Fishermans Airfield

Papua New Guinea / National Capital District / Port Moresby /
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Fishermans Airfield (also known as Daugo Island Airfield) is a former World War II airfield near Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. It was built by the RAAF ca 1944 as an emergency airfield, and was still used as an emergency airfield into the 1980s.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishermans_Airfield
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Coordinates:   9°30'46"S   147°3'1"E

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  • Used to do interesting "Touch And Goes" here while training for PPL...
  • Learning to fly with the Areo Club of Papua in the 60's it was a good place for practicing take off and landings. We also used to water ski and have great time on the beach there.
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