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    From Larry Dighera@21:1/5 to All on Wed Sep 30 03:53:10 2020
    https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/hawaii-moving-forward-to-close-dillingham

    Hawaii Moving Forward To Close Dillingham

    Paul Bertorelli
    September 28, 20204

    Businesses and users based at Hawaii’s scenic and historic Dillingham
    Airfield are marshaling support to reverse the state’s decision to
    close it next year. The state had planned to close the field in June
    2020 but pushed it back a year to June 2021, according to
    HawaiiNewsNow. The field is home to gliding and skydiving operations
    comprising nearly a dozen businesses.

    It was originally named Mokule?ia Airfield and was famously the runway
    from which P-40s took off to defend Pearl Harbor against the Dec. 7,
    1941, attack. It was renamed Dillingham after a B-29 crewman who was
    killed in action over Japan. The U.S. Army still owns the field, but
    the state of Hawaii has leased it for the past 25 years. Now the state
    wants it to revert to Army control. The Army still uses the airfield
    for training exercises.

    “There’s jobs here. It’s 130 people … There’s nearly a dozen
    businesses. Their life’s investment is on the verge of being
    eradicated,” state Sen. Gil Riviere told HawaiiNewsNow. Dillingham is
    located on the North Shore of Oahu about 28 miles northwest of
    Honolulu. Airport tenants and aviation officials say the business
    won’t be able to relocate on the island.

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  • From Geoff Rove@21:1/5 to Larry Dighera on Sun Oct 4 14:11:34 2020
    On Wednesday, September 30, 2020 at 5:53:29 AM UTC-5, Larry Dighera wrote:
    https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/hawaii-moving-forward-to-close-dillingham

    Hawaii Moving Forward To Close Dillingham

    Paul Bertorelli
    September 28, 20204

    Businesses and users based at Hawaii’s scenic and historic Dillingham Airfield are marshaling support to reverse the state’s decision to
    close it next year. The state had planned to close the field in June
    2020 but pushed it back a year to June 2021, according to
    HawaiiNewsNow. The field is home to gliding and skydiving operations comprising nearly a dozen businesses.

    It was originally named Mokule?ia Airfield and was famously the runway
    from which P-40s took off to defend Pearl Harbor against the Dec. 7,
    1941, attack. It was renamed Dillingham after a B-29 crewman who was
    killed in action over Japan. The U.S. Army still owns the field, but
    the state of Hawaii has leased it for the past 25 years. Now the state
    wants it to revert to Army control. The Army still uses the airfield
    for training exercises.

    “There’s jobs here. It’s 130 people … There’s nearly a dozen businesses. Their life’s investment is on the verge of being eradicated,” state Sen. Gil Riviere told HawaiiNewsNow. Dillingham is located on the North Shore of Oahu about 28 miles northwest of
    Honolulu. Airport tenants and aviation officials say the business
    won’t be able to relocate on the island.

    No room at HNL? Man these entitled wannabes
    are pathetic. Palwaukee, the "Chicago Executive" can close too.

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