Flying from Ca. to Clark Air Base, USAF. Stopped here about 11 PM. All passengers, (maybe two dozen) went to the beach and played with sand crabs. A messhall opened and made sandwiches for the whole flight. No memory of where we slept but the plane took off before daybreak. The sky was beautiful that night.
I seem to remember a beached or sunken Japanese ship partially sticking out of the water just off runway 10 when I landed there. It seems like we just stayed long enough to get fuel and then fly on to Japan. I was young lad then so it is hard to remember. Has anyone else seen it?
I was in the Marine Corps and Stopped at Wake for refueling. As out of the way it is, it is one of the most beautiful places i got to visit while stationed on Okinawa. I would love to visit it again one day.
I spent three days there in 1967. It has the most beautiful blue water of shore that I have ever seen. I would like to have stayed under different circumstances.
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Refueling Stop, 1966
🔗 Sat, 23 Apr 2016
— Anonymous Flyer at Wake Island Airfield, United States Minor Outlying Islands
Flying from Ca. to Clark Air Base, USAF. Stopped here about 11 PM. All passengers, (maybe two dozen) went to the beach and played with sand crabs. A messhall opened and made sandwiches for the whole flight. No memory of where we slept but the plane took off before daybreak. The sky was beautiful that night.
Johnston Atoll Airport
🔗 Fri, 14 Dec 2012
— Anonymous Flyer at Johnston Atoll Airport, United States Minor Outlying Islands
The airport was shut down in 2005 and the airstrip is not maintained.
The buildings once used are all torn down.
Refueling stop 1957
🔗 Tue, 03 Aug 2010
— @Hawk747 at Wake Island Airfield, United States Minor Outlying Islands
I seem to remember a beached or sunken Japanese ship partially sticking out of the water just off runway 10 when I landed there. It seems like we just stayed long enough to get fuel and then fly on to Japan. I was young lad then so it is hard to remember. Has anyone else seen it?
Wake Island
🔗 Thu, 27 Aug 2009
— Anonymous Flyer at Wake Island Airfield, United States Minor Outlying Islands
I was in the Marine Corps and Stopped at Wake for refueling. As out of the way it is, it is one of the most beautiful places i got to visit while stationed on Okinawa. I would love to visit it again one day.
re: I love wake island
🔗 Fri, 26 Sep 2008
— @Bud at Wake Island Airfield, United States Minor Outlying Islands
I spent three days there in 1967. It has the most beautiful blue water of shore that I have ever seen. I would like to have stayed under different circumstances.
Closed after WWII
🔗 Sat, 23 Aug 2008
— @david at Midway Eastern Island Airfield, United States Minor Outlying Islands
This airfield was closed after World War II, since Sand Island (PMDY), immediately to the west, allowed for a longer runway.
I love wake island
🔗 Tue, 13 Nov 2007
— Anonymous Flyer at Wake Island Airfield, United States Minor Outlying Islands
I would move to wake island right now and never leave!!!
I love the airport,hope to see it in real life someday.
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