LAX - a while ago though!

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evansb's challenge
 

Portlaoise is correct:ok: It is Wellington Airport, New Zealand.

Thanks EvansB and East Mids is correct. Thought afterwards it was a little on the easy side. Next time I get one I will make sure I have the international airport of mongolia or something.:D

'tas been quiet for a couple of hours now, so 'Open House' is assumed. This is hard.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1.../AeroD12-1.gif

Right well Manfred I can't figure it out at the moment except that my instinct suggests that it is probably mid-western US, dry-lake field and has perhaps appeared in a video for the corrs (just kidding) :rolleyes: or has at least some connection with something historic in aviation. There are no aircraft that I can see, the surfaced runway tapers (starter extension) and there are clearly two other runways at the classic 60 degrees from each other. I have searched http://www.airfields-freeman.com/ as it has plenty of airfields of similar type but nothing seems to resemble it.

For the sake of a hint could you answer one of the following:

Is there a larger airfield today or is it more or less the same?
Is it famous or was it once famous (I thought at one point something like Longreach perhaps)
Could you show another image of it or perhaps (being cheeky now) a photo clue e.g. an aircraft that would be typical of the field then and now.

I shall continue the search off and on anyway in the meantime.

Somewhere in the Middle East?

SD

Churchill MB (YYQ). :p

Correct continent Portlaiose, butnot quite Midwest.

Started as 80 acres, but another 400 acres added later. The local rag ran a competition to name the airport, offering a prize of $35!! Its first name was not one of the competition entries. The name has changed twice since then, in 1960 and 1972.

Its is small but has quite an interesting history.

Aerodrome
 

Well those dates were in fact too much information as this led to me finding the website with the photo concerned. It is Bert Mooney airport in Butte and it indeed had several interesting events including a visit from Lindbergh and was a destination for America's oldest airline Western Airlines. I will post a new photo in a few minutes.

Mystery Aerodrome
 

Ok well here is the new challenge. This airfield plays a significant role today but is not a major airport.

Edited so as not to be telling lies: Today it is a regional airport.

http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/3...ome1oa7.th.jpg

Bigger version here.

[img=http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/1112/mysteryaerodrome1sr6.th.jpg]

Any Interest...??
 

Just stumbled across this site..pure nostalgia!!

If any one is interested for my sins I have aquired a vast selection of UK airport postcards over the last 30 years(plus a few overseas!!) and would be happy to scan views of any requested to you airport buffs!!
Just let me know ??

Bac

Portlaoise's challenge
 

Tulsa, Oklahoma?

mystery aerodrome
 

Sorry EvansB not Tulsa but not too bad a guess. It is within 1000km of Tulsa. I will post another couple of pictures.

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/2553/untitledws0.png
This view was taken shortly after WWII

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/9...showxy1.th.jpg

This is an older photo taken during the 30s while an airshow was taking place. The airfield underwent some fairly rapid expansion then in the 50s and was renamed after a local pilot who once owned the field in the 70s. If people are still stumped tomorrow I will post a photo shortly after it expanded in the 50s.

Another Hint
 

Well since it is all quiet at the moment perhaps this will move things on a bit.

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/6...portcr9.th.jpg

Another hint is it hosts a major aviation show today.

Whitman Field, OSH?

Yes you are correct pigboat.:ok: Wittman field (home of airventure - oshkosh the largest general aviation event in the world) It is also home to the EAA Museum and a more modern picture of it can be found here. You have control


http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/3...rialbh9.th.jpg

There you go-an early Tulsa!!
 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ard/tulsa1.jpg
Cheers BAC

ps do you want another??

Or This One??
 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ard/tulsa2.jpg

Anymore anyone?

Err, no. Giving the identity of the airfield when posting the picture sort of defeats the err, challenge aspect.
:}

Postcard,
I reckon it's Tulsa, do I win, yippee :)

Open House

Tulsa
 

Sorry ,thought that was personal request from Portlaoise's !
but if you really need a challenge...well coming soon..!!









Please read the originating post for the thread first. ;)

Paddyboys challenge is British Military / ex RAF Bomber base / almost certainly used as either fighter or trainer base during 60/70s. Not developed enough to be a modern mil base despite looking operational. Therefore nowadays disused/GA or Army Air Corps helicopter base. Which one? Not a scooby, but very similar to Linton-on-Ouse, but will try Watton

Edit: RAF West Raynham
http://i.pbase.com/o4/82/593982/1/55653673.raf.jpg

OPEN HOUSE

Spot on Tiger_mate.

Unfortunatley they've started removing the runways. Another sad end to a very historic site.

I enjoyed that challenge, especially when I thought thatall 'expansion period' airfields shared a common layout only to find that West Raynham was the exception to the rule. Anyone know if my WWII Bomber > 60s Fighter-Trainer theory was correct?

Open House

At a risk of thread drift, almost every town of any size in Germany has an airfield be it powered or a glider field. Thus aviation is a major part of german culture. Why mention this? ...because the UK is not overwhelmed with airfield assets and even if limited to weekends, this airfield could have served the recreation flying community.

Especially as rural airfields do not suffer with noise complaints in the way urban ones do. The more flying clubs there are, the less of a monopoly for the clubs, the cheaper it is the learn to fly, especially if the overheads are low.

No takers on the freebie, so here is the next one:
http://www.artistic.flyer.co.uk/sandstrip.jpg

A week clue: The most exclusive Airline in the world ran a shuttle here every monday and friday. Tomorrow I will name the airline, oh and I have been there once or twice myself!

Tiger_mate's challenge
 

Key West EYW Airport perhaps?

Any ideas ???
 

Boy these rules are hard to follow!!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ard/fokker.jpg

Dear postcard, wait until Tiger_mate confirms MReyn24050's answer.

Tiger_mate's challenge
 

Thanks Bri please check PMs.
Mel

What Aerodrome...
 

Seems to me to be, Marathon in the Florida Keys.

If right the floor is open.

The floor is not open, because nobody is anywhere near, well ish as in within 1000 miles I suppose.

Postcard, we had an 'open floor' for 10 hours at which time you could have jumped in. Running more than 1 is to say the least, confusing.

Fellers, you are on the right lines, so I will give 'tomorrows clue' early. The most exclusive airline in the world is Tiger Taxi's, although there are many that would say that 'Loyalty' counts for more. Like I said: Tiger Mate has been there and done it.

If you really want to scrape the barrel, this is a clue as to the 'airline'.
http://photos.tobinhosting.com/d/7428-2/aaz.jpg
but possibly not the country.

Tiger_mate's challenge
 

How about San Pedro on Ambergris Cay Belize? This would have been that exclusive airline perhaps!
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c6...craft/puma.jpg

Doh, I forgot Mel was about...........

1563 Flight, The most exclusive airline in the world.

Belize Intl > San Pedro R&R shuttle for Army/RAF & MOD civilians based in Belize, by RAF Puma helicopter.

The crews were made up (on 2 month rotation) from 230 (Tiger) Sqn, and 33 (Loyalty) Sqn, and the badge which Mel has shown is based upon the local Fir-de-Lance snake, a partiiculary nasty, and unusually territorial snake.

To miss the shuttle was to pay for 'white knuckle airlines' instead, and I will keep 'liable' off Pprune, buthasten to say that there is a story there.
Mel has the con

This image is too large to post here. But to visit it is to get a good impression about this injternational air terminal :ok:
Baggage reclaim and check-in desk

Next Challenge
 

Thanks Tiger_mate. Those were the days, I remember the Customs Inspectors at Belize International Airport in the 1980 still used to mark one's case with a chalked cross to show it had been checked. Once flew in a TACA BAC111 to Miami and asked for a Scotch and the hostess brought a bottle and glass from the trolley and it was a case of "Say when"
I am sure this will not last long.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c6...ortquiz010.jpg

Okay Mel, is it in the State of Florida?

I'd guess that it is Pensacola Regional Airport in Florida.

Mel's Challenge
 

Sorry for the delay, Seacue has it it is indeed Pensacola Regional Airport in Florida :ok::D.
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