Naha in Okinawa has also been dropped. The inaugural flight via Taipei took place on Oct 2, 1967; VR-HFZ CV880 crewed by Capt. Norm Marsh, Simon Creasy and yours truly. Regrettably VR-HFZ was the aircraft blown out of the sky over Pleiku on June 15, 1972 with the loss of 84 lives.