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Old 20th Nov 2022, 15:10
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New Orleans Lakefront with Lake Ponchartrain on the left?
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Sorry it is not New Orleans.
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An old photograph from the Vicinity. (Really should be on 'Name the Flying Machine' Thread).
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current temperatures around zero suggest US East Coast north of say DC

the flat terrain and absence of rocks suggests we are south of Maine or even Salem.

Sun angle is quite high apparently so probably to the south of that range.

Wallops island looks possible - the strip south of Pad 0-B on teh actual island - NOT WAL the 3 runway flight facility................





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West coast is also a possibility.
such as Oregon Southwest regional airport
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It's a P2 Neptune.
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Chevvron Aircraft Type Correct. Challenge still not solved. Present Airport Temp - 2 C Snow. Another clue in the morning.......
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Derelict White Alice Comms St Lawrence Island.

Present Weather at Airport - 4C Light Snow.

Do not look on The Eastern Seaboard.

I'm off to the Doctor. If needed I will post what will hopefully be the final clue when I return.
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'DEW' line array; more like Hudsons Bay area
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Might it be Kodiak, Alaska (PADQ)?
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Warming up chimbu but it is presently - 4 in blowing snow. Race for the finish chaps...........?



Welcome to The Wild North-West ! Cannon damage P2V Neptune.
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Gambell AirPort St.Lawrence island?
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Well done Bear Gambell Airport it is. Thanks also to Chimbu who was getting warm - The Neptune was flying out of Kodiak.

A few pictures and links concerning this interesting outpost:



Photo credit Wes Stinehelfer and Sam



Gambell 1969. Photo credit: Ward Wells.



Gambell with the mountains of Chukotskiy beyond.






P2V Neptune 131515 of VP-9 downed by Migs near Gambell June 1955. Photocredit Tom Bigley.


There is a very interesting link within this first offering with many photographs.

https://www.knom.org/wp/blog/2022/07...or-1955-rescue


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Old 21st Nov 2022, 18:28
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Before I post a new challenge:


Another interesting article:
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My next challenge:


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I think we're actually in Europe?
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Woodbridge?
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Not Europe
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Caribean in the aftermath of a hurricane but don't know which island.
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"In September and October 2017, A400Ms from France, Germany and the UK participated in the disaster relief operations following Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean, delivering a Pumahelicopter, food, water and other aid supply, and evacuating stranded people."

the French one went to Martinique Fort-de France, the Luftwaffe went to St Martin and Curacao I think and the RAF went to Barbados
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