PPRuNe Forums - Which Aerodrome?

Thanks Keith. I am afraid that it was no great knowledge on my part. I happened to be browsing another forum recently and saw a similar hut with the name Sibu showing. As I had never heard of it I had to look it up and the details just stuck in my mind.

Here is the next challenge.
http://i347.photobucket.com/albums/p...g?t=1231421747

sycamore

8th Jan 2009 14:42

Same part of the world ?

S'land

8th Jan 2009 17:57

Not really, some considerable distance South East.

evansb

9th Jan 2009 04:22

Most difficult.

S'land

9th Jan 2009 11:04

OK, a few clues.

1)Airfield was built in 1942 as part of a group of dispersal fields.
2)Started out by having a 4,500 foot gravel runway which was later bituminised.
3)The field is now a housing estate (hardly a unique feature I fear).

mr ripley

9th Jan 2009 12:15

Looks like it must be in Australia or New Zealand then

AfgAirOps

9th Jan 2009 12:35

Aitkenvale Weir, Queensland, Australia?

Rgds
AAO

S'land

9th Jan 2009 17:40

Ii is indeed Aitkenvale Weir in Queensland. Opened in 1942 it was abandoned as a dispersal field in case of invasion by the Japanese it was abandoned after the war.

AAO has control.

AfgAirOps

10th Jan 2009 10:37

Thanks.....

The next one;

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...somewhere2.jpg

Rgds
AAO

AfgAirOps

11th Jan 2009 11:44

Time for a clue....

The area this airport is in was first settled by gold prospectors.

Rgds
AAO

twochai

11th Jan 2009 13:39

Quote:

Time for a clue....

In the Canadian Northwest, perhaps?

AfgAirOps

11th Jan 2009 14:40

Nope, sorry.

Quite a long way South of the Canadian North-West.

Rgds
AAO

India Four Two

11th Jan 2009 15:38

How about NSW?

AfgAirOps

11th Jan 2009 16:49

Not as far South as that :eek:

Rgds
AAO

AfgAirOps

12th Jan 2009 19:36

Another clue....

The province / state where this airport is located also houses the majority of the largest 'floodable region' in the world.

Rgds
AAO