Sycamore is correct - it's a Meteor U. Mk 21A unmanned drone................

But not the UK.... and not Adelaide.....................

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Woomera ?.....

I believe the Meteor was used at Woomera but this isn't there Still in use (the airfield not the Meteor...)

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I'm signing off for the evening folks

Meteor a Fairey conversion at Bankstown, or was it Canterbury? Bankstown still very active.

…..and this is where his Robinson cockpit photo was taken.


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Wouldn`t care to fly 15 of those......!

Jenkins has it!

Bankstown, Sydney it is - I think the Meteor photo was taken early 1961 when it was modified there - not sure what it was before............ Three runways still in use!!!

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Thanks. This machine was a Royal Air Force F8, initially converted in UK by Flight Refuelling at Tarrant Rushton. Passed on to Fairey at Bankstown for further conversion, and I note the RAF serial still on airframe. Shot down eventually at Woomera.

Regret that my contributions do not meet the required standard, so Open House.

Oh come on!! It's always good to get another challenger - everyone has something to contribute - and often what looks simple is the hardest of all....................

Thanks for encouragement. I have posted many, but the response to my last effort, now withdrawn, leads me to adopt my present position. I thought my last effort was not bad, so try it now.
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Am I correct in thinking this is semi-desert ?

Wherever it is they have a top class gardener- look at how neat those edges of the ?grass? are !! :ooh:

Not much in the way of runway clutter (signage, lights etc) visible or oil/rubber stains but very neat looking

I'd guess we have the Military Mind at work here..................

Not semi-desert, and certainly not military. I have, in my travels, driven along this field,

Further to my last, a bit grey at the moment, and 68 temperature.

Perhaps Southern hemisphere ?

Not Southern Hemisphere.

That's narrowed it a little.

Europe ?

Yes, Europe.

Hmmm... doesn't look like Gibraltar...

I'm intrigued - you've driven along it but not flown into it.

So is it still in use or disused ?

Error, driven alongside it, but road not in view, sorry. Yes, still active according to call for weather earlier today. Cannot link it with Gibraltar I fear, but certainly close to efforts of locals in struggle for independence. No battle nearby, but perhaps 'a battle' may be relevant.

This might sound silly, but are we in Scotland ?

Not silly at all, yes and chosen for that very reason.

Away for one hour.

Possibly Campbeltown.

Perhaps your reference to "battle" may refer to the ship.

Heaven forefend, Macrihanish! Definitely not, and I have landed on the grass there. Nice note though, about the destroyer. So, once again, no battle but perhaps A battle.

Well, I think it must be on an island.

May I assume it is marked on GE ?

Not on a Scottish island. I found it on GE, though I knew what I was seeking.

Perhaps I should add that GE has not 'marked' the field.

Well, I don't think it's marked on GE with the usual airfield symbol.

edit: crossed posts

Dunno 'bout anyone else, but this jury is out.

Nearest machine is Polish, and for one in this parish the field lies close to a straight line between two significant points.

A repeat A battle in Scotland... or perhaps we should read it as A BATTLE in Scotland

If memory serves me right there was one at Strathallan and it looks a possible on GE

A battle, put those together and you are there. But then, this battle was not in Scotland. Polish machine still there. Not Strathallan.

Strathallan is marked on GE and the challenge is not.

My battle, not in Scotland, was 1July, and my significant straight line was 1June.

Deeside gliding club.

As in A boyne.

Yes, well done, Aboyne. Plenty of local history in relation to the '1715,' wonder if the Stuarts will ever return.

Thank you J - I was going to give up until I found the battle of Boyne.

Here is an aircraft of which I had never heard.


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