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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).

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  • 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 14th Jun 2019, 10:12
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I just Googled "one reindeer town" and the only thing of sense which comes up is Vadso.
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Old 14th Jun 2019, 10:36
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That's a step too far........................

The target town suffered a great influx of unwanted & abandoned bicycles a year or so back


PS
I'm off out until about 15:30 Zulu

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Old 14th Jun 2019, 12:38
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A, Evenes...?

dook,PM and email for you...

Jenks, good job we didn`t go to Ireland by T-Moth and Cub then...
Herks use the Sands occasionally with the guys from Her........
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Old 14th Jun 2019, 12:38
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Abandoned bicycles from refugees ?

Kirkens is all I can find.

However, it doesn't look anything like your challenge.
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Old 14th Jun 2019, 13:03
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Could it be Tromso?
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Old 14th Jun 2019, 14:10
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It is indeed Kirknes - the pictures have been carefully cropped to look as anodyne as possible.




A few years back I went through there regularly to & from Murmansk - it's a really nice drive (but not in winter).

A lot of well heeled Middle Eastern refugees would fly to Moscow, then to Murmansk where they'd be taken to border by car or minibus with the bikes strapped on the back. they'd be left at the Russian border post- which is several kms inside the actual border and would exit Russia then ride down the road - you cannot cross the border at Kirkenes on foot. The'd zoom through the actual border (two painted poles) on the edge of what looks like a supermarket car park - which is the Norwegian Border Post - & claim asylum. TBF the Norwegians were very good and had them moved on south to the bigger cities very rapidly

The odd thing about Kirknes is how far EAST it is - same longitude as Alexandria - apparently some oil field guys tried to claim Middle East allowances from their US employer when drilling just north of here!

Dook has it................
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Old 14th Jun 2019, 15:45
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No wonder it didn't look right.

Your challenge image is a computer simulation by some geek !!

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Old 14th Jun 2019, 15:46
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dook,did you get PM/EMAIL...?
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Old 14th Jun 2019, 16:01
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Yes - and thank you kindly indeed.
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Old 14th Jun 2019, 18:52
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E Germany,awaiting inspection...
possibly a training base,mixed light f/w and helos..?
possibly Gorlitz...?
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Old 14th Jun 2019, 18:54
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Yes - the old DDR.

Started as a specialist flying school and latterly fighters.

Photo from 1970.
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Old 14th Jun 2019, 19:06
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I amended my#14630 to Gorlitz..did you get that..?
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Old 14th Jun 2019, 19:09
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Sorry - missed it.

But no I'm afraid.
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Old 14th Jun 2019, 19:27
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Your last guess is not too far away...….
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Old 14th Jun 2019, 20:52
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I ferried an L-39 from UK to Rothenburg/Gorlitz,been to Dresden,Bautzen,but not the south Gorlitz,but I missed passing Grossenhain.....OH if correct......
Ferried it back a year later....got to sit in a M-21,23,su?....very cramped in each one...ok if you are about 5ft4 and just follow the instruments....

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Old 14th Jun 2019, 21:02
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You are now even closer.

Soviet at the time of the photo.

The image is orientated to true north.
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Old 14th Jun 2019, 21:22
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Bedtime CU 2MORROW....
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Old 15th Jun 2019, 02:34
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Took quite a lot of searching but I think this is the old Brandis air base.

Now an energy park?
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Old 15th Jun 2019, 08:34
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Nicely done lauriebe - it is indeed Brandis. Now a solar farm.

Please take the thread.
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Old 15th Jun 2019, 09:02
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Originally Posted by dook
Nicely done lauriebe - it is indeed Brandis. Now a solar farm.

Please take the thread.
Thanks Dook. Thanks also to Sycamore for pointing the way on that one.

Your next challenge:

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