Dubbo, NSW?

If correct, Open House.

Dubbo, Australia is correct. As requested, it is OPEN HOUSE.

As a little bit of thread drift, I've often wondered why Aussie runways always seem to be laid out up the centre of an area that has markings for a grass runway that is three time the width.

Can anyone explain?

Are they really grass runway markings? If so be very rough at the top right hand side.
Maybe they are some sort of clear area markings?

They're not "grass runways", just flight strips (cleared areas). Note the T-Vasis on either side of Rwy 23.

Open House so here's another -

http://i41.tinypic.com/fbma2r.jpg

Unlike some, I haven't landed here.

Next stop Londonderry; oops - make that Ballykelly Air Field

Ballykelly, Northern Ireland.

OH if correct.

Correct, OH it is!

Here is the next challenge. Don't cheat.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps80b7afcc.jpg

Time for a clue perhaps?

Dave

Lampedusa?. OH if correct

Lampedusa is correct. OPEN HOUSE.

I think this is already on the list, but nevertheless...

http://i43.tinypic.com/14aafjq.jpg

Is this in Guatemala ?

No mate. We're in Africa.....

Mind you, this is around 1993...

Wilson, HKNW.

That's the place. Your control mate. :ok:

http://i43.tinypic.com/2pr74o3.jpg

I was offered a job there in the '60s. Police Air Wing Beavers - they carried a Bren and a couple of grenades for flagwaving if the Shifta got restless. Changed a bit. LFH

No airport pictures to post, so open house.

I was the pilot of one of those 212s. Canadian Helicopters (CHC) from the UN mission in Rwanda.
Boy does that bring back memories!

Great thing about that photo is the airport advisory ground signals in the photo. You sure don't see those much anymore.

I'm sitting looking at a Signal Square now, but the airport name isn't displayed so I'm not sure where I am (only joking!)
All military airfields in the UK use them but their use at civil airports is dwindling.

Another one...

http://i39.tinypic.com/2eounaw.jpg

Limatambo? I'm going by the ridge line in the background which looks remarkably similar to the one seen at picture 111 on this excellent website

The Early Days of Panagra

Well done mate - your control! :ok:

Thanks. Sorry, just crewing-in. Open house.

Try this -

http://i39.tinypic.com/f4jszd.jpg

This appears to be one of the sites at RAF Dumfries, Tinwald Down. If correct, OH, as nothing available.

That was quick, well done! Left a wee bit of the Museum in @ bottom left as a clue.

Blanket Stacker says Open House.

Here's one - a 1944 photo:

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ps04e6279d.jpg

Judging by the rectangular fields, the hangar layout and the non-dispersed aircraft, I'm guessing USA, probably in the West.

India Four Two - sorry, not the USA.

Gotta be a military flight training base

• probable parade ground in central location
• lots of small aircraft
• no runways

Dora-9 lives in Oz, so searching RAAF training bases in WW2 with distinctive "V" shaped hangar layout brought up Uranquinty which was obviously designed by the same military genius, although it is not the one we want.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...Uranquinty.JPG
I think we are looking for an old RAAF base somewhere in Australia.

Mallala, Australia ?

Terry is correct in that several RAAF bases, built at the same time (in the south of the country), all had an identical hangar layout. Possibly they were designed by the same "military genius"?

However, the prize goes to Evansb. It's Mallala, home of the RAAF's 6 SFTS and a vast fleet of Oxfords and Ansons.

The photo is aligned East-up.

Little evidence remains now of what once was a very busy base....

Thank you. OPEN HOUSE.

Some more about Mallala
 

Bugger! A bloke can't stop to have a nap in this game without someone half the world away zooming past and finding the solution :{

Seriously though, thanks Dora-9 for a challenge with some clues in the photo to start searching on. This one also turned into a history lesson.
This place also played a big part in weapons research after WW2 when the Poms were blowing up parts of Australia with atomic devices.
Then it became a migrant camp for a while before being turned into a car race track.

Mallala at its peak as a training base.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...96/Mallala.JPG

As it is now
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...6/Mallala2.JPG

Today you need to look very hard to find just the faintest traces of the "V" shaped hangar area.
All a bit sad really.

Open house - OK
Here is a quickie as there are plenty of good clues in the photo.
It is 1921 and the aircraft in the centre crashed some time later, so I have removed some of its registration as that would make it too easy.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17847496/LP1921.JPG

Langley Park, WA?

Well, the aeroplanes are Bristol Tourers.