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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
I was the pilot of one of those 212s. Canadian Helicopters (CHC) from the UN mission in Rwanda.
Boy does that bring back memories!
Great thing about that photo is the airport advisory ground signals in the photo. You sure don't see those much anymore.
Boy does that bring back memories!
Great thing about that photo is the airport advisory ground signals in the photo. You sure don't see those much anymore.
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I'm sitting looking at a Signal Square now, but the airport name isn't displayed so I'm not sure where I am (only joking!)
All military airfields in the UK use them but their use at civil airports is dwindling.
All military airfields in the UK use them but their use at civil airports is dwindling.
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Limatambo? I'm going by the ridge line in the background which looks remarkably similar to the one seen at picture 111 on this excellent website
The Early Days of Panagra
The Early Days of Panagra
Blanket Stacker says Open House.
Here's one - a 1944 photo:
Here's one - a 1944 photo:
Judging by the rectangular fields, the hangar layout and the non-dispersed aircraft, I'm guessing USA, probably in the West.
India Four Two - sorry, not the USA.
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Gotta be a military flight training base
I think we are looking for an old RAAF base somewhere in Australia.
- probable parade ground in central location
- lots of small aircraft
- no runways
I think we are looking for an old RAAF base somewhere in Australia.
Terry is correct in that several RAAF bases, built at the same time (in the south of the country), all had an identical hangar layout. Possibly they were designed by the same "military genius"?
However, the prize goes to Evansb. It's Mallala, home of the RAAF's 6 SFTS and a vast fleet of Oxfords and Ansons.
The photo is aligned East-up.
Little evidence remains now of what once was a very busy base....
However, the prize goes to Evansb. It's Mallala, home of the RAAF's 6 SFTS and a vast fleet of Oxfords and Ansons.
The photo is aligned East-up.
Little evidence remains now of what once was a very busy base....
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Some more about Mallala
Bugger! A bloke can't stop to have a nap in this game without someone half the world away zooming past and finding the solution 
Seriously though, thanks Dora-9 for a challenge with some clues in the photo to start searching on. This one also turned into a history lesson.
This place also played a big part in weapons research after WW2 when the Poms were blowing up parts of Australia with atomic devices.
Then it became a migrant camp for a while before being turned into a car race track.
Mallala at its peak as a training base.
As it is now
Today you need to look very hard to find just the faintest traces of the "V" shaped hangar area.
All a bit sad really.
Seriously though, thanks Dora-9 for a challenge with some clues in the photo to start searching on. This one also turned into a history lesson.
This place also played a big part in weapons research after WW2 when the Poms were blowing up parts of Australia with atomic devices.
Then it became a migrant camp for a while before being turned into a car race track.
Mallala at its peak as a training base.
As it is now
Today you need to look very hard to find just the faintest traces of the "V" shaped hangar area.
All a bit sad really.
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Open house - OK
Here is a quickie as there are plenty of good clues in the photo.
It is 1921 and the aircraft in the centre crashed some time later, so I have removed some of its registration as that would make it too easy.
Here is a quickie as there are plenty of good clues in the photo.
It is 1921 and the aircraft in the centre crashed some time later, so I have removed some of its registration as that would make it too easy.
Langley Park, WA?
