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Which Aerodrome Mk III
Not a waste of time at all. The runway was deactivated for commercial purposes in the seventies, leaving only the air force base. Now, if you've found 11 bases, which of them might be near rivers that rise and fall?
Indeed, Iquitos. The floatplane ramp leads into a lake called Morona Cocha. In recent years the Amazon at Iquitos has been breaking its own records for high and low water so the base can become inaccessible during the dry season.
Your stick, dook.
Your stick, dook.
...FAP Base Area Grupo 42..........OH if correct......
AHH,too late....
AHH,too late....
Broadreach,
From internet there are 2 Airports in Iquitos
Coronel FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport
And
Antiguo Aeroporto Iquitos
Old Iquitos airport
(which you challenged)
from Wiki on the Peruvian Airforce:
Air Wing Nº 4
- Air Group Nº 42 – headquarters: Iquitos
- Santa Clara Air Base – headquarters: Iquitos
Are only the (float equipped) Twin Otters based on the old airport?
Is the old Iquitos airport then the same as Santa Clara?
SLB
SLB, yes, the base is also called Santa Clara, just to confuse the opposition! The old airport itself isn't called that, though, and I can't remember what it was called other than "Iquitos". I lived there during several stages of my life and recall teaching my little brother to ride a bike on the runway - our house was at the other end - and being chased off numerous times. There were no fences and the runway was lined with huts and light industry. It was sometimes quite scary. A 1-11 swerved to avoid a cow or pig crossing it and clipped a mound of runway rubble, which thrust one of the main gears up, jamming the flap but succeeding in taking off. Landed later at Tarapoto and was repaired. One I was on did hit a pig with the nosegear, and aborted. Awful mess.
C'mon, enough of this, dook declared Open House!
C'mon, enough of this, dook declared Open House!