|
|||
Which Aerodrome Mk III
Great video!
Are we allowed to ask WHY you/they went to Khorog?
Are we allowed to ask WHY you/they went to Khorog?
![Smilie](https://www.pprune.org/images/smilies/smile.gif)
Can you post the unclipped Polikarpov picture?
![India Four Two is offline](https://www.pprune.org/images/statusicon/user_offline.gif)
A similar environment but more recent
![](https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/808x607/apr_2007_1c_a62ed33b1590a0ff7569e49968b244337afe1d01.jpg)
![](https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/808x607/apr_2007_1c_a62ed33b1590a0ff7569e49968b244337afe1d01.jpg)
![grizzled is offline](https://www.pprune.org/images/statusicon/user_offline.gif)
Are we in Asia?
![Asturias56 is offline](https://www.pprune.org/images/statusicon/user_offline.gif)
Yes, we are in Asia, not Arabia
![](https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1095x968/apr_2007_2c_a6d6e583658db0bc26bd4def3b13b82aead3fe1b.jpg)
Last edited by grizzled; 1st Dec 2020 at 21:33.
![grizzled is offline](https://www.pprune.org/images/statusicon/user_offline.gif)
More clues needed I see...
On approach
![](https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/788x591/apr_2007_5c_a0c888023872826f6edeb19960d9ebe1109f2331.jpg)
On approach
![](https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/788x591/apr_2007_5c_a0c888023872826f6edeb19960d9ebe1109f2331.jpg)
![grizzled is offline](https://www.pprune.org/images/statusicon/user_offline.gif)
Afghanistan?
![India Four Two is offline](https://www.pprune.org/images/statusicon/user_offline.gif)
that desert type is fairly distinctive - it sort of reminds me of bits of Outer Mongolia
![Asturias56 is offline](https://www.pprune.org/images/statusicon/user_offline.gif)
Hi all.. I'm on the other side of the world from most of you right now, so the 24 hour rule is helpful. I just woke up, poured my first cuppa, and most of you are probably heading off to bed - or have already done so.
Well done O Ops! -- Sheberghan it is! I thought it would take longer as there are / were many similar places in Afghanistan (the pix are from 2007) but noting the terrain (slopes on the edge of a desert) likely helped a lot. Here is another view on arrival. We always had to verify (quickly and accurately, both before and after landing) whether the greeting party were "ours" or "theirs".
![](https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1097x823/apr_2007_4c_91a62f47ecfafd39c780ce1ae07c7e7f13896401.jpg)
Take it away O Ops!
Well done O Ops! -- Sheberghan it is! I thought it would take longer as there are / were many similar places in Afghanistan (the pix are from 2007) but noting the terrain (slopes on the edge of a desert) likely helped a lot. Here is another view on arrival. We always had to verify (quickly and accurately, both before and after landing) whether the greeting party were "ours" or "theirs".
![](https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1097x823/apr_2007_4c_91a62f47ecfafd39c780ce1ae07c7e7f13896401.jpg)
Take it away O Ops!
![grizzled is offline](https://www.pprune.org/images/statusicon/user_offline.gif)
Thank you Grizzled. Your visits to this airfield in the nature of little bit of discreet diplomacy perhaps? India Two Four thanks for pointing me in the right direction....
Open House.
Open House.
![OUAQUKGF Ops is offline](https://www.pprune.org/images/statusicon/user_offline.gif)
Yes, discreet is the right word -- and always a logistical quagmire...
As you say, India Four Two sighted you in, and interestingly, Asturias comment was right on as well: when I was sorting some of my photos, I found some that I thought were from Afghanistan but they were actually Mongolia!
As you say, India Four Two sighted you in, and interestingly, Asturias comment was right on as well: when I was sorting some of my photos, I found some that I thought were from Afghanistan but they were actually Mongolia!
![grizzled is offline](https://www.pprune.org/images/statusicon/user_offline.gif)
That's why I said "both before and after landing". This is certainly not the place for discussing how one ascertains / confirms that the people on the ground waiting are the people you were expecting, but, as people who have operated in certain environments could confirm, there are ways to do so. If, for whatever reason those waiting turn out to be other than those you were expecting, and "antagonistic" (for want of a better word), the situation could well deteriorate quickly. What you could / would do at that point would depend very much on the specific situation and your (or your organisation's) protocols. Nuff said on that.
'Tis Open House!
'Tis Open House!
![grizzled is offline](https://www.pprune.org/images/statusicon/user_offline.gif)
This is one that wasn't around for very long but has associations with a famous flyer or two -- the straight road runs right through the site as far as I can tell
![](https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/397x551/2020_11_30_131814_4aa55df3ef7952e38c93fbbb83e8e4ef921fdcf1.jpg)
![](https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/397x551/2020_11_30_131814_4aa55df3ef7952e38c93fbbb83e8e4ef921fdcf1.jpg)
![Asturias56 is offline](https://www.pprune.org/images/statusicon/user_offline.gif)
These brave lads operated out of there for a while
![](https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/748x528/2020_11_30_132047_e6320f31a716c57f6bb0aa0b64cd0c36857e68bf.jpg)
![](https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/748x528/2020_11_30_132047_e6320f31a716c57f6bb0aa0b64cd0c36857e68bf.jpg)
![Asturias56 is offline](https://www.pprune.org/images/statusicon/user_offline.gif)