blast from the past Archives – Lord Howe Island Signal https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/tag/blast-from-the-past/ Lord Howe Island's independent online newspaper Mon, 03 Mar 2025 11:42:21 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cropped-LHI-Signal-Favicon-3-800-32x32.png blast from the past Archives – Lord Howe Island Signal https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/tag/blast-from-the-past/ 32 32 Blast from the Past – The Story of Lord Howe’s Meteorological Service https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/blast-from-the-past-the-story-of-lord-howes-meteorological-service/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/blast-from-the-past-the-story-of-lord-howes-meteorological-service/#respond Mon, 03 Mar 2025 11:42:15 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=170781 The Meteorological Office shared the two-room wireless station from 1939, until 1955, when an independent station was completed on the eastern side of the Island above Middle Beach.

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/blast-from-the-past-the-story-of-lord-howes-meteorological-service/feed/ 0 Blast From the Past Special – 50th Anniversary of the Lord Howe Airstrip (Part 2 Continued) https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/blast-from-the-past-special-50th-anniversary-of-the-lord-howe-airstrip-part-2-continued/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/blast-from-the-past-special-50th-anniversary-of-the-lord-howe-airstrip-part-2-continued/#respond Sat, 30 Nov 2024 21:41:00 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=170658 Blast From the Past Special – 50th Anniversary of the Lord Howe Airstrip (Part 2 continued).

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/blast-from-the-past-special-50th-anniversary-of-the-lord-howe-airstrip-part-2-continued/feed/ 0 Blast From the Past Special – 50th Anniversary of the Lord Howe Airstrip (Part 2) https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/blast-from-the-past-special-50th-anniversary-of-the-lord-howe-airstrip-part-2/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/blast-from-the-past-special-50th-anniversary-of-the-lord-howe-airstrip-part-2/#respond Thu, 31 Oct 2024 23:44:00 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=170215 Blast From the Past Special – 50th Anniversary of the Lord Howe Airstrip (Part 2).

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/blast-from-the-past-special-50th-anniversary-of-the-lord-howe-airstrip-part-2/feed/ 0 Blast From the Past Special – 50th Anniversary of the Lord Howe Airstrip (Part 1) https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/blast-from-the-past-special-50th-anniversary-of-the-lord-howe-airstrip-part-1/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/blast-from-the-past-special-50th-anniversary-of-the-lord-howe-airstrip-part-1/#respond Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:22:00 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=170154 The plan to build a Lord Howe Island airstrip had at least a 20-year timeline. Whilst articles about the strip occasionally appeared in the mainland press, no one followed the story more closely than the owner/editor of the Island Signal, Jim Whistler. Jim loved the flying boats but he knew they would eventually be superseded by land-based aircraft.

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/blast-from-the-past-special-50th-anniversary-of-the-lord-howe-airstrip-part-1/feed/ 0 Waterfront Wars – Part 15B https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/waterfront-wars-part-15b/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/waterfront-wars-part-15b/#respond Sun, 01 Sep 2024 00:51:00 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=169870 The Loss of Qantas Catalina VH-EAX at Lord Howe Island – Sabotage or Misadventure?

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