Are we talking North America, maybe Canada ?

C.

Bauerfield, Port Vila, Vanuatu.Open house if correct.

Hyperborean is correct! :ok: Bauer Field, Port Villa, Vananutu.

Open House has been declared.

C2j

As its Open House try this for size.

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

RAF Horsham St. Faith, Norwich, England. This is a choice photograph. The air conditioned DH Vampire FB9s were flown by Royal Australian Air Force pilots based at Malta for a period.

evansb you have it in one! Over to you.

These Luqa (Malta) based RAAF FB9's came to the UK for the Queen's Coronation Review in July 1953 and were temporarily based at Horsham St Faith. Not sure whether they took past in the fly-past or were on static display at Odiham, but assume some of them did.

Formation 24 of the Coronation Review consisted of 12 Vampire FB9s from 78 Wing, RAAF Malta, operated from RAF Horsham St. Faith. They flew over Odiham at 15:54 at 1600 ft and 265 KIAS, led by G/C B A Eaton.

78 Wing was composed of 75 and 76 Sqns, RAAF.

Thanks Wt. Here is the next "Which Aerodrome?":
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r.../WAD090503.jpg

I'll start with Antwerp?

Not Antwerp, but close.

Le Touquet Cote d'Opale

Sorry, not Le Touquet. Flap40's guess was closer. The mystery aerodrome is no longer.

Maybe..
 

Hilversum ?

Sorry, not Hilversum, NL.

Grimbergen?

Not Grimbergen, but the country is correct.

RAAF Vampires
 

I think the RAAF Vampires were based at Takali not Luqa.

According to a RAAF 75 Sqd. history source, the RAAF operated the Vampire F.B.9s initially from RNAS Hal-Far, Malta, and later moved to Ta'Qali (Takali).

Photo taken at mystery aerodrome:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...WAD090503a.jpg

Haren-Evere?

Sorry, not Haren-Evere.

evansb

Thanks for the clarification. I assumed (wrongly) that Luqa and Marsaxlokk were the only two RAF units on the island and as the latter was a Marine Craft Unit Luqa was the only viable base as home to the RAAF Vampires.

Which Aerodrome?
 

More clues: Here is a recent photo taken at the site of the former airfield.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...WAD090503b.jpg

If someone would like to start another thread I will merge this one with the archive at the top of the forum.

Sooner rather than later please.

Note for Mel, would you please move this thread 'upstairs' - thanks.

PPP

I don't think he meant 'start another challenge' - it sounds like some forum husbandry. Pop you might need to be less cryptic.

My airfield challenge is back in it's box..

I will close this challenge. The mystery aerodrome is Knokke Het-Zoute, Belgium. The aerodrome was popular with sport aviators, and hosted a flying club. It its heyday, charter passenger and freight aircraft operated from the grass airfield. When crossing from England, it was the first Belgian airfield available. Closing in 1960, the airfield boundaries are little changed when looking at Google Earth. Nothing remains of the structures or concrete aprons. It presently borders a Provincial Nature Park, hosting many storks. brakedwell can post a challenge.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...airfield_d.jpg

Does this perhaps mean that we are about to hit some sort of maximum with 290 plus pages of posts and need to go back and start again at # 1 with a new thread name ?????

That's kind of you evansb. Here it is again.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c3...james/1958.jpg

Which Aerodrome MKII
 

"Which Aerodrome MKII" has been opened at the request of PPruNE PoP and will be closed by the moderators. Please place your answers for brakedwell's latest at "Which Aerodrome II".
Mel

Is it El Adem?

DH