Honolulu has always been the main gateway to paradise. As you can see on the period postcard reproduced above, this gateway had an airport to match. Passengers could drink their Kona coffee right next to the apron and people alighting from the planes were embraced by the perfume of the flowers found in abundance everywhere.… Continue reading Paradise remains paradise…
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Via bends and kinks to Honolulu
The shortest route to HNL There are many ways of flying from Brussels to Honolulu and the travel time is in excess of twenty hours in all cases. You might say that it does not matter since no sane person would want to do a trip like that in one stretch but in case you… Continue reading Via bends and kinks to Honolulu
Interesting people, unusual flight plans…
Marissa Colclasure – The sky is not the limit, it is the beginning Marissa is a mom, pilot, sky-diver and co-founder of Wings over Hawaii What were you dreaming of becoming when you were a kid? I dreamt of flying. In some form or fashion. I’ve never said I wanted to fly for the airlines or… Continue reading Interesting people, unusual flight plans…
Station calling – Visiting Wings Over Hawai'i
With the aviation industry finally climbing out from the worst crisis it has ever faced, the trade press is also taking note and articles of doom are increasingly being replaced by cautious good news from all corners of the world. But there were people who, even in the middle of the darkest days, tolled to… Continue reading Station calling – Visiting Wings Over Hawai'i
In search of Roger
When I opened my mail this morning, there was an item with the greeting “Aloha”… As a big fan of the islands and a subscriber to Aloha Joe’s newsletter, I do occasionally get mail from Hawai’i but reading this email touched my heart like no other has in a long time. The sender is the co-founder… Continue reading In search of Roger