Hachman, C.D. 1965 Journal 1 Jan. 10 D.C - Honolulu Left hotel at 0750 and took taxi to airline bus terminal. Left terminal at 0845 and arrived at Dulles around 0940 - a little late because of the snow storm. Plane took off at 1020. Arrived in L.A. at 12 noon pacific time and departed there at 1:30 p.m on Pan Am flight 819. This plane took an unusually long take-off run, using up all but the last 1000 feet of runway before getting off the ground. On the way into the Honolulu airport the plane came dangerously close to undershooting the runway by about 400 yards. When about 200 feet off the ground it was still quite a distance from the end of the runway and dropping fast. The pilot applied full power and landed on the very edge of the runway with the engines screaming. The plane was going so fast when it hit the runway it took almost the entire strip to get stopped. Max + I sort of talked (kussed) it onto the runway when we realized he was going to be short. We skated the last couple of hundred feet before he finally touched down safely. We immediately rented a car, a '65 Falcon with only 2070 miles on the speedometer, and headed for the hotel. Called Jan Ely from the hotel and then headed out to say hi and coordinate things. At 11 p.m. I went out to the airport and met Norman Heyford. Finally sacked out at 12:45 am (7:30 am EST on Jan. 1). A long day!