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  • Originally posted by Petertenthije View Post
    The next one:

    There is a city with two airports. Both airports are named after individuals who died in an aircrash. Please give me the name of the larger of the two airports (both for bonus points ).
    Wiley Post Airport and Will Rogers Airport



    All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last (Marcel Proust)

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    • Originally posted by HB-IHC View Post
      Wiley Post Airport and Will Rogers Airport
      That went a lot faster then I had expected. It's yours again.
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      • Originally posted by Petertenthije View Post
        That went a lot faster then I had expected. It's yours again.
        Oh well Peter... let's hope this doesn't drag on just because I think it will get solved quickly!




        All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last (Marcel Proust)

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        • sOMEWHERE IN SPAIN, PERHAPS?

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          • Originally posted by ced ampo View Post
            sOMEWHERE IN SPAIN, PERHAPS?
            Not Spain I'm afraid.

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            There are strong links between the images on the windows and this airport but beware... they aren't so much primary links but secondary... they are linked to something which has very strong primary connections with this airport.

            The airport was constructed near the end of WW2 and currently has 3 runways.



            All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last (Marcel Proust)

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            • Seattle Tacoma.

              ...and would the link be something to do with this from Wikipedia...

              Christmas tree controversy
              On December 9, 2006, a controversy arose over the airport's display of Christmas trees, which the Port of Seattle officially called "holiday trees" in all public statements. Rabbi Elazar Bogomilsky of Northwest Friends of Chabad-Lubavitch requested that he be permitted to install a chanukkiyah in addition to the trees. Talks were unproductive. The rabbi's attorney, Harvey Grad, sent a legal document to the port. Fearing a lawsuit, the airport took 14 Christmas trees down. This attracted international media attention. After Rabbi Bogomilsky and other Jewish leaders stated that they had no intention of suing the Port of Seattle, the port reinstalled the trees on the night of December 11, 2006.[17]
              Last edited by brianw999; 2010-03-19, 12:38.
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              • Originally posted by brianw999 View Post
                Seattle Tacoma.

                ...and would the link be something to do with this from Wikipedia...
                Oh yes. Congratulations!


                The links are: did you notice that the artwork depicts star constellations amongst other things...

                Ursa (major / minor) - Great / Little Bear
                Leo - Lion
                Cygnus - Swan
                Auriga - Chariot Driver
                Monoceros - Unicorn

                ... and some native indians?

                These are actually Alaskan Eskimo indians and, while I'm sure there are other cultural links in the window, it's no coincidence that the Alaskan flag depicts the Plough constellation.

                Of course, Sea-Tac is the base of Alaskan Airlines so Alaskan Airlines is the primary connection and Alaska and it's people (the iconography depicts their culture) is secondary.



                Over to you Brian
                Last edited by HB-IHC; 2010-03-19, 17:42.



                All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last (Marcel Proust)

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                • Here you go...



                  1 runway.
                  1 airline serving it.
                  Situated in the tropics.
                  If it 'ain't broken........ Don't try to mend it !

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                  • Has a link with one of our crew members !
                    If it 'ain't broken........ Don't try to mend it !

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                    • Originally posted by brianw999 View Post
                      Has a link with one of our crew members !
                      Tunbridge Wells International Airport... after the devastating earthquake that move TW all the way to the carribean?
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                      • Originally posted by Petertenthije View Post
                        Tunbridge Wells International Airport... after the devastating earthquake that move TW all the way to the carribean?


                        No......and it's not in the Caribbean either.
                        If it 'ain't broken........ Don't try to mend it !

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                        • Let's try and tie down what language is spoken here to identify the country.

                          A cryptic clue....

                          "Tie a label on a piece of wood" ! Three syllables.
                          If it 'ain't broken........ Don't try to mend it !

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                          • Oh...come on peeps...!!



                            ...... A.....

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                            • Originally posted by brianw999 View Post
                              Oh...come on peeps...!!



                              ...... A.....

                              Sorry mate, but I find cryptic descriptions in Dutch hard enough, but something cryptic in a non-native language while looking for something you do not know is very hard.
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                              • So we are in the Phillipines, then? Where one of the languages spoken is called TagaLog? Perchance on the island of Luzon, even?

                                Cheers,
                                Les sanglots longs des violons de l'automne blessent mon coeur d'une langueur monotone.

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