PPRuNe Forums

Go Back  PPRuNe Forums > Misc. Forums > Aviation History and Nostalgia
Reload this Page >

Which Aerodrome Mk III

Register
FAQ
Calendar
Wikiposts
Today's Posts
Search
Vendor Directory
Aviation History and Nostalgia Whether working in aviation, retired, wannabee or just plain fascinated this forum welcomes all with a love of flight.
    Hide Wikipost
Old 2nd Mar 2020, 14:35   -   Wikipost
PPRuNe Forums Thread Wiki: Which Aerodrome Mk III
Please read: This is a community-maintained wiki post containing the most important information from this thread. You may edit the Wiki once you have been a member for 90 days and have made 90 posts.
 
Last edit by: nvubu
Here is a read only link to the Aerodrome Database - WhichAerodrome.xlsx. Up to date as of 1/5/2019. Catching up slowly - up to May 2019 now (Mar 2020).

Here are some "rules" for Which Aerodrome. These are based upon the original suggestions from the very first thread, and have a few additions. Also please be patient as when you are active others may be asleep.
  • A historic picture of an aerodrome will be posted. Newer pictures are allowed but the theme here is to compare/contrast old with new as well as identifying aerodromes which no longer exist.
  • The person who correctly identifies it will be declared the 'winner' by the original poster.
  • That winner shall either post another challenge or declare the floor open. Anyone may then post the next challenge.
  • If the winner of the challenge does not respond to the notification of their success within 48 hours, an Open house can be declared when there is consensus between multiple other posters which are on line.
  • When the poster of a challenge does not respond within 48 hours of a posted answer, this poster can be declared winner if the answer is considered correct in a consensus of multiple other posters.
  • If Open House is declared, regular posters should not jump in immediately, but time should be given for those who are not great at naming the correct location as they may have some good images.
  • There will only be one challenge running at a time.
  • Try to use elderly photos and not Google Earth, Zoom Earth or any other search engine, pics
  • Try to post images that are not already present on internet, as Google Image Search will find them if they are.
  • Personal photos are acceptable as they show the aerodrome as it is now.
  • When confirming the correct location, the location and winner should be stated to negate any deletion of posts.
  • Please don't delete your posts, let everyone see your successes, failures and challenges.
Anyone can edit it so long as they have been here for 90 days with 90 posts. Let's get consensus before changing and not go crazy Thanks to Self Loading Bear for suggesting that we use a wiki. Which Aerodrome I Which Aerodrome II nvubu.

Print Wikipost

Which Aerodrome Mk III

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 1st Dec 2012, 11:33
  #3101 (permalink)  

Jack's Granddad
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Lancashire
Age: 76
Posts: 623
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Don't take it to heart Charlie, it was just a little game Nvubu and me were playing hoping to lead to a bit of mild p**s taking of another regular.

As OH has been declared I'll post this one:

Duckbutt is offline  
Old 1st Dec 2012, 11:41
  #3102 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: In the shadows
Age: 80
Posts: 290
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Sorry to spoil the fun guys! Your ploy had gone over my head.
CharlieOneSix is offline  
Old 1st Dec 2012, 16:22
  #3103 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: herts
Posts: 1,838
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
The things you learn on this site

Dunmow Flitch Trials - Come and Claim the Bacon!
nvubu is offline  
Old 1st Dec 2012, 20:56
  #3104 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Hamburg
Posts: 162
Likes: 0
Received 6 Likes on 3 Posts
Question
Okay, I am asking the question - "... what is the "optical illusion" which makes it so hard to find nowadays?"
Stuart Sutcliffe is offline  
Old 2nd Dec 2012, 16:21
  #3105 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Sisteron, France
Age: 67
Posts: 79
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Here is Coquelles today:



As you can see you have here the biggest (and the most English) "Carrefour" shopping center in North of France together with the Shuttle (under-the-Channel train to London) marshalling and docking yards...
They are covering so neatly the area of former Coquelles airfield that it is quite difficult to find it if you do not already know the place...the eyes are terribly attracted to these big features and this makes easy to miss the clues.

Strangely enough you still have remnants of former use of the place: two single fighter hangars lost in the vegetation of the small copse within what is now a Holiday Inn hotel garden (but was an old abbey before) straight down from the "Coquelles" marker in the Google extract west of the highway entrance; and a bit of the peripheral alley (easy to find by comparing with the 1943 photo).

I will show later a still more spectacular example of "optical illusion"...

Amically

JVM
Last edited by asw22; 2nd Dec 2012 at 16:24.
asw22 is offline  
Old 2nd Dec 2012, 19:06
  #3106 (permalink)  

Jack's Granddad
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Lancashire
Age: 76
Posts: 623
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Going back to my challenge, the actual location of the airfield is the best part of 6,000 miles from city of the same name.
Duckbutt is offline  
Old 3rd Dec 2012, 08:22
  #3107 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 71
Posts: 713
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Err... optical illusion? Don't tell the passengers who're waiting for the next train to London that this is only an optical illusion!
TheChitterneFlyer is offline  
Old 3rd Dec 2012, 18:40
  #3108 (permalink)  

Jack's Granddad
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Lancashire
Age: 76
Posts: 623
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Doesn't anybody 'cop' the aircraft type?
Duckbutt is offline  
Old 3rd Dec 2012, 18:53
  #3109 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: UK
Posts: 457
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
I think that radial engine, air-cooled, is a bit of a giveaway
cuefaye is offline  
Old 4th Dec 2012, 17:49
  #3110 (permalink)  

Jack's Granddad
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Lancashire
Age: 76
Posts: 623
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Two of those engines per airplane in picture.
Duckbutt is offline  
Old 4th Dec 2012, 18:42
  #3111 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Nottingham UK
Age: 85
Posts: 5,575
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Doesn't anybody 'cop' the aircraft type?
Keystone B-4As perhaps?
MReyn24050 is offline  
Old 4th Dec 2012, 18:56
  #3112 (permalink)  

Jack's Granddad
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Lancashire
Age: 76
Posts: 623
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Certainly Keystone bombers, I do not know which model.
Duckbutt is offline  
Old 4th Dec 2012, 21:58
  #3113 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: UK
Posts: 435
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
My apologies for bringing this thread back to "which aerodrome?" instead of "which aeroplane?"

but in response to Duckbutt's challenge I suggest Rendcomb.

Russ.
Russell Gulch is offline  
Old 5th Dec 2012, 08:03
  #3114 (permalink)  

Jack's Granddad
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Lancashire
Age: 76
Posts: 623
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
To my embarrassment I had to look up details of Rendcomb. As someone said before you need to go west young man (by about 7 - 8 hours in an airliner).
Duckbutt is offline  
Old 5th Dec 2012, 13:11
  #3115 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Wildest Surrey
Age: 75
Posts: 10,820
Received 97 Likes on 70 Posts
Devil
Duckbutt: it's because Russell spelt it wrong; it's spelt 'Rendcombe'!!
7-8 hours west puts it either southern Canada or maybe in the Carolinas?
chevvron is offline  
Old 5th Dec 2012, 13:20
  #3116 (permalink)  

Jack's Granddad
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Lancashire
Age: 76
Posts: 623
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Not the Carolinas but thats the general area.
Duckbutt is offline  
Old 5th Dec 2012, 21:16
  #3117 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Timbukthree
Posts: 13
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Hebron Airport, Spring Hill, Maryland, U.S.A. ?
evansb is offline  
Old 5th Dec 2012, 21:43
  #3118 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Canada
Posts: 1,752
Received 155 Likes on 78 Posts
Any chance we are looking at Pennsylvania - Just a thought - more airports there than you can shake a stick at on GEarth.

You may well be correct EvansB
Last edited by albatross; 5th Dec 2012 at 21:46.
albatross is offline  
Old 5th Dec 2012, 21:48
  #3119 (permalink)  

Jack's Granddad
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Lancashire
Age: 76
Posts: 623
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
EvansB has it, Hebron, Maryland. Keystone bombers and a tented camp of the Army Air Corps 59th Bomb Group in 1932.
Duckbutt is offline  
Old 6th Dec 2012, 00:47
  #3120 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Timbukthree
Posts: 13
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Thank you. OPEN HOUSE
evansb is offline  



Advanced Search

Contact Us - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service

Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.