Flight Adventures featuring the Biggest Little Air Show is part of the Joint Base Summer Showcase & Expo, June 3rd and 4th
Join us for a FREE family event!
Pre-registered guests are welcome to drive onto Ford Island and park their vehicles. Parking is limited, so be sure to register early by clicking the button below. Only one registration is needed per vehicle. The Ford Island Gate will open to the public at 7:45 a.m. on Saturday and at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday.
The Navy will also be conducting tours and have static displays available. There is one registration link for parking and tours of the Arleigh Burke—class destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen, Jr (DDG121) and VMM-268 MV-22 Osprey. Guests will need to register for both if they want to park on island and do a tour. Each tour registration will give guests access to both the Destroyer and the Osprey.
Kids STEM Activity Sign Up
Flight oriented STEM activities will be instructed by the Museum’s education team, and offered to children. Activities include RC Flight training where youth will learn to take-off/land one of the radio-controlled aircraft, balsa wood aircraft building, build your own propeller kit, and more.
Kids STEM Activity Sign Up
Flight oriented STEM activities will be instructed by the Museum’s education team, and offered to children. Activities include RC Flight training where youth will learn to take-off/land one of the radio-controlled aircraft, balsa wood aircraft building, build your own propeller kit, and more.
Laser Cut Balsa Wood Glider Build
Assemble and decorate a lightweight balsa wood aircraft, laser-cut to the specifications of a legendary WWII fighter aircraft.
Propeller Plane Build & Fly
Carefully assemble a rubber band-powered glider aircraft, complete with a dual-wheeled landing gear.
Foam Glider Build & Fly
For younger kids, this foam glider is easy to assemble and fly. Upgrade your paper airplanes to a foam glider and watch it take flight.
Wooden Propeller Sanding
Turn a rough, pre-cut wood blank into a finished airplane propeller, ready for polishing, decorating, or even some pilot autographs.
RC Training
Kids learn how to fly an aircraft in simulator. Then, they'll work with one of the pilots to conduct take-offs/landings on historic Ford Field – earning a signed logbook.
Aviation Learning Center Tour
Walk through our state-of-the-art facility and learn more about what your children can participate in while on a field trip to our Museum.
Our kids STEM activity sign ups are currently sold out.
If you have signed your child up but aren’t able to attend, please cancel your reservation so others can register. For those looking for a spot, please check back periodically for any openings. There will be other activities for kids to enjoy the whole weekend including a coloring station, preflight checks, open cockpits and a Kid Zone with bounce houses, rock climbing and inflatable obstacle courses.
Biggest Little Air Show
This year's air show will feature a line-up of spectacular, nationally acclaimed radio control pilots showcasing their aerial skills in Giant Scale RC aircraft. Get ready to sit at the edge of your seas as aircraft take to the sky completing aerial maneuvers that rival the Blue Angels.
Biggest Little Air Show
This year's air show will feature a line-up of spectacular, nationally acclaimed radio control pilots showcasing their aerial skills in Giant Scale RC aircraft. Get ready to sit at the edge of your seas as aircraft take to the sky completing aerial maneuvers that rival the Blue Angels.
Event Schedule
Saturday, June 3 – all General Activities open 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM:
- 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM – Youth RC training and flights
- 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM – Air Show
- 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM – Youth RC Training and flights
- 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM – Air Show
Sunday, June 4 – all General Activities open from 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM:
- 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM – Youth RC Training and flights
- 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM – Pearl Harbor Child Presentation and Book Signing
- 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM – Air Show
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Pearl Harbor Child Presentation and Book Signing
On December 7, 1941 she watched the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and she has written books about it. Now, Dorinda Makanaōnalani Nicholson, author of Pearl Harbor Child, Remember WWII: Kids Who Survived Tell Their Stories, and other books, visits our Museum for a special Q&A presentation and book signing.
Flight Adventures is part of Joint Base Summer Showcase & Expo Community Weekend
This first-ever community event is expected to draw upwards of 20,000 visitors. Drive on Access to Ford Island provides easy entrance for military and non-military families. Click below for sponsorship opportunities.
Thank you to our sponsors
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