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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.
  • A historic picture of an aerodrome will be posted. Newer pictures are allowed but the theme here is to compare/contrast old with new as well as identifying aerodromes which no longer exist.
  • The person who correctly identifies it will be declared the 'winner' by the original poster.
  • That winner shall either post another challenge or declare the floor open. Anyone may then post the next challenge.
  • If the winner of the challenge does not respond to the notification of their success within 48 hours, an Open house can be declared when there is consensus between multiple other posters which are on line.
  • When the poster of a challenge does not respond within 48 hours of a posted answer, this poster can be declared winner if the answer is considered correct in a consensus of multiple other posters.
  • If Open House is declared, regular posters should not jump in immediately, but time should be given for those who are not great at naming the correct location as they may have some good images.
  • There will only be one challenge running at a time.
  • Try to use elderly photos and not Google Earth, Zoom Earth or any other search engine, pics
  • Try to post images that are not already present on internet, as Google Image Search will find them if they are.
  • Personal photos are acceptable as they show the aerodrome as it is now.
  • When confirming the correct location, the location and winner should be stated to negate any deletion of posts.
  • Please don't delete your posts, let everyone see your successes, failures and challenges.
Anyone can edit it so long as they have been here for 90 days with 90 posts. Let's get consensus before changing and not go crazy Thanks to Self Loading Bear for suggesting that we use a wiki. Which Aerodrome I Which Aerodrome II nvubu.

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Old 27th Jan 2019, 14:22
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SLB appears to be first past the post. Jessore it is.
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Old 27th Jan 2019, 15:05
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Thank you Cows,
First search on Bismillah and AAX was a hit on ASN
ASN


New challenge:
Started as private flying 50 years ago and basically has been a private entreprise until its demise.

Succes SLB


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Old 27th Jan 2019, 15:08
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Is that a banked racing circuit like Brooklands pre-war - not many such circuits in Europe - ever.... so N America??
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Old 27th Jan 2019, 15:10
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There is in Europe - and I've seen it before.

Just trying to remember where.
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Old 27th Jan 2019, 15:20
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And I don't think it's a racing circuit.
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Old 27th Jan 2019, 15:31
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Its dog racing!!!

N Denes Yarmouth Stadium by the look of it

Airport is next door
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Old 27th Jan 2019, 15:41
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Asturias has placed the winning bet!
I visited often from 2003.
All what is left of the helicopter flying for southern North Sea has been relocated to Norwich.

Asturias had control.
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Old 27th Jan 2019, 15:43
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If you zoom in on the picture you can see the lights around the track - quite distinctive

Then google UK Greyhound racing stadiums........................... it's only run professionally in the UK and Ireland I think in Europe

Did you win much Bear? I've only seen it movies - "The Long Good Friday" IIRC
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Old 27th Jan 2019, 15:46
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Just got in - nice sunny day but cool.. whereas in the challenge it's sunny and warm a lot of the time - mainly internal flights but I think it may have one international flight service

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Old 27th Jan 2019, 16:33
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Originally Posted by Asturias56

Did you win much Bear? I've only seen it movies - "The Long Good Friday" IIRC
Although I have spend considerable time in the portacabin waiting room waiting on the fog to clear, I could never place a bet at the greyhound Racing stadium. I was never allowed to leave and luckily I had to stay overnight only once in Great Yarmouth. For the rest it was always taxi waiting to fly KLM to Amsterdam from Norwich.

Somehow at Norwich i have spent far more nights in the hotels.

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Old 27th Jan 2019, 16:42
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Ah.....my great tour at Coltishall - girls everywhere.

N O R W I C H

Nickers Off Ready When I Come Home.

Clueless about the challenge though.
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Old 27th Jan 2019, 17:05
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It is a long way south from Norwich .. and Yarmouth as well

tell me - is there a "Lesser" or Small" Yarmouth ?? Or is it just Great???
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Old 27th Jan 2019, 17:24
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Going far South from Great Yarmouth
i think southern Africa.
Due to the rather small patches of land around the airport i think not Australia.
SLB
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Old 27th Jan 2019, 17:52
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Originally Posted by Self loading bear
Asturias has placed the winning bet!
I visited often from 2003.
All what is left of the helicopter flying for southern North Sea has been relocated to Norwich.

Asturias had control.
Presently up for sale OIRO £1.5M; I believe the land has been assessed as unsuitable for housing otherwise it would have gone by now.
Convenient for the golf course and local horse race track as well as the stock car/dog track.

So how about we all chip in and buy it?
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Old 27th Jan 2019, 17:54
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Originally Posted by Asturias56
It is a long way south from Norwich .. and Yarmouth as well

tell me - is there a "Lesser" or Small" Yarmouth ?? Or is it just Great???
Yarmouth IOW; there's a private strip there too.
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Old 27th Jan 2019, 18:31
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SLB is in the correct direction - I'm off to the movies - I'll try and check-in in when we get back about 23:00 UK time

Looks like Mary Stewart/the Favourit/ or Schindlers List.... the last one is just too depressing


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Old 27th Jan 2019, 18:33
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Originally Posted by Asturias56

tell me - is there a "Lesser" or Small" Yarmouth ?? Or is it just Great???
Being a fishermens town since the romans I too thought the “Great” was probably a red herring.
But I found the following on this site:

History site


Great Yarmouth – the qualifier distinguishing it from its southern neighbour, Little Yarmouth – is situated near where several rivers, among them the Yare, flow into what was once a very broad estuary (much larger than the present-day Breydon Water) opening out into the sea. In Roman times there was a port and market town a little further north, at Caistor, and a small fort inland at Burgh Castle; these were later abandoned. Subsequent settlement focused on the site of Great Yarmouth itself. Tradition has the first settlement there established by the Saxon leader, Cerdic, ca. 495, but this is unsubstantiated and doubtful. More certain is that silting in the mouth of the "Great Estuary" over time formed a huge sandbank that came to be several miles long, with breaches leaving the Yare access into the sea through two channels at either end of the sandbank; one channel separated Yarmouth and Caister, the other ran southwards for some miles and separated Great and Little Yarmouth/Gorleston before entering the sea.

Gorleston still exist as the southern side of the river mouth.

SLB
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Old 27th Jan 2019, 19:25
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I can't find anything in South Africa and there's very little in Botswana.
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Old 27th Jan 2019, 22:21
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Back from the movie - heaven help us from designing women...

Thanks to Bear - that is really interesting..................... real pub quiz stuff!

South was generic - tho its not a million miles form southern Africa.................. one of these rather obscure spots I end up in that are really not that bad but seem (like me) to be passed by the modern world......nice beach!

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Old 28th Jan 2019, 08:22
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I think it's in Madagascar.

Toliara ?
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