Second time around

For the second year in a row, Air

Niugini’s inflight magazine, Para

dise, has won an international award for excellence. Paradise won the 1989 Pacific Area Travel Association (PATA) gold medal for best travel story in an airline magazine. For last year’s gold medal, Paradise was declared the best inflight magazine.

In taking out the successive honours, Paradise has prevailed in competition against publications produced by major airlines serving Pacific destinations. This year the judges singled out ‘Black Jack’s Last Mission’, which appeared in the 1988, May-June issue, as the outstanding entry. The gold medal was the only one given to an inflight magazine this year.

Winning authors and photographers

Lyn and Pat Manly are a Sydney-based scuba diving couple who enjoy some of the world’s greatest diving destinations in Papua New Guinea. They are regular Paradise contributors. One of their in terests is the undersea relics of World War 11. This led them to an involvement in the filming of a documentary on the discovery of the ill-fated American bom ber Black Jack. ‘Black Jack’s Last Mission’ combined colourful underwater adventure, war his

tory and poignant 45-year-old photo

graphs of the young crew. “This award is confirmation that Paradise magazine is achieving its aims as a publication of which Air Niugini can be proud,” said Geoff McLaughlin, the airline’s public relations manager and editor. □

Winning combination: Lyn (left) and Pat Manly receive their gold medal plaque from Air Niugini’s Maggie Worri.