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The Fiji Times » Discovering Fiji: The birth of Fiji's Airfield


John Mitchell
26 April, 2021, 1:36 am
Photograph taken from a Japanese plane during the torpedo attack on ships moored on both sides of Ford Island in the centre of Pearl Harbour. Picture U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
According to written accounts from Rowland Gouch Michael “Mike” Varley, the first chief executive of the Civil Aviation Authority of Fiji (CAAF), Nadi was selected as an airfield site as it was relatively fl at. “The construction of a small grass air base at Nadi suitable for use by DH-89 Rapide aircraft was completed by March, 1941,” Mr Varley writes.
“However, while Nadi was still under construction, ‘Unit 20’ of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) consisting of four aircraft arrived in November 1940. It eventually became the number four reconnaissance squadron of the RNZAF in the South Pacifi c area.” ....

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The Fiji Times » Back in History: Nine killed in plane crash


Unaisi Ratubalavu
3 March, 2021, 12:00 am
Another view of the wreckage with Naruwai villagers who had been helping with the search and retrieval operation.
Picture: FILE
A Fiji Air Islander plane crashed near Bua and a story published in The Fiji Times on July 16, 1979 stated nine lives were lost in the tragedy.
The bodies of the nine Fiji Air crash victims were recovered on July 15 from the jungle and the Bua hillside where their plane plunged to destruction.
Minister for Civil Aviation then, Tomasi Vakatora, was going to make a statement about the incident in the House of Representatives that week.
It was reported that a senior New Zealand air accident investigator, John Leech, 54, had arrived and was expected to fly to Bua to look at the wreckage. ....

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