No - this is French Africa - get the River and it should be easier................ it 's BIG, REALLY BIG

How about Senegal?

Too far west............................

More jobs... and the other picture was taking when they were having some sort of occasion at the airport I believe - maybe the start of a new airline service?

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River Niger ?

Absolutely.................. it's only 4200 kms long but I'd start near the beginning...................... :ok:

Guinea perhaps.

République de Guinée indeed......................... never been, m' club doesn't have reciprocal memberships...........................

Siguiri maybe.

Whoaaaaaa a 20 Hours - that's better...................

Dook has it at Siguiri - apparently a quite a well off spot (by Guinean standards) due to the gold mines around there . The airport is now served by a new airline - the state one went bust years ago and it seems to have been mainly charters for years. Unfortunately still a lot of HIV and even ebola around.........

The Siguiri gold mine is found within the Siguiri District in the north-east of the Republic of Guinea, West Africa, about 850km from the capital city of Conakry. The nearest important town is Siguiri (approximately 50,000 inhabitants), located on the banks of the Niger River. Bamako, the capital of Mali is 300km away. A majority stake in the mine (85%) was bought by Ashanti Goldfields in 1996 and became a part of AngloGold Ashanti when the two companies merged in 2004. The government of The Republic of Guinea holds a 15% interest in the mine. The first shipment of gold from Siguiri took place in April 1998. Total production for 2009 was 316,000oz compared with the 333,000oz the previous year. Around 2,973 employees and contractors work at the Siguiri mine. Total capital expenditure on the project for 2007 was $US22m.

The mine is located in the heart of an ancient gold mining region, thought to have been known since the 13th century as the basis of the Mandingo Empire. At its peak this empire controlled an area in West Africa the size of the United States. Unlike in many other areas in Africa, the orpaillage (translated as gold-washing), or artisanal mining system is highly formalised and forms an integral part of village structures. However, there have been numerous clashes between the miner AngloGold Ashanti and some groups of artisanal miners who have been found operating beyond the traditional orpaillage system and therefore agreed areas. On some occasions, mainly during the rainy season, as many as 10,000 people have been involved in pit invasions when artisanal workings are flooded or inaccessible. AngloGold recently announced that it had engaged the services of a specialist consultancy to assist with future disputes.

The ore and waste is mined by a mining contractor in a conventional open-pit mining operation. Ore is treated using carbon-in-pulp (CIP) and heap-leach processes. In 2009, the CIP plant increased volumes to 10.4Mt.


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I was surprised that no-one focused on the river - it's visible (just) in two of the early pictures and I thought once we'd reached Africa it wouldn't last 30 minutes.........................

Over to Dook.....

At least you are able to monitor when you have a challenge.

Let's go back in time.

Caution - an aeroplane.


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Aaahhh de Havilland! That'll be Seven Barrows, Hampshire in about 1910.

Aaahhh indeed Seven Barrows.

That was an inspired shot.

I visited Highclere Castle a few weeks ago.

Please take the stage.

Actually an RAF F.E.1,designed by G de H....I have some time on one of it`s contemporaries.....

It's annotated as De Havilland No.#2.

AL,

Do you have something ?

The photo, and its caption "The first de Havilland aeroplane which flew, photographed at Seven Barrows, where I learned to fly" comes from "Sky Fever" by Sir Geoffrey who presumably knew of what he was writing!
Any road, here's a bit more "Aahh de Havilland" (in memory of Mike Ramsden) to identify the location.
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1927 Kings Cup, Brooklands?

Something to do with the England-Australia air race ?

Lympne ?...…...

I have it as Wally Hope winning the 1928 King's Cup but Brooklands is correct and what was asked! There is some of the banked track visible (which, in the case of Lympne, it has not got).
Over to you.

1928 King`s Cup,Hendon-Brooklands,DH60G Moth ,G-EBYZ,won by Capt W.L Hope.....OH if correct....

Tooo late,slow page change..

Do catch up number four.

Thanks. I thought it was Alan Cobham in 1927 but as you say, correct place. Few minutes please while I find something. Wasn't Sycamore second in 1928?

Yes he was, but, as in air combat, there's no prize for second place. :sad:

Bit high, Hoskins. In fact, very high.
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UK I guess - which direction is North?

Top of page.

"Bit high, Hoskins. In fact, very high".

Good angle for strafe though. :E

12 o'clock, 500, hangars. Right, 2 o'clock, 100, Officers' Mess.

OK - two bursts of 30mm HE should do it.

To the task - East Anglia ?

Not East Anglia.

Just a wild guess to roll the ball.

I suspect much further NW.

Not North West of East Anglia. The Iceni knew the way.

A Roman road towards Londinium maybe.

Not towards The Great Wen.

Maybe Cambridgeshire then.

Keep climbing westward.

Waypoint Warwickshire ?

Maybe "climb" means a bit of north in it.

Warwickshire not high enough, and too far North. Was it Ram-Jet Ricky found a high spot, a GPO mast? Follow the chalk.