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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
1st May 2021, 10:53
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,208,954
Posted By Max Tow

Looks a bit chiily for tropics! Sweden?

Looks a bit chiily for tropics!
Sweden?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Apr 2021, 05:15
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,208,954
Posted By Max Tow

Lemnos? OH if correct.

Lemnos? OH if correct.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Apr 2021, 11:15
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,208,954
Posted By Max Tow

Apologies, withdrew my challenge as away for a...

Apologies, withdrew my challenge as away for a few days!
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Apr 2021, 22:46
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,208,954
Posted By Max Tow

Flap40: I agree re Lasham but I suspect it's...

Flap40: I agree re Lasham but I suspect it's there just for a clue from the CL44 photo hence comment re being too big for the OP's airfield...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Apr 2021, 03:38
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,208,954
Posted By Max Tow

Malpensa has been a cradle of Italian aviation...

Malpensa has been a cradle of Italian aviation for over a century, starting with the Caproni brothers in 1910, used by the Italian Air Force use through both wars until becoming a civil airport in...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Apr 2021, 03:36
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,208,954
Posted By Max Tow

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/...

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/560x446/8b663038_43d5_4e1c_805c_091faed7922c_1_201_a_538215b0e14ef3d8dd0a3540f47d377bebc76c03.jpeg
Flaps40 thinks he's cracked it!
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Apr 2021, 13:28
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,208,954
Posted By Max Tow

Try this... ...

Try this...

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/750x254/4301588b_40dd_4d2a_8331_388d6385405f_4_5005_c_2a5ad4abc525eb1df0dc02dedc5209e1fb5cc637.jpeg
1940s
...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
26th Mar 2021, 12:24
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,208,954
Posted By Max Tow

not so fast...in fairness to Chevvron & Asturias,...

not so fast...in fairness to Chevvron & Asturias, a search brings up our man in Budapest, clearly modelling his new line in garden wellies...
...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
26th Mar 2021, 08:44
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,208,954
Posted By Max Tow

Looks a bit like the chap waiting at South...

Looks a bit like the chap waiting at South Kensington tube, who I used to walk past every day, but no airport there and it's not LHR! So on investigation, it seems sculptor Imre Varga made a few of...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
26th Mar 2021, 05:06
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,208,954
Posted By Max Tow

Thanks for the kind words! Is it N.America &/or a...

Thanks for the kind words! Is it N.America &/or a Mustang prop? Also, is 15L grass as otherwise seems too quiet for parallel hard runways?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
25th Mar 2021, 11:48
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,208,954
Posted By Max Tow

No, with those 4 fins it's a Greyhound. They and...

No, with those 4 fins it's a Greyhound. They and Nimrod MR2/R1 were based in Muscat during Enduring Freedom/Operation Veritas in Dec 2001 so I'd tend to go along with OUAQUKGF's Seeb guess.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
25th Mar 2021, 02:54
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,208,954
Posted By Max Tow

Pre or post 9/11?

Pre or post 9/11?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th Mar 2021, 09:06
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,208,954
Posted By Max Tow

Well done SB! I think you meant HMS Kipanga,...

Well done SB! I think you meant HMS Kipanga, which was the co-located naval air station, but Mombasa is spot on so take a bow.

I was actually after RAF Port Reitz (named after the 19th century...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th Mar 2021, 07:25
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,208,954
Posted By Max Tow

Not at all crazy but no to SA. The Shack is ex UK...

Not at all crazy but no to SA. The Shack is ex UK but you're getting much warmer. The Ju 86 is a crucial I.D. so have a quick dig before the northern hemisphere sleuths log on? I need the airfield's...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Mar 2021, 22:19
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,208,954
Posted By Max Tow

No, not a French colony and I think Asturias...

No, not a French colony and I think Asturias already got a "nul points" with that general area.
You are right to pick up on my uncharacteristically lavish wording in the last clue, which may have...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Mar 2021, 20:44
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,208,954
Posted By Max Tow

Good morning from sunny SYD! Sorry, again two...

Good morning from sunny SYD!
Sorry, again two rights on the ocean and two wrongs on the location.
As mentioned, you'll find it East of Suez after some degrees and before the magnificent wonders of...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Mar 2021, 12:31
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,208,954
Posted By Max Tow

Not Philippines, and you've left the ocean. A...

Not Philippines, and you've left the ocean. A couple of clues before I sign off which should hopefully get you there - a modern shot and visitors in 1940.
...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Mar 2021, 09:26
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,208,954
Posted By Max Tow

Not Sri Lanka ...

Not Sri Lanka

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/540x346/2c66c4fb_1d43_45ee_8c87_434a9bb08c23_4_5005_c_31ac355fadb3834b17f7fc79baf53573c3668681.jpeg
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
22nd Mar 2021, 08:50
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,208,954
Posted By Max Tow

To the East of Suez and ex-Empire, but not...

To the East of Suez and ex-Empire, but not Malaya.
The airfield has changed its name since above photos taken - both named after former top men in the neighbourhood.
By the way,SLB's Hurricane has...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Mar 2021, 22:22
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,208,954
Posted By Max Tow

Two "rights" on the East of Suez guesses but two...

Two "rights" on the East of Suez guesses but two "wrongs" on suggested locations. And therein lies a clue.
Slightly later photos....
...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Mar 2021, 09:05
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,208,954
Posted By Max Tow

Thanks MG - I see that aircraft, if it's S9-SAO,...

Thanks MG - I see that aircraft, if it's S9-SAO, came to a sad end the following year. Hopefully nothing to do with the clear liquid breakfast.

Here's something for the weekend from soggy SYD:
...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Mar 2021, 11:00
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,208,954
Posted By Max Tow

U.A.E. perhaps, Dubai?

U.A.E. perhaps, Dubai?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Mar 2021, 23:52
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,208,954
Posted By Max Tow

Richmond was quite a frequent destination for the...

Richmond was quite a frequent destination for the Vulcan, including the first non-stop UK/Australia flight in 1961.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJO6CBL6fEE

Here are the same hangars as in the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Mar 2021, 04:43
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,208,954
Posted By Max Tow

Quite so. In the meantime, having looked at a...

Quite so.
In the meantime, having looked at a TWA Lindbergh Line map, I wondered what had become of Winslow Arizona (apart from the Eagles song) featured large on the transcontinental trunk route...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Mar 2021, 23:24
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,208,954
Posted By Max Tow

An adventurous but sadly short life! Expedition...

An adventurous but sadly short life!
Expedition report here (I see H-T originally named the island after Neville Chamberlain)..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW7Wz2a4SDg

OH declared
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Mar 2021, 21:45
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,208,954
Posted By Max Tow

Well, starting from Miss Piggy wreck in Churchill...

Well, starting from Miss Piggy wreck in Churchill and going c 2000km N brings us to Haig-Thomas Island, but I see no aerodrome? OH if correct (SLB had one ready?).
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Mar 2021, 09:17
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,208,954
Posted By Max Tow

Thanks for that - The "DC4 racecourse" in Stanley...

Thanks for that - The "DC4 racecourse" in Stanley seems to be little changed from the 1966 photos in the link.
As others have remarked before, these explorations tend to throw up all sorts of...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Mar 2021, 22:12
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,208,954
Posted By Max Tow

"...and a wonderful spot to spend a holiday...

"...and a wonderful spot to spend a holiday week." SLB - I think you'd find most of your week spent in getting there & back.
Pending Asturias' adjudication, those of you interested in Falklands...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Mar 2021, 19:40
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,208,954
Posted By Max Tow

An historical link...a long way from home. ...

An historical link...a long way from home.
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/279x392/0453c16a_2c3b_4c77_93d2_cb2ac12e45de_4_5005_c_3b6da75f49bf8bea571046b12d7319d323d70033.jpeg...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Mar 2021, 08:13
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,208,954
Posted By Max Tow

Searching for the required historic link, are we...

Searching for the required historic link, are we nearer to Sheffield?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Mar 2021, 04:08
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,208,954
Posted By Max Tow

Further thoughts... Interestingly, OP hasn't...

Further thoughts...

Interestingly, OP hasn't yet said which in direction from Cameroon to Oz it's equidistant, so with those dunes & grass, the cooler latitudes on the other way round to recent...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
1st Mar 2021, 22:12
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,208,954
Posted By Max Tow

[QUOTE=nvubu;10999920] "I reckon it is must be...

[QUOTE=nvubu;10999920] "I reckon it is must be somewhere in the Indian sub-continent - but where I have no idea."

except that I don't think that you'll find "English is spoken by most of the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Feb 2021, 21:31
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,208,954
Posted By Max Tow

Re the flag on the RAF Tristar - it's meant to be...

Re the flag on the RAF Tristar - it's meant to be asymetric. The red saltire of St Patrick (N.Ireland) is offset so that it does not relegate the white saltire of St Andrew (Scotland) to just a thin...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
22nd Feb 2021, 08:54
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,208,954
Posted By Max Tow

Tks. OH as per yesterday's post.

Tks. OH as per yesterday's post.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Feb 2021, 09:45
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,208,954
Posted By Max Tow

Thanks for the clue! I guess we're considered in...

Thanks for the clue! I guess we're considered in Oz to be "as far as you could imagine" so Walla Walla is indeed strange & Antipodean on the list of WW2 USAAF bases (having discarded "Venice" &...
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