Originally Posted by nvubu
(Post 10907283)
Only 18 minutes, thought it wouldn't last long.
My son was playing his first adult hockey match (turned 13 last week) on the pitch at RAF Halton, so too good an opportunity to miss. He was awarded man of the match - a really good start to his adult hockey career. Open House. Always wondered why the bus company which ran a service along that road switched from double deckers to single deckers every summer; can't imagine why!!Devil Is the challenge Popham? |
Not Popham....
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Northrepps...sorry open house if correct.
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Northrepps (Cromer) it is.
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chevvron - they were flying on Saturday. I grew up very close to Kenley Aerodrome and used to love the gliders overhead.
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Originally Posted by nvubu
(Post 10908114)
chevvron - they were flying on Saturday. I grew up very close to Kenley Aerodrome and used to love the gliders overhead.
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Northolt??
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Not Northolt!
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North Weald ?
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Yes new buildings and traffic calming at NW. You have control nvubu
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Thank you UV - it was the "Give Way to Aircraft" sign that made me think of NW.
Let's go back in time - where might this be being built. Any thoughts as to what the thing in the middle might be? https://lk9hxq.am.files.1drv.com/y4m...&cropmode=none |
maybe Guadalcanal ? with a coral lump ?
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This airstrip isn't on Guadalcanal - although it is by the seaside.
The lump isn't a guide to where the airfield is located - I just thought that it was interesting. |
I hope they filed an Environmental Impact Statement!
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I'll have another go - Wewak ?
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You are closer with Wewak than with Guadalcanal, but still no cigar.
The lump was a Japanese bunker - just about to be blasted. Trying to post an image of the first aircraft to land on the new strip, but the image isn't showing - won't allow me to post the previous image either :( You'll have to imagine it - it being a PBY I'll try again later. |
Momote on Manus Island perhaps?
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We aren't in PNG
Here's the first aircraft to land on this strip - uploaded from my PC rather than linked from OneDrive. https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....9a1169ccc7.jpg |
Wadke for the PBY?
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Is it still in use?
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It isn't on Wadke either, but you are moving slowly closer to the airfield.
Edit to add: Yes, still in use, although it looks to have changed so much that there is nothing from an current overhead that shows anything lining up with the two aerial images I have seen from ww2. So maybe name only still in use. |
Santo ? Vanuatu
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Vanatu is approx 2000 miles further away than Wadke
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....f9055b0f60.jpg |
Horn Island by any chance?
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120, early days at Merauke?
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Sepinggang Balikpapan?
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Neither of those two, Merauka is slightly further away than Wakde.
It isn't on Papua - here's an aerial from before any of the other images https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....95bcc6a3b4.jpg Edit to add: Crossed posted with SLB, yes it is Sepinggang Balikpapan. You have control https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....fbae637f01.jpg |
Labuan island?
Edit: crossed posts Seppingang was a Boomerang airfield for the Borneo campaign. I will search for a challenge. Please standby. |
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Don't forget to wave to the meri's on the goat track ILS.
Last there 1974. CC |
Tapini PNG, Patair Piaggio P-166.
Open house. |
Indeed Tapini
Open House called |
Jeez - Balikpapan - now there's an airport I never want to see again :yuk:
Something for the weekend?? https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....17f5e413a8.jpg |
Ok tropical,
Africa? (We have to lure you into posting the next photo) |
Africa it is - here's another picture (but not as good as some previous efforts..) - this spot has the occasional international flight but its mainly domestic
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....a4d8edd407.jpg |
I think not North Africa.
I will stab for East Africa as Asturias does (or has) flown there. Edit: The no parking sign says Botswana? |
Ghanzi, Botswana
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Alas, alack Sultan! Although the terminal is somewhat similar to that at Ghanzi, which is an interesting spot in it's own right, it's not. Ghanzi is sat in the middle of the Kalahari Desert which is rather flat. The challenge has some rather large mountains nearby.
Bear is much closer over on the other side of the continent https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....00447b7987.jpg |
Aeroport de Tolarano (Tolagnaro) Madagascar
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