Hawaii Sunshine Fly-Away
May 30 - June 7, 2004
Hawaii
Flying to Kona...
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Our fleet of two Piper Arrows, a Piper Saratoga, four Cessna 172’s and a chartered Piper Chieftain departed VFR to the southeast on a 140 NM flight to the Kona Airport on the Island of Hawaii. The flight took us over the Islands of Lanai and Kahoolawe (kah ho oh lav e). Lanai is owned by Dole Food Company and was formerly a large pineapple plantation. Two large resort hotels now provide employment to its 1500 residents. Kahoolawe is uninhabited and was used by the United States Navy as a target island until the 1980’s. The US Government just finished a $500 million clean up of the island and is restoring the land to its former condition, |
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Inside our chartered flight. |
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Dinner with Steve and Joanna started with refreshments on their lanai overlooking a white sand beach and ocean swimming pools formed by old lava rock. |
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Caryl and Brian Andersen |
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Eliot and Cheryl Merk of Hilo with Cynthia Graves and Steve Bobko. |
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Shirley and Peter More |
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Enjoying his new post as Past President, Tony Watson with Peter, Jane and Nancy. |
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Joanna Bobko and Peter Watson |
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Beach front home of the Bobko's |
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IFFR new World President Angus Clark, SW Section Chair Peter More and host Steve Bobko. |
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Christen Liljenstrand (Sweden), Philippe and Eric Charlez (Belgium) |
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Peter and Angus |
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Shirley, Joanna and Marianne. |
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Eliot, Brian, Mike and Greta. |
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What a view! |
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Phil Livingston and Brian Andersen |
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The Watsons. |
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Bev Fogle, Diana Livingston, Tony Watson and Phil Livingston. |
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Lots of Rotary Fellowship. |
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Diana, Shirley, Caryl and Brian.
We watched the sun go down over the Pacific Ocean before turning our attention to the good food and more fellowship with the Kona Rotarians and IFFR member Eliot Merk and his wife Cheryl who flew their Mooney over from Hilo, on the other side of the Big Island, to join us for dinner. |
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Beautiful Hawaiian sunset |
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and great music!
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Alan Grady, Angus and Maisie Grady. |
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Brian, Fannie and Caryl. |
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See tour of the Island of Hawaii...