Eastbound...
http://www.rc135.com/ Very interesting...
Also this from wikipedia,,,,just a portion of what they have to say:
"A United States Air Force radar, surveillance, and weather station and aircraft refueling station, including a 10,000 ft (3 km) long runway, opened on Shemya in 1943 and is still in operation. The station, originally Shemya Air Force Base or Shemya Station, had 1,500 workers at its peak in the 1960s.
The United States Air Force airborne intelligence platforms "Cobra Ball", "Rivet Amber," and "Rivet Ball" flew intercontinental ballistic missle tracking flights from this island near the Soviet Union, especially the Kamchatke Peninsula, during the height of the Cold War.
In 1956, Northwest Airlines leased Shemya Island from the U.S. government to use as a refueling station on their North Pacific route. According to Northwest's website, that made them "the first airline to operate its own airport."
Now I'll head out to another point of interest for those who have watched or maybe follow the "Deadliest Catch" TV series,,,,Dutch Harbor right in downtown Unalaska, AK.
RedGreen hosted an online event a while back at FlightSim where we all took turboprops from the other direction (PADQ Kodiak) and flew into PADU there. Very tricky and for some of us quite hillarious landings,,,,,mostly a fun time. Should be a blast in the Shooting Star.
http://forums.flightsim.com/vbfs/showthread.php?t=179580&highlight=dutch+harbor
I'll take a mess of fuel just in case.....
PASY-PADU
I hope....
