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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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Thanks. Mel's listdoesn't seem to work at present so hope this is not a duplicate:
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You won't find this on GI, Q-fay -
I was saving it as being perhaps a bit too difficult, (and a list of jobs as long as yer **** too) but if you want a challenge - albeit Transport not FJ
- Yer tez Master.
A modestly significant event was taking place on this day in 1965. LFH
I was saving it as being perhaps a bit too difficult, (and a list of jobs as long as yer **** too) but if you want a challenge - albeit Transport not FJ
- Yer tez Master. A modestly significant event was taking place on this day in 1965. LFH
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Mel - not Kuching either. This was not on their regular beat, nor on anyone's up until this occasion. Nor is it on an island. According to the snapper, there is a Buddhist priest somewhere in the snap, saying a prayer or a blessing for the airfield (or perhaps for the aeroplane ?) 
Jenks - 18th June 1965
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Jenks - 18th June 1965
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Jack's Granddad
New laid asphalt,so,commissioning a new runway somewhere in Malaysia/Burma/Thailand,as the first `new` arrival....but there may be Brits on the ground there already....(3-tonner)
ed; LFH.it may be that the priest `foresaw` another event on that day,on a similar aircraft....(with ackdgnts to OD)
ed; LFH.it may be that the priest `foresaw` another event on that day,on a similar aircraft....(with ackdgnts to OD)
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Jenks - last I heard Guam was on an island somewhere . this is mainland stuff.
Sycamore - Very good thinking. "commissioning a new runway somewhere in Malaysia/Burma/Thailand,as the first `new` arrival."
Not sure I'm quite with you on the "foresaw" bit though.Actually the snapper claimed it was the very last (RAF) departure after the handover ceremonythe previous day. This was a very big Commonwealth/Crown foreign aid effort, but there were immediate problems of the NHBC kind which had to be rectified. It now looks pretty much abandoned
The next pic was he claimed - the last but one departure - viz
It probably won't help but its a nice pic. JW - thanks. I will reply.LFH
. this is mainland stuff.Sycamore - Very good thinking. "commissioning a new runway somewhere in Malaysia/Burma/Thailand,as the first `new` arrival."
Not sure I'm quite with you on the "foresaw" bit though.Actually the snapper claimed it was the very last (RAF) departure after the handover ceremonythe previous day. This was a very big Commonwealth/Crown foreign aid effort, but there were immediate problems of the NHBC kind which had to be rectified. It now looks pretty much abandoned
The next pic was he claimed - the last but one departure - viz
It probably won't help but its a nice pic. JW - thanks. I will reply.LFH
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18 June 1965 was the opening day of Arc Light. Hence where Jenkins is heading with his suggestion, I'll wager.
But also the Indonesia/Malaysia confrontation.
How about Loeng Nok Tha airfield - which was built and then handed over to the Thai government by Commonwealth troops at that time - Operation Crown?
Also, just spotted this - coincidence?
The NHBC-style problems were, presumably, related to the tarmac runway which had to be dug up (due to ground water/cracking) and concrete put down to replace it?
But also the Indonesia/Malaysia confrontation.
How about Loeng Nok Tha airfield - which was built and then handed over to the Thai government by Commonwealth troops at that time - Operation Crown?
Also, just spotted this - coincidence?
The NHBC-style problems were, presumably, related to the tarmac runway which had to be dug up (due to ground water/cracking) and concrete put down to replace it?
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Like Double Wow !! Vulcan. 
That's what I call a comprehensive win. Loeng Nok Tha - northeast Thailand it is. Couple of palm trees, a bit of tarmac and an old kite, and he's got the whole story.
The 'day out from Changi' was via Bangkok (to top up the tan) and return direct to Changi. Op Crown is all on t'net (and so is the sad story from Guam)
Nacluv - you have control. LFH
That's what I call a comprehensive win. Loeng Nok Tha - northeast Thailand it is. Couple of palm trees, a bit of tarmac and an old kite, and he's got the whole story. The 'day out from Changi' was via Bangkok (to top up the tan) and return direct to Changi. Op Crown is all on t'net (and so is the sad story from Guam)
Nacluv - you have control. LFH
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Thanks, M'Lud! I put some effort into this one. What an excellent challenge - I really enjoyed that. I apologise for getting it sooner than perhaps it really deserved.
I can't claim any visionary status in divining the answer from the photos though. Your subtle trail of breadcrumbs was what did the damage - the date being the most significant. Arc Light was an excellent foil, and took me off in the wrong direction to start with! But you said the day before - so I had a look at what handovers took place in the region on the 17th rather than the 18th... And it wasn't until I found a story about the problems with ground water drainage (or lack thereof) which was lifting the tarmac that I knew I'd got my man.
Here is my challenge in response. I don't think it will last long, and it does appear on the list as a previous contestant, but not in a long time. And as it's one of my own, it should fail the GI test.
I put some effort into this one. What an excellent challenge - I really enjoyed that. I apologise for getting it sooner than perhaps it really deserved.I can't claim any visionary status in divining the answer from the photos though. Your subtle trail of breadcrumbs was what did the damage - the date being the most significant. Arc Light was an excellent foil, and took me off in the wrong direction to start with! But you said the day before - so I had a look at what handovers took place in the region on the 17th rather than the 18th...
And it wasn't until I found a story about the problems with ground water drainage (or lack thereof) which was lifting the tarmac that I knew I'd got my man.Here is my challenge in response. I don't think it will last long, and it does appear on the list as a previous contestant, but not in a long time. And as it's one of my own, it should fail the GI test.
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Naturally... Didn't think it would last long!
My travels aren't extensive or exotic as others, and I like to try something which can't be GI'd easily (as has been my failing in the past). I will have to dig through my old photos and see if I can find something a bit more obscure for next time.
Over to you, Chevvron! Let's have a good one to get us into the weekend.
Didn't think it would last long!My travels aren't extensive or exotic as others, and I like to try something which can't be GI'd easily (as has been my failing in the past). I will have to dig through my old photos and see if I can find something a bit more obscure for next time.
Over to you, Chevvron! Let's have a good one to get us into the weekend.
