tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118960343660861231.post9178661812039897947..comments2023-10-01T05:03:31.109-04:00Comments on SV Cool Runnings: Looking Back: Ascension IslandDavid Hibberdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11564117309719105455noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118960343660861231.post-80182673756292377712018-11-29T10:50:38.217-04:002018-11-29T10:50:38.217-04:00It is a shame how much the island has changed sinc...It is a shame how much the island has changed since I left there in 1979. My mother and I were the first American dependents to live on Ascension. We took a 13 day cruise Nov 22 - Dec 3, aboard Ferrell Lines SS African Sun, Voyage 48, to get there as the US government would not let us fly on the C-141s that flew there from Patrick Air Force Base, FL. Ferrell Lines News, Spring 1975, pages 16 and 17 has a great article about some of our trip. Eventually they would allow us on those flights from Ascension to Antigua, then to Patrick AFB.. My mother and I arrived in 1974 (I was 14) and had 5 great years there. We first lived in the vicarage in Georgetown and later moved up onto Green Mountain. The only buildings higher than we were were the milking buildings for the cows. My parents even allowed me to take a trip to St Helena when I was 16. Lot so history on those two islands. There are WWII aircraft in the ocean off the end of the runway which was used as a refueling stop for planes in WWII and an old English galleon in about 125 feet of water of the Georgetown pier head.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11416676737373630838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118960343660861231.post-71786373890361566902018-03-09T19:22:58.361-04:002018-03-09T19:22:58.361-04:00Totally fascinating. Learning so much from your bl...Totally fascinating. Learning so much from your blog!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09610328486854339217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118960343660861231.post-57297057787053552812018-03-08T17:06:16.241-04:002018-03-08T17:06:16.241-04:00Amazing, isn't it? Literally in the middle of...Amazing, isn't it? Literally in the middle of nowhere...Gudrun Hibberdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200879238505367649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118960343660861231.post-44673872486807576352018-03-08T15:58:44.329-04:002018-03-08T15:58:44.329-04:00Wow! I had no idea there is a US and British base ...Wow! I had no idea there is a US and British base on Ascension Isalnd? Actually, it’s hard to imagine that there would be anything out there, but clearly, there is a LOT! Tracy Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02553284349747518404noreply@blogger.com