Ua ʻike kekahi kamaʻāina Pelekane i ka makahiki 1971 i ka hoʻopau ʻana o Seychelles International Airport i kāna moemoeā o ke kipa hou ʻana i nā mokupuni ma hope o 48 mau makahiki.
ʻO Norman Rose, 91, i hala ʻekolu mau lā ma Mahe me kāna kaikamahine ʻo Jennie Powling i kahi kipa āna i noʻonoʻo ai no kekahi mau makahiki.
ʻO Rose i noho ma ka Avani Resort a me Spa ma Barbarons i hele mai i ko SNA keʻena ma Victoria i ka Pōʻaono e kaʻana like i ka ʻāpana o ka moʻolelo o ka mokupuni.
"Ma Iune 1970, ma Ladana, hana wau i ka ʻenehana me ke Kuhina o nā Hana Kūkulu. Ua hiki mai ʻelua mau manawa kūpono - ʻo kekahi ke kūkulu ʻana i ke ala i Nepal a ʻo kekahi e kiaʻi i ka pau ʻana o ke alaloa o ke kahua mokulele ma Seychelles, "i wehewehe ai ʻo Rose.
No kekahi kumu, ua hoʻopau ʻia ka hāʻawi a Nepal. I Kepakemapa i kēlā makahiki, huakaʻi ʻo Rose i ka pae ʻāina ʻo 115 mokupuni ma ke komohana o ka Moana ʻInikia - kahi āna i ʻike iki ʻole ai.
"Ua hoʻomaka kaʻu huakaʻi me kahi huakaʻi kaʻaahi i ke kahua mokulele ma Heathrow kahi aʻu i lele ai iā Charles de Gaulle ma Palisa. Mai laila he holo holoʻokoʻa ia i Nairobi. Ma Nairobi, ʻelua mau mokulele ʻokoʻa i Mombasa a laila i Mauritius. Mai laila he lele hope loa ia i Mahe, kahi a mākou i pae aku ai ma kahi ʻāpana kūlohelohe i hana ʻia i ka lepo no nā mokulele liʻiliʻi, ”i wehewehe ai ʻo Rose.
I hoʻokahi manawa ma ka mokupuni ma hope o ʻehā mau lā o ka huakaʻi, ua kau ʻia ʻo Rose ma ka Hōkele ʻo Northholme ma ka ʻākau o ka moku nui ʻo Mahe.
"ʻO wau kekahi o ka hui e kiaʻi ana i ke kahua mokulele hou ma Mahe, a ke pau ia e hoʻokipa ana i nā malihini kipa o ka honua holoʻokoʻa. Ua hōʻea wau i Kepakemapa a ʻo 50 mile ka piha o ke kahua mokulele. Pono e hemo i ka mauna kiʻekiʻe no ka palekana laina lele, "wahi a ke kamaʻāina Pelekane.
Wahi a Rose, Costain, nā mea hana Pelekane, ua hoʻopau i ka 9,000-ft. kahua paʻa kahua lōʻihi.
"E hoʻopiha mākou i kēia manawa i ke 50 mau keneta runway i koe, he 14 iniha ka manoanoa. ʻO wau ke kuleana nui no ka kaohi pono o nā mea a me nā limahana, "wahi a ka mea hoʻomaha.
ʻO kā misiona a Rose ma Seychelles i noho ai no ʻeono mahina a ʻo kāna hoʻomanaʻo hoʻomanaʻo maikaʻi loa no nā mokupuni ke hōʻike nei i ka mōʻaukala me ka hōʻea ʻana o ka lele mua honua.
"Ma Malaki 1971 ua ʻike mākou i ka RAF Gan Hercules e hoʻāʻo nei i ke alaloa no ka manawa mua. A me ka hōʻea ʻana mai ua hāʻawi mai iā mākou i ke kukui ʻōmaʻomaʻo i pau kā mākou hana a mākaukau ke ala holo, "hoʻomālamalama ʻia kahi Rose haʻaheo, nāna i kauoha i ka Seychellois i ʻāpana o ka hui no kā lākou hana nui.
Ma hope koke o ka hoʻi ʻana o Rose i ka home. "I koʻu kau ʻana i Kampalour no ka home, ua ʻike au i ʻehā mau kaikamahine kūloko e hele ana no Lākana no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana ma ke ʻano he hosteses lewa e hiki mai ana," haʻi aku ʻo Rose, me ka hoʻohui ʻana i kāna mālama pono ʻia ʻana ma ka hōkele ʻo Northolme e ka mea nona ʻo Mrs. Broomhead a me kāna wahine. limahana.
"Ua hana nui ka poʻe kūloko no Costain a hoʻokipa nui iā mākou. I koʻu wā e noho ana, ua hoʻohana wau i ka ʻaukāulu kūloko, ua hele i ka lawelawe Kalikimaka ma ka hale pule, ua nānā au i ka hoʻokūkū Miss World kūloko a ua kipa aku au i ka pā honu nui,
Akā ʻo ka mea āna i makemake nui ai e hoʻi hou e ʻike i nā loli nui a kaʻana like i ka nohona mokupuni me kāna kaikamahine hoʻokahi.
"Makemake ʻo Pāpā e hoʻi hou i mau makahiki, ua like ʻo ia me koʻu makemake e hoʻi a ʻike i nā loli a makemake wau e ʻike ʻoe i kahi aʻu i hana ai. Akā ua hoʻomau ʻia ka hoʻopaneʻe ʻia ʻana, a i kēia makahiki ua ʻōlelo ʻo Pāpā i kaʻu keiki, ʻo Chris, 'E hele mai e hoʻopaʻa i nā mea āpau a e hana kākou i kēia!' "Wehewehe ʻo Powling, nāna i ʻōlelo ua hana ʻo British Airways i nā mokulele pololei i nā mokupuni i maʻalahi ka hoʻoholo.
Wahi a Powling e alakaʻi mau ana kona makuakāne i kahi ola ola a pāʻani i ka kolepa i ʻelua mau manawa i ka pule. Ua ʻōlelo hou ua hauʻoli hauʻoli kona mau mākua ma hope o 70 mau makahiki.
Ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Rose i kona noho ʻana ma Seychelles i loko o kahi puke āna i kākau ai ma ka makahiki 2016 i ka makahiki he 88 o ka makahiki.
Ua wehe ʻia ʻo Seychelles International Airport e Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II ma Malaki 20, 1972.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- One was the construction of a road in Nepal and the other to oversee the completion of the runway of the airport in Seychelles,” explained Rose.
- “Dad wanted to come back for several years, he was like I want to go back and see the changes and I want you to see where I worked.
- Rose who stayed at the Avani Resort and Spa at Barbarons came to SNA's office in Victoria on Saturday to share how he was part of the island nation's history.