If you don't mind me asking, what were you exactly doing on Midway and Wake? BTW Micronesia is nice (or was, now that they're about to disappear under the rising ocean).
Island hopping...Air Micronesia. I had college roommates from there..."Air Mike" would hit all the islands way back when.
The airline was established by Continental and other regional shareholders in the former
U.S. Trust Territory and started operations on May 16, 1968, as
Air Micronesia,
[9] hence the nickname and callsign "Air Mike". Service was started with a
Boeing 727-100 jetliner, number 475, which was nicknamed "Ju-Ju," and a
Douglas DC-6B propliner. It also operated two Grumman SA-16/
HU-16 Albatross amphibians to fly from
Chuuk (Truk) to
Pohnpei (Ponape), until an airfield could be built that could accommodate the 727. The 727's underside was coated with
teflon, due to it having to operate on
coral runways. Additionally, the plane had to carry spare parts and a
mechanic, as well as open-water survival gear and (beginning in 1975) onboard doppler radar, then a rarity.[
citation needed] The airline also operated Boeing 727-100
Combi aircraft models which were capable of transporting freight pallets on the main deck of the jetliner just aft of the cockpit in addition to passengers seated in the rear coach compartment.
[10] By 1983, Continental Micronesia was operating all-passenger Boeing 727-100 and
727-200 aircraft in addition to mixed passenger/freight 727-100
Combi aircraft from its Guam hub.
[11]
Yeah, your heard right...Coral runways!!!
