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TheChitterneFlyer 25th Sep 2012 16:52

Sal International

TCF

one11 25th Sep 2012 17:16

Thats it. Sal International (SID) Cabo Verde in the early 707s with a Lloyd International 707. TheChitterneflyer has control.

TheChitterneFlyer 25th Sep 2012 17:32

Try this one

http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...ASOMEWHERE.jpg

chevvron 25th Sep 2012 21:01

Bathurst aka Banjul Yundum?

TheChitterneFlyer 25th Sep 2012 21:33

No sir. But the correct part of the world.

Boss Raptor 26th Sep 2012 08:25

Saint Louis - Senegal? if so open house...

TheChitterneFlyer 26th Sep 2012 17:26

Open House it is...

India Four Two 26th Sep 2012 18:12

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...42/WAD0926.jpg

Cubs2jets 26th Sep 2012 22:27

Is it a Port of Entry?

C2j

India Four Two 27th Sep 2012 03:27


Is it a Port of Entry?
Unlikely C2j. The callout charge would be high. A five hour drive for the customs officers!

Lordflasheart 27th Sep 2012 13:54

New Zealand ..... South Island ? . LFH

India Four Two 27th Sep 2012 15:18

LFH,

No, but correct hemisphere.

India Four Two 28th Sep 2012 01:22

A clue. This airstrip and the nearby tourist resort are both named after the hills in the background.

Edited to avoid sending people in the wrong direction. The name does not include any of the following words: hill, mountain, range, ridge, escarpment.

Max Tow 28th Sep 2012 09:44

Terrain looks like somewhere in the Kimberleys - Bungle Bungles perhaps?
Right or wrong, I must say how nice it is to return to the slow process of clues and reasoning rather than Google photo matching!

Edit: No response from India Four Two yet and I'm offline for a while from now so if by any chance I'm correct, please throw open.

Cows getting bigger 28th Sep 2012 12:14

I'm guessing one of the South African resorts. Something like Giant's Castle?

Sultan Ismail 28th Sep 2012 12:49

I also go with the South African scene, the upturned crust looks like Western Cape (Hex River Valley) but the trees and meadow suggests Eastern Cape.

India Four Two 28th Sep 2012 14:06

We're making progress here. :)

cgb and SI,

Having looked at some pictures of Hex River Valley I can see why you might think that. Wearing my geologist's hat, I think I would have started looking in South Africa too.

However, this aerodrome is not in that part of Gondwanaland. Max Tow is closer ;) Here's the front lawn of the resort:
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...28at210348.png

but this is not the Kimberleys or Bungle Bungles.

cuefaye 28th Sep 2012 18:54

My first attempt. MalaMala?

Dora-9 28th Sep 2012 20:14

To see that part of South Australia looking so green had me totally foxed, but I recognize the kangaroo on the left!

Wilpena Homestead perhaps?

If so, OH.

India Four Two 29th Sep 2012 02:30


but I recognize the kangaroo on the left!
Dora-9,

Yes, I thought it was Skippy, too, but I don't see any butcher birds in the trees. ;)

The airstrip and resort at Wilpena Pound, SA. The airstrip picture must have been taken after a big wet. I went there once and it was a typical dry, dusty outback scene.

I knew as soon as I posted that picture of the resort, you or one of your Ozzie mates would get it.

Wilpena Pound is a spectacular eroded syncline in the Flinders Ranges. The airstrip is in the flat, yellowish area in the centre right. The white area at the top left is the salt flats of Lake Torrens.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...lpenapound.jpg


Dora-9 has declared Open House.


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