mutley 4,498 Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 I believe it's either the UK or nearby Europe going on the copyrights. Link to post Share on other sites
ddavid 149 Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 There might be a monster, here....... Cheers - Dai. Link to post Share on other sites
mike H 456 Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 ddavid said: There might be a monster, here....... Cheers - Dai. Dai just going on your Monster theme, I am going for Inverness Dalcross airport. Link to post Share on other sites
ddavid 149 Posted May 8, 2010 Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 Wrong monster, but getting close! Some time back, if you were lucky, you's see some very special planes under landing instruction here.... Cheers - Dai. :nea: Link to post Share on other sites
rob16584 42 Posted May 8, 2010 Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 For some reason i'm thinking London City? Link to post Share on other sites
ddavid 149 Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 Think Oscar Wilde and, possibly Tennyson..... Cheers - Dai. Link to post Share on other sites
ddavid 149 Posted May 11, 2010 Report Share Posted May 11, 2010 ddavid said: Think Oscar Wilde and, possibly Tennyson..... I'm sorry, that should, of course, be Wordsworth.... And, a bonus clue - you used to find sticklebacks here.... Cheers - Dai. Link to post Share on other sites
wisemanp 0 Posted May 16, 2010 Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 I'm still pretty stuck... Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted May 16, 2010 Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 I tried to get a clue yesterday at the show Phil but he wasn't giving anything away :biggrin: Link to post Share on other sites
rob16584 42 Posted May 16, 2010 Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 Typical welshman :biggrin: Link to post Share on other sites
simi_av8r 0 Posted May 16, 2010 Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 ...just a shot in the dark here guys... but i'm going to say that its Bowness Airfield on Lake Windemere...why, well here's what i think after some investigations: [*:i55x7ghf]Oscar Wilde wrote a 4-part comedy called "Lady Windermere's Fan" [*:i55x7ghf]William Wordsworth was born and raised in Wordsworth House in Cockermouth, Cumberland Link to post Share on other sites
mike H 456 Posted May 16, 2010 Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 I like where you are coming from simi, with all your investigations it must be right. :biggrin: Link to post Share on other sites
ddavid 149 Posted May 16, 2010 Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 We have a Winner!! Well done, mate - excellent detecting - I'm really pleased you 'joined up the dots'! :biggrin: So, it's over to you..... Cheers - Dai. Link to post Share on other sites
simi_av8r 0 Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 ddavid said: We have a Winner!! Well done, mate - excellent detecting - I'm really pleased you 'joined up the dots'! So, it's over to you..... Cheers - Dai. go me! Thinking back to when i started to join the dots, the first thing i looked at was the Sunderland clue.. and i looked for Sunderland bases...then i got Lake Windermere as a possible, and remembered from my A-Level in English the Oscar Wilde play about Lady Windermere, and with the Wordsworth clue, i just Wikipedia'd his name and finding his home town of Cockermouth just helped confirm it all... yay me!...ok, let's see how many can ping this one....... CLUE: Beware of microlights and Paint-Ballers if you visit this airfield... Link to post Share on other sites
simi_av8r 0 Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 hmm, little interest in this...are we needing a clue already? Link to post Share on other sites
mike H 456 Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 Yes please simi, another clue would be nice. Link to post Share on other sites
simi_av8r 0 Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 a clue huh, well, without giving too much away, here's one for now: CLUE: The late motor-racing ace Rob Walker was associated with this location... Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted May 20, 2010 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 Time to go Google Earth surfing! Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted May 22, 2010 Report Share Posted May 22, 2010 Time for another clue? Link to post Share on other sites
simi_av8r 0 Posted May 22, 2010 Report Share Posted May 22, 2010 mutley said: Time for another clue? it certainly looks that way Mut, so here we go, another clue... Clue: This airfield, previously a large WW2 OCU Bomber base, now holds one of the largest open-air Sunday markets in the Home Counties... Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted May 22, 2010 Report Share Posted May 22, 2010 Blackbushe EGLK? Link to post Share on other sites
simi_av8r 0 Posted May 22, 2010 Report Share Posted May 22, 2010 Sorry Mut, not Blackbushe, but it's a good guess none the less Link to post Share on other sites
simi_av8r 0 Posted May 25, 2010 Report Share Posted May 25, 2010 still no takers on a guess....even a wrong guess helps to narrow down the possibles... Well, being the kind and benevolent person that i am, heres a further clue: [clue] This airfield was opened in 1942 as a satellite to a nearby major RAF Bomber Command station that was, at the time, home to 101Sqn. Within a year of its opening, this airfield then came under the control of No. 9 Group Fighter Command. [/clue] Now, if you can't get it off that, i'm stuck for more clues!!! Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted May 25, 2010 Report Share Posted May 25, 2010 Right, so in 1943, 101 moved the Mudford Magna from RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, so the satilte field is RAF Breighton!. 460 RAAF began training there in 1941. Thanks to this - http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/s58.html Link to post Share on other sites
simi_av8r 0 Posted May 25, 2010 Report Share Posted May 25, 2010 Kieran, you're so close it hurts....but NOT correct....better luck next time. Link to post Share on other sites
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