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Old 2nd Jan 2023, 08:07
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Big place the Pacific...................

US military - and doing the work in 1late 1980;s early 90's?

N of the equator?


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Originally Posted by Asturias56
Big place the Pacific...................

US military - and doing the work in 1late 1980;s early 90's?

N of the equator?
Not Vanuatu - and South of the equator
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Easter Island during runway extension to cater for Space Shuttle aborts after a launch from Vandenburg. Airport is Mataveri.
Work completed about 1987 but I don't think they ever did a launch from Vandenburg (unless somebody knows diffrent.)
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Or Hao French Polynesian?
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Easter Island much too far South and its not French - its an International Airport
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Old 2nd Jan 2023, 15:48
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Eater island/Rapa Nui/ Isles Pasqua are Chilean
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Old 2nd Jan 2023, 15:50
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Are we in Fiji?
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Old 2nd Jan 2023, 19:49
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Faleolo Samoa was extended in 1984
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Old 3rd Jan 2023, 07:19
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not Samoa or Fiji - the original Airstrip was constructed by the U.S Navy in 1943
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Old 3rd Jan 2023, 10:39
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maybe another clue - cabin view of cockpit on approach c. 1988
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Old 3rd Jan 2023, 12:35
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Bonriki International Airport in Kiribati was built in December 1943 by United States NavySeabees and was named "Mullinix Field"
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not Bonriki
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Old 3rd Jan 2023, 13:51
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If you can guess the type of aircraft from the image of the cockpit - that will lead you in the right direction
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Old 3rd Jan 2023, 15:20
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If you want my 8 cents on it:



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Old 3rd Jan 2023, 15:27
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Looks like 4 engines; cabin tall and narrow like a flying boat.
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Old 3rd Jan 2023, 15:48
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Funafuti?

we were there in the early '80's
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Old 4th Jan 2023, 14:57
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SLB - it is the Heron - seen here having a bandage added to its rear end in the mid 80s
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Old 4th Jan 2023, 15:18
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Asturias - it is Funafuti

Originally a 1943 coral aggregate strip - re surfaced in 1992 - hence the military vehicles- I recall the soccer and volleyball games on the strip being interrupted by the wailing siren - giving notice of the incoming AMI HS 748 or the Fiji Air Heron
One the criticisms of the ungraded project was that given Funafuti's lack of water resources - culvert channels to catch the infrequent rainfall l were not constructed
I will follow with before and after images
meanwhile -all yours Asturias 56

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Old 4th Jan 2023, 15:19
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Funafuti coral agg strip
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Funafuti - new surface
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