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Which Aerodrome Mk III
Going out on a magnetic limb here.
Given the runway is parallel to the straight road on the right, I'm guessing the runway orientation is 180 T. If so, the variation is in the range 5 E to 15 E, which would put this airfield in the western US.
How am I doing, Harry?
Given the runway is parallel to the straight road on the right, I'm guessing the runway orientation is 180 T. If so, the variation is in the range 5 E to 15 E, which would put this airfield in the western US.
How am I doing, Harry?
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India Four Two is on the right course (sorry!) it's in the Lower 48 but I'm not sure it would be described as West
It's actually not a very big place but then a lot of places in the USA have good local airports
The luxuriant green vegetation shows it was taken between February and June - on Goodle Earth the colours are very very different
Weather can be a bit rough......
It's actually not a very big place but then a lot of places in the USA have good local airports
The luxuriant green vegetation shows it was taken between February and June - on Goodle Earth the colours are very very different
Weather can be a bit rough......
Tornado Alley!
Kansas or Oklahoma?
Kansas or Oklahoma?
And the wind comes sweeping down the plain?
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and the forecast suggest that you want to be flying before lunch - correct!!
Strange to have the State Song written by Rodgers & Hammerstein but at least its got some zing!!!
Strange to have the State Song written by Rodgers & Hammerstein but at least its got some zing!!!
Well, I haven't found it yet, but I am amazed how many GA airports in OK have a 17/35 runway. It turns out that the wind "sweeping down the plain" is mainly coming from the south.
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Indeed - well done - rather odd place - a bit to far from Oklahoma City for a quick drive but a bit too close for an air service
Of course the reason it' so big is that it's the historic home of the Conoco Oil Company..........
Open House
Of course the reason it' so big is that it's the historic home of the Conoco Oil Company..........
Open House
sycamore - yes, a Hastings. We staged through Bergen on our way back to our Norfolk base. The Hastings fleet was flying again for a while before the C-130 fleet began to build up.
Jenks/Z2,aaah,but I spent several hours over several winters crossing the pond,curtesy of A2E2 Transport Flight from 1969,huddled in overcoat and sleeping bag in the back of `462`?,then learned curtesy of George Smith and Ken Wells,the art of `kissing the brakes` at 10 ft doing circuits......
Also spent time in the Bedford Sim,handling qualities on a 4-t/fan ,hi-wing(slightly swept) tactical transport.....later becoming the...-146....
Also spent time in the Bedford Sim,handling qualities on a 4-t/fan ,hi-wing(slightly swept) tactical transport.....later becoming the...-146....
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Ponca City was one of two airfields used by the BFTS scheme (British Flying Training School) in Oklanoma during WWII, the other being Spartan School of Flying, Miami.
Jenks,spent many hours in WD496/8 at AAEE in the company of Ken Halls and George Smith,as a co-opted co-pilot,on radio/navaid trials,and learning the fine art of juggling 4 throttles,and `kissing the brakes` at 10ft on `rollers`,..same on the Valetta,but had earlierexperienced it as another `co-opted` co. in Borneo,with Oldham,Baxter,Gopsil,Capp,and M/Plt Owen.....such a mis-spent youth....!