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Old Feb 2, 2012, 9:23 pm
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tonywestsider
 
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Originally Posted by Seat 2A
What a great airport HNL was for plane spotting! A couple of aircraft that stood out for me at HNL were an Air Samoa 707, a Hawaiian Air DC-8-62 and South Pacific Island Airways' 707s. I'm not 100% sure on this (even though I sometimes sound like I am, so probably a good preface... ) but I think there was an airline called Air Tungaru that operated a 727-100 from HNL down to Christmas Island and beyond to wherever. I have a postcard of one of their jets.
You're absolutely right about all these airlines serving HNL. I also believe that Air Nauru used to fly from Nauru to HNL for a short while, using deluxe BAC-One Elevens, with some sort of all premium cabin service. I'd like to ask a question, based on one of the airlines you've mentioned above, but I'll wait until some of the other questions have cleared out with responses.
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