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RbnDave
15th of June 2005 (Wed), 13:17
Can you figure out which airport this is? Your hints are it's somewhere in the lower 48 states. :D :D

http://www.pbase.com/rbndave/image/44797132.jpg


Here's another picture of the mighty CRJ 700 taken at RDU
http://www.pbase.com/rbndave/image/44797129.jpg
RbnDave
15th of June 2005 (Wed), 20:24
No one has taken a shot.

Here is another hint. Florida Panhandle.
Belmondo
15th of June 2005 (Wed), 20:27
Okay, with that clue I'll try Tallahassee.
Tom W
15th of June 2005 (Wed), 21:19
Okaloosa Regional, approaching from the north. WAG!
RbnDave
15th of June 2005 (Wed), 21:33
I suppose it's tuff to figure this one out. Most of the panhandle looks the same.

Another hint. This is facing west.
Tom W
15th of June 2005 (Wed), 21:41
That rules out Okaloosa then! :)
Also rules out Panama City.
Tom W
15th of June 2005 (Wed), 21:47
Is it private or public?
Tom W
15th of June 2005 (Wed), 22:13
I would say Pensacola, but there's not enough water showing in your image in front of the runway. US Airways Express does fly there from CLT. :)

Tom's guess at Tallahassee is pretty good though. Hard to tell, but I'm looking at the Terraserver aerial images and trying to match up the landmarks. Way different perspective.
Tom W
16th of June 2005 (Thu), 00:36
OK, it's Tallahassee - TLH. I just checked the full-sized image at PBase. :)

That thing that I thought was a lake or river looks more like a retention pond at a sewage treatment plant. It's rectangular anyway - the shape is clear on the full image, as it is on terraserver.com.
RbnDave
16th of June 2005 (Thu), 05:43
Very good, it's Tallahassee.

Belmondo was first, but I am thinking he just guessed :lol: .

Good eye TomW. Are you from that area?

BTW, that photo was taken one day after tropical storm Arlene blew through. Florida is more hot and humid than I could imagine. I spent the night in Tallahassee and it was my first time in Florida during the summer. I can see why the snowbirds travel back north. There were lots of pretty clouds though. I bet it wouldn't be too hard to get some nice thunderstorm over swamp landscape pics. I have to start bringing my tripod on trips.
Tom W
16th of June 2005 (Thu), 13:42
Very good, it's Tallahassee.

Belmondo was first, but I am thinking he just guessed :lol: .

Good eye TomW. Are you from that area?

BTW, that photo was taken one day after tropical storm Arlene blew through. Florida is more hot and humid than I could imagine. I spent the night in Tallahassee and it was my first time in Florida during the summer. I can see why the snowbirds travel back north. There were lots of pretty clouds though. I bet it wouldn't be too hard to get some nice thunderstorm over swamp landscape pics. I have to start bringing my tripod on trips.

No, I'm from Cleveland, Ohio (HAP for the flyers) originally. Moved to Chattanooga 4 years ago for a job change.

It took a bit of digging on my part, with some help from Airnav.com and the terraserver link on that site. I studied at about 6 aerial/satellite photos before I decided to look at the full image you had on PBase. Once I saw the shape of that water pond/pool, I recognized it on the satellite image.

Do you ever fly into Chattanooga? Nice little airport, but I think UPS and FedEx land more aircraft here than the airlines.
Belmondo
16th of June 2005 (Thu), 14:16
Very good, it's Tallahassee.

Belmondo was first, but I am thinking he just guessed :lol: .

I wuz robbed!! I want my gold star.
Tom W
16th of June 2005 (Thu), 19:29
I wuz robbed!! I want my gold star.\

Never!!!

Unless I can trade it for something about 300 mm in length, with f/2.8 aperture. :)

I'm not even sure what I'd do with all that lens, considering I've had a rash of consumer-grade buyeritis lately (just snagged a 24-85 f/3.5-4.5 for the lightweight kit).