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“The problem with self-sealing fuel tanks was that these rubber layers were an inch or thicker. This may not sound like much, but given the small volume of fuel tanks, removing an inch of capacity in each direction significantly reduced capacity.” Posted on November 29, 2017 By Ray Panko |
“Figure 1 doesn’t really show how aerial pictures were taken in World War II. However, the people in the picture were real photographers from Utility Squadron VJ-1.” Posted on September 1, 2017 By Ray Panko | [email protected] | Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum Aerial Photographers in Pearl Harbor Figure 1: Aerial
“Designed as a pure lightweight fighter, evolved during development into a multirole fighter equally adept at air combat maneuvering and bomb delivery.” Posted on September 26, 2017 By Raymond R. Panko | [email protected] | Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum Single-Seat Multirole Fighter Key Points Designed as a pure lightweight fighter, evolved
“They sank five battleships in the Pearl Harbor attack — four with torpedoes and one with a bomb that detonated the Arizona’s million-pound powder magazine.” Posted on August 18, 2017 By Raymond R. Panko | [email protected] | Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum Torpedo and Level Bomber (Pearl Harbor) “Nakajima “Kates” were
Posted on May 31, 2016 By Burl Burlingame | [email protected] | Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum The history of World War II is written not just in words, but also in images. That includes artwork that was painted in the far-flung outposts of the war, using materials borrowed, scrounged and occasionally
Posted on February 18, 2016 By Burl Burlingame | [email protected] | Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum It’s a photograph of a day like any other in Hawaii, a half-century ago. A wood and wire Army bomber rumbles through the azure sky, criss-crossing the pellucid air above Oahu on an obscure military
Posted on December 28, 2015 By Ray Panko | [email protected] | Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum Japan’s Type 91 Modification 2 Torpedo Fins at Pearl Harbor Key Points The Japanese had to modify their Type 91 Modification 2 aerial torpedoes for the Pearl Harbor attack. They needed to limit the initial
Posted on September 24, 2015 By Ray Panko | [email protected] | Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum Key Points Half the aircraft on U.S. carriers were Dauntlesses in the first year of the war On scouting missions, 18 SBDs flew in pairs, searching a 90-degree pie slice of the ocean. If they
Posted on August 13, 2015 By Burl Burlingame | [email protected] | Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum Bob Broaddus folded his lanky frame into the UH-1H Huey and stuck his head up into the equivalent of the aircraft’s rafters. He began to poke around, occasionally consulting a dog-eared logbook. Then he jumped
Posted on June 29, 2015 By Ray Panko | [email protected] | Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum Why do we call it the Bush Stearman and why is it yellow? “Boeing Stearman N67193” by Juergen Lehle — Own work (See also AlbSpotter Flugzeugbilder Aircraft Photos). Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia
Posted on April 28, 2015 By Ray Panko | [email protected] | Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum Big Eyes and Sharp Teeth “Wingman.” Photo taken by Spc. Brady Pritchett. Won the U.S. Army Aviation Photo of the Year award in 2014. Source: U.S. Army Aviation Facebook page. Type Scout/Observation Helicopter Manufacturer Bell
Posted on February 24, 2015 By Ray Panko | [email protected] | Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum Key Points Engine volume, high-octane fuel, and forced induction drove World War II engine performance growth Forced Induction As an aircraft flies higher, the air grows thinner and the engine loses power Forced induction pushes
Posted on December 17, 2014 By Caroline Sibley, Archivist | Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum Mr. Kagel Smith, looking through his mother’s attic, stumbled upon an old suitcase filled with the photographs and documents of a Mr. Lyman Hoskins. His mother’s ex-husband, it was clear that Mr. Hoskins had served in
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