7 Fun Facts About the Blue Angels
In February 2021, Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum welcomed Blue Angel #4 from the iconic Blue Angels, the flight exhibition and demonstration team of the U.S. Navy. Beloved by audiences across America, the Blue Angels are larger than life and have left spectators thunderstruck for 75 years. Read on to uncover fascinating facts about this […]
De Havilland D-82a Tiger Moth
The Tiger Moth was to the British Commonwealth what the Boeing Stearman was to the United States—the plane that most pilot candidates first flew to begin their flight training or to end it if they did not have the “Right Stuff.” World War II British Commonwealth Elementary Flight Trainer Posted on May 16, 2018 By […]
General Dynamics/Lockheed Martin F-16
“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 during development into a multirole […]
Nakajima B5N2 “Kate” Type 97-3 Carrier Attack Aircraft at Pearl Harbor
“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 the world’s most advanced carrier […]
Douglas SBD Dauntless Scout / Dive Bomber
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 found the enemy, they would […]
The Mystery of Huey 411
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 down and quietly said, “Here […]
Boeing Stearman Kaydet Primary Trainer
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 Commons – https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boeing_Stearman_N67193.jpg#/media/File:Boeing_Stearman_N67193.jpg Outline Key […]
Bell OH-58 Kiowa
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 Helicopter Date Deployed 1969 Number […]
Superchargers and Turbochargers
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 more air into the cylinders, […]
BOEING/VERTOL CH-46 SEA KNIGHT
Posted on November 18, 2014 By Ray Panko | [email protected] | Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum Key Points The United States Marine Corps realized that beach assaults in the atomic age would be suicide. It needed to move large numbers of Marines far inland very rapidly, to sites without runways. For mass troop delivery, the Marines […]
North American F-100F Super Sabre (S/N 58-1232)
Posted on December 09, 2013 By Ray Panko | [email protected] | Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum Misty Forward Air Controller (FAC) Figure 1: F-100F Misty FAC Painting by David Tipps / DavidTipps.com Key Points Follow on to the North American F-86 Sabre, named the F-100 Super Sabre. “F-100,” popularly shortened to “Hun.” First operational supersonic fighter. […]
General Dynamics F-111 AARDVARK/PIG
Posted on October 24, 2013 By Ray Panko | [email protected] | Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum Two-Seat Medium-Range Heavy Tactical Bomber Royal Australian Air Force F-111Cs in Flight at Nellis Air Force Base. United States Air Force photograph 060214-F-6911G-135. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Australian_F-111s.jpg Key Points Although designated a fighter, the F-111 was a medium-range heavy tactical bomber Nicknamed the […]
Sikorsky H-34 Choctaw/Seabat/Seahorse
Posted on August 26, 2013 By Ray Panko | [email protected] | Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum Bullet Points Last of the large piston-engine military helicopters (along with the Piasecki H-21 Flying Banana). Used by the U.S. Navy, Army, Marines, Coast Guard, and Air Force Reserves. First flight March 8, 1954. Entered Navy and Army service in […]
