbs on Queenslands sunny beaches.
Dora, I remember Perths black swans. Imagine forty years ago, new immigrants from cold, wet and windy UK stepping out into brilliant sunshine and black swans. Welcome to your new life!
This picture was taken 45 years ago from the aerodrome control tower. As a clue, the DHC-4A Caribou is part of an airline fleet. The only civilian 'boo-boo' extant. Also, the DC-3's (OK, Dakota) was a front line aircraft.
I have airbrushed any airline identifiers off hangar roofs, fuses etc.
Dora, I remember Perths black swans. Imagine forty years ago, new immigrants from cold, wet and windy UK stepping out into brilliant sunshine and black swans. Welcome to your new life!
This picture was taken 45 years ago from the aerodrome control tower. As a clue, the DHC-4A Caribou is part of an airline fleet. The only civilian 'boo-boo' extant. Also, the DC-3's (OK, Dakota) was a front line aircraft.
I have airbrushed any airline identifiers off hangar roofs, fuses etc.
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This one's been done already. My mistake.
It's getting harder to find new aerodromes.
Maybe the rules should be altered to allow different and interesting pictures of old material.
It's getting harder to find new aerodromes.
Maybe the rules should be altered to allow different and interesting pictures of old material.
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