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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.
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Old 27th Aug 2019, 18:56
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When I have problems posing images I press the "Source" button above and then paste the link inbetween [img] & [/img] tags. Works fine for me.
I only had a 1.6L Mk I Capri. No airfield photos though. I was going to post the Cortina photo as a reply to your previous, when I realised it had an aircraft visible behind it. I do have 4 more airfields with Lotus cars in them
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Old 27th Aug 2019, 18:57
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Oh no - don't do it...….!
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Old 27th Aug 2019, 19:03
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Somewhere I have a photo of self and missus in an American WW2 bomber with a part of the airfield in the windscreen.
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Old 27th Aug 2019, 19:59
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Originally Posted by JENKINS
My next guess was to be Bruntingthorpe, but is it any longer an airfield?
It's still very much an airfield presently I believe full of ex RAF Tri Stars.
A few years ago their resident Victor was taken out for a 'fast taxy run' on the 10.000ft runway and 'inadvertantly' got airborne!!
Yeah I believe that don't you?
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Old 27th Aug 2019, 20:09
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Its also got a couple of very fast aeroplanes and a QRA shed in which I have spent many a night.
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Old 27th Aug 2019, 20:20
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3 Litre Essex engine. I always reckoned the 2.8 Litre Cologne engine was better.
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Old 27th Aug 2019, 20:36
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But it wasn't around when I bought mine.
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Old 28th Aug 2019, 00:03
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Good morning folks. Seeing as it's Open Hoose...
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Old 28th Aug 2019, 01:43
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Martinique?
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Old 28th Aug 2019, 05:34
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Hi Chevvron. No, nowhere quite as tropical as Martinique. This place is closer to the Arctic Circle than it is to the Equator. Photograph was taken on descent into the attic.
I will duck into PPRuNeland every now and again during the day to check on progress...
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Old 28th Aug 2019, 07:49
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Good morning jensdad.

Perhaps Canada ?

I note what seems to be the absence of a terminal building etc.

I see what might be aircraft shelters so looks military.
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Old 28th Aug 2019, 08:44
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Caution: thread drift. Many years ago I too had a Mk 1 3 litre Capri. Went very well in a straight line, but didn't like corners or stopping. as a glutton for punishment I then had a Mk 2 Scimitar, also with aforesaid 3 litre Essex engine - same problems...
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Old 28th Aug 2019, 08:47
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More thread drift. I fitted mine with a Panhard rod which gave a marked improvement in handling.
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Old 28th Aug 2019, 10:02
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Originally Posted by vulcanite
Caution: thread drift. Many years ago I too had a Mk 1 3 litre Capri. Went very well in a straight line, but didn't like corners or stopping. as a glutton for punishment I then had a Mk 2 Scimitar, also with aforesaid 3 litre Essex engine - same problems...
Years ago I tried to hire a Fiat 124 but when I arrived to collect it, there wasn't one available so initially they gave me a Crapi 1.6. The windows didn't wind up to the top of the door, there was a constant one inch gap at the top and when I opened the boot, there was a couple of inches of water in there (about 5,000 miles o the clock). I finally got my Fiat after a couple of days and apart from the superior build quality (although I realise now the body would have rotted away after about 5 years) was amazed at the superior performance of its 1.2 l engine over the 1.6 l Crapi.
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Old 28th Aug 2019, 11:31
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No luck with Canada.

Scandinavia ?
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Old 28th Aug 2019, 12:20
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I do not understand "descent into the attic".

Surely not the Attica peninsula..
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Old 28th Aug 2019, 12:30
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It is indeed a military airfield that was photographed from an aircraft heading to Athens that had left cruising altitude
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Old 28th Aug 2019, 12:32
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Turkey maybe ?

The aeroplane does not seen that high.
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Old 28th Aug 2019, 12:37
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Not Turkey I'm afraid.
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Old 28th Aug 2019, 12:43
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In Greece then ?
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