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At another West African field each refuel required a large bucket of Avtur to be taken as a sample. Cooking and lighting fuel for someone!
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J,yes ,the Ground engineer had a longpole ,hollow for the Herk,which he would decant into large plastic bags,which were left on the scrub (below the aircraft in picture).....they too would have` evaporated` by the time the crew got on board...! ...must have been the `fairies`.....
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Fairies in your background acknowledged, Sycamore. They still pay my pension.
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Hello all, Sorry I’ve not been paying attention due to helping out at a gliding competition. Thanks JENKINS for accepting my slightly devious identification. I must read Men At Arms again. A wonderful story. Who could forget Brigadier Ritchie-Hook? Open House. |
Ok - one to start of a very hot Saturday........................ a long way from Dakar..........
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....6e79628493.jpg |
Buongiorno Asturias.
It looks somewhat scruffy and "third world". |
Grazie! 35C forecast for today and 37-39 tomorrow - not going much further than the nearest shade today - which just happens to have a bar in in it..........................
Not sensuo stricto Third World - agreed a bit scruffy - they've done some work on it tho' https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....84daeabc51.jpg |
Latino Americana......?
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No - but quite a large place................. off out to the "shade"..................
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....0c4fc8e32d.jpg |
Hope you are enjoying the shade - cin cin.
You said not sensuo stricto Third World. Depends on your point of view. Might it be India ? |
Guessing that may be an IL-62,so Ukraine or Russia...?
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Good spot - definitely the Former
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....fffdf4bfbd.jpg Soviet Union |
Does that mean Russia or one of the union countries ?
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Grazie.
Looking. |
It's eluding me, but I have found a photo which might be it.
But it's a Russian site and I don't speak Russian. :( |
Just Goggled another site "International Airports of Russia".
It looks like Novy. |
yes - you've got it.... Khabarovsk Novy Airport way out in E Siberia -
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....c1610be3a0.jpg https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....8d146bbaef.jpg https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....1d8d07dbbb.jpg |
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Hmm - Tante Ju and a Gotha 242 - lets punt on Grosetto in Tuscany...................
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