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OvertHawk 26th May 2021 22:21

Since it's open house... Try this one folks:
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....77c7406515.jpg

chevvron 27th May 2021 04:25

Barnesly Park?

OvertHawk 27th May 2021 07:34


Originally Posted by chevvron (Post 11052153)
Barnesly Park?

Nope.

I'll give it a bit longer then post some clues.

One hint - don't necessarily let the black and white image guide you - it was taken well into the era of colour.

lauriebe 27th May 2021 13:03

Looks to be a few 'derelict' airframes there. A crash practice area perhaps at Catterick.

OH if correct.

OvertHawk 27th May 2021 18:37


Originally Posted by lauriebe (Post 11052426)
Looks to be a few 'derelict' airframes there. A crash practice area perhaps at Catterick.

OH if correct.

You're correct

Catterick (from a VGS glider) circa 1985.

Here are a couple of other photos.

Note the VGS gliding caravan at the threshold adjacent to the Hastings.

The fuselage behind the Hastings is Buccaneer then (obviously) a Vulcan and beside that (if i recall) the remains of a much scorched Javelin and another Vulcan.

Below that a photo of the domestic site.
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....2a5f851511.jpg
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....74e9135063.jpg

India Four Two 28th May 2021 03:12

Here's one that is a long way from North Yorkshire:


https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....e2e440daf4.jpg

Asturias56 28th May 2021 08:06

the careful application of HS&E to allow a vast number of people to live literally at the end of the runway suggests SE Asia to me............. Indonesia?

India Four Two 28th May 2021 14:32

Asturias,

Your thought process applies to this location, but it is not Indonesia.

Asturias56 28th May 2021 14:56

S E Asia then?

Asturias56 28th May 2021 14:59

Nope - its Goma - much in the news - somewhere with big lake, that weird strip connection the terminal to the runway.......

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....760284bc6e.jpg

India Four Two 29th May 2021 04:44

Asturias has it with Goma. The original picture shows the 2002 lava flow which shortened the runway and inundated the taxiway, cutting off the terminal from the runway!

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....83c6891f51.jpg

The recent lava flow came from the same vent system on the southern flanks of Mount Nyiragongo. It didn't reach the airport this time, but it did destroy hundreds of houses.
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....c4b093e56a.jpg

Airfield at the top left:
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....4dcec56b9.jpeg


https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....5f4910abfe.jpg

Asturias has control.

Asturias56 29th May 2021 07:39

Phew!

here's one a ways from Goma.......................... and any volcano!

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....dad263dc17.jpg

India Four Two 30th May 2021 05:14

Oklahoma is OK, perhaps?

Asturias56 30th May 2021 07:14

Yes, there's a bright golden haze on the meadow

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....3854e55bf8.jpg

sycamore 30th May 2021 10:04

But no elephants....

chevvron 30th May 2021 12:12


Originally Posted by sycamore (Post 11053961)
But no elephants....

That's corny

Asturias56 30th May 2021 16:00

I've got a wonderful feeling, everything's going my way.................................:ok:

There are a lot of airfields in the Sooner State

Asturias56 31st May 2021 07:17

This airfield was active for long time but is no longer in use (at least for fixed wing - may be some ballooning occasionally ) ...................

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....48f02c714e.jpg
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....7a4b49bd04.jpg



teusje 31st May 2021 16:56

Hatbox Field (HAX), Muskogee, OK

Asturias56 1st Jun 2021 15:57

Good shot!

yes - the late Hatbox Field - now a park/motor track etc etc - still do some ballooning there tho'

AS we started with a song - lets all go out together..

"We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee
We don't take no trips on LSD;
We don't burn no draft cards down on Main Street
But, We love living right, and being free
We don't make a party out of loving
But we like holding hands and pitching woo;

We don't let our hair grow long and shaggy
Like the hippies out in San Francisco do

[Chorus]
And I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee
A place where even squares can have a ball;
We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse
White lightning's still the biggest thrill of all


https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....e7be52f0d7.jpg
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....ad27718ced.jpg
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....1374fcd94e.jpg


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