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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.
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Try to use elderly photos and not too much Google Earth,Zoom Earth or any other online map pics.
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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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10th Nov 2023, 23:00

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You are on the right lines but it's not fire hoses.

11th Nov 2023, 04:43

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The other use for a tower like that, that I've seen, is training for submarine escapes.

11th Nov 2023, 07:36

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hoses - not fire hoses but air refuelling hoses?

So we're talking SAC here I'd guess??

Are the military still operating from it?? That Tower picture looks a bit old..................

11th Nov 2023, 08:02

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Parachute drying tower

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11th Nov 2023, 09:26

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Bear is correct. Military airfield but civil now.

11th Nov 2023, 13:15

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looks like the southern USA but not Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico

Texas perhaps?

11th Nov 2023, 13:30

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Not Texas.

11th Nov 2023, 14:16

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Braking parachutes.

11th Nov 2023, 16:05

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Yes, braking chutes. The aircraft above is landing at the challenge and if you could identify it, it would lead to the answer. Good luck with that though. It is a specific event,

11th Nov 2023, 16:31

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AHHH that x287xx on the trail is a giveaway - it's 52-8711 - the first B-52 delivered to the USAF I think

so that's 29th June 1955 at Castle Airbase California just outside Atwater near Merced in the Central Valley

Retired FAR too early in 1965 - they could have got another 58 years service out of her.....................

11th Nov 2023, 16:44

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Asturias is correct on all counts. Now Merced-Castle regional. No scheduled services though. Active GA and used for a variety of other puposes including NASA stratospheric balloon launches and Google self driving car testing. Quite a bit of tech stuff based there. Also the Castle AFB museum is worth a visit with plenty of WW2 and cold war exibits including some a/c I had never seen before. They have a Vulcan and and other British stuff as well as US kit. Nearly all flown in apparently.

Asturias has control.

12th Nov 2023, 07:47

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Good challenge - I'd forgotten how flat the area around Merced is! The aircraft was clearly a very early model and pristine - the clue of a "significant event" took me to first flight (s) and then to first delivery..............

OH I'm afraid - I'm on the road this coming week with intermittent coms

18th Nov 2023, 09:25

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well I'm back - so here's one that may have passed you by - the trees have grown up in the last 50 years or so

18th Nov 2023, 16:10

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Are we back in European disused cold war locations? As I wild punt I'll suggest Löpten as that has similar trees and is regularly used for public recreation.