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Judgment Day
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Mokulele: Airplane PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Balus: Airplane HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “He is a feathered bird.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Diligence is the mother of good luck.” – Ben Franklin
January 17, 1929: Molokai and Lanai join the 20th century world of air travel as the first scheduled planes visit the islands. Inter-Island Airways Ltd. will now serve the islands with flights between Oahu and Lanai and Molokai by including the islands as stops on the plane’s way to Maui or the Big Island. Any plane could land at either small island on any day: you merely had to pay for a ticket. If no one had requested the stop, the planes didn’t land. The airline used the Sikorsky sea plane, for neither island had any airport or landing strips.
