PNG flying WAU

[@robbertusmcspurtus7530]

I too used to fly in and out of wau in the 70's I think it was around 1977 as well! Me and my sister were going to the Lutheran boarding school there. I think I would have been about 10 years old and my sis 12. Crazy uphill grass strip....some whacky and crazy flights in those days, diving through a hole in the clouds looking for the airstrip.....so cool.

[@cockylora123]

I was a passenger landing here in 1977. Touching down seemed a lot more dramatic than this back then. But I was only 15 and everything was holy-shit dramatic back then. I do vividly remember the driving rain and thick cloud flying out from Port Moresby, the fear on my friend's face, the bumpy landing on the grass and the speed of the plane as we went up the hill. When we got to the top, we made a sharp right-hand turn and locals ran out of the tiny office building to put chocks under the wheels. We were told this was to stop the plane rolling back down the hill. No idea whether this was true but I did see the wreckage of an old Dakota down the bottom as we were coming in. Thanks for sharing this.