lt's Paradise Plus!

In the beginning there was Paradise. The world had never seen an in-flight magazine quite like it. When it first appeared in July 1976, seat pockets were empty after every flight of Air Niugini, and the airline could not meet the written requests for back copies from those who had seen or heard about it.

In 1978 the airline put together The Best of Paradise, a selection of the top stories from the first two years of Para dise magazine. It sold out almost immediately.

So now Air Niugini, in association with Pacific Publi cations, has produced Paradise Plus - bigger (144 pages, with 45 separate stories and photographic essays) and every page in full colour. It is a collection that, without doubt, will sell as quickly as the earlier one. The stories in Paradise Plus are all new, none having appeared in The Best Of Para dise.

They include reports on arts and crafts, culture, customs, canoe sailing, life on the Sepik, bird life, gold mining etc.

Many stories are about personalities, such as the one about Fred Hargesheimer, who founded the Airmen’s Memorial School in New Britain as a remarkable thank you gesture to the people who helped save his life after he was shot down during the war.

The book is available in Bookshops in Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands, including Hawaii, or through PI Ms Mail Order Bookshop, Box 3408, GPO, at $A 12.00 or SUSI 4.00 posted.