Which Aerodrome Mk II

[Mr_Grubby]

Venezuela ??

C.

[RegDep]

Funny, Mr Grubby - I was looking at Venezuela, too, but Oro Negro Aeropuerto it does not seem to be….

[TheChitterneFlyer]

Gentlemen; not Venezuela.

[evansb]

Malabo, Bioko, Equatorial Guinea ?

[Cows getting bigger]

Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. (Ooops, just beaten).

[TheChitterneFlyer]

evansb has it. Over to you sir.

[evansb]

Thanks TCF. Here is the next mystery aerodrome:

[sisemen]

French Dewoitine - but probably not mainland France? Looks a bit Aleutian/Icelandish or Syria??

[Noyade]

Rayack Lebanon...?

Dewoitine 520 sur la base de Rayack

n°382 du capitaine Rivals Mazčres (33)

Pierre LE GLOAN - Pilote au GC III/6 (3/6) - As de la Campagne de France

Open House if it is Bri.

[evansb]

[I]Noyade[I] is correct. As he said, it is OPEN HOUSE

[India Four Two]

Yet Another Tropical Island

[evansb]

What's that? Is it the hotly contested Spratly Island of Itu Abu, aka Taiping (Taipingdao) ?

[India Four Two]

Bri,

"Close but no cigar"

Yes, it is one of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea (or Trung Sa Islands in the Eastern Sea as we say here in Vietnam), but not Itu Abu. Only another "147 islets" to search

[evansb]

Dao Truong Sa - Big Spratly Island ? (8DEG,38' N 111DEG,55'E)

[Sultan Ismail]

A Sprat in the Ocean

Don't know the name but its 8.644393N 111.919999E

[India Four Two]

You are both right, but evansb got there first.

Spratly Island, the largest island in the group that is occupied by Vietnam. Other islands and reefs are occupied by China, Taiwan, Philippines, Brunei and Malaysia.



This whole disputed area is a maze of reefs, some not charted. It is justifiably marked on Admiralty charts as "Dangerous Grounds". The main shipping lanes are just to the west of this map, in very deep water.

Over to you, bri.

[evansb]

Thanks Simon. Enjoyable challenge. Here is the next mystery aerodrome:

[RegDep]

Brazil, late 60s or early 70s?

[evansb]

Sorry, not Brazil, nor from the 1960s or 70s.

[StbdD]

Has the feel of a smoke jumper or fire bomber base to me. My guess would be western US or Canada.