Richard W. Rogers

Maritime and Aviation Historian and Consultant, Para-archaeologist, Adventurer, Author, Deep sea diver, Pilot, Explorer.

[Richard W. Rogers @captainrickr]

I had fun...now back to the libraries.. #hicm

[Richard W. Rogers @captainrickr]

I am available as a consultant on Maritime and Aviation History. #hicm

[Richard W. Rogers @captainrickr]

I aintain the Archives for Hawaiian Airlines and am heling get ready to do the same at the Pacific Aviation Museum. #hicm

[Richard W. Rogers @captainrickr]

The series "Waialua, the Saga of the North Shore" appears bi-weekly in the North Shore News..Now on Chapter 28. #hicm

[Richard W. Rogers @captainrickr]

Also writing "Territorial Aviation" The story of flight in Hawaii befoe WWII. #hicm

[Richard W. Rogers @captainrickr]

I had a day-job with Hawaiian Airlines for 23 years. Flew Captain on the Dash-7, DC-9, 717 and Boeing 767. #hicm

[Richard W. Rogers @captainrickr]

"Shipwrecks of Maui County" is in the computer. #hicm

[Richard W. Rogers @captainrickr]

Most history can be told from the viewpoint of Maritime history #hicm

[Richard W. Rogers @captainrickr]

So the first book was sort of a historical tour of the Big Island. #hicm

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I had a job with "Scenic Air Tours" flying old Beech 18s around the islands. Telling history geographicaly from the air. #hicm

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I tried to write the book using 3 levels. Narrative, chronological and geographic. #hicm

[Richard W. Rogers @captainrickr]

Well, trying to explain history to my less literate friends was easier using a narativethan an academic arguement. #hicm

[Richard W. Rogers @captainrickr]

Yes, Terry Hunt is on the forfront of sorting out the early dates and the rest sort falls into place. #hicm

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"Manahune" is the Tahitian word for commoner. So they were likel of normal stature.

The Ali`i ate way more and better and became huge #hicm

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My arguement is that thisngs changed dramatically when Europeans began to cross the Pacific every year. #hicm

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Another aspect to ponder is; when did the voyaging stop and why? #hicm

[Richard W. Rogers @captainrickr]

Best guess these days is people arrived here around 1000 AD..Thats when the rats ate the Loulou Palms and fires burned the islands. #hicm

[Richard W. Rogers @captainrickr]

Sorta. The "Menehune" were here before the Ali`i. Commoners before chiefs is all that means. #hicm

[Richard W. Rogers @captainrickr]

Now they have other ways of updating the timeline...and I'm being proven correct. #hicm

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I long ago argued that the dates were tweeked to far back and showed how the shipwrecks showed that, but they didnt see it. #hicm