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Philippines ?
CORRECT!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr Giacomo Rappaccini
Named for King Philip II
The first successful nonstop circumnavigation of the earth by hot air balloon was in 1999. Where did it depart from? I'll accept the name of the country, but it would be way cool if you can be more specific. :cool:
Even though it was never run in San Marino ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by D-Type
Don't have a clue but let's say France.
Was it Morocco? I seem to remember that the Sahara was the first stage
D-type you have given me the area where the flight ended (actually Mauritania)
Gad_dilo you are close. One of the two pilot/passengers was a Brit, but not Richard Branson.
This clue will help. At the time of the lift off roughly 88%Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr Giacomo Rappaccini
of the population of this village spoke French.
I have no idea of the village, but was it in Switzerland?
Correct :up:
They left from Château-d'Oex in the Swiss Alps
About where they ended Wiki says it was in Egypt.
If that 's true I apologize for giving incorrect info, and hope that didn't throw anyone off.
Ask away Schmenke
Cheers Doc. Um... back in a bit :erm:
Brian Jones, by the way, was the Brit on board said balloon.
Three digit IATA airport designation codes begining with the letter Y are generally reserved for airports in Canada (e.g. YYC for Calgary
International, YVR for Vancouver international, etc.).
However, there are 9 airports in 7 other countries that have a code begining with Y. I don't expect you to name the airports, but I'm sure you
can all collectively muster up the countries. In the interest of expediency, I’ll provide two: Cameroon and The Comoros Islands. Name the other 5.
Fyi, the codes are:
YAO - Yaounde - Cameroon
YVA - Moroni - Comoros
YIH - Mystery Country 1
YOK - Mystery Country 2
YKS - Mystery Country 3
YNB - Mystery Country 4
YKM - Mystery Country 5
YAK - Mystery Country 5
YUM - Mystery Country 5
YOK — Yokota, Japan?
YAK — Yakutsk, Russia?
YUM — Yuma, Arizona, USA?
Of course, I now see that YAK can't be Yakutsk, as it must be in the same country as YUM, and I'm sure the latter has to be Yuma. Apologies.
Decent start, sort of :p : , but since I asked for the countries, I'll fill in the following:
YAO - Yaounde - Cameroon
YVA - Moroni - Comoros
YIH - Mystery Country 1
YOK - Yokohama - Japan
YKS - Yakutsk - Russia
YNB - Mystery Country 4
YKM - Mystery airport, USA
YAK - Mystery airport, USA
YUM - Yuma - USA
Obviously Mystery Country 5 is the USA, but I'll solicit bonues answers for the airport names :D .
Two countries remaining.
Poland?
Yemen? :confused:
Poland is not close to either, but Yemen is getting warm to one of them.
Yakima USA
YAO - Yaounde - Cameroon
YVA - Moroni - Comoros
YIH - Mystery Country 1
YOK - Yokohama - Japan
YKS - Yakutsk - Russia
YNB - Mystery Country 4
YKM - Yakima, WA, USA
YAK - Mystery airport, USA
YUM - Yuma - USA
Score a bonus point :D .
Still looking for mystery countries 1 & 4 though :)
I've flown into YIH quite a few times as I had the misfortune of working there several years ago :s
YIH is that Jeddah? I think you worked in the Middle East if I'm not wrong.
YIH is not Jeddah, although YNB is Yanbu, Saudi Arabia.
YIH is proving to be somewhat of a red herring.
YAO - Yaounde - Cameroon
YVA - Moroni - Comoros
YIH - Mystery Country 1
YOK - Yokohama - Japan
YKS - Yakutsk - Russia
YNB - Yanbu - Saudi Arabia
YKM - Yakima, WA, USA
YAK - Mystery airport, USA
YUM - Yuma - USA
No bites, eh?
Well, not all Q's are going to be easy... sometimes that's just the way the egg rolls.
I'd like to bite, but I just don't see it. :( Time to bash my head against the glass, a la John Nash. :grenade:
red herring, egg rolls or spring rolls ? :cornfused:
here I am again, like a donkey in a porcelain shop :bandit:
Well I've thrown in the towel. Yakima was easy even though I had no idea whether or not it has an international airport. To me I always thought it was a sleepy little town with a funny sounding name :p
so no bonus for me.
Perhaps you can toss a wee little morsel of a clue ;)
And I thought corn-fusing was a Schmenke-only pastime. :p : ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by donKey jote
what, like "chai" ?Quote:
Originally Posted by studiose
nah ! ... :p
See post #524 for a handy summary :p : .
I'm going to have a cup of chai now... :D
I hope you choke on it :vader: ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
I may as I prefer coffee myself, although many living in YIH would likely prefer chai...
You call that a clue??????
You mock me!!! :mad: :D
I think donk-panda got it with the egg roll and porcelain..
Like these?Quote:
Originally Posted by donKey jote
WXICOF - Donkey & Mule Statues & Sculptures
So we're in China, are we? :)
Ya think? :D
Yes, YIH designates Yichang, PR China :)
Somebody have a go... please :p : . Donks?
neigh :p
Perhaps BDunnell, as he answered several correct :)
Should I explain how I very cleverly deduced it was China? :p : :DQuote:
Originally Posted by schmenke