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Update 17 October 2004
The Island
Bird-Watcher
A journal of local gossip and
news for those in the archipelago
keeping track of the
comings-and-goings
of the air set.
It is often illustrated with
photos or drawings,
and
comes out at least monthly
and sometimes weekly.
Examples and
Illustrations provided
from the archives of Mr. S. A.
Gallacci
The Island Birdwatcher
was "...an irregular publication, likely orginally
pub'ed as things happened, or every week or two, or three, as content
became available. By the mid-'30s, however, there was enough going on
to make it a weekly, at least for the Spontoon local edition, to keep
up to date on social events, with a once-a-score (actually 21 day)
greater Pacific edition for more general info on air traffic trends and
features, NOTAMS, and less time-sensitive information. The local
edition would be timed to come out just after the arrival of notable
passengers on schedualed traffic, or have special editions for
unschedualed or special events."
[Spontoon aviation historian S.A.Gallacci,
from correspondence October 2004]
Some pages from Volume
XXXI,
No. 16: "DISASTER!"
page
1
(More about McMillan & Aksnel's Sea
Snake floatplane here)
page
3
(illustrations)
page
4
(advertisement: Superior Engineering)
A page from Volume
XXXVI, No. 4
"Sightings: Boeing B-17" (with an
attached letter)
