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MReyn24050 9th May 2013 09:39


Thanks. Mel's listdoesn't seem to work at present so hope this is not a duplicate:
Working fine a few seconds ago. The main problem is the mods have taken away it's "Sticky" feature for some reason so one has to go searching for it.
Mel

Lightning Mate 9th May 2013 09:42

Perhaps someone should post something like "to the top" so that it comes back to the top.

cuefaye 9th May 2013 10:02

What's the point of all this??

Simply copy and paste into Google images - not particularly imaginative!

Lordflasheart 9th May 2013 10:24

You won't find this on GI, Q-fay -

I was saving it as being perhaps a bit too difficult, (and a list of jobs as long as yer **** too) but if you want a challenge - albeit Transport not FJ ;) - Yer tez Master.

A modestly significant event was taking place on this day in 1965. LFH


http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1366960543

MReyn24050 9th May 2013 11:07

Labuan perhaps?

Lordflasheart 9th May 2013 11:30

Not Labuan, Mel, but a nice day out from Changi. LFH

MReyn24050 9th May 2013 13:16


Not Labuan, Mel, but a nice day out from Changi. LFH
Day out from Changi! RAF Kuching perhaps?

Lordflasheart 9th May 2013 13:40

Mel - not Kuching either. This was not on their regular beat, nor on anyone's up until this occasion. Nor is it on an island. According to the snapper, there is a Buddhist priest somewhere in the snap, saying a prayer or a blessing for the airfield (or perhaps for the aeroplane ?) :ooh:

Jenks - 18th June 1965

LFH

Duckbutt 9th May 2013 15:26


Originally Posted by MReyn24050 (Post 7833649)
Working fine a few seconds ago. Mel

Yes works fine for me too now. Some sort of hole in the Space Time Continuum when I tried before I suppose.

As always thanks for your efforts.

sycamore 9th May 2013 17:18

New laid asphalt,so,commissioning a new runway somewhere in Malaysia/Burma/Thailand,as the first `new` arrival....but there may be Brits on the ground there already....(3-tonner)

ed; LFH.it may be that the priest `foresaw` another event on that day,on a similar aircraft....(with ackdgnts to OD)

Lordflasheart 9th May 2013 20:13

Jenks - last I heard Guam was on an island somewhere ;). this is mainland stuff.

Sycamore - Very good thinking. "commissioning a new runway somewhere in Malaysia/Burma/Thailand,as the first `new` arrival."

Not sure I'm quite with you on the "foresaw" bit though.Actually the snapper claimed it was the very last (RAF) departure after the handover ceremonythe previous day. This was a very big Commonwealth/Crown foreign aid effort, but there were immediate problems of the NHBC kind which had to be rectified. It now looks pretty much abandoned

The next pic was he claimed - the last but one departure - viz

http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1366874202 It probably won't help but its a nice pic. JW - thanks. I will reply.LFH

cuefaye 9th May 2013 20:19

This is more enjoyable LFH! Even though I'm at a loss, and was roughly in-theatre at the time!

No doubt LM is lurking, and will pitch in once enough real stears have been provided!

nacluv 9th May 2013 22:28

18 June 1965 was the opening day of Arc Light. Hence where Jenkins is heading with his suggestion, I'll wager.

But also the Indonesia/Malaysia confrontation.

How about Loeng Nok Tha airfield - which was built and then handed over to the Thai government by Commonwealth troops at that time - Operation Crown?

Also, just spotted this - coincidence?

http://www.creopcrown.co.uk/News/Lat...s/beverley.jpg

The NHBC-style problems were, presumably, related to the tarmac runway which had to be dug up (due to ground water/cracking) and concrete put down to replace it?

Lordflasheart 10th May 2013 06:26

Like Double Wow !! Vulcan. :ok: That's what I call a comprehensive win. Loeng Nok Tha - northeast Thailand it is. Couple of palm trees, a bit of tarmac and an old kite, and he's got the whole story.

The 'day out from Changi' was via Bangkok (to top up the tan) and return direct to Changi. Op Crown is all on t'net (and so is the sad story from Guam)

Nacluv - you have control. LFH

nacluv 10th May 2013 08:07

Thanks, M'Lud! :) I put some effort into this one. What an excellent challenge - I really enjoyed that. I apologise for getting it sooner than perhaps it really deserved.

I can't claim any visionary status in divining the answer from the photos though. Your subtle trail of breadcrumbs was what did the damage - the date being the most significant. Arc Light was an excellent foil, and took me off in the wrong direction to start with! But you said the day before - so I had a look at what handovers took place in the region on the 17th rather than the 18th... :ok: And it wasn't until I found a story about the problems with ground water drainage (or lack thereof) which was lifting the tarmac that I knew I'd got my man.

Here is my challenge in response. I don't think it will last long, and it does appear on the list as a previous contestant, but not in a long time. And as it's one of my own, it should fail the GI test. :p

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...ps71ed10ec.jpg

chevvron 10th May 2013 09:40

Cambridge!

nacluv 10th May 2013 09:45

Naturally... :ok: Didn't think it would last long!

My travels aren't extensive or exotic as others, and I like to try something which can't be GI'd easily (as has been my failing in the past). I will have to dig through my old photos and see if I can find something a bit more obscure for next time. :)

Over to you, Chevvron! Let's have a good one to get us into the weekend.

chevvron 10th May 2013 09:54

Open house!! Why not try again?
NB; I did my PPL course with Marshalls so I know that view very well!

nacluv 10th May 2013 16:22

OK, try this.

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...pse731c9cc.jpg

evansb 10th May 2013 21:34

Siguanea, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba ?


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