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    Mysterious Pacific island runway?

    I don't know why you guys are having a problem with a "Jet Penetration". For starters..... back in the 60s, very few airports had a Tacan... a good many airports were still using the low frequency A/N type fly the beam instrument approach system. (You're giving away your age!), Wake Island at...
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    Mysterious Pacific island runway?

    I don't know where you got the idea that a jet penetration is contrary to the B-47 Tech Order.... Jet penetrations were introduced at a time where we were the only ones flying large jets at high altitudes and everybody else in the world was driving fan type propllers down around 10 to 15...
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    Mysterious Pacific island runway?

    B-47s as WB-47s entered tropical storm recon in 1963 as the B-50 was phased out. They were assigned to 9th WRW at McClellan AFB, CA.....Guam, Ramey, Philipines, Japan, Alaska, Hunter AFB etc. The WB-47 was phased out in 1969 when the WC-130 took over the job.... The B-47 was out of production so...
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    Mysterious Pacific island runway?

    Well syscom3....... Typhoon chasing is fun....lots of seat cusion chewing time. Ocean flying is pretty much as the saying goes...99% boring and 1% sheer terror.... cept for typhoons and then it's about 50 /50. *************************************************** Here's one for ya..... I have...
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    Mysterious Pacific island runway?

    Looks like I repeated myself...... oh well.....
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    Mysterious Pacific island runway?

    grampz Well now Mr. Stitch....... can I call you Sod? In it's hayday SAC had three classes of nuclear crews.... Combat Ready,Lead, and Select. You have to remember that during the cold war, SAC was in the Nuclear Bomb business. All crews that were combat ready and above stood alert armed to the...
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    Mysterious Pacific island runway?

    Well now Mr. Stitch....... can I call you Sod? In it's hayday SAC had three classes of nuclear crews.... Combat Ready,Lead, and Select. You have to remember that during the cold war, SAC was in the Nuclear Bomb business. All crews that were combat ready and above stood alert armed to the teeth...
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    Mysterious Pacific island runway?

    Well folks...... my trust in you has been rewarded.... The runway in question is indeed Amata Kabua International Airport located on Majuro Atoll in the Marshall Islands.... I remember over flying this airfield while searching for tropical storm develoment..... At first I thought it was...
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    Mysterious Pacific island runway?

    Many Thanks HoHun.... It looks like you may have found it...... I used to ziggy around Truk and Tarawa..... so I'm sure I have over flown that runway a time or two..... Just couldn't find it in my memory..... Now I have to look for a good satellite foto........ chores for tomorrow........ Mabuhy
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    Mysterious Pacific island runway?

    Charles..... I believe Dan McDonald would be a good place to start.... how do we get to him? Keep at it guys........ FYI - Kiribati is also known as Christmas Island western hemisphere..... there is also a Christmas island in the eastern Hemispher south of India The mystery is gratifying...
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    Mysterious Pacific island runway?

    If my memory is right Palmyra Island and Christmas island are part of the chain known as the "Line" islands.... These two islands are located on the equator due south of the Hawaiian islands..... Interesting that the two islands that you folks came up with were Palmyra (and adjoining Christmas)...
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    Mysterious Pacific island runway?

    Well Guys........ so far good try but no cigar.... as a typhoon chaser. I have been to Johnson Island, Palmyra atoll. and nearby Christmas island. Also Midway and French Frigate Shoals.....was staioned on Guam for 3 years and it is none of the Marianas islands.... I know Ive seen this runway but...
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    Mysterious Pacific island runway?

    All of you Pacific Ocean aviators..... I recently recieved an email from a friend that claimed the attached foto is Wake Island. As a typhoon chaser, I have been to Wake Island manytimes and this foto is not Wake.... Do any of you intrepid flyboys recognize this island landing strip.... At first...
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