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Update of the database up to 31-12-2023 can be found in Post 3731 page 187 06-01-2024
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.
When confirming the correct location, the location and winner should be stated to negate any deletion of posts.
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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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23rd Oct 2023, 12:16

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No lamp-posts or trees visible. Middle East?

23rd Oct 2023, 12:56

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Or Pakistan?

23rd Oct 2023, 14:16

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Middle east (whatever that is) but not Pakistan

24th Oct 2023, 07:55

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I think it was active for 18-20 years

24th Oct 2023, 08:14

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By your remark “whatever that is” I guess it is not in the Classic Middle East but in the wider area?
(according Wikipedia)??

24th Oct 2023, 08:50

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Sorry - it does fall within the area shown by Wikipedia as the Middle East. But the whole concept is very woolly IMHO - these days I wouldn't put Turkey in the ME but I would add Libya and some people add Afghanistan and even Pakistan

It was mainly military but also civil

24th Oct 2023, 12:56

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Quote:

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Ah the Middle East! Amazing culture and lovely people, although some have a strange attitude to supernatural beings, contraception, internationally agreed borders and each other.

Is it Turkey?

24th Oct 2023, 14:40

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Regretfully it's not in Turkey

here's a shed to help - trees would be ... difficult

25th Oct 2023, 07:58

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It changed dramatically this was the main runway

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25th Oct 2023, 13:59

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Well, well, there are trees after all. Reminds me of Crawley.

25th Oct 2023, 14:00

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Egypt perhaps?

25th Oct 2023, 14:10

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Defo not Egypt - or Crawley!!

25th Oct 2023, 15:27

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Cyprus?

25th Oct 2023, 15:44

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Alas alack....................... no

I've been carefully cropping the pictures to avoid some of the scenery - it would give the game away instantly I think.................

25th Oct 2023, 15:48

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Actually that 1980s Crawley look could be Iran?

25th Oct 2023, 16:08

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some of the photos are pre 1980..........................

25th Oct 2023, 16:31

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That last snap gives the game away.....Bait Al Falaj Airport, the old airport near Muscat Oman.

25th Oct 2023, 20:04

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I thought about Bait Al Falaj but your comments about what is the middle east, made me think it must be somewhere other than Arabia.

26th Oct 2023, 08:35

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OAUQUKGF has it - it's the old Oman airport which is now in the middle of Ruwi by the Sheraton

Sorry about the Mid East remark - I did say "Sorry - it does fall within the area shown by Wikipedia as the Middle East."

Here are two pictures taken about 20 years apart...... and it's changed even more since

26th Oct 2023, 12:00

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Thanks AS56 the comparative views above are very good. I only got it because a year or so ago I was digging around that neck of the woods on the internet.