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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The Story of Alpha Mike (Part 2)
The Road to Becoming an En-route Air Traffic Controller To continue with my story, let me just go back to that time when, in 1981, I received an Order transferring me to the Manila Area Control Center (ACC), eight years after I graduated from an air traffic control training course. The ATC staffing crisis –… Continue reading The Story of Alpha Mike (Part 2)
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
Aerodrome control towers of the world – Honolulu International, Honolulu, Hawai’i
Hawai’i is the most remote location on Earth. No other place on earth is so far away from its neighbor landmass as the Hawaiian Islands are. Honolulu, which means Quiet Harbor, is on the Island of O’ahu and next to the famous holiday resort of Waikiki. The airport is right next to the city and… Continue reading Aerodrome control towers of the world – Honolulu International, Honolulu, Hawai’i