Apologies for any disappointment.

The picture posted was taken at a real, functioning, licensed, aerodrome.

However, in the interests of harmony, and as Jake suggests, Open House.

The answer to Father Bryne's challenge #post532 is ;
Cordoba (ODB / LEBA).
A perfectly reasonable challenge and quite standard fare.
Father B has declared Open House.

Sabredog, you are of course, correct.

Just to explain... RegDep asked whether he could assume something. Of course, he can assume what he likes, and so pedantically (but in a spirit of fostering potential misunderstanding to make the challenge a little more interesting) I said he could. I didn't add 'but you won't get any closer to the correct aerodrome!'. He was kind enough to drop me a PM, and I hope he enjoyed the shenanigans.

Others, it seems, took me literally and got one of those 'master caution - primary sense of humour' ECAMs, and I am sorry for mis-judging the tone, perhaps.

(In fact, once RegDep gave the aircraft type, you were all only a google image search from a very similar picture to mine, which I took when visiting there in the TB21 front of shot in my previous challenge, around the same time about 15 years ago...).

Post no 539 appears to be the one and only Lun class ekranopan currently at Kaspiysk, Dagestan.

Ekranoplan can shirley only launch from a slipway (or "waterdrome").

One needs guidance from our illustriois thread starter :p

At risk of furthering the damage already done: CAP 168 (which is ICAO compliant to my best recollection) states in its glossary of terms:

[my bold]

As we patiently wait for our Founding Father Mr. seacue to do his Deus Ex Machina routine, I'll hereby post the opening rules, with some bylaws promulgated by the members only moments his junior:

http://www.pprune.org/aviation-histo...ml#post3406234

Mr seacue knows when to keep his distance and dignity - what little is left.

Resume play. But play nice.

Edited to add:
It does seem a stretch to consider a boat to be either
A piece of land where aircraft can take off and land, or
An established area of water where aircraft can take off and land.

A boat / ship is pretty mobile by definition, so its "established area" is established only fleetingly. An aircraft carrier provides facilities for both take-off and landing, but would fit much better in a What Ship? thread.

Use of a catapult may accomplish the take-off process, but I've never heard of an aircraft managing to alight on a catapult.

Let's stick to fixed location aerodromes, either on land or fixed areas of water with passenger or cargo facilities. Pan AM at Dinner Key, Coral Gables, Miami would be an example. Lakes in northern Canada might be border-line cases unless used very regularly.

Seacue has spoken in his most-pompous manner. He'll now go and sulk

Let's get the thread moving again..

Well, I don't know what that was all about but whilst I'm cooling off for a moment (it's very hot in the garden this afternoon) here's a nice easy one to get things going again; surprisingly it's not on the list and it shouldn't last long.

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...Airfield19.jpg

Olympus, yours is Denham Airfield, sometimes in the 60s, I believe.

And Mr. seacue, I fully agree. My posting SS Westfalen was considered at the time by me a piece of Aviation History, being the first civil aviation service "aerodrome" in the Atlantic for South America - Germany flights of Lufthansa. And even if not aviation authorities, both my French source and Popular Mechanics called it aerodrome, as I jokingly noted. Did not mean to be, and will pledge not to be unruly.

Reg

It is Denham.

Are you switching control, or declaring an "Open House"?

Spit

I believe that olympus is confirming that it is Denham, and therefore RegDep has control.

Dave

Airclues, I agree.

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/...um214501-1.png

Sorry for the delay, had my dinner.

Horsham Aerodrome,Victoria,Australia.

My never disappointing friend sabredog.

Over to you :ok:

Thank you,Regdep.
I am afraid it is yet another ;
Open House!

As declared OH, how about this one? :

Not on the list or in this thread to date.

I have blurred Airport name only.

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u.../number14d.jpg

Looks somewhat `tropical`.?

Indeed it is, geographically, 'tropical'.