Thanks Db.

Some way from the previous base and not so wet.

Sorry about the size and quality.......

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...31at155504.jpg

that must be Gnoss field - Marin CA ?

descol - well done - you have Control.

thanks aviate
try this one - apologies if it has been up before - nothing else at present

http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...l/pprune31.jpg

Funchal, Madeira ? LFH

yep - Funchal it is - over to you LFH

Thanks Descol, nice pic. For some reason I cant get into p-bucket. I'll try again later if youall can be patient for a while. LFH

Sorry chaps, new beta photobucket website and me are not getting on yet.(couldn't get in with IE8 - had to change to firefox)

Open House until I can get me 'ead rahnd it. LFH

Another try - using my open house and the old pb website


http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1351847195

Added - Ah - that's better. LFH

RAF Hal Far - Malta

if so open house

Halfar it is Boss R - Well done. Channel Air Division excursion in 1954.


But for calling it "RAF" we might have had you walking the plank** RNAS Halfar aka HMS Falcon - now an industrial estate.

** Sentence suspended on account of friendly fire. I see the HMS Vengeance Association website section on Halfar shows a 1945 photo of Halfar that looks rather more like Luqa. See here - falcon

I will double check and take it up with them. FF is bad for morale.

Boss Raptor has declared Open House. LFH

Haven't posted/played here for a long time.
Here's something which might cause a bit of entertainment as long as you stay away from Google images. I have a decent clue I can deploy if it gets stuck.

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d4...SK/Mirages.jpg

Ah well, so much for entertainment.
I can't monitor this thread regularly from now on so I'll present my clue and bow out, it (the clue, not the aerodrome)is to be found in the recent pages of 'Where on earth?'

Failing that, stick the URL into Google Images.

Have a good weekend all.

The SSK

Is there anything notably historic or nostalgic about this airport? Just asking, no agenda, hidden or otherwise.

You mean like Crazies Hill? (tongue in cheek!)

Where did it go? I initially thought it was Kill Devil Hills airport in North Carolina.
An historic site to be sure.

The last few replies are going to be confusing for other readers :confused:

Which airfield is being dedicated/opened here?
http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/...0121104A-1.jpg

Here's the view the other way.
http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/...0121104E-1.jpg


I'll post a couple of images of the airfield in action if more clues are needed.

RAF Polebrook? 351st Bombardment group USAAF?
Open house if correct which I probably am not.

Chelveston?

It's not Polebrook or Chelveston.

Here are some shots of the airfield in action

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/...0121104B-1.jpg

and

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/...0121104C-1.jpg

If only to eliminate it for others....wild shot..Stoney Cross?

RAF Nuthampstead, Hertfordshire, England ?

That's the one. Here's an overhead to compare with today

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/...0121104D-1.jpg

Over to you evansb

Thank you. Lovely challenge, that was! Here is another mystery aerodrome:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r.../WAD121104.jpg

Just going back to Nuthampstead for a minute, especially at this time of year it doesn't do any harm to recall this well known story from there:

IT WAS A FORTRESS COMING HOME - They Could Hear It Before They Could See it - By Allen Ostrom

Busy little field ... supporting the Korean war ? ... somewhere in Japan ?

I'm thinking Berlin Airlift but in the USA.
There was an airfield where they did heavy maintenance on aircraft involved.
Not near my library at the moment but am I "warm"

Only a guess, Tacoma

Update of list of Aerodromes to 4 Nov 2012
 

The list has been updated today up to and including 4 November 2012.
Mel

If its Japan, I can't get the C-124As (no pimple) away from Tachikawa - the main USAF transport base in Japan - (other than Ashiya - which it ain't) during the Korean War. Its changed a lot and was considered short (only 4900ft) even then.

So my half guess is Tachikawa - near Tokyo.

Found this gruesome quote -

"According to a report by Major General Victor E. Bertrandias, Deputy Inspector General, Department of the Air Force, there were a total of 685 personnel, including 149 pilots, killed in transport accidents in 1951 and 1952. There were 107 cargo-type aircraft destroyed, resulting in a materiel loss of many millions of dollars.


The first airplane crash with over 100 fatalities involved a Douglas C-124A Globemaster carrying U.S. military personnel from Japan to Korea on June 18, 1953. The accident occurred approximately three miles from Tachikawa, Japan. Seven crew members and 122 passengers perished in the accident. There were no survivors."

See here -
Korean War Educator: Topics - Airplane Crashes - Globemaster, Japan


Thanks for the list update Mel. LFH

Lordflasheart is correct:ok:. Tachikawa Air base, Japan, Your turn.

Thankyou EvansB. You got an icy blast coming Friday/Saturday - High of Minus 12C :eek:. Hope you're all prepared.

More American planes - Navy style this time.


http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1352240553

Dunsfold??

Not Dunsfold, Chevy. Nice try, but Dunsfold's 'other runway angle off' is less than the mystery field. And 25 ain't the main. LFH

RNAS Culdrose, (HMS Seahawk), Cornwall, England ?



Re: Lethbridge WX: Yes, -16C is the low temperature forecast for Friday. I have snow tires on all four wheels, windshield washer is good to -35, and the engine block pre-heater is functional. I live in a land of temperature extremes. Due to the Chinook winds, Lethbridge can be Canada's hot spot one day, and one of the cooler cities the next.

Ah yes, memories of Claresholm.

Spot on evansb. You have control.

Big swansong Skyraider Balbo in 1959. Though 849D flight did a full year embarked in 1960.

LFH

Which reminds me I must toddle up the road and get a can of windscreen deicer spray - should last til New Year. :)

Thank you. Here is the next mystery aerodrome:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r.../WAD121107.jpg

Somewhere in France?