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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 / […]
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 […]
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 […]
