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To: usmcobra
...E.A.A.C. stand for European Aviation Air Charter. meaning that a flight out of Kenya was either a non scheduled charter on a DC6 prop job or on a irregular schedule based upon tickets sold.

Sorry, I don't understand what you are getting at. The information on the airlift came from the following source:

JOURNAL OF AMERICAN HISTORY. LINK.

On both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, black leaders recognized the need for aid to African education. With the encouragement of American civil rights leaders such as A. Philip Randolph, the Kenyan Tom Mboya organized the African-American Students Foundation (aasf), which awarded Kenyan students scholarships for study in the United States. This photograph shows the Kenyan students arriving at Idlewild Airport in New York in September 1959 as participants in the first “African Airlift.” Courtesy Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Jackie Robinson Papers.

The image and caption relate to the very first airlift of students whose flight was paid for by a Kennedy foundation grant. So, yes, that flight would have been chartered.

If you scroll down to the bottom, you will find footnote 25 that clearly states Obama Snr was NOT on that flight. Although Obama Snr received financial assistance by way of a scholarship, he was already in Hawaii when that first flight landed at Idlewild.

Are you somehow confusing KENYA with GHANA? The link I posted for Ghana Air Line Route Maps, although from 2003 clearly shows Ghana-US geography and relates to expat traffic between Ghana and the US - Kenya is on the opposite side of the African continent.

GHANA AIRLINES MAP

MY HISTORY WITH PICTURES COMMENT.CLICK/LINK#27 AND #37.

My contention is if Stanley Ann was NOT on the US mainland or in Hawaii - she may have been in Kenya BUT IT'S FAR MORE LIKELY SHE WAS IN GHANA.

811 posted on 07/17/2009 4:55:50 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (FAIR DINKUM!)
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To: Fred Nerks

The Kennedys were big supporters of AASF. I wonder if this is why the Kennedys backed Obama so much. Their efforts brought the old man to America.


840 posted on 07/19/2009 12:02:46 PM PDT by Frantzie (Remember when Bush was President and Americans had jobs (and ammo)?)
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