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nvubu 18th Nov 2012 15:36

It is in Germany

nvubu 19th Nov 2012 12:07

Southern half

It goes by a few different names. It has an ICAO code, is purely military, but not for much longer.

evansb 19th Nov 2012 18:56

Lechfeld, Bavaria ?

nvubu 19th Nov 2012 19:26

It's certainly in Bavaria, but you are too far south.

nvubu 19th Nov 2012 19:41

I've just found this plan of the aerodrome from 1943 - hope this helps

http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/.../20121118E.jpg

Lordflasheart 19th Nov 2012 21:58

Bavaria eh ? If the road south leads to Weissenburg-in-Bayern, the road north must lead to .... Roth ?

(tricky - not really convinced yet) LFH

nvubu 19th Nov 2012 22:04

LFH - Well done

Roth (ETHR) / Otto Lilienthal Barracks it is.

Over to you.

Lordflasheart 20th Nov 2012 08:26

Thank you Hippo. Roth/Bavaria/Germany. I wouldn't have got it without the Bavaria clue or the the smudged signpost on the plan drawing.

Op Frantic - what a story.

Here's the next - not a great pic - bit low on stock. LFH


http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/.../LFHWAD017.jpg

chevvron 20th Nov 2012 11:56

Elvington?

Lordflasheart 20th Nov 2012 13:01

Not Elvington (Near York, England) Not with all them thar' lakes, Chevy. Not England.

Lordflasheart 22nd Nov 2012 07:21

Time for a clue ?

Europe - ex-military "regional" airport RW 16/34 - LFH

dixi188 22nd Nov 2012 19:47

Northern Europe perhaps?
Sweden has lots of N/S runways.

Lordflasheart 22nd Nov 2012 21:55

It's more like mittel Europa Dixi - with a touch of east. There's a couple of rusty migs loafing on GE. LFH

chevvron 23rd Nov 2012 08:23

Poland maybe?

Lordflasheart 23rd Nov 2012 08:43

Otepluje. Česká republika, soudruhu Chevvron. LFH

Capot 23rd Nov 2012 08:54

Hradec Králové Airport, soudruhu Lordflasheart?

Lordflasheart 23rd Nov 2012 09:16

Správně, soudruhu Capot. Hradec Králové Airport Čechy, Česká republika.
Máte kontrolu.

Hradec Kralove Airport, East Bohemia, Czech Republic

One of the oldest settlements in the Czech Republic - Hradec (the Castle) Králové (of the queen) named for Elizabeth Richeza of Poland, 1286–1335, one time a wife of King Wenceslaus II.

Sorry about the undistinguished photo - one of those panorama snappers that make it look like looking thru a letter-box.

Capot has control. LFH

Capot 23rd Nov 2012 09:20

Thank you, LFH.

I've only got a rather easy one; been done before,
I think, but as a later incarnation....

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...chAirport1.jpg

merlinxx 23rd Nov 2012 10:39

Rotterdam ?

Capot 23rd Nov 2012 11:13

Right continent........wrong country.

Capot 23rd Nov 2012 15:46

A clue to keep things moving......the home team's flag is flying...

chevvron 23rd Nov 2012 16:04

Juventus? (Torino)

Capot 23rd Nov 2012 18:12

Sorry, not Juventus..

Photo was taken in the '60's; the airfield was in use for scheduled flights then and in the '70s, although this baffled many people....maybe later than that but I don't know.

Capot 23rd Nov 2012 20:55

Hmmm...I thought it would go quickly. If you found the 2 clues so far baffling, you could try a casino gamble at the name.....

merlinxx 23rd Nov 2012 21:53

It's Stars n Stripes that's getting me. More delving, I like this game, and I don't historical data bases.

one11 23rd Nov 2012 21:57

Ostend - Middelkerke ??

Capot 24th Nov 2012 09:00

Not Ostende, but not all that far away....

A converted DC4 was written off there, in a baffling accident.....

merlinxx 24th Nov 2012 09:27

Well G-ARSF written off at EHRD/RTM & G-APNH written off at LFAT/LTQ so has got to be one or the other, but the tower could be Le Touquet, but can't see the railway lines:{

Capot 24th Nov 2012 09:36

Merlinxx has it; it's Le Touquet; the pic is a postcard I sent in 1967 after an involuntary and totally unqualified night landing there, resulting from awful flight planning. They gave me an SRA (or similar) with enormous charm and encouragement. "Rien de quoi, Monsieur", they said afterwards.

I thought that "baffling" would be a clue!

Merlinxx has control.

merlinxx 24th Nov 2012 11:52

Thks Capot...
 
Open House. Le Touquet, 1955 with parents on a Morton's jolly ex Croydon. Then later when with BUA on our Silver Arrow, just loved getting of the Viscount/1-11 straight on to the train. Many happy lunches at the airport restaurant :E:ok:

merlinxx 24th Nov 2012 12:27

Capot ?
 
were you on "NH" hotel then ?

Capot 24th Nov 2012 13:55

Merlinxx; no, I had flown a light a/c across the Channel, as a fairly recent PPL, and got the sunset time wrong!

cuefaye 25th Nov 2012 11:11

OH, so here goes ---

http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/...ymate/grul.jpg

zetec2 25th Nov 2012 12:33

Where
 
That looks like Bhutan, if not very similiar.

In the unlikely event would have to advise OH, Paul H.

cuefaye 25th Nov 2012 13:18

Sorry zetec, not Bhutan - a different continent

cuefaye 26th Nov 2012 09:41

Another view ----

http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/...mate/grul2.jpg

englishkev 26th Nov 2012 11:51

Glenwood Springs, Colorado ?

cuefaye 26th Nov 2012 15:12

Spot on Kev - YHC

(God's own - that'll be Lancashire then!)

englishkev 26th Nov 2012 18:22

No ours is the pure white rose haha. Wonderful airfield especially the drive from Vail. Worth the visit for the friendly owner who insisted on opening up his hanger to show us his Broussard.
I digress not 100% sure on uploading pictures so open house

Kev

asw22 26th Nov 2012 21:14

OH? So here I come again with one of my photos from long ago...

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/3047/pprune4.jpg

I am a nice guy so I will give you a clue right away: same series as the others photos I have shown so far...But you would need to be lucky (or steel eyed) to find it using Google...;)


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