I woke up before dawn and watched the goings on at the airport; I find it slightly odd that you can monitor all the ATC frequencies using liveatc.net, especially at a major base such as HNL.
Without much of a plan, I set off for a drive around Oahu, starting at the aircraft museum at Kolopea airport, the former Barbers Point base. It was well and truly closed.
So I then set course for the farthest corner of Oahu and ended up at Dillingham where there's a nice beach
North Shore was rather pretty, if full of Asian types dutifully queuing for Sunday lunch at the toursity places. The beaches, surf shops and macrobiotic vegan stores were more interesting and it had a nice vibe. Out of hours it must be beautiful; Oahu on the whole probably isn't anywhere you could describe as beautiful, but as with the other Hawaiian islands, I love it. It's the geography for me, the rain over the volcanoes and the sun at the shore, so many micro climates!
On the east coast there's a national park where you can see the Kaneoehe Marine Corps base in the distance and many of the aircraft participating in RIMPAC. Lots of P-3 Orions here, Canadian, Japanese and no doubt US ones with false serials that have mid air collisions with Chinese QRA aircraft.
And one more pretty flower....actually this is out of focus....replace....
Then back to the room with some beers and a strange garlic chicken meal for the microwave as although Waikiki is not far away, it's busy and parking looked a problem.
Without much of a plan, I set off for a drive around Oahu, starting at the aircraft museum at Kolopea airport, the former Barbers Point base. It was well and truly closed.
So I then set course for the farthest corner of Oahu and ended up at Dillingham where there's a nice beach
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| A Cube....looks like someone's nicked the wheel trims though... |
North Shore was rather pretty, if full of Asian types dutifully queuing for Sunday lunch at the toursity places. The beaches, surf shops and macrobiotic vegan stores were more interesting and it had a nice vibe. Out of hours it must be beautiful; Oahu on the whole probably isn't anywhere you could describe as beautiful, but as with the other Hawaiian islands, I love it. It's the geography for me, the rain over the volcanoes and the sun at the shore, so many micro climates!
On the east coast there's a national park where you can see the Kaneoehe Marine Corps base in the distance and many of the aircraft participating in RIMPAC. Lots of P-3 Orions here, Canadian, Japanese and no doubt US ones with false serials that have mid air collisions with Chinese QRA aircraft.
And one more pretty flower....actually this is out of focus....replace....
Then back to the room with some beers and a strange garlic chicken meal for the microwave as although Waikiki is not far away, it's busy and parking looked a problem.
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