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Russell Gulch 2nd Jan 2008 22:34

Speechless you are correct (and quick too!). How did you know?

Pronounced "Deepham" Green, so only the one point, I'm afraid.

Next!

Cubs2jets 2nd Jan 2008 22:38

So things won't go quite so long...

Indonesia
Very busy airport served by several domestic carriers plus the military and the Godly.



Cubs2jetshttp://i272.photobucket.com/albums/j...g?t=1199317216

Russell Gulch 2nd Jan 2008 22:50


Originally Posted by Speechless
Russell - how did I know? - well, B-17, flat country, phonetic challenge, so tried Lincolnshire and Norfolk airfields in "Military Airfields in the British Isles 1939-45" and there was only one real match. A quick Google Earth entry and a reorientation to match your photo....

Darn Scot cheat!

Fishtailed 2nd Jan 2008 22:59

Kendari, possibly, or Iskandar

Cubs2jets 2nd Jan 2008 23:39

No, neither of those.

Cubs2jets

excrab 2nd Jan 2008 23:47

Wamena, or maybe to many roads?

Cubs2jets 2nd Jan 2008 23:54

Wamena it is! Over to you excrab...

Cubs2jets

A couple more pictures here...

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/j...g?t=1199321550

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/j...g?t=1199321618

excrab 3rd Jan 2008 00:04

open house I'm afraid. Probably shouldn't have answered it but it's the first time I've ever had a clue:)

KMG 365 3rd Jan 2008 05:30

Speaking of Indonesia ...

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/9934/arprt1tp5.jpg

RichieD 3rd Jan 2008 09:59

Sultan Syarif Kasim II Airport, Pekanbaru, Riau ?

KMG 365 3rd Jan 2008 16:27

Yes, Pekanbaru it is. Well done, RichieD. :D

Over to you.

RichieD 3rd Jan 2008 18:07

Circa 1945....
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2102/...35e86d74_o.jpg

And present day (from a different angle!)..
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2317/...9334cd8c_o.jpg

Cubs2jets 4th Jan 2008 03:05

Asia or the Carribbean?

Cubs2jets

John Hill 4th Jan 2008 03:24

I note cars are driving on the left.

BSD 4th Jan 2008 09:25

Balikpapan?

BSD.

Cubs2jets 4th Jan 2008 14:32

I think BSD has it!

Cubs2jets

BSD 4th Jan 2008 15:14

Off to work now, 6 day trip. If I've got it, it will have to be open house.

I'll take my camera, and see if I can cme up with something new.

Cubs2Jets - great name by the way, have you been there?

BSD.

Fishtailed 4th Jan 2008 15:19

Sorry for the condition of the print, has been on my desk for years. It's only orange juice splashes, not blood, honest.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...scan0001-3.jpg

RichieD 4th Jan 2008 16:57

Just to confirm.. BSD has the right answer.. Sepinggan (Balikpapan), Indonesia.

Tiger_mate 4th Jan 2008 17:32

Is that a winch at the far end of the (narrow) runway, or your dinner :}

NB John: I rest my case!

Fishtailed 4th Jan 2008 17:42

TM, not a winch.:yuk:

Tiger_mate 4th Jan 2008 19:06

Not a glider then, can I opt for a parachute centre?

Based upon the cabin appearance of the light aircraft on the ground and the concrete disc (LZ?)

UK > Lincs or East Anglia, based upon a lack of terrain.

Flap40 4th Jan 2008 21:05

I think it is further north. Cark maybe?

Tiger_mate 4th Jan 2008 21:43

Just checked Google earth and I think you may be right.

Fishtailed 5th Jan 2008 10:22

Flap 40 has it, Cark, Grange over sands.

Flap40 5th Jan 2008 16:06

Thanks. I'll have to open house this one as I'm in the middle of switching isp so have not got access to my webspace.

Fishtailed 5th Jan 2008 16:48

Ok, here's an old photo.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...scan0002-3.jpg

Russell Gulch 5th Jan 2008 16:50

If it's Open House, may I offer the following:

[edit: cross-posted..I'll post later]

MReyn24050 5th Jan 2008 20:16

What Aerodrome Latest List of Aerodromes published to take.
 
Here is the latest list. Please check and advise of any corrections required.
http://www.geocities.com/artificer35...0108.htm?20085
Mel

Russell Gulch 5th Jan 2008 20:25

That's an excellent list, MReyn...I've downloaded it as an Excel spreadsheet, and a .txt file (both downloadable and more easily searchable).

Thanks for your hard work producing the list, and very well done for adding the page on here where it can be found.

Russell.

MReyn24050 5th Jan 2008 20:36

You are more than welcome. As a matter of interest the following are all drawing as leaders in identifying the airfield presented on "What Aerodrome" :-Tiger_mate,evansb and Flap40 each with 22 identified.*
Provided I keep it up to date every so often it is not too difficult to maintain,I try to update the list each month.
Mel

*As an after thought I hope that doesnt put people off taking part. If so I will not monitor such information in future.

Russell Gulch 5th Jan 2008 21:32

Indeed. I've been a lurker throughout the whole thread, but have only recently taken an active part.

Let's keep it up, it's one of the better threads on PPRuNe. IMHO, of course.

KeMac 5th Jan 2008 21:38

Baghdad - just after it opened and before the terminal was completed.

Phileas Fogg 5th Jan 2008 23:02

The list quotes 'Amsterdam Sciphol Holland' ...

Firstly it's Schiphol and secondly there ain't no such country as Holland :)

MReyn24050 5th Jan 2008 23:12


The list quotes 'Amsterdam Sciphol Holland' ...
Firstly it's Schiphol and secondly there ain't no such country as Holland
Thanks for the correction. I do apologise if I have offended you, tulips from Amsterdam always came from Holland when I went to school. it has been changed accordingly.
Mel

Flap40 6th Jan 2008 12:29

Both are correct. Schiphol lies in the province of North Holland which is part of the Netherlands.

Fishtailed 6th Jan 2008 12:47

KeMac has it. Bagdad in 1967

KeMac 6th Jan 2008 14:15

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/j...010/img001.jpg

Captain Airclues 6th Jan 2008 15:20

Seychelles?

KeMac 6th Jan 2008 15:41

Captain Airclues has it in one. The picture was taken by my mother on a flight from Diego Suarez in the latter half of 1970 while the airport was still under construction. I was there that December and I remember a US Albatros (0-17163) landing in the sea beside the runway and taxying up to the apron afterwards with mail and supplies for the US Satellite tracking station there.
Over to you Captain Airclues.


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