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Old 14th October 2017, 18:09
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St Helena, one more job finished.

At long last, the airport at St Helena has taken an incoming flight. No longer need the boat, one more job gone.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41620003

I wonder how long it will be before we are taking a sailing ship to places, the electric plane needs too long a lead.
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Old 14th October 2017, 19:55
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Not a runway you'd want to overshoot ....

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2...sm-hotel#img-1
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A few years ago a lady from here was hired to be director of education and employment (or something like that) on St. Helena.
She hasn't been heard of since; her two houses have been vandalised but she may not even know.
Given that you have to fly in the wrong direction, at extortionate cost, to escape the place, I doubt she'll be coming back for a vacation.
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Do you suppose they ate her?
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Old 17th October 2017, 19:50
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Possibly; she is/was not a small lady and there seem to be only just over 5,000 of them!
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