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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.
 Thanks to Self Loading Bear for suggesting that we use a wiki. Which Aerodrome I Which Aerodrome II nvubu. 
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Which Aerodrome Mk III
Not Nandi/Nadi/Fiji, Chevy. Not with blast pens ! Apparently the fighters were all in blast pens too. Its not among the fields in post 3770 and its not an island. Different trip, different year. LFH
just for the record, there must be lots of Tan Sons . Reckon you're nearly there. LFH
Not Pleiku Alby. Another place with a history., but as far as I can see only a single runway again. Really just waiting for Nacluv to fill the gap to confirm he knows what he's talking about. LFH
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Added later - On reflection that was a bit harsh.
a) There are no other Tan Son Airbases around.
b) Tan Son Nhut (as it was then) was most likely referred to by the cognoscenti as plain Tan Son.
Saigon Tan Son Nhut it is. (AKA India 42's backyard.)
Well done Vulcan.
Nacluv has control
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Added later - On reflection that was a bit harsh.
a) There are no other Tan Son Airbases around.
b) Tan Son Nhut (as it was then) was most likely referred to by the cognoscenti as plain Tan Son.
Saigon Tan Son Nhut it is. (AKA India 42's backyard.)
Well done Vulcan.
Nacluv has control
Last edited by Lordflasheart; 28th Apr 2013 at 22:08.
Saigon Tan Son Nhut it is. (AKA India 42's backyard.)
Looking carefully, I can just see the control tower in LFH's original post, which soldiered on until this year:
It's just been replaced by a non-airside brand new one, complete with ASR, very close to the location of the photographer in the shot above.
Concerning the spelling of the name, Tân Sơn Nhứt is the Southern spelling and was therefore used prior to 1975, when it was Saigon's International Airport. Now it is Tân Sơn Nhất, which of course is the Northern spelling and it is the Ho Chi Minh City International Airport.
Just to add to the confusion, Tân Sơn Nhứt is pronounced something like Tan Son Nyit, whereas Tân Sơn Nhất is like Tan Son Nyut (although neither of my attempts at phonetics do justice to the subtleties of Vietnamese pronunciation).
Finally, I'm amused by the fact that the IATA code for Tân Sơn Nhất is still SGN.
PS LFH, bạn có nói tiếng Việt?
Last edited by India Four Two; 29th Apr 2013 at 03:46.
For I-42.
That's an amazing connection, thank you. It's changed a bit.
Tôi nói tiếng việt? Xin lỗi, không.
Tôi sử dụng hộp ma thuật. Để giúp các tṛ chơi.
nhưng một số người trong số họ không thể đọc được tiếng việt
And Nacluv has control.
LFH
That's an amazing connection, thank you. It's changed a bit.
Tôi nói tiếng việt? Xin lỗi, không.
Tôi sử dụng hộp ma thuật. Để giúp các tṛ chơi.
nhưng một số người trong số họ không thể đọc được tiếng việt
And Nacluv has control.
LFH
Last edited by Lordflasheart; 29th Apr 2013 at 08:01.
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Morning chaps.
Thanks, LFH - an excellent challenge! Tôi có thể đọc tiếng việt! Nhưng tôi sử dụng hộp kỳ diệu quá.
For the removal of doubt, the Tan Son I was trying to get across is the one which is now Ho Chi Minh Central.
And I42 - you can see the control tower in the original photo? You have better screen resolution that I!!
Here's the next one...
Thanks, LFH - an excellent challenge! Tôi có thể đọc tiếng việt! Nhưng tôi sử dụng hộp kỳ diệu quá.
For the removal of doubt, the Tan Son I was trying to get across is the one which is now Ho Chi Minh Central.
And I42 - you can see the control tower in the original photo? You have better screen resolution that I!!
Here's the next one...
OK. Enough Vietnamese. I can give instructions to taxi drivers, count, order beer and pay compliments to young ladies, but that's it!
nacluv,
I zoomed in on the picture and decided it was wishful thinking (a bit like finding WMD in Iraq ). Looking at older pictures of TSN on the web, it looks like the old tower was not built until a bit later. However, here's a photo of the new tower (probably taken last year):
A typical Asian international airport, you might say, but over in the scrubby area beyond the Qatar A330 are several batteries of radar-controlled AAA, easily found on Google Earth.
Concerning your post, judging by the pressed-steel sectional water tank and the wintery-looking vegetation, I'ld say the UK.
While I was typing my reply, I see cgb has come to the same conclusion!
nacluv,
I zoomed in on the picture and decided it was wishful thinking (a bit like finding WMD in Iraq
). Looking at older pictures of TSN on the web, it looks like the old tower was not built until a bit later. However, here's a photo of the new tower (probably taken last year):A typical Asian international airport, you might say, but over in the scrubby area beyond the Qatar A330 are several batteries of radar-controlled AAA, easily found on Google Earth.
Concerning your post, judging by the pressed-steel sectional water tank and the wintery-looking vegetation, I'ld say the UK.
While I was typing my reply, I see cgb has come to the same conclusion!