Trivia Question of the Day

[Capetonian]

I would expect it to be somewhere in the mountains in the north but the highest I can find is about 600m amsl.
Can we assume it's not a commercial airfield, but more likely military or general aviation?

[Wodrick]

That takes some finding, Aosta Valley Airport for Courmayeur

[Capetonian]

What is the only airfield in Italy which is over 1000m amsl?

Are we talking feet or metres here? I suspect the original question was wrong and therefore misleading.

Aosta was one I looked at too, but according to FlightRadar, Aosta airport is 1789 feet AMSL.
And their own website :
SCHEDA TECNICA AEROPORTO
ICAO Code LIMW
Address I - 11020 Saint Christophe AO
Phone +39 0165 303318
Fax +39 0165 303321
AD Operative hours

vedi AIP e NOTAMS in vigore
Traffic Circuit Standard
Aosta Radio 119.95 MHz
Aerodrome elevation 547M - 1796Ft
Ref. Temp. 25 C°
Aerodrome Ref. Point: Lat. 45° 44' 18" N
Long. 07° 22' 03 " E
Jurisdictional Torino/Caselle
Location : 1,35 NM E of Aosta
Remarks Open to International Touristic and Commercial Traffic
Sanitary services Assured
Fire Equipment Cat. 2 ICAO Estendibile fino alla cat. 5 ICAO

[larsssnowpharter]

It is not commercial but was military in 1917/18.
Altitude correctly stated as metres.

[Capetonian]

So back to the charts then.

The Toblach Airport lies approximately 1km to the South of the village of Toblach and is Italy's northern-most and highest airport. The military airfield has a 700m long and 50m wide grass runway and is managed by the Italian Air Force's Airport Detachment Toblach. On weekends and holidays from May to October the airport is open for civilian traffic.

On the border with Austria.

1240m amsl.

[larsssnowpharter]

Well, this is embarrassing!

I actually had Asiago in mind! What makes it worse is that I have landed at Toblach! But Toblach is higher. In my defense, I would add that some sources quote Asiago and the locals claim it as the highest and it is open all year. I've lived there and still keep the DG there. Airport has a good restaurant and you can rent rooms there.

My next clue was going to be about the cheese Asiago is famous for.

All yours, Cape.

[Capetonian]

I think I can forgive you!

A well known British product, sold globally, changed its label last year for the first time in 124 years.

What is the product, and what was the reason for the change?

[Wodrick]

HP sauce, reflecting the work in progress.

[llondel]

That's not made in Britain any more, I think they moved production to Holland a few years back.

[Capetonian]

HP sauce, reflecting the work in progress.
That's not made in Britain any more, I think they moved production to Holland a few years back

Yes, and yes, and yes. I think it's still fair to describe it as a British product and if I'd said a Dutch product it would have been a but obscure.

[llondel]

It came up in a trivia night quiz over here (same one as the women in space, I think the establishment had acquired a British-themed trivia pack) a while back. I got that one right, something about what was on the label or what HP stood for or something like that. I even have HP Sauce in the cupboard, it's available from the local import store.

[Wodrick]

What I want to know is where these obscure snippets come from, as soon as I saw that I knew HP sauce (which I hate BTW)

Who is the only Rider/Driver to be 500cc Motor cycle and Formula One World Champion

[k3k3]

John Surtees? I think it was only a couple of years ago that he died.

[Capetonian]

One of the Surtees clan (brothers I think). Jack?

[Wodrick]

K3K3 has it John Surtees d 2017

[k3k3]

What cargo did Alidair fly to Lossiemouth almost every night in the mid seventies?

[Wodrick]

Newspapers ?

[k3k3]

Indeed! The Scottish Daily Express was printed in Manchester and seven tons of them were flown to Lossie from Ringway in Viscounts.

If we presented ourselves at the Servisair desk by 2200 we could cadge a lift on them, after unloading they would normally fly on to Aberdeen or Derby with an erk or two sat on the floor.

Wodders has it.

[Wodrick]

Thank you

At that time it was not just the Scottish Daily Express. Manchester was a major printing hub and the night was busy with newspaper flights.

Wod Manchester Airport, a life, 1972 to 2008


Which British pottery maker was Charles Darwin's uncle, who helped his nephew get a job as a naturalist on the ship, the Beagle?

[ian16th]

Mr. Wedgewood?