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Wunper 26th Apr 2008 12:00

Not Blackbushe Tiger_Mate

Clue #1 This significant airfield has been closed for some years

sabredog 26th Apr 2008 12:22

Hatfield (Chiswick) Airfield.

norwich 26th Apr 2008 13:35

Another "wildcard" entry .. Aldermaston ??

Wunper 26th Apr 2008 14:09

Sabredog

You are correct with Hatfield but it is Hatfield Herts

The photo is the original de Havilland flying club at Hatfield phot dates from 1937. The buildings were in the area of the field that is now the Bishop square development car park.


To visualise the setting the art deco hangar from the earlier pic can be seen in lower right of this more recent shot

Over to you

http://www.reidsteel.aero/espanol/re...hatfield07.jpg

sabredog 26th Apr 2008 14:31

Thank you,Wunper. Just for the record, I think that you will find the correct name for the airfield prior to DeHavillands moving there from Stag Lane, was Hatfield (Chiswick), Herts. Chiswick does not refer to the west London location. Actions Stations,page,113, refers.
The following clinched it somewhat. The late Alex Henshaw, M.B.E. overhead Hatfield in a Mew Gull. The painting is by courtesy of R.A.F-Art.com.
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/h...re86d/gt83.jpg
Open House.

Wunper 26th Apr 2008 14:47

Excellent sleuthing SD I stand corrected on the name btw

W

finallyflying 26th Apr 2008 15:04

Have a go at this gentlemen ....

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2149/...0a949dd9_o.jpg

India Four Two 27th Apr 2008 00:26

Lots of mangroves, so somewhere in the Tropics. It doesn't seem to fit any Queensland aerodromes, and the divided highway/dual carriageway seems to indicate a fairly populous area, so how about either Malaysia or Brazil?

Also, the runway markings on the closest threshold seem very strange - two numbers?

finallyflying 27th Apr 2008 09:16

Not Malaysia, not Brazil. Though the latter is closer in terms of the side of the world its in ...

norwich 27th Apr 2008 10:31

Key West NAS. Fla

finallyflying 27th Apr 2008 17:12

Not Key West NAS ...

AfgAirOps 27th Apr 2008 18:21

Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico?

finallyflying 27th Apr 2008 18:53

AfgAirOps .. spot on.

Took the picture a few months ago as I went past in a 172. Airfield closed a few years back, but I can't provide any info on the strange thr markings, perhaps its just an X?

Well done.

AfgAirOps 27th Apr 2008 22:38

http://i27.tinypic.com/29qijko.jpg

Crusher1 28th Apr 2008 07:36

Porto Santo Island adjacent to Madeira?

twochai 28th Apr 2008 10:07

Johnson Island??

AfgAirOps 28th Apr 2008 11:06

Sorry..... no to both

evansb 28th Apr 2008 21:51

Ushuaia Airport, Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina ?

Speedpig 28th Apr 2008 22:03


Ushuaia Airport, Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina ?
Beyond any shadow of doubt
:D

evansb 29th Apr 2008 00:40

With due respect to AfgAirOps, that vote of confidence from Speedpig compells me to post the next mystery aerodrome:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r.../WAD080429.jpg


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