Here we are shortly after takeoff on runway 4R from Honolulu International
Airport (HNL, class B airspace):
This is Pearl Harbor:
More Pearl Harbor:
There's too much glare to tell, but this is on a steep final approach
into Dillingham Airport (HDH), which is heavily used by gliders and parachutists:
Out the right window while landing at Dillingham, with the flaps down:
Along the north shore:
A knife-edged ridge:
This small island is called Chinaman's Hat:
Looking back at Chinaman's Hat and the shore:
If you look closely, you can see a small plane headed the other way
slightly to the left of the center of this image (taken over Kaneohe Bay):
This is Manana Island, known by the locals as Rabbit Island:
This is near a lighthouse where we hiked a few days earlier (but we
had the film camera with us on the hike, so I don't have that picture handy),
with Rabbit Island in the background:
This is Diamond Head:
Here we are over Honolulu, approaching the airport:
Getting much closer now...
Coming around to land:
On final approach to land on runway 4L:
Connie, me, and her mother with the plane:
For comparison, here is Diamond Head from Connie's mother's house:
And here is downtown Honolulu with the airport in the background, from
just down the street:
