* * * * * Following the “Booke Seven Arrival” on our Jeppesen Plate, we departed the emerald-green garden island of Kauai. Descending through the broken cloud layer we passed the “BOOKE” waypoint, and when we reached the “SHIGI” waypoint, Honolulu radar vectored us to intercept the ILS to Runway Eight Left (080°/260° magnetic, NE/SW). While performing this descending instrument approach, we eventually broke out of the clouds; allowing my first view of distant Oahu Island off our nose. And it occurred to me – since we were approaching the island from the northwest – this was perhaps the identical sight the Japanese pilots had, when they attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941. After touching down on the ...