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Old 5th Aug 2009, 16:40
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Ludham.

Ciarain.
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Old 5th Aug 2009, 16:44
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Wrong county!
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Old 5th Aug 2009, 20:51
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Super one old chap, you really got me there, haven't been to Nyeri in 30 years. Bloody hell time flys Check PM later.
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Old 6th Aug 2009, 10:38
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While the Cub, the Popular aircraft of its day, could use this airfield with ease it would have been very interesting indeed to see a Whitley or two use the grass runway(s).
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Old 6th Aug 2009, 14:19
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So would that be Stapleford Tawney then?

Open house if I'm right.
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Old 6th Aug 2009, 14:25
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It is indeed Stapleford, the base of a SOS with Lizzies and Whitleys for a very short period. Was it the Whitley or the cryptic Popular reference that gave it away?

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Old 6th Aug 2009, 18:01
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The Whitley reference.
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Old 6th Aug 2009, 18:57
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Here's a late 1970s shot of Stapleford which I was hoping to use shortly.



Never mind, try this one instead,

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Old 6th Aug 2009, 20:35
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Would it be Guernsey?
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Guernsey
Yes of course RR. Having G-JOEY sitting across the other side of the apron made it far too easy. I used to love flying JOEY, it always seemed to spark life into the pax. I can't find a source for the G-JOEY books any more, as they were published in 1981 I suppose they are collectors items by now.


Seems like the real JOEY still puts in a full days work. Aurigny Air Services: For cheap flights to the Channel Islands


Any 1980s Aurigny crews out there please PM me.
Thanks over to you RR.
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Old 7th Aug 2009, 07:05
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Thanks OBP. Yes, I enjoyed many a trip eithe JER-GCI or GCI-ALD in the Trislanders in the mid-1980s. Great fun!

Here's one that may not last long.

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Old 7th Aug 2009, 08:43
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I'll make a stab at Cork. Open house if I'm right.
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Old 7th Aug 2009, 12:39
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You are! RR
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Old 8th Aug 2009, 01:49
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Here You Go

Sorry about the quality, it is from an old slide!
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Old 8th Aug 2009, 16:28
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On the basis that it is an Aussie Fokker butnot knowing anything about Aussie airfields I'll make a wild guess at Melbourne. RR
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Old 9th Aug 2009, 00:13
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RR. Close, but no cigar. Further south.
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Old 9th Aug 2009, 07:36
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Hobart?

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Old 9th Aug 2009, 07:52
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Looks suspiciosly like Launceston to me

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DH. Hobart it is in 1966. You have control.
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Thanks Minimbah. This should be a quickie.......

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