It'll be an absolute tinker without something to get the ball rolling; 1967 and Antipodal.
|
Whenuapai, NZ. (I have an almost identical picture from 1970)
|
Originally Posted by siftydog
(Post 11076958)
It'll be an absolute tinker without something to get the ball rolling; 1967 and Antipodal.
Happy searching! |
Originally Posted by Asturias56
(Post 11076810)
They've operated some quite large aircraft in there occasionally. Iberia have used A330-200's on some flights from Madrid in the past (maybe even as late as last year) - obviously NOT at max weight.
Strange place......... https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....bd1eef89ee.jpg |
"It'll be an absolute tinker without something to get the ball rolling;"
Sifty - most of the regulars on here LOVE an absolute stinker....................... all teh easy ones have been done. I think the latest list published by Bear has over 3400 challenges - some are duplicated of course but it's quite percentage of the worlds airfields (and the Pope's Helipad) already been through the mill. |
Good guess but not Whenuapai Shackman. Probably time for a clue; This was the largest aircraft type to provide a scheduled service and they were severely performance limited at that. (Aircraft depicted is not at challenge location).
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....3fbbb00603.png |
Norfolk Island?
|
I'll have a shot at another place I'd love to visit, Chatham Island. Wikipedia tells me that the airfield is next to a lagoon, and that the RNZAF once had Sunderlands based there...
|
Could it be Whangarei?
OH if correct. |
Originally Posted by lauriebe
(Post 11077754)
Could it be Whangarei?
OH if correct. https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....3640e4883.jpeg |
Lauriebe gets it with Onerahi, Whangarei. SLB has the back story. NZ4114 was struck off charge in Feb 1967; the venerable Sunderlands haven been replaced with the thoroughly modern Lockheed P3 onions.
OH |
None of the historic airfield is on this photograph; this is the memorial associated with it. The actual airfield site was more or less directly behind me when I took the pic. Not entirely sure how far behind - I'm not local to this locality...
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....7e25d36db6.jpg |
Sutton Bridge. OH if correct. River Nene? Name of a jet engine.
|
Apologies for the delay in responding.
Yes indeed, it is RAF Sutton Bridge, a former training base next to the River Nene in Lincolnshire, UK. I didn't actually know there had been an airfield there - I just stopped to take a photo of the Crosskeys Bridge while driving back from Norfolk in May, and came across the memorial next to the road. I nearly ended up in the Nene, the grass on that embankment gets very slippy when it's been raining. https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....3519bc431c.jpg https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....27b2833941.jpg Get me some traffic has control. |
OH I'm afraid.
|
OH… OK, A bit unconventional, but perhaps as a stocking filler someone can crack the location of the photo I left on post 206.
shouldn’t last too long. Sifty |
Is it on the South Island?
|
Te Wai Pounamu it is.
|
Lo siento, No hablo Maori
might be Invercargill? |
Too hilly for Invercargill Asturias. You’ll have to go north, but no further than 40’30secs south.
|
All times are GMT. The time now is 21:42. |
Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.