I took these pictures while on a family holiday to Fiji.
Seen here is Air Pacific's BAC1-11 (sorry not sure on the rego) which operated to Auckland from Suva on Saturday's. These machines were pretty dam noisy, but I enjoyed the ride anyway, and this is where my interest for airplanes really started.
The top photo was taken at Suva, just before I boarded the flight which for today was operating SUV-TBU-AKL.
As we approached TBU (Tonga) the Captain advised that due low cloud and a passing thunderstorm we might not be able to land today in TBU and might have to divert back to SUV for fuel. Well this was the case and after 2 approaches we diverted back to SUV.
We then flew SUV-AKL non-stop later that day in the same aircraft.
The second photo is out the window looking east en-route SUV-TBU about 20 minutes into the flight.
(photos have been scanned from slides)
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| Air Pacific BAC1-11 Suva, Fiji - 1979 |
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| Air Pacific BAC1-11 En-Route Suva - Tonga 1979 |
