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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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6th Jun 2019, 16:14

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41 to go - Ohio ?

6th Jun 2019, 16:21

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Is the nickname "Sunken Lunken" ?

6th Jun 2019, 16:26

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dook,

I like your perseverance! Yes Lunken "Sunken Lunken" Field in Cincinnati, Ohio. Really only a hop and a skip from Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio where both the Me-109 and the Spitfire were undergoing evaluation.

Here ia a views of the airport. The ridgeline faintly visable in the background is above the straight line edge of the fields in the background..

Back to you, my friend...

C2j

6th Jun 2019, 16:27

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So perhaps sunken Lunken?

6th Jun 2019, 16:32

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J,

Do catch up number 4.

C2J,

My perseverance is due to the fact that I am retired and can walk no more than 100 yards, so I can give a lot of time to the thread.

6th Jun 2019, 16:37

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Beaten, so back to cricket. I was close with Wright though!

6th Jun 2019, 16:57

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'ere we go

6th Jun 2019, 17:55

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Are we in France?

6th Jun 2019, 18:20

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I suspect dook has discovered the "Abandoned and Little Known Airfields" website.

I think we are still in the US.

C2j

6th Jun 2019, 18:30

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I've known about that site for quite a while.

Yes to the USA.

6th Jun 2019, 19:48

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Discovered?
i think he is the editor...

6th Jun 2019, 19:52

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Are we still in the same state as Mitchell Field?

6th Jun 2019, 19:56

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Sadly not.

51 to go.

6th Jun 2019, 20:11

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Are we working with 48 or 50 states?
Did this become a civilian air carrier field or a military field?
Did a historic aviation event take place at this field?

6th Jun 2019, 20:23

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My apologies - 50 states, so I should have said 49 to go.

Military in WW2 but now classified as a public municipal airfield.

I can find nothing about historical events there.

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6th Jun 2019, 20:43

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The vegetation reminds me of Texas

6th Jun 2019, 20:55

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Do go on...….

6th Jun 2019, 21:14

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I'm off to dinner. Must be bed time across the pond. I'll have something when you get up.

7th Jun 2019, 10:45

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Well dook, I guess you have had breakfast AND lunch waiting on me. Do you know how many airports there are in Texas? Like the advertisements used to say "Texas - it's like a whole 'nuther country." This seems to match up pretty good:

Brady, Texas. In the middle of nowhere.

C2j

7th Jun 2019, 12:16

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'Deep in the heart of Texas.'