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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 30th Apr 2019, 17:22
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HMS.....

Are we in the UK by any chance ?
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Old 30th Apr 2019, 17:26
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Yes, and the sun is shining.
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Old 30th Apr 2019, 17:52
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Lee on Solent ?
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Old 30th Apr 2019, 18:00
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Not Lee. Services were Royal Air Force, USAAF, Royal Navy, and...... I have flown out of Lee on Solent and this field on the same day in the same machine.
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Old 30th Apr 2019, 18:26
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Wherever it is I don't think it looks like that now.

Is the missing unit the Coastguard ?
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Old 30th Apr 2019, 19:11
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Not Coastguard. Constellation and DC4 were the large pistons seen.
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Old 30th Apr 2019, 19:19
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Blimey - it must be some time ago then.
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Old 30th Apr 2019, 19:20
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You have identified in the past, dook, a field 45 miles down the road where once I had to fly over and move the sheep before landing, and one barely 3 miles from this airfield.

For Slb, the current organisation here has no direct equivalent in Holland. If Sycamore is aboard, he was possibly too busy with head in books, or wax tablets, to notice.
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Old 30th Apr 2019, 19:20
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Not sure how the clues fit but I think it is Middle Wallop. OH if correct.
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Old 30th Apr 2019, 19:23
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Well - that's that one killed.

And I don't get the "clues" either, especially "the sun is shining"
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Old 30th Apr 2019, 19:29
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It is Wallop. Squirrel, Gazelle, Apache, Griffin. Two 'gamey' beasts, one hunter gatherer, and a Griffin for the legend. Connie and DC4 at the Airshow. Now, of course, very quiet, not a Chipmunk in sight and the Tutor rarely in the air. The sun, merely a comment with reference to my viewing point. No Army Aviation in Holland.

OH declared.
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Old 30th Apr 2019, 20:18
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Jenks,you forgot the other watery rodent,the French lark ,the N American other hunter and the `south-wind`...!
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Old 30th Apr 2019, 20:24
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Having spent all afternoon trying to find the last one and narrowing down the country, I think I'll throw one up.

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Old 30th Apr 2019, 20:28
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Aloutte only historic, Sycamore. Was Alize so 'mighty?' I imagine you will have flown the machine, ho-ho.
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Old 30th Apr 2019, 21:51
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Jenkins,

I was a bit distracted by a football game.
Yes I know Griffins (from Harry Potter)

We Dutch keep our
Leopards end Fenneks (not Phoenix) on the ground
Our Falcons in the air
our Walrus in the water
It sounds odd but we have seals which drive Vikings on the beach.
It is possible that a Viking can club a seal but that is not preferred.
Both are on the beach in the mud about right were they belong.
We only have problems with our Caimans which spin their heads around so fast that they think they can fly.
But due to that problem they are most times in their Kooij (cage)

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Old 1st May 2019, 00:14
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Good morning dook. A very squiggly, complex airfield design there. Could it be the still-squiggly Dyce?
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Old 1st May 2019, 08:06
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Good morning all.

The challenge is a long way from Dyce.
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Old 1st May 2019, 09:01
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Originally Posted by dook
This looks too short for almost anything except helicopters or STOL/VTOL aeroplanes., so is there another longer runway which we can't see ?
The 'H' on the runway designator indicates a helicopter only runway.
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Old 1st May 2019, 09:42
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Good morning all.

The challenge is a long way from Dyce.
So i assume not even Europe?
USA?

SLB
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Old 1st May 2019, 09:45
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Not USA. It is in Europe.
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