Leg 203, Arorae Island, Kiribati via Nauru island to Kologhona, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
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Moving on to the Solomon islands, longing for some better detail. I guess all these tropical islands are mostly hidden beneath the clouds leaving large empty patches everywhere. Interesting nation anyway.
03-12 Arorae Island NGTR 2:06 PM
03-12 Tamana Island NGTM 2:23 PM 19 knot tailwind
03-12 Nauru Intl ANYN 5:22 PM
03-12 Santa Cruz AGGL 8:53 PM
03-12 Santa Anna AGGT 10:02 PM
03-12 Nana AGNA 10:11 PM Trees at end of runway
03-12 Kirakira AGGK 10:23 PM Bad performance, trees?
03-12 Rennell AGGR 11:23 PM
03-12 Bellona AGGB 11:35 PM
03-13 Yandina AGGY 12:22 AM World Discoverer 9°01’23.0"S 160°07’23.0"E
03-13 Honiara Intl AGGH/Henderson Field AGGH 12:57 AM Terrible performance, trees drawing in late as well
03-13 Babanakira AGGI 1:17 AM Landing at 2 fps, unresponsive controls
Flight time 11:11 11 stops
First, last stop in Kiribati at Tamana island, no info on Google maps
Flying by Tapiwa island on the way to Nauru. Still part of Kiribati, also no info.
Nauru island, officially the Republic of Nauru, formerly known as Pleasant island
Also here, WW2 remains, Anabar Beach
Nauru Australian Immigration Detention Center
After Nauru ran out of its natural resources (phosphate mining) it accepted aid from Australia in exchange for hosting the Nauru Regional Processing Center. There are 3 of these camps on the small island. It offically closed in 2018, however as of last May 211 refugees and asylum seekers still remain on Nauru.
Arriving at the Solomon Islands, in particular Nendo Island, part of the Santa Cruz Islands
Lata on Nendo Island
Santa Cruz Airport (probably just a standard name in game) at Lata
Lata
Santa Anna Island
Tahaworo, San Cristobal
Kirakira on the north side of San Cristobal
Lake Tengano ake Te Nggano on Rennel island, East Rennel
This UNESCO World Heritage Site is the largest raised coral atoll in the world
Bellona Island
No paved runway in reality
Nggela Sule Island where the MS Discoverer is beached after hitting an uncharted rock or reef in 2000
The MS discoverer was build in 1974 with a double hull allowing it to visit Antarctica
Nowadays it lies along the shore between the Indispensable Strait and Iron Bottom Sound
Honiara Intl AGGH - Henderson Field on Guadalcanal across the Iron Bottom Sound
Iron Bottom Sound got its name for the dozens of ships and planes that sank there during the Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942 - 1943. Part of the Battle of Savo Island which lies in between Guadalcanal and the Nggela Islands.
Honiara is the capital of the Solomon islands, located on the north side of Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal Memorial (American memorial and Solomon Peace Memorial Park (Japanese war memorial)
Many remnants of WW2 can be found near Guadalcanal Memorial
The national museum shows a couple artifacts from the Solomon’s thousands years of history and first encounters with the Spanish in 1542
Final stop today at the other side of the island
Babanakira Airport in game, at Kologhona
Landing at 2 fps wasn’t fun. Something went wrong with tree rendering in the last patch. Hopefully the sim holds together better tomorrow. There’s still a lot of rain forest ahead… More of the Solomon islands, then to Papua New Guinea.