Of course, they've forgotten to make room for a pilot! ;)

They have no straps for their caps ?


The link I posted was the third one in your list.

http://www.pprune.org/members/326184...544-084713.jpg[/IMG]

For the record here is a view of Kassos/Merdiglesmar (south of Grund) taken from Streetview on GE - oas India 42 says its a clear match with the question photo..................

This morning's submission from me.
https://o4c7da.bl3302.livefilestore....&cropmode=none

wow... tough one - somewhere out East I'd guess

Yes, East it is

Habbaniya?

Much further east - not an allied base either.

At risk of it turning into 'Any Questions' you mentioned earlier ;), I'm going to take a wild guess and say Hiroshima? The fact that it was never an allied base would imply that it was on Japanese soil and not on that of a nation that was occupied by the Japanese?

The fields look like they might be in Japan.

Didn't see jensdad's post before I posted.

It is in Japan. A long way from Hiroshima.

The three features in the image are still recognisable today - although the middle one is no longer an airfield. North is almost straight down.

edit to add: All three features were aircraft related.

Aircraft related = ? factories?

but most of those weere in Nagoya which isn't far from Hiroshima

Yes, the two highlighted are factories.

I've just asked for directions from Hiroshima station via GE and it's about an 850km drive to this location.

I was going to post an overhead from today, but maybe if I give you a few names it might help: Frank, Irving, Frances, Helen, Jill

edit to add: whereas for Nagoya, I would say Paul, Sonia, Edna, Dinah, Grace, Judy

http://www.pprune.org/members/326184...546-oizumi.jpg

Ōizumi, Gunma Province - the old Nakajima Aircraft Factory - still visible as ?car plant ? with vans parked on the old runways??? 39 deg 16 min 24 sec N 139 24 2o sec E

named the Koizumi plant, near Nishi-Koizumi station. Critically damaged by American bombardment on April 3, 1945. Currently a Sanyo plant.

You got it, although the vans on the runway are on the Koizumi Airfield - here's the original image (the right way up) - click the image for a larger version
https://o4cpda.bl3302.livefilestore....&cropmode=none

Over to you

Scandinavia ?

could be.............

Well, I think we can rule out Denmark!

Norway?

I keep getting drawn to Tromsø - but I don't think that's the one - scratch that, just taken another look, doesn't fit the bill :(

Alta Airport seems to match the near end of the photo, but there doesn't seem enough water for the far end. When I search for images, I can see that this is it.

That was an interesting search of airports in Sweden, Finland and Norway - next time I'll start in the north and work down :)

OPEN HOUSE as I'm out tomorrow.

Happy New Year.

Alta it is - nice on a nice day but not so good in bad weather.....

Oddly its really far east - approx the same longitude as the Libyan/Egyptian frontier

Over to you and a Happy New Year to everyone!!!

Just noticed Open House so here you go - somewhere a bit warmer..................

http://www.pprune.org/members/326184...547-113213.jpg

Triangular - southern USA ?

Possibly Jenkins. possibly................

I have to say when I first saw the photo, I immediately thought of the GAFA. :E

Whyalla Airport, WYA, YWHA.

Open House if correct.

Dave

And here is a photo in front of the luxurious passenger terminal a few years ago ( it has recently been extended.)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/1wp47ul5z552u8o/ccg2.jpg?dl=1

OK. Seeing we are into triangular airfields in warm climates, try this one.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ejnb3ggzzw...002-1.JPG?dl=1
Beware though; the photo is more than 50 years old and rwy 02-20 (the vertical one in the picture) is now out of service, although it is still visible in GE.
Also, because of urban encroachment, the threshold of rwy 29 has moved up to the 1,000' touchdown markers.

Not certain on this one, but is it Tennant Creek?

OH if correct.

Tennant Creek it is, although it looks a bit different now from when I was building hours for a commercial licence.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dsy2kl56fcjnwpm/TC.JPG?dl=1
Hunting about in my old photos, it is sad to see the large number of runways that are now closed. :{

CW has declared 'OPEN HOUSE'

Can I post a photo like this?

Google gives that registration to an Air Nuigini Falcon 900X but its clearly a Fokker F-28 or F-100 - probably the former as I can't see big clamshell reversers

that puts it pre-2004 when they upgraded the fleet.

Edit - http://www.aussieairliners.org/f-28o...ini/p2anw.html shows a picture ofthe F-28 with the same registration

Lots of the airports/fields have been "improved" since that picture was taken (no doubt at vast cost to the Australian tax-payer) so its hard to see that hangar /terminal.

A quick google of PNG airports 1985 tho' produces some amazing images of long forgotton types - plus an An-124!!!

Well Alan you've got me there. Definitely an F-28, and late 70's judging by the colour scheme. I am not recognising the background, but it is obviously a port that was served by Air Niugini F-27's as well, given the set of steps in the background on the left-hand side. It is obviously a coastal port, but does not look like any of the PNG ports I recognise. The curved-roof building is what is really throwing me. This is purely a wild guess, but could it be Honiara?

OH if correct.

Papua New Guinea is the closest I can guess so far.

Looks like a crushed coral surface - which puts it coastal - can't see anything around the main bit of PNG - the only "hangar" style building seems to be at the south end of the terminal area at Port Moresby POM

Might be out on their route network

Honiara looks a bit to green - this looks really coastal as in on the beach - like the old Jeffman Airport in Sorong or Tarawa

Definitely not POM. Coastal ports served by the F-28 in those days were WWK, MAG, MAS, KVG, RAB, KIE and LAC. The only crushed coral strips (or environs) back then were MAS and KVG. Apart from BNE and CNS (of which it is neither), HIR was the only other international port served by the F-28, but I don't recall the F-27 going there, hence my confusion.

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MAS Momote seems to be a good possible - it has/had a hangar right on the side of the strip - and it's very coastal

KAV doesn't look to have the same coral surface