Yes it is. The Ansett Terminal is the easternmost Igloo, while the rectangular metal framed hangar (just visible on the RHS of frame) is the one furthermost away in the wartime shot. It always felt slightly odd, after the aerodrome had "moved", to drive past and look over what had previously been a very busy and congested apron area and what was now an impossibly small area of bitumen, slowly breaking up and with grass growing up through it...

Having been fighting (unsuccessfully) for the last 24 hours with Photobucket, which refuses to "play nicely", I've finally managed to upload my next submission:

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Fertile fruit growing area down under perchance?

Downunder, yes. If you're hinting about the possible fertilizer (from what the area is infamous but noted for), then yes. If not, I'll explain this very obscure clue later...

OK, a clue then: one of the handful of airfields used for the mass scraping of RAAF aircraft after WWII ended...

Would it be Werribee Airfield?

I think we are on the same page Dora-9, I was referring to 'Mamma & Pappa Poo'!

nvubu is correct, it is Werribee. You have the con!

asw28 - yes, on the same wavelength indeed.

The two uppermost hangars still exist, the very top one houses a B-24 restoration project.

Thank you, that was an interesting search.


Here's a recent picture of a long gone airfield.
https://ucjoug.bl3302.livefilestore....&cropmode=none

Great Sampford, north of Stansted, near Thaxted and Wimbish Green.

Spot on eckhard, Great Sampford it is - thought it would be named fairly quickly.

You have control.

Try as I might, I can't seem to attach a photo using my iPad.
So: Open House!

As it's OH, I'm going to offer two photos for the same aerodrome building, but there is a catch, there are two aerodromes involved
Both aerodrome names would be nice to pass the batton.
So, Where was the original aerodrome, and which aerodrome is it on now?


Bonus point for the name of the Bar, which is not inside the Tower.

Russ


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Russell

What an interesting search that was.

At first I was going in the direction of Mildenhall and Thorpe Abbots as the Thorpe Abbotts tower has the same shaped structure on top, but couldn't rationalise the aircraft in the image. unless it was at Mildenhall :)

Now I have: National Museum of the USAF / Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. for the location of the tower (a replica?). The Nissan hut comes from Debden and houses The Belly Tank Bar.

Nissen hut I believe !

Ill give that to you nvubu since you name both airfeilds Debden and Wright-Patterson. The Tower is the very one from Debden, not a replica, relocated to Datyon. You also get the bonus point for the name of the bar which was also relocatted
You well-deservedly have the control.
Russ

Thanks Russell.

From the National Museum of the USAF website here

The tower at Debden looks very different.


I don't have anything right now - but will have this evening - so OPEN HOUSE.

The tower at Fulbeck used to have a VCR of similar design.

A bit earlier than I thought .... but it is evening somewhere in the world.

Here's the next airfield.
https://tbnaga.bl3302.livefilestore....&cropmode=none

'Colinski Airfield' at Spadeadam in Cumbria .
Unsurprisingly looks nothing like an airfield on the ground but you need to view it on Google Earth .
Plenty to post but no idea how to so open house !

David,

Click on the Paper Clip icon in the Reply dialog and upload a picture.

By the way, it is a convention here to wait for confirmation before posting or declaring OH.

I thought that might be a bit too easy.

Over to you David - we can't let you get away with an open house if you have plenty of images ;)

This is one from David Thompson


https://vpqfrq.bl3302.livefilestore....&cropmode=none

Somewhere in the Midlands?

No , sorry India Four Two . Right country though !

Felixkirk Airfield. North Yorkshire

And before you ask, David didn't tell me the name before I posted it for him :)

What a nice looking strip. And near Sutton Bank too. A bonus!

Yes nvubu , Felixkirk it is . A nice airfield much expanded around 7-8 years ago with a new block of hangars seen top right of the strip but sadly it never seems very active these days . Over to you , again , nvubu !

Thank you - took a bit of searching, but I guessed it was somewhere up north.

Here's one from yesteryear
https://ucjnug.bl3302.livefilestore....&cropmode=none

Somewhere in the Far East?

Not in the far east.

I'll give some clues as I cannot find another photograph of this location - or any other reference to it apart from the book I have access to.

If I was standing where the photographer was, behind me there is a fort - that is today still occupied by the military. The smoke that can be seen in the middle left could well be from a steam train arriving into or departing from the railway terminus, which is still present.

I am fairly sure I've matched the hills in the background on GE, even though they are obscured by cruise liners / ferries. The buildings in the photo are unrecognisable.

Looks a bit `Italian` to me...?

Close, but not Italian

I thought Italian too. So maybe Greece or Turkey?

That floatplane looks very familiar but I can't place it

You are going the wrong direction.

It's on an island - looking north.

Island, not Italian, railway, cruise ships, hills, looking north.

Ajaccio?

The other side of the island I think. Bastia?

Marsaxxlok (Malta)

Well done India 42, Ajaccio it is - around 1929. I have some more where this one came from.


Over to you.