Oh my Vanuatu: Betty Emma

Air Vanuatu added a new ATR72-500 to its fleet last month, and has dubbed it "Betty Emma." As the story goes, she was the first woman-Tanna to ever ride on an airplane back in the '60s. A pilot from Australia landed his small plane on the island, and (through sign-language) asked if anyone would like to go for a ride. The village chief and his cronies feared that it was too dangerous for anyone of import to go, and thus nominated one of the women to be the guinea pig. I mean hey, if the plane goes down, we've plenty of other women, right?

Another story that makes us say, "oh, my Vanuatu." ;)