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microbuds > James Martin (Micro 75 Yap) with Oceana
microbuds > View from the cockpit of a Coast Guard C-130, assessing damage on Yap after Typhoon Sudal, April 2004 (Barry Basel)
microbuds > I found this amazing photo on a great Coast Guard site: www.fredsplace.org. It shows a Coast Guard C-123 transport plane being refueled on Yap sometime in the mid- to late-60s. The Yap Loran Station section of Fred's Place has many reminiscences by guys who were there, but only 5 photos, the last time I looked. This one really caught my attention, not only because of the refueling technique, but the Mobil sign, boarding-stair truck, bright sunlight, and water puddles on the ground: you just know how hot and humid it's got to have been out at that airstrip that day. I tried to get permission to use the photo, but there was no photgrapher information listed. I wrote the site but got no response. Which is really not surprising, since Fred's Place is a VERY large site. Anyway, until someone asks me to take it down, I thought those of you who were on Yap back then might appreciate it.
microbuds > The Pacific Missionary Aviation plane leaves Yap, bound for Ulithi (Garrett Johnson)
microbuds > Passengers board the Pacific Missionary Aviation plane on Ulithi, bound for Yap. Chief pilot and aircraft mechanic, Peter Reichert, oversees it all. For more information about PMA's humanitarian projects in Micronesia, Guam, and the Philippines, visit their website: www.pmapacific.org. Those of us on Yap in the 60s and 70s will remember PMA's founder, Edmund Kalau, and his wife Elisabeth. (Photo: Garrett Johnson)
microbuds > Navigator Ali Haleyalur holding a turtle shell and chanting old chants to the spirits of the great navigators from the "Weyriyeng" school, to which he and his ancestors belong.
microbuds > Ali and his crew on the "Simion Hokule'a" heading out into the channel of Yap on their way to Palau. The village of Balabat in Rull is in the background.
microbuds > Crewman for the "Simion Hokule'a" making final preparations before departure. All crew members are from Lamotrek Atoll. The canoe was Navigator Mau Piailug's canoe, built by him and his sibling on Satawal. It has been to Palau twice before, navigated the first time by Mau and the second time by Mau's son Sesario Sewralur. This was the canoe's third voyage to Palau, in addition to other voyages to Saipan, Guam, and other Outer Islands. The canoe is about 30 years old.
microbuds > Navigator Ali Haleyalur of Lamotrek, with a coconut in his hand, performing the last tribute of respect to other schools of navigation. Ali is chanting an old navigator's chant that speaks to protection on the voyage and assures a safe journey to the destination. On his wrist is a young coconut frond, again for protection against any dark-wishers and from anyone who might have held any grudges against him or any of his crewmen.
James Martin (Micro 75 Yap) with Oceana
microbuds > James Martin (Micro 75 Yap) with Oceana
James Martin (Micro 75 Yap) with Oceana
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