Now that WAS off the beaten track - thank you

Interesting list of fares "£100 in 1933 is equivalent in purchasing power to about £7,341.46 today" so 2 pax t o London = £ 1400 today - not too bad really...

I've been on here quite a bit recently so I'll let someone else have a go

OPEN HOUSE :ok:

When I visited Llandrindod Wells in the 1970s I was amused to see the sign on Tom Norton's Automobile Palace still offering Aeroplanes. We wondered how many he'd sold and how long ago, but had no time to find out.

I suspect this is rather easy for the experts.....type is obvious, but where? The picture is dated 18/August/1938, as a clue.

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....1bbd88bef2.jpg

Puttin’ hole lane?

well it's a Heyford so lets try Upper Heyford?

Is it Mildenhall - if not on the airfield then in the locality ?

I can't find the rule about pausing, but no point in prolonging it...... probably too easy.

Yes, Mildenhall, right in the middle, evidence of either my father's over-enthusiastic braking, or even landing with brakes on. His immediate and fast-thinking claim of a "soft patch of earth" was dismissed when no such patch was found.

Your controls.

Not that easy Old not Bold - I just came across a distant memory if you know what I mean - nudge nudge wink wink.... Thank You !

Open House

THIS MAY BE A GIFT FOR SOME
 

Not my usual tramping ground but I did visit for a brief consultancy
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....6c02246bde.jpg
a few years ago.

N America?

Not that part of the world. There is a WW II connection to the location but not the aerodrome.

The view towards to aerodrome probably does not help but it will show that the obstruction light has a purpose.
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....ccb0c9ad7c.jpg

Might it be Christmas Island YPXM airport in the Indian Ocean?

And you might be correct. Yes - Christmas Island. Over you CW. .

When I did some research for potential clues I found that it was occupied by the Japanese for three years during the war to access the phosphate.

View looking north.
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....fb4d8e325a.jpg
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I thought that looked familiar......

Alas nothing to offer here, so OPEN HOUSE.

Try this one...

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....5eb398ac21.jpg

Silverstone.
OH if correct.

Gramsden Lodge seems to fit the layout, and was used for motor racing in 1946/7

nvubu has it with R.A.F. Gransden Lodge. Home of RCAF Pathfinders during WW2, and host for post-war motor racing in 1947. Now hosts Cambridge Gliding Centre (formerly Cambridge University Gliding Club), and a couple of clay pigeon shooting clubs...

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....0c25af76e7.jpg
nvubu has control.

Thank you - that's the second motor racing circuit challenge I've got right.

Now for today's aerodrome:

https://am3pap004files.storage.live....&cropmode=none

No takers so far, so time for another image

https://am3pap004files.storage.live....&cropmode=none

Well 24 hours are almost up, you can have some guesses now.
https://am3pap004files.storage.live....&cropmode=none

I'll go for a WW2 Japanese airfield.
Is it in New Guinea?

Hmm - I posted a question yesterday which hasn't appeared but seems to be irrelevant after the second image

I did think it strange that there were no posts over the last day.

The answer is yes to both of Terry's questions.

And it is by the seaside
https://am3pap004files.storage.live....&cropmode=none

OK. I reckon that is Lae, then.
And possibly that is the Tenyo Maru getting sh!t knocked out of it before it was run aground at the runway threshold.

Same place a little later

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....219b3a5eac.png
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....226c1da4af.png
The afore mentioned Tenyo Maru before it slid down the continental shelf
CC

Yep. It was a handy visual inner marker when I was flying around there in the 1960s
Sadly, neither it nor the runway are there now.

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....ca7395112a.jpg

Terry, you have it with Lae - over to you
https://am3pap004files.storage.live....&cropmode=none

Thanks.
Here is one with no nautical connection and a bit more more modern.
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....bb98d26cb6.jpg

Looks much as Jackson's, Port Moresby. must have done in the 1940s:)

Allan Lupton: That is too far in the wrong direction !
Here it is in crappy weather.
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....a0e54ece17.png

It is Nadzab (AYNZ) the replacement airport for Lae which was originally built in WWII and then rebuilt by the Australian government in the 70's. Just a pity it is so far out of town.

Open House (once 24 hours is up).

Yes. It is Nadzab.
I thought Chimbu Warrior might come out of the jungle for this one. (halo wantok!) :)
This airport replaced Lae in the precious challenge.
Modern progress decrees that you can't have a convenient runway in the middle of your town or city; it has to be miles away!
Open House has been declared.

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....01c6d02d49.jpg

Since OH has been declared let us try another:-

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....415b302d02.jpg

Portmoak??

Banff, AB?

Alas neither of the two suggestions altho they both have merit. Chevvron is somewhat closer and KP's is closer to the landscape

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....312679c810.jpg

I think the Norwegian glider community gets their dose of health and happiness here:
Vaksinen near Bergen Norway.

Regretfully incorrect tho' Bergen has many similarities.................. the gliding club here has been around for a long time - at least 50 years IIRC

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....7bb8a7ff78.jpg

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....05c98c13f3.jpg