The Kokoda Track from Above: 1965 - 1970

[John Werner]

5 minutes ago, onetrack said:

simply called "Balus", and it has good stories on aviation in PNG

I thank you for this advice.  I remember "Balus" means pigeon or any bird and also is used to refer to any thing that flies like a fixed-wing aircraft in Tok Pisin.  For example, "Balus ilaik go" ,means "the plane is about to leave".  The tok pisin description of a helicopter on Bougainville was "mixmaster bilong Jesus Christ" reflecting the influence of the missionaries.  One American missionary on Buka (Sohano) named local village twin boys Cocoa Cola and Pepsi Cola as an "in" joke which I found to be in poor taste and told him so.  Cheers,  JW.