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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 (Open House). Anyone may then post the next challenge.
If the winner of the challenge does not respond within 48 hours, to the notification of their success, an Open house can be declared when there is consensus between multiple other posters which are on-line.
(if you in know in advance that you will not be able to follow up with an own challenge you can post your answer with "(Open House when proven correct)"
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 to be 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 too much Google Earth,Zoom Earth or any other online map pics.
Try to post images that are not already present on internet, as Google Image Search will find them if they are. Searching by using Google Image Search, or programs a-like, is ought not to be done.
Personal photos are acceptable as they show the aerodrome as it is now.
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Each challenge shall run at least 24-hours before a winner is declared by the original poster. This is to enable all Ppruners to search for the challenge and to contribute. · This is not a competition, no points are assigned to the winner. Please be careful when posting your answer early, especially when you intend to declare Open House. Much other Ppruners are put-off if the answer is already given and you still have to wait till the initial 24-hours are over anyway. Anyone can edit this Wiki post provided they have been member of Pprune for 90 days and have minimum 90 posts. But please let's get consensus before changing and not go crazy. Last edited 06-01-2024 by Self loading bear Links: Which Aerodrome I Which Aerodrome II Which Aerodrome Mk III

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25th Sep 2023, 21:24

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I'll try Trieste, but there must be thousands of other places with Italian names in the former Yugoslavia

I'm afraid not. Trieste is still part of Italy

25th Sep 2023, 21:25

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Possibly Sicily or Corfu? Some of Greece has been governed by Italy.

I need some narrowing down here

25th Sep 2023, 21:44

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Oh all right, it's Corfu.
On google you can see the shadows of those two antannae whereas on bing, you can only see one because they happen to be in line with the shadows.
Open House if correct and it's just over 24 hours.

25th Sep 2023, 21:55

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It certainly is, chevvron.
The name 'Corfu' seems to be Venetian, from the period when the island was part of the Venetian Empire, and it is also the current name in Italian as well as in English. The Greeks, however, call it Kerkyra. It also seems to have been governed by the Kingdom of Sicily at one stage, and was also annexed by Italy during the Second World War.
I think it's officially in the Ionian Sea, but as I said, I never quite know where one 'sea' in the Mediterranean Sea ends and another one begins.

Chevvron has called Open House.

26th Sep 2023, 05:03

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The name 'Corfu' seems to be Venetian, from the period when the island was part of the Venetian Empire, and it is also the current name in Italian as well as in English. The Greeks, however, call it Kerkyra. It also seems to have been governed by the Kingdom of Sicily at one stage, and was also annexed by Italy during the Second World War..

Ah didn’t know that, jensdad.An interesting destination with a distinctive smell from the lagoon in high summer, especially in the middle of the night. But then the autumn storms came to rinse it away and provide low cloud and lightning strikes for circling to RW17. Anybody else not missing the night CFUs?

26th Sep 2023, 05:48

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It certainly is, chevvron.
The name 'Corfu' seems to be Venetian, from the period when the island was part of the Venetian Empire,

Told you the smell could have been from Venice didn't I?
As for Corfu, not only Prince Philip of Greece (later D of E) was born there but Gordon (later of Khartoum) lived there too.