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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.
 Thanks to Self Loading Bear for suggesting that we use a wiki. Which Aerodrome I Which Aerodrome II nvubu. 
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Which Aerodrome Mk III
Local knowledge wins out! If it wasn't Banff, Jasper was the next logical choice. The picture has an interesting history:
The peak clipped off on the left of the picture is Morro Peak, just to the north of the present day Jasper airfield and on the east side of the Athabasca River valley, that is followed by the Yellowhead Highway and the CNR tracks.
Two US Army DH-4Bs landed at Jasper in 1920. They were part of a US Army expedition to Alaska and back.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleventh_Air_Force
Capt. St. Clair Streett (at left) with pilots of the 1920 Alaskan Flying Expedition:
More information in a book blurb here:
https://www.windcanyonbooks.com/resl...roducts_id=343
evansb has control.
The peak clipped off on the left of the picture is Morro Peak, just to the north of the present day Jasper airfield and on the east side of the Athabasca River valley, that is followed by the Yellowhead Highway and the CNR tracks.
Two US Army DH-4Bs landed at Jasper in 1920. They were part of a US Army expedition to Alaska and back.
Military aircraft began flying in Alaska in 1920 when the Black Wolf Squadron, or The Alaska Flying Expedition, made The New York to Nome Flight. Capt. St. Clair Street commanded 7 men in 4 DH-4s as they took off from Mitchel Field on 17 July 1920. Each plane had a black profile of a Wolf's head painted on their sides. The trip organizer, Billy Mitchell wanted to establish an airway to Alaska and Asia. The 9349 mile round trip route included flying west to North Dakota, then north through Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, the Yukon, and onwards to Fairbanks on 19 Aug. and finally Nome on the 23rd. They started their return trip on the 31st, landing Mitchel Field on 20 Oct. 1920 after 112 flying hours.
Capt. St. Clair Streett (at left) with pilots of the 1920 Alaskan Flying Expedition:
More information in a book blurb here:
https://www.windcanyonbooks.com/resl...roducts_id=343
evansb has control.
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Thank you. Incredible story. What brave aviators they were! I will post a challenge around 1600 UTC, Friday. If a PPRuNer would like to post a challenge in the interim, by all means feel free to do so. Good night.
no mountains near here
Nope - not 10,000 miles away tho.......... this
is slightly bigger as well
is slightly bigger as well
Going back to the DH-4s at Jasper, here is a contemporaneous newspaper account:
The Edmonton Bulletin, September 28, 1920
As evansb said - brave aviators.
The Edmonton Bulletin, September 28, 1920
As evansb said - brave aviators.
No its not in the UK even though the landscapes are similar
No but Europe..............
and there's even a gate Guardian
Yes - its an old photo - sorry!! So you know the answer Bear?
I think I do,
But I have not much time to host another challenge.
Would then be an OH so I prefer to leave this one for somebody else.
If there are no takers I can always check in again later.
But I have not much time to host another challenge.
Would then be an OH so I prefer to leave this one for somebody else.
If there are no takers I can always check in again later.
Lets try another picture or two - thos was built in WW2 asa temporary strip - these days it's private a/c only I believe - no scheduled flights. The area suffered badly in WW1 and WW2
It is indeed - Bear has the thread.
