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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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Sorry for the slow response gents.
I42 - thanks for the info. I had seen the AAA batteries easy enough on GE, although that whole area looks like it's getting quite a make-over, so their days are numbered I reckon.
As to my challenge - yes, UK. Yes, a relatively recent picture. And yes, too many questions.
And finally, yes, Wymeswold! Well done, CGB.
You have control.
I didn't think it would last too long, although I have to say that it's nice not to have someone just plonk the photo straight into google images and spoil the party in 5 minutes!
I42 - thanks for the info. I had seen the AAA batteries easy enough on GE, although that whole area looks like it's getting quite a make-over, so their days are numbered I reckon.
As to my challenge - yes, UK. Yes, a relatively recent picture. And yes, too many questions.
And finally, yes, Wymeswold! Well done, CGB.
You have control.I didn't think it would last too long, although I have to say that it's nice not to have someone just plonk the photo straight into google images and spoil the party in 5 minutes!
Last edited by nacluv; 30th Apr 2013 at 09:10.
nacluv,
You're right - there is a lot of redevelopment going on in the northern part of that area, but I think the AAA is there to stay, but possibly relocated. If you look at the historical imagery, you will see there was one new battery installed in 2012.
You're right - there is a lot of redevelopment going on in the northern part of that area, but I think the AAA is there to stay, but possibly relocated. If you look at the historical imagery, you will see there was one new battery installed in 2012.
Bombed up G-91s but looks like A-7s in the background, suggests it's too late for African wars - ended by 1975 - and A7s not in service until 1982 so perhaps more like mainland Portugal.
How about the big weapon training field BA 11 at Beja ?
How about the big weapon training field BA 11 at Beja ?
Aeroporto Internacional Osvaldo Vieira, Bissau?
Your control.It is/was once BA 12 Bissalanca - Four miles from Bissau. According to my source it was the only runway in the area at the time capable of handling fast jets.
The photo shows Fiat G.91R/4s armed with 750 lb bombs leaving for a mission against aircraft gun positions in Sare-Morso. Not a good photo - but definitely more Fiats in the background Lordflasheart.
Cheers.
Graeme,
Thanks. I got lucky. Bissau was the first location I looked up on Google Earth.
Brave guys, going after AAA with iron bombs. The only choice in those days I suppose.
Here's an unfortunate accident:
Thanks. I got lucky. Bissau was the first location I looked up on Google Earth.
Fiat G.91R/4s armed with 750 lb bombs leaving for a mission against aircraft gun positions
Here's an unfortunate accident:
Last edited by India Four Two; 3rd May 2013 at 08:41.
Oui, orient extreme.
Na, mate! 
However, fascinating history at Na San. After the French success with the 'hedgehog' tactical defence, they continued in the same vein and came a cropper at Dien Bien Phu.
However, fascinating history at Na San. After the French success with the 'hedgehog' tactical defence, they continued in the same vein and came a cropper at Dien Bien Phu.
Last edited by India Four Two; 3rd May 2013 at 18:56.
Not Tonkin, LFH
Time for some clues.
In the foreground is a Piasecki Shawnee and in the background is some unusual topography.
In the foreground is a Piasecki Shawnee and in the background is some unusual topography.
I'd eventually got the H-21 Shawnee bit before the clue, but still floundering as to location. 'Helicopters getting shot down - there's a surprise – 'til Ap Bac' was I think, one of the features of "A Bright Shining Lie"
Howzabout a wild guess - Tan Hiep airfield ? (Prelude to Ap Bac.) LFH
Howzabout a wild guess - Tan Hiep airfield ? (Prelude to Ap Bac.) LFH
albatross,
Right direction from Tonkin, but you landed too soon.
LFH,
You overshot the target.
The topography is a very "big" clue.
PS The H-21 wasn't shot down.
Right direction from Tonkin, but you landed too soon.
LFH,
You overshot the target.
The topography is a very "big" clue.
PS The H-21 wasn't shot down.
Last edited by India Four Two; 5th May 2013 at 19:42.
Not doing very well here. The only VN "Big" refs I can find are to "Big Mountain at Vung Tau" and "Big Minh." 
There was a series of remote (cable) controlled crash-worthiness testing of old H-21s - on Utube
The last one could have ended up in the position of the challenge and with a similar shaped hill behind, but it claimed elsewhere it was done at Edwards Air Force Base, which to the best of my knowledge is in the USA. I assume we are still talking Vietnam for this challenge ?
None of these is offered as a serious answer. LFH
There was a series of remote (cable) controlled crash-worthiness testing of old H-21s - on Utube
The last one could have ended up in the position of the challenge and with a similar shaped hill behind, but it claimed elsewhere it was done at Edwards Air Force Base, which to the best of my knowledge is in the USA. I assume we are still talking Vietnam for this challenge ?
None of these is offered as a serious answer. LFH
Last edited by Lordflasheart; 6th May 2013 at 08:54.
Yes, we're in Vietnam.
Good thinking, LFH, but I think I may have led you off on a tangent with the word "big".
Go back to my clue "unusual topography". What's unusual about it is that it shouldn't be there at all, in this part of Vietnam.
Good thinking, LFH, but I think I may have led you off on a tangent with the word "big".
Go back to my clue "unusual topography". What's unusual about it is that it shouldn't be there at all, in this part of Vietnam.