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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.
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Old 2nd Sep 2019, 20:44
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Here is one I repared earlier...54 yrs ago..not a normal LZ ,but there is an airfield about 15 miles away....
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Old 2nd Sep 2019, 20:48
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I've been rescued by one of those - for real.

Error - it was the other one.
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Old 2nd Sep 2019, 20:58
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dook, anyone you recognise....?
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Old 2nd Sep 2019, 21:06
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I've been going through the PPRuNe archives from 2012.

You were in an interesting discussion about Borneo weren't you.
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Old 2nd Sep 2019, 21:13
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Is it in Sabah ?
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Old 2nd Sep 2019, 21:19
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sycamore,

When I said the other one, I was rescued by a Wessex.

I don't recognise anyone, but my guess is above.

edit: I think it was XJ412 of 110 Sqn in Malaysia.
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Old 2nd Sep 2019, 21:19
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Simanggang ?

XP-398
225 squadron
sorry OH for the nightcrew (if correct)
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Old 2nd Sep 2019, 21:29
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SLB,right aircraft,and sqdn , wrong area...QDM300/75,

not Sabah ...check the guy ,front left...try zooming
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Old 2nd Sep 2019, 21:32
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"Sank into soft ground at Tinker Hill, Malaysia after tail rotor failure in the hover. It was abandoned as inaccessible"

05/11/66

edit: obviously incorrect,
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Old 2nd Sep 2019, 21:50
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Kuching

Squadron 225

“Another crash was XP398 which was recovered and brought back to base underslung from a Belevedere.”
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Old 2nd Sep 2019, 21:51
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dook,that reference is to another aircraft that may still be on that mountain;not mine although I had a t/r come off a week before this....the chap on the left is the twin brother of.......
SLB is nearest...
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Old 2nd Sep 2019, 21:55
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Climbing to two feet six and levelling off.

Nite nite.
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Old 2nd Sep 2019, 22:15
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SLB,getting closer,try 333/10621 smoots....
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Old 3rd Sep 2019, 08:08
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Good morning Mr. Helicopter.

Anywhere near Lundu or Sematan ?

edit: I have also found a reference to a beach at Baco.

Trying to fathom 333/10621 smoots !
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Old 3rd Sep 2019, 10:07
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Another shot - near Kampung ?
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Old 3rd Sep 2019, 11:14
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dook, SLB was nearest but from Kuching airfield,333/10621 smoots is bearing/dist. to crash site(use the ruler on GE to convert).
I was detached many times to Lundu. 2 pilots 8 g/crew,1 aircraft plus an Army B-47;Baco is another name for what is now the Pandan beach resort,due N from Lundu,,,,Sematan had an old Jap airfield E-W just inside the coast N of the village.
We operated from the football pitch in the centre of the village,surrounde by schools on 2 sides,the kids loved it; there was also an airstrip built a mile NE,but now gone.
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Old 3rd Sep 2019, 11:29
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Your bearing/distance puts me here:

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Old 3rd Sep 2019, 11:54
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dook,apologies,,took it from wrong point, 345/13800 smoots....anyway ,this is a day out on the beach,and real low flying...can`t see the spray..!
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Old 3rd Sep 2019, 12:14
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That puts me 3.5nm NW of Kampung, which I already suggested.

Are you still measuring from Kuching ?

If you are then is it the beach at Pasir Panjang
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Old 3rd Sep 2019, 12:31
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Close enough dook...actually if you have the `gallery `layer,there are photos of the beach now,Pasir Pandak; Kampung is just Malay for village...
The engine quit over the other side of the estuary at about 1500`,so it was an autorotation to that beach,or get wet...We were going out to HMS Albion to do a troop changeover.
The chap at front left was Dick Langworthy,twin of Bill,renowned Jag pilot.....
Clear to `lock and load`.....
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