EvansB has it (as I thought he would if he were online). For the past 40 years or more Abbotsford has been home to Canada's largest airshow. (BTW: Abbotford is the answer to the trivia question: Where did the last Vulcan flying display take place outside the UK?"). The "pink" F5 is an aggressor aircraft.

As EB and others familiar with CYXX know, most photos of the airport instantly give away it's identity, thanks to the proximity of beautiful (and volcanic) Mt. Baker.

You have control EvansB!

grizz

Thank you. I've visited Abbotsford several times. Here is the next challenge:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...WAD09APR13.jpg

Is it in Alaska?

Palmer Municipal?

Dave

PS.....Douglas DC-6B, N999SQ?

Captain Airclues is spot on:ok: Well done:D The DC-6A, registration C-GIBS, serial number 45531, is Conair's of Abbotsford, B.C. Palmer is known as the agricultural centre of Alaska. You have control.

Thanks evansb.

OPEN HOUSE

Dave

Grangemouth?

Grangemouth it is, KeMac. Now under the petrochemical complex. Over to you....

Thank you one11, I have to declare open house at the moment as I cannot get at my photos.

Next airfield:

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../WAF090414.jpg

A slight correction on Grangemouth. Although most of the airfield has been built on, the two hangars shown in the photo still stand and are visible on Google earth etc at 56 00 48N 003 42 22W or click here. Even stranger is that they now stand on Abbotsinch Road.

Fascinating - thanks for that. The site must have been developed by a west coast company :)

Doug

Time for some clues.

This Luftwaffe Mig-29G is not at its home base of Laage near Rostock.

The flowers are dandelions.

Thinking out of the box, JENKINS. Well done.;)

A long way from home, but not South Dakota.

A long shot I know, but how about FL instead - specifically Patrick AFB?

Not Patrick either.

Uden in The Netherlands ?

Not Uden.

As JENKINS said:

JENKINS,

Nice try but New Mexico is not the location of this Fulcrum's temporary base. I suspect Holloman would look a little more desert-like as well.

This airfield is a fighter base.

All will be revealed about the dandelions in due course. :)

Here's another view, perhaps taken from the red and white tower:

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../WAF090416.jpg

Two bases come to mind. First is Miramar, but I don't remember the red and white tower and I used to operate there a lot in the past.

Second is NAS Fallon, a pure guess as it has been decades since I was there.

Could be Nellis, but not enough moutains in the background. However, that could be because of the direction the photos were taken.

It looks pretty flat,

Could it be Cold Lake, and a Maple Flag?

And the winner is Background Noise :ok:

CFB Cold Lake, Alberta, otherwise known as The Cool Pool.

The Mig 29 was at Maple Flag 2000 and the F-16s and A-4s were at Maple Flag 2003. The "Scooters" have civilian registrations :eek:

Cold Lake AB Photos
Maple Flag 2003 - CFB Cold Lake (May 15-16)

It is interesting how so many people overlook the other NATO partner in North America ;)

As for the dandelions, early European settlers brought them to the Prairies as a medicinal plant and Western Canada is now infested with them. Most towns and cities will fine you if you don't control them.

Over to you, BN.

Ok, thanks, here's another one we've had before. Fairly easy I think but nonetheless an interesting picture and historic - and I am in it somewhere! Only other ones I have are current airfields.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...DSC_0094-1.jpg

Is it RAF Gatow, Berlin?

DH

It is indeed - I think it was the last airshow and the first to accept fast jets post wall. Here's the larger version and a more up to date picture of what is now the Luftwaffe Museum. The domestic side of the station is still in use as a German barracks or kaserne. Over to Double Hydco.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...r/DSC_0094.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...r/DSC_0123.jpg

Thanks, it was the mix of RAF and soviet types in a German setting that did it!

Here's the next offering. Not a historic photo but an interesting place and not on the list......

DH

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_yYJ_r1Fv8Go/Sb...0/_IGP3713.jpg

This is an interesting one DH. Are we in SE Asia?

No not in SE Asia.

Banjul, Yundum in The Gambia?

Not Banjul either, although I can see where both suggestions so far are coming from.

DH

How about "The Other Side of the World"? South Pacific?

Fiji ??

C.

Isn't that a Firstchoice 757 and if so wouldn't sth Pacific be too far afield?

Sorry for the delay but I was working this morning.

India Four Two - now you are thinking in the right region...

Mr_G - see above, but not Fiji.

sidtheesexit - yes that is a FCA 757 on the apron.

By way of a clue, a neighboring island (in the same country) was on TEAL's Coral Route.

Cheers, DH

Solents flying from Auckland - (7.30hrs) - Fiji - (3.45hrs) - Samoa - (5.00hrs) - Cook Islands - (4.05hrs) - Tahiti - a magical trip
Tasman Empire Airways Limited

The Cook Islands stop was at Aitutaki which is 140 nm north of Rarotonga, where the International airport is.

But as Sid said, what's a Firstchoice aircraft doing there?

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_yYJ_r1Fv8Go/Se...2/_IGP3756.jpg

IFT is correct it's Rarotonga Intl and here's another shot of this beautiful place.

We were more than a little surprised to see a UK charter aircraft land in Raro. I believe it was on a luxury round the world charter, and spent just over 24 hours on the ground.

Next.....

Thanks DH. The Cook Islands are on my list, but I haven't made it there so far.

This airport is also on an island. The picture is early 60s.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../WAF090420.jpg

Air 2000 did a special round the world charter for about 40 pax. Price was in the region of $35,000 a head. Flight even had it's own cordon bleu chef on board. A chum of mine Dave Trusler was the senior capt. on the flight which lasted about 2 weeks.


Flyerian

Columbo, Ceylon ?

Brian,

Sorry, your guess was not serendipitous ;)

The island is not that big!