The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#6241 Post by G-CPTN » Wed Jul 08, 2020 11:42 am

The 'inland' black rectangle might be a 'marina'.

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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#6242 Post by 4mastacker » Wed Jul 08, 2020 5:46 pm

Capetown?
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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#6243 Post by Woody » Wed Jul 08, 2020 5:59 pm

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Capetown?
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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#6244 Post by 4mastacker » Wed Jul 08, 2020 6:04 pm

Thank you.

Seeing we're doing aerial views, this should be easy for our two-winged sky-gods.

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#6245 Post by Karearea » Thu Jul 09, 2020 7:56 am

That looks as if it might be in Germany?... :)
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#6246 Post by Capetonian » Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:03 am

Ja, alles ist in Ordnung! Could be NL.

I could kick myself for not getting the CPT one but those night satellite photos perplex me, specially when we don't know the orientation, and it's hard to know if the black bits are water or unpopulated and therefore unlit land.

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#6247 Post by 4mastacker » Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:16 am

Neither Germany nor Cloggieland. I gauge from your answers that you are in the approximate geographical area and on the right track.
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#6248 Post by 4mastacker » Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:59 pm

Ooops, another square one dropped by me.......must read properly.....sack cloth and ashes being worn.

Tis Germany as suggested by Karearea . It is one of only three towns in Germany that still has a completely established city wall.
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#6249 Post by Undried Plum » Thu Jul 09, 2020 4:20 pm

4mastacker wrote:
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It is one of only three towns in Germany that still has a completely established city wall.
Arfthur must be a'kickin in 'is grave!

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#6250 Post by Capetonian » Thu Jul 09, 2020 4:34 pm

Ich denke das ist Nördlingen.

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#6251 Post by 4mastacker » Thu Jul 09, 2020 4:53 pm

Ja! Du hast recht Herr Cape.

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#6252 Post by Capetonian » Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:48 pm

Sorry missed this.
OH, please.

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#6253 Post by FD2 » Thu Jul 09, 2020 9:04 pm

How about another aerial view:
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#6254 Post by 1DC » Fri Jul 10, 2020 10:14 am

Arabian Gulf?

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#6255 Post by tango15 » Fri Jul 10, 2020 10:21 am

Dubai 40 years ago? =))

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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#6256 Post by Ex-Ascot » Fri Jul 10, 2020 10:23 am

I have flown over that rag head place many times. Suez end of the canal.

Edit, looked it up but the port is Port Tawfiq. What the hell is a 'Tawfiq'?
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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#6257 Post by tango15 » Fri Jul 10, 2020 10:33 am

Ex-Ascot wrote:
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I have flown over that rag head place many times. Suez end of the canal.

Edit, looked it up but the port is Port Tawfiq. What the hell is a 'Tawfiq'?
I always knew it as Port Tewfik, but apparently it's now called Suez Port:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Port

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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#6258 Post by G-CPTN » Fri Jul 10, 2020 10:35 am

Who collects the toll for use of the canal?

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#6259 Post by FD2 » Fri Jul 10, 2020 11:05 am

Ex-Ascot has it!

Can't remember how the toll was collected (should have asked) but suspect the Grey Funnel Lines of the world owners are probably charged direct.

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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#6260 Post by Ex-Ascot » Fri Jul 10, 2020 11:17 am

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Who collects the toll for use of the canal?
After the Suez crisis I think the pyramid builders. Used to fly with a Capt on The Queen's Flight who flew night fighters (type?) during the crisis. A few feet above the dunes :-o He had a chest full of medals.

OK FD2 thank you, posts crossed. We seem to have been doing aerial challenges recently, don't think that we have ever done underground. I usually post places I have been to, this is an exception but amazing. I got this off a video but it does come up on image search so no cheating please.
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