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Please observe the 24-hour rule (see below) Update of the database up to 13-08-2022 can be found in Post 1372 Page 69 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.
Please don't delete your posts, let everyone see your successes, failures and challenges.
Due to obsessive posters in the past, the web moderators have enforced the 24-hour rule:

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 15-04-2023 by Self loading bear

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12th Jul 2022, 17:44

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India Four Two

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A wild guess, based on my knowledge of Asturias’ peripatetic wanderings.

Somewhere in “A Pattern of Islands”?

12th Jul 2022, 17:52

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Well it's not Lanzarote; too much grass.

13th Jul 2022, 08:48

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No I42 - we're not in Grimble-land.............

And it certainly isn't Lanzarote! A LOT quieter.

14th Jul 2022, 08:09

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I have wandered here - oddly enough in a helicopter

16th Jul 2022, 08:05

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regular air services , once quite a busy area , now seemingly a bit of a backwater

17th Jul 2022, 17:51

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Probably missing the hidden clues?
the plant in the first picture is local?
Could be pieris japonica? (East Asia/ Japan?)

17th Jul 2022, 19:01

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No I42 - we're not in Grimble-land.............

Just to make sure Asturias' response is not a red-herring, are we relatively nearby i.e. the western Pacific?

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18th Jul 2022, 10:26

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Somewhere in The Carpathians ?

18th Jul 2022, 17:33

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Hostilities tend to have a deleterious effect on "regular air services" but they also make for an area being quite busy for a time and then falling into backwater status. Could that airfield and helicopter tarmac be somewhere near the eastern coast of the Adriatic?

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19th Jul 2022, 00:30

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I had a similar thought... It isn't the old Rijeka airport, is it? (The one on the mainland rather than the newer one on the island of Krk.)

19th Jul 2022, 16:21

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A very long way from the Adriatic ho it is by the sea.... I'm travelling so can't cost another picture until late tomorrow.

we're definitely in the East - but not Japan either

19th Jul 2022, 17:40

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Quote:

Originally Posted by India Four Two

Just to make sure Asturias' response is not a red-herring, are we relatively nearby i.e. the western Pacific?

Does this not get an answer?

20th Jul 2022, 09:47

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sorry - I'm working off a small phone in the middle of nowhere. I thought my answer was clear enough. It is NOT in the western Pacific,

The name of the place uses 3 letters all of which are repeated

21st Jul 2022, 19:02

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Returned to the fold - try this picture...... occasionally a rather nasty cross-wind IIRC but not unusual in this neck of the woods. Nothing like madeira tho'...