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Old 20th Sep 2011, 10:52
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Correct - Limoges Bellegarde.

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Old 20th Sep 2011, 14:57
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Try this one:

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Nellis AFB?
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Not Nellis.

The guy in the photo is looking to the NW. The airfield was somewhat shortlived and no trace remains today. It did however have a brief period of widespread exposure.

The place from where the picture was taken was even more shortlived.

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Don't know if this helps at all but it is factually correct to say that at no time during its brief existence did this this airfield have a working control tower.
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A film set rhen?
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Northrup Strip,White Sands,N.M?
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Genuine airfield Jindabyne with added 'facilities'.

Not NM Sabredog.
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The old airport, Rancho Conejo Airport in Newbury Park. It is just west of Wildwood Park in Thousand Oaks, CA. Used in the film "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"

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Old 21st Sep 2011, 14:31
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That's the one, it was known as Rancho Conejo.

The pic was a still from the film and is possibly slightly unfair. A 'tower' was built on the field but had no glass and was only used as a camera base for filming the flying stunts and the scene where the controller is hanging off the side. The gentleman in the pic was actually on a set in a studio miles away with a genuine image of the airfield back projected.

You have it.
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Thanks Duckbutt, interesting challenge. Here is something closer to home.
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I believe it's Shenington.

OH if correct.

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It is Shenington once known as RAF Edgehill. Edgehill was selected as the base for flight tests of the Gloster E28/39 Pioneer W4041 - the Whittle jet due to its proximity to the manufacturer's Gloster and Power jets.

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Here is one:



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Shobden Airfield
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Indeed it is Shobdon airfield.
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The next challenge;
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I've seen that picture before. Is it Swedish?
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Not Swedish,
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Hmm..
Maybe Norwegian. Somewhere like Vadso?
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