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But he said "You might want to plan your fuel a bit better than simply South Pole"

For what it's worth, I think it's Argentinian Marambio Base, which is over 1500 nm from the South Pole and the Amundsen-Scott Base is over 700 nm away.

Asturias56

9th Sep 2019 15:17

ahhh - geographical imprecision

Chevron said "South Pole" and Bear said "yes"

I guess Chevron meant The South Pole and Bear meant Antarctica.... all zebras have 4 legs but not all 4 legged animals are zebras.........

And post #16793 shows hills in the back ground - and its a VERY long way from Amundsen-Scott to a rock...................

dook	9th Sep 2019 15:23

Consider the size of Italia compared with Antarctica.

If you posted an airfield in Italy and I said "Italy" you would say yes, but you wouldn't give me a win would you.

I would have to say which airfield it was.

Asturias56

9th Sep 2019 15:38

But South Pole is a definite location - an absolute point in fact (one of four on the Earth's surface as my Geography Master used to point out............) - and I doubt 1 person in a million ever refers to a stretch of ice as the "Jack F. Paulus Skiway" - even down there

I read Chevrons post as THE SOUTH POLE - not Antarctica

It's up to Bear anyway as it's his/her challenge...................

dook	9th Sep 2019 15:44

"her"...."her"...?

He'll love that.

Self loading bear

9th Sep 2019 15:58

Dook asked if it was one of the poles ( as a region)
I thought Chevron by asking if it would the South Pole in order to reduce the search area by 50%.
(as no airbase name was given)

If the challenge had been about Luxembourg I would have accepted Luxembourg as a correct answer as they only have one airport (of which I am aware)

It is indeed Marambio as Dook stated.
The only non ice strip on the South Pole

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....95c80ac68.jpeg

dook has control again
(and I myself, appreciate that you give others some time to come up with their own answer.
Although I can also see that others would be annoyed that you show to have more time to spent as them)

dook	9th Sep 2019 16:17

Thank you Bear.

Yes - I do have a lot more time than most people which is why I left it open.

For the same reason Open House.

If not taken by tonight I will post.

India Four Two

9th Sep 2019 16:44

I'll take advantage of dook's OH.

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....e2983cf6a1.jpg

This one is worthy of a caption: "Chief, can you take a look? I'm getting full power, but she won't get airborne!"

jensdad

9th Sep 2019 16:45

Thank you dook. Have a chew on this one, folks... I'm pretty sure someone here will know this airfield so I'll initially just respons yes / no to airfield names. If it's still here by last thing tonight, I'll start dishing clues out.

Edit: I42 beat me to it by a few seconds. Will keep my challenge for next time...

Asturias56

9th Sep 2019 17:08

Biggest airfix kit I've ever seen................................

dook	9th Sep 2019 17:13

You can't buy one anymore but I have Hasegawa Sopwith Camel - 1/8 scale.

Designed as a skeleton model. The engine is a masterpiece in itself.

Self loading bear

9th Sep 2019 17:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by dook (Post 10565750)

"her"...."her"...?

He'll love that.

I don’t mind that.
Actually it is good manners of her/him (Chrevron)
when the OP posts under a pseudonym.

By the way, we had an outspoken female contributor some months back.
Did we scare her off?

Asturias56

9th Sep 2019 17:20

India42 - is that the UK?