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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
Trust you Ted to sneak one in while I was sleeping! I would have recognized Point Cook (or to acknowledge your point, half of RAAF Williams) instantly. Does this count?
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Thanks, that was an interesting search. It was a bit of luck that Point Cook is the first named airfield on the Aus government page here. We were at Werribee a few pages back as well, so I'd looked at the area in general.
My next offering is a real Which Aerodrome as I don't know where it is, but thought it was worth posting as it's another huge panorama and time for some sleuthing, and hopefully we'll come to a consensus.
Here's the full sized image
There is a copyright symbol bottom left - Huddleston Photo Co Los Angeles Cal. The source document captions this "6 military blimps with crews", but they are observation balloons rather than blimps.
I've done some research on possible locations, but I'd like to read other opinions.
Edit to add: I now do think I know where it is
My next offering is a real Which Aerodrome as I don't know where it is, but thought it was worth posting as it's another huge panorama and time for some sleuthing, and hopefully we'll come to a consensus.
Here's the full sized image
There is a copyright symbol bottom left - Huddleston Photo Co Los Angeles Cal. The source document captions this "6 military blimps with crews", but they are observation balloons rather than blimps.
I've done some research on possible locations, but I'd like to read other opinions.
Edit to add: I now do think I know where it is
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I found this photo with a little searching on 'US military balloons', and getting past the early days of civil war stuff.
The buildings in the background seem to match,
so I'll go for the Arcadia Balloon School at Ross Field.
The buildings in the background seem to match,
so I'll go for the Arcadia Balloon School at Ross Field.
Opened in 1918, the Arcadia Balloon School was built to train U.S. Army balloon observation troops for World War I. Before any graduates arrived in Europe, the war ended.
In November 1918, the base was renamed Ross Field, honoring Lt. Cleo J. Ross of the U.S. Army 8th Balloon Company, killed in action in France.
U.S. Army balloon operations continued at Ross Field for a few years, but by the mid-1920s, the base was closed
In November 1918, the base was renamed Ross Field, honoring Lt. Cleo J. Ross of the U.S. Army 8th Balloon Company, killed in action in France.
U.S. Army balloon operations continued at Ross Field for a few years, but by the mid-1920s, the base was closed
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That's the one.
I found part of my photo on the "Water and Power Associates" website - and what an interesting page that turned out to be, and once you know where it is, the Abandoned & Little known airfields has more info here
Over to you.
I found part of my photo on the "Water and Power Associates" website - and what an interesting page that turned out to be, and once you know where it is, the Abandoned & Little known airfields has more info here
Over to you.
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Thank you. That was an interesting bit of history.
Do you ever feel like being a (not so modern) major-general?
Here is the field manual for operating military balloons.
http://www.tommy1418.com/uploads/1/2...s-usa-1917.pdf
Nothing handy right now, so I''l declare 'OPEN HOUSE'
(so Dora-9 can get his prize for knowing all about RAAF Williams.
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Do you ever feel like being a (not so modern) major-general?
Here is the field manual for operating military balloons.
http://www.tommy1418.com/uploads/1/2...s-usa-1917.pdf
MILITARY OBSERVATION BALLOONS (CAPTIVE AND FREE)
A COMPLETE TREATISE ON THEIR MANUFACTURE, EQUIPMENT, INSPECTION, AND HANDLING, WITH SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
FOR THE TRAINING OF A FIELD BALLOON COMPANY
A COMPLETE TREATISE ON THEIR MANUFACTURE, EQUIPMENT, INSPECTION, AND HANDLING, WITH SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
FOR THE TRAINING OF A FIELD BALLOON COMPANY
(so Dora-9 can get his prize for knowing all about RAAF Williams.
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Sorry team, it will have to be OPEN HOUSE for me (trying to land me in it, Ted?)
Here's an easy one that might keep things going until the solstice*:
* 10:44 UTC on Wednesday - the days will be getting longer again.
* 10:44 UTC on Wednesday - the days will be getting longer again.
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Looks N American to me?
Yes, in Canada.
That BCATP double-runway triangular layout is very distinctive.
That BCATP double-runway triangular layout is very distinctive.
nvubu,
I don't want you to get eyestrain, poring over GE, so I should tell you that this aerodrome is almost unrecognisable today.
I don't want you to get eyestrain, poring over GE, so I should tell you that this aerodrome is almost unrecognisable today.
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Been out this evening. Was checking Saskatchewan earlier, lots of similar looking aerodromes, but all seemed to have 6 hangers. Will carry on in the morning - unless someone else gets it first.
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Thanks for the BCATP clue....
I have found only...
(and that is before I get into the specialist lists).
I have found only...
- [*]
- [*]
(and that is before I get into the specialist lists).
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Terry,
I wouldn't want to make it too easy for an expert like you!
I thought I had already given away too much.
As a favour to you, I'll tell you there is no need to look at the specialist lists.
I wouldn't want to make it too easy for an expert like you!
I thought I had already given away too much.
As a favour to you, I'll tell you there is no need to look at the specialist lists.
That's it, well done!
http://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/bcatpcalgary.html
The picture is looking towards the SE, with Glenmore Reservoir in the background. On GE, the only evidence left is the smallest of the five hangars in the row, plus the one at an angle behind that. The main ramp is also still extant. If you go back to the 2008 imagery, you can see all the hangars.
The base closed in the sixties, but my gliding club operated there for a while after that. On the left edge of the photo is Currie Barracks (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Currie). It was closed in 1998 as part of budget cutbacks. There is now no regular army presence in Calgary.
The airfield is now the home of Mount Royal University and all the open ground in the photo is now covered in houses. The reservoir is about 3 nm from downtown. The edge of the city is now 12 nm out!
nvubu has control.
http://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/bcatpcalgary.html
The picture is looking towards the SE, with Glenmore Reservoir in the background. On GE, the only evidence left is the smallest of the five hangars in the row, plus the one at an angle behind that. The main ramp is also still extant. If you go back to the 2008 imagery, you can see all the hangars.
The base closed in the sixties, but my gliding club operated there for a while after that. On the left edge of the photo is Currie Barracks (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Currie). It was closed in 1998 as part of budget cutbacks. There is now no regular army presence in Calgary.
The airfield is now the home of Mount Royal University and all the open ground in the photo is now covered in houses. The reservoir is about 3 nm from downtown. The edge of the city is now 12 nm out!
nvubu has control.