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This is the actual plane: Makani Kai Awarded Kalaupapa EAS

23 Nov 2011

The US Department of Transportation (DoT) awarded the Essential Air Service contract to Makani Kai Charters (a subsidiary of Schuman Aviation) to provide air service between HNL and LUP. Makani Kai will be using two of their three nine-seat Cessna 208B Grand Caravans for the flight.

Schuman had all of their three Caravans (N687MA [c/n 208B1002, above], N865MA [c/n 208B0996], and N866MA [c/n 208B0934, a Cargomaster]) parked on the South Ramp for the past couple of months, with the termination of the Pacific Air Express venture. Only the Cargomaster (N866MA) remains parked outside the Leis Air hangar.

US Senator Daniel Inouye's press release. On July 24, 2009 President Barack Obama signs a proclamation celebrating the 19th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, as Sen. Daniel Inouye, left, looks on

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I live in SE Texas.

The plane flying over my house didn’t have that many windows, I believe it was 5, and it was blue and white.

My sister is the one that called it to my attention I had been on the tractor mowing.

She said it had flown over about 5 or 6 times and she said they were looking for something.

When my sister and her husband left is when the plane started circling.

It circled about 30 minutes and started heading south.

I walked out the back door to look at it and it started circling again.

I kept circling in a tighter and tighter circle around the house and it was getting lower and lower.

When I finally looked up at the plane and watched it for a few seconds the plane dipped it’s left wing then few south.