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Just in case the newer contributors to the thread haven't read it, the first post of the original Which Aerodrome contains some suggested rules that seem to have been overlooked recently. Here is a link to the thread: https://www.pprune.org/aviation-hist...aerodrome.html
Also, I've been updating the aerodrome list that Mel started. Unfortunately, I'm about 18 months behind right now, but I'll try to get it up to date over the next few weeks - https://1drv.ms/x/s!AsBD9MvRbikxl3cYfdKz-hT8F_At |
A historic picture of an aerodrome will be posted. Newer pictures are allowed but the theme here is to compare/contrast old with new as well as identifying aerodromes which no longer exist. That has not been the case for a long time. The latest is not even an aerodrome. |
To all, my apologies, I understand my Changi challenge and this latest one are indeed to far outside the rules. i have no objection to play by the rules but will think about another thread. I therefore declare open house. For those who would like to solve my last challenge: Although the stadium was intended to be used as an Aerodrome, this challenge will now be out of competion. you can PM me with your suggestions/questions. if I have enough replies we will open a broader thread. SLB |
Originally Posted by dook
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The latest is not even an aerodrome.
It also says: As in Which Cockpit, lets try to use elderly photos and not Google Earth pics. Unfortunately, the latter has become the norm recently. SLB: Changi was a good/unusual challenge - you need to be aware though that posting images that already exist on the internet make them very easy to find using Google Image Search - although there has been in the past an agreement not to use this method as t makes it too easy. |
The photo I posted of Changi was previously posted in an Airlinereporter blog of David Parker Brown (I promised that I would give credits) Dook was very lucky to find a slightly different photo by a Google search (not Google Image) I think the following part of the rules is the most important: ....Newer pictures are allowed but the theme here is to compare/contrast old with new as well as identifying aerodromes which no longer exist. I think I did not comply for Changi as it was not about differences old versus nowadays. My Port Harcourt challenge was also with internet photo’s but was about (non) differencies 2014-2018. To keep the thread interesting i think we should emphasise that we not only solve the challenge but also discuss the changes then and now. Either from own experience or by posting additional photos. Lets go for the better thread. SLB |
SLB,
Thank you for declaring open house. Here's a real and also vintage photo. This is looking in the preferred takeoff direction. The other direction was more challenging! https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....0a989e3eac.png |
Blue Mountain,? Laos...home of the Hmong >>>?
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Good guess, sycamore, but not correct. No Hmong here, but it is in Montagnard country.
PS A bit late for you or is east Essex in a different time zone? :) |
No Sycamore is a 24 hour day man, good old British stock.
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Is this strip still in use ?
Tay Nguyen area maybe. |
Mang Buk ?
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I thought it might be Dak Seang.
With no images and nothing further from the OP it's just a bit of a guessing game. |
dook,
The strip is still in use, but only by cars and motorcycles. None of the new guesses is correct. Here is the view the other way: https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....9e2b6b784a.png Note: the words on the building translate as Town Hall. This strip was a satellite to a much busier one just down the road. Mostly used by FAC O-1s, but also by Caribous! In latitude terms, it is north of Tay Ninh but south of Da Lat. |
Bao Loc? …..
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Dook - regarding Bergen, there's a much larger bunker complex just 1300 m to the NW of the one you've shown.
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nvubu,
Not Bao Loc. As an aside, I thought myself quite knowledgeable about airfields in South Vietnam, but I had never heard of any of the suggestions above - nor my "mystery aerodrome" come to that. It is amazing how many airstrips there were. I have not been able to find Bao Loc, but given the description in this article, it can't be far away from my challenge: http://183seahorse.org/uploads/files...SIFRtoPhan.pdf The strip is north-south with the mountain to the south. It is currently the "main drag" of a small town which has a different name from that of the airfield. The airfield name is the same as its parent airfield to the west, but with a suffix added. The small town's two-word name would be considered amusing/risqué to English speakers who are not familiar with Vietnamese. In fact, the first word is a fairly common girl's name and the town's name has been co-opted by a coffee shop chain, which causes amusement to tourists in Saigon. |
It might not be called Bao Loc - which should be on this link https://goo.gl/maps/J7M22W5L12N2 Not N/S, so definitely not the mystery airfield.
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nvubu,
That's interesting - a very similar runway layout but as you say the wrong direction and there is no mountain. Unlike your Bao Loc, there is no obvious evidence of the runway anymore - it's just a street. The Bao Loc in the link I posted is referred to as being near the Cambodian border, so it must be a different one. Your Bao Loc is east of my location. The parent airfield of my posted pictures was on a large Fire Support Base a few kilometres southwest. The FSB had a different name from the co-located airfield. |
Is it near Dong Xoai ?
Phuc Long is a great name. |
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