Tag Archives: Aircraft

Reflecting on flight delays

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Reflections in a window at Honolulu airport in Hawaii

These are the kind of photos you take when flights are delayed. Last week, our flight to Honolulu was delayed for 20 minutes because only one runway was operating at our destination due to heavy rain and thunderstorms. Coming back, the flight was delayed twice for reasons that were never explained. The upshot was that, after getting up at 5:30am to make the outbound flight, it was close to 11:00pm before we got home again!

Reflections and a plane at Honolulu airport in Hawaii

The Numbers Game #104

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Sea Monster
A sea monster lunging up? Actually, a Humpback Whale. The ‘lower jaw’ is a fin!

The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 226. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

Large Orange Sulphur Butterfly on a hibiscus.
A tug and barge enters Kawaihae Harbor in Hawaii
A tug, a barge and a helicopter entering Kawaihae harbor.
An Aloha greeting is mown into the grass at Upolu Airport
A small plane landing at Upolu is greeted with ALOHA! Not so much these days as it’s been so dry there’s not enough grass to mow!

The Numbers Game #101

It’s the time of year when big northwest swells start to hit the islands. This one is from a few years back.

The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 223. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

A cigar wrasse swims among a shoal of convict tang.
A Cigar Wrasse not blending in with some Convict Tangs.
Boats anchored off the Kohala coast on a calm day.
First flight of the day arrives at Kona Airport.
Mauna Kea’s telescopes at sunrise.
Yes, it’s getting to be that time of year!
A plane tied down at Upolu Airport with Maui in the background.

The Numbers Game #100

Small planes at Upolu Airport, Hawaii
A fly-in at Upolu AIrport

The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 222. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

Also posted for Becky’s Squares: Shadows. See more responses here.

A female blackstripe coris in the waters off Hawaii
A Blackstripe Coris.
A spotted pufferfish in the waters off the Big Island of Hawaii
A Spotted Pufferfish.
A spotted eagle ray swims off the Big Island, Hawaii
A Spotted Eagle Ray.
The flower of a milo tree in Hawaii
A Milo flower
Nenes with gosling.
A rainbow over North Kohala, Hawaii
A rainbow on the road to Hawi.

Power line helicopter

A helicopter flies over power lines in Hawaii

I saw this helicopter flying back and forth over these power lines. The power company hires the pilot to check out the lines to spot potential issues that can be fixed before they cause problems. These days, that work is being increasingly turned over to drone operators who can do it at less cost, though not as quickly as the helicopter.