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 V...
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