Well ... i gotta say that was very nice landing. I was expecting something a bit rougher. He did an excellent job of staying calm and keeping the aircraft straight and level.

I was kinda' wondering to myself ... what if he had just departed from Catalina Island? That would have shaved roughly 22 miles off the trip, compared to the flying distance from California [I didn't check where he departed from - maybe that was the problem]. He was only 13 miles short of the island of Hilo - probably would have made it. I'm not sure if they have fuel at Catalina normally. But it seems like you could ferry some spare supplies out there.

Just joking really - but it does make you wonder :-)

Pete2