Aircraft Aviation 2 Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Corvo Airport? LPCR Link to post Share on other sites
Troy 0 Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Nope. Link to post Share on other sites
Sabre 28 Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 San Cristobal Airport [sCY] Ecuador? Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 That appears to be San Cristobal (SEST) in the Gallapagoes Islands, off (and owned by) Ecuador. John EDIT: I think Sabre's got it - he just got the ICAO code wrong. Nice job, Sabre. That, of course, assumes that it really is San Cristobal - that's for Troy to say. JDA Link to post Share on other sites
Troy 0 Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 Yep, It is San Cristobal, SEST. Well done. Link to post Share on other sites
Sabre 28 Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 EDIT: I think Sabre's got it - he just got the ICAO code wrong. Nice job, Sabre. That, of course, assumes that it really is San Cristobal - that's for Troy to say. JDA Ooops put IATA Code :001_th_smiles48: Sorry Yep, It is San Cristobal, SEST. Well done. Yeah got it right and a full 5 minutes before John I'll put up the new one tonight when I get in from work. Link to post Share on other sites
Sabre 28 Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 No clues as it's my first ever submission and I have no idea how easy this is. Actually there are some clues elsewhere on the forum in another of my posts I suspect this will be easy for the veterans though Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted July 22, 2011 Report Share Posted July 22, 2011 I'd say it looks like EGQL, Leuchars AB. It wasn't easy. John Link to post Share on other sites
Sabre 28 Posted July 22, 2011 Report Share Posted July 22, 2011 I'd say it looks like EGQL, Leuchars AB. It wasn't easy. John Well done John. Short and sweet. Over to you :001_th_smiles89: Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted July 22, 2011 Report Share Posted July 22, 2011 Built by the French a long time ago, heavily used by the USAF in the past, amongst others; now a thriving international airport in a city that has changed names. My traffic program has these airlines showing there, plus one other that I didn't list because it would be a dead give-away... - Pacific Airlines - Air Deccan - Malaysia Airlines - Air France - Miat Mongolain - Phuket Air - Lufthansa - Bouraq - Thai - Shanghai Airlines There may be others - this was just a snapshot of who was there at the moment I checked. It's a fairly old traffic program so airlines currently servicing the place could be somewhat different. Link to post Share on other sites
CSoul 182 Posted July 22, 2011 Report Share Posted July 22, 2011 Tansonnhat in Vietnam. ICAO code is VVTS. I probably have it wrong, though. The airport in my FSX doesn't look exactly like that. Fits the clue, though. Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted July 22, 2011 Report Share Posted July 22, 2011 You have it exactly right. That's an FS9 screenshot, so not surprising it would look different in FSX. John Link to post Share on other sites
CSoul 182 Posted July 22, 2011 Report Share Posted July 22, 2011 Thanks. Would not have got it unless I remembered that Vietnam was once part of French Indochina. 1) Land here and you would be at risk of suffering AMS. 2) The runway is almost as long, in feet, as the airport's height above sea level. The aircraft is a clue. Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,487 Posted July 22, 2011 Report Share Posted July 22, 2011 Aeropuerto Alejandro Velasco Astete - SPZO? Link to post Share on other sites
CSoul 182 Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 Close. The two do look very similar. And they are within 300nm of each other. 3) The exact difference between height and runway length, according to FSX, is 197ft. 4) This airport made a brief appearance in James Bond: Quantum of Solace. (or rather, the interior of its terminal building) Link to post Share on other sites
ddavid 149 Posted July 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 How's about... Ariba-Ariba - Dai. Link to post Share on other sites
CSoul 182 Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 That's the one, Dai. El Alto International. :001_th_smiles89: You're up. Link to post Share on other sites
ddavid 149 Posted July 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 Hope this isn't too obvious... Hwyl - Dai. Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 CYGM - Gimli Industrial Air Park? John Link to post Share on other sites
ddavid 149 Posted July 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 What makes you think that, eh?!? Ciao - Dai. Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 Right plane, right paint, right airport shape, NO FLAPS. Oh, and yesterday was the anniversary date. Other than that, just a wild guess. Is it right? John Link to post Share on other sites
rob16584 42 Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 Tincontin? Only because the a/c angle is similar to a few shots I've seen Link to post Share on other sites
ddavid 149 Posted July 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 Right plane, right paint, right airport shape, NO FLAPS. Oh, and yesterday was the anniversary date. Other than that, just a wild guess. Is it right? John Of course - just winding you up, John! I did try to make it look 'realistic' - got the pilot to side-slip - flaps and speed brakes inoperative due to low oil pressure. Unfortunately, the default scenery doesn't have the drag-strip barriers... Well Done! O.K., where to now? Cheers - Dai. Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 For this challenge, something a little different. Explore the four lines radiating from 0/0 where latitude and longitude values are numerically equal. The airport I've selected lies almost exactly on one of those lines, i.e. it's latitude and longitude values are nearly identical, varying by less than 0.2 minutes in one version of FS and with no variation at all (precision in minutes to two decimal places) in the other. The airport is remote and unremarkable but there is an obvious geographical feature in one of the screenshots that will help you assure than you've discovered the correct place. One screenshot is from FSX and the other is from FS9. Link to post Share on other sites
rob16584 42 Posted July 24, 2011 Report Share Posted July 24, 2011 Somewhere near the Amazon i'm thinking Link to post Share on other sites
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