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pigboat 29th Nov 2008 01:46

Martin State, KMTN?

evansb 29th Nov 2008 04:16

Sorry, not Glenn Martin State Airport in Baltimore. Not in the State of Maryland.

chevvron 29th Nov 2008 10:53

Bakersfield California? Now a dragstrip.

evansb 29th Nov 2008 14:51

Sorry, not California. Wrong coast.

The Real Slim Shady 29th Nov 2008 18:07

Bolling AFB Washington DC?

evansb 29th Nov 2008 19:21

Shady is correct.:ok: Bolling AFB, (KBOF), in Washington, DC, is restricted to rotary-wing operations only. Your turn.

seacue 30th Nov 2008 04:29

Nit pick warning.

Are you sure there is any flying at Bolling AFB these days? My impression is that it's entirely devoted to residential quarters - look at Google Earth.

The helicopters for the US president are based at the Anacostia Naval Air Station which abuts Bolling on the north.


Edited to add that I wasn't suggesting that it was Anacostia, just filling in the present status of Bolling.

evansb 30th Nov 2008 05:31

No! I am not sure! It is, indeed, Bolling Air Force Base. You have CONTROL!

The Real Slim Shady 30th Nov 2008 09:47

I did wonder about Anacostia too but the buildings were on the opposite side: the lettering on the Hangar gave the clue that the photo hadn't been accidentally reversed. OK another real easy on for early Sunday morning.


http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1184/...77c00c.jpg?v=0

LFT 30th Nov 2008 09:50

Without a doubt RAF Scampton.

The Real Slim Shady 30th Nov 2008 11:51

3 minutes, told you it was easy. Scampton, formerly home to The Dambusters, latterly, 27,35 and 617Sqns and 230 OCU, then the Central Flying School and the Arrows. LFT has control.

LFT 30th Nov 2008 15:00

Thanks Slim, here's the next one -

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/3664/pik229yh1.jpg

wwoody01 30th Nov 2008 18:00

Is it Tangmere, prior to more re-devolepment? If it is - open house as still getting used to the 'posting pictures malarky'.

Steve

LFT 30th Nov 2008 18:12

Tangmere it is :ok:

Warmtoast 30th Nov 2008 22:45

As its Open House another one from me that hasn't been posted before. Control Tower may give it away.

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...toofaraway.jpg

Warmtoast 30th Nov 2008 22:53

Re the earlier post of Bolling Air Force Base.

The name rang a bell and sure enough my log book shows I flew into Bolling, Washington DC on 16 July 1961 from Wright-Patterson (Ohio) and flew out the same day to McGuire AFB (New Jersey).

I don't recall that rather massive Bolling Hanger though.

minuteman 1st Dec 2008 11:56

Boscombe Down?

Warmtoast 1st Dec 2008 14:44

Not Boscombe Down

sidtheesexist 1st Dec 2008 16:56

Celle? NW Germany

Warmtoast 1st Dec 2008 22:35

Sorry it's not Celle

twochai 2nd Dec 2008 02:19

Is this actually a photograph?

grizzled 2nd Dec 2008 11:03

I was about to ask the same question as Twochai. It look very much like a screen shot from a flight sim game.

Captain Airclues 2nd Dec 2008 12:06

RAF Geilenkirchen?

Edit;

If not Geilenkirchen then how about Percival Pembroke XF799 departing RAF Gutersloh on it's way back to Geilenkirchen?

Warmtoast 2nd Dec 2008 15:11

twochai & grizzled


Is this actually a photograph?
Yes, although a rather old, now well over fifty-years old photo taken in the 1950s which pre-date flight sim games by forty-years or so.

Captain Airclues

Its not Geilenkirchen and it's not RAF Gutersloh.

Furrther clue.
The location is NOT in Europe and here is another view of ATC.

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...wayAirfeld.jpg

The Real Slim Shady 3rd Dec 2008 11:30

I'll have a stab at El Adem then......a.k.a. Marham but no grass;)

aviate1138 3rd Dec 2008 12:44

What about RAF Muharraq? :)

sidtheesexist 3rd Dec 2008 15:24

RAF Khormaksar?

Warmtoast 3rd Dec 2008 15:36

Not RAF Muharraq, or RAF Khormaksar or El Adem.

However, if you tanked up an aircraft at El Adem with enough fuel for a 3,500-mile journey you'd reach the location just as the tanks ran dry.

The Real Slim Shady 3rd Dec 2008 16:56

RAF Negombo in Sri Lanka, now Colombo International.

Warmtoast 3rd Dec 2008 20:58

Not RAF Negombo in Sri Lanka, now Colombo International.

sidtheesexist 3rd Dec 2008 21:54

Long shot - RAF Changi as was........

Warmtoast 3rd Dec 2008 23:26


RAF Changi as was
Not Changi - too far east

nacluv 4th Dec 2008 17:10

Wild stab in the dark - Yelahanka?

Warmtoast 4th Dec 2008 18:12


Yelahanka?
Not Yelahanka (wherever that is)

A Further Clue

Try going south from El Adem and you'll be warmer.

The Real Slim Shady 4th Dec 2008 18:21

Is it Gwelo in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) ?

Warmtoast 4th Dec 2008 19:18


Is it Gwelo in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) ?
Not Gwelo (Gweru) but you are exceedingly warm.

Duckbutt 4th Dec 2008 19:22

Harare then?

Warmtoast 4th Dec 2008 21:26

Duckbutt


Harare then?
Harare it is, but when the photos were taken in 1953 it was called New Sarum Air Force Station (formerly Kentucky AFS) and occupied by the Southern Rhodesian Air Force.

The Pembroke shown was the first of four purchased by the SRAF in 1953 to replace DH Rapides like the rather smart one shown in my photo below that flew Sir Geoffrey Huggins, the prime minister of Southern Rhodesia to RAF Thornhill near Gwelo (Gweru) for talks about the closure of RAF Thornhill when the Rhodesian Air Training Group closed down in late 1953.


SRAF Pembrokes were phased out of service in 1963

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...AFDHRapide.jpg

The 1950's New Sarum ATC tower still shows up on Google Earth as below.

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...Google2007.jpg

Duckbutt has control

Duckbutt 5th Dec 2008 09:07

Lets face it, Slim Shady crossed the ball for me to knock it into an empty net.

Where is this then:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...ler/Puzz25.jpg

aviate1138 6th Dec 2008 05:56

How about Ouarzazate?


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