allardjd 1,853 Posted July 24, 2011 Report Share Posted July 24, 2011 You won't find lat-lon readings that are equal anywhere near the Amazon. The four lines start out at 45 degrees from the cardinal compass points, i.e NW, NE, SE and SW, but trend toward north or south as they all ultimately reach 90N or 90S. Latitudes near the Amazon will be near zero but longitudes will be larger numbers, so not equal. John Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,487 Posted July 24, 2011 Report Share Posted July 24, 2011 I think it might be on the Northeastern line heading through Africa and out through Russia but I haven't found one yet Link to post Share on other sites
CSoul 182 Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 Salekhard, USDD, in Russia. Joe was onto it, I reckon. Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 USDD it is. It's very surprising when following those lines how few airports lie on or even near them. This one is almost on Russia's north coast so you had to follow the line a fair distance to find it. You're right - Joe was on the scent. Nice work, sir - you did well, and win the right to confound and confuse us. Don't make it TOO easy. John Link to post Share on other sites
CSoul 182 Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 Thank you, sir. I shall certainly try. 1) This airport serves and shares its name with a famous historical site. 2) Fingerprints of the Gods Edit: I changed the 'word' monument to historical site. Should make it easier. And here's another clue: the aforementioned historical site is a UNESCO world heritage site. (The helicopter is not a clue) Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,487 Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 Doh! I looked at USDD as it was around 66/66? But the runway layout on Google Earth/FSX looked nothing like your overhead shot! Nevermind Link to post Share on other sites
CSoul 182 Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 Here's another clue; the historical site's most famous pyramid. Link to post Share on other sites
ddavid 149 Posted July 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 Took off - just, bl**dy trees - but couldn't see the temple... Salud - Dai. Link to post Share on other sites
CSoul 182 Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 That's it - Chichen Itza Airport. Serving the famous UNESCO world heritage site and featured in the Fingerprints of the Gods by Graham Hancock. Sadly, FSX doesn't have the temple. :001_th_smiles48: Over to you, Dai. Link to post Share on other sites
ddavid 149 Posted July 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2011 On we go... First, a visual: The plane's a clue. While you're thinking, here's some - and a clue, too, if a little tenuous!! More clues anon. Cheers - Dai. Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted July 29, 2011 Report Share Posted July 29, 2011 I'm not highly confident of this but will lodge a guess... GMFA - Ouezzane, Morocco John Link to post Share on other sites
ddavid 149 Posted July 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2011 Yep, it's an M.A.P. B744 - and you're on the right continent... More suggestions with more nibbles! Cheers - Dai. Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,487 Posted August 3, 2011 Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 Are we there yet! Another clue maybe? Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted August 3, 2011 Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 I've spent hours on this and haven't come up with anything even worthy of presenting as a wild guess. I presume that's a buzz job and that 747 is not really trying to land there. John Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,487 Posted August 3, 2011 Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 And Dai, I don't think you should be watching videos like that! Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted August 3, 2011 Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 That's not MY Navy. That bunch would have been keelhauled and hung from the yardarm where I was. John Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,487 Posted August 3, 2011 Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 If it was the British Navy they would have been drawn and quartered as well Link to post Share on other sites
ddavid 149 Posted August 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2011 And Dai, I don't think you should be watching videos like that! Aah - my only vice - music! Hope I'm not HD&Q'd for it! And sorry that the clues are a little cryptic... Here are some more: 1. I spotted this field when I was searching for John's recent subject; 2. The airport is served by RAM, but they have B737's - the B744 was, indeed, on a 'fly-by'; 3. There's a relatively famous mountain, to the east, named for a famous French geographer; 4. Another musical clue - sorry, you can ask "What?" but not "Why?!?"Enjoy... Une bonne santé - Dai. Link to post Share on other sites
CSoul 182 Posted August 6, 2011 Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 I reckon I might have it. Macenta airport, GUMA, in Guinea? Link to post Share on other sites
ddavid 149 Posted August 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 So, you like YMCA, huh? Well Done, Marcel - over to you... Cheers - Dai. Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,487 Posted August 6, 2011 Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 Well done Marcel, I had no idea, not even close :icon_bowdown: Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted August 6, 2011 Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 So, you like YMCA, huh? ??? I was equally clueless on that one. John Link to post Share on other sites
ddavid 149 Posted August 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 John and Joe - you need to ask "Why" MCA?!? Geddit... Sorry, I got carried away... (By the men in white coats? - Ed). Cheers - Dai. Link to post Share on other sites
CSoul 182 Posted August 6, 2011 Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 YMCA. Great clue: just like the 'friend' in 'speak, friend, and enter' from Lord of the Rings. :001_th_smiles89: And I quite like it, yes (the music, mind, just the music). During the credits for Down Periscope they did an updated version of 'In the Navy' that's just brilliant. :dance2: Fairly easy one, this. 1) The aircraft is a clue. 2) The airport in the picture is located 43 miles away from a very famous, or infamous, racing circuit (think of the Pagani Zonda R). Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted August 6, 2011 Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 EDDK - Cologne-Bonn Link to post Share on other sites
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