Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress Swamp Ghost (Pearl Harbor)
Posted on August 06, 2013 By William Sage IV | [email protected] | Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum An early Boeing B-17E aircraft like 41-2446. Note she does not have a tail […]
McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle
Posted on July 10, 2013 By Ray Panko | [email protected] | Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum Development In the mid-1960s, the U.S. Air Force was concerned. Vietnam was showing that the […]
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
Posted on May 15, 2013 By Ray Panko | [email protected] | Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum The Zipper. Designed as a day fighter, the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter was created by placing […]
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis
Posted on May 02, 2013 By Ray Panko | [email protected] | Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum In November 1950, a fleet of small but very fast MiG-15s began to devastate United […]
North American F-86E Sabre
Posted on April 02, 2013 By Ray Panko | [email protected] | Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum Birth of the Sabre. After World War II, countries built many aircraft designs to try […]
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
Posted on February 11, 2013 By Ray Panko | [email protected] | Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum Intercontinental Strategic and Tactical Bomber B-52 dropping up to 81 1,000 pound bombs. Air Force […]
Northrop F-5A Freedom Fighter (And T-38 Talon)
Posted on October 11, 2012 By Ray Panko | [email protected] | Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum In the 1950s, with jets growing larger and more expensive, Northrop developed a design for […]
The Mig-21 Fishbed
Posted on July 24, 2012 In Vietnam, the great air rivalry was between the massive F-4 Phantom II and the small MiG-21, which American’s called Fishbed. Both were Mach 2 […]
Douglas C-47/DC-3 “Cheeky Charlie”
Douglas C-47/DC-3 “Cheeky Charley” Twin-engine Military Transport and Cargo Aircraft with a Crew of Three Figure 1: The Cheeky Charley in Hawaii, in Military Camouflage Source: www.oldprops.ukhome.net Key Points The […]
How fast was the Zero?
Perspective When American pilots first encountered the Zero, they were stunned. The Zero had nearly complete initial dominance. This dominance is sometimes attributed to the A6M’s high speed. In reality, […]
Douglas A3D/A-3 Skywarrior
Posted on March 12, 2012 Nuclear Strike, Tanker, Reconnaissance, and Electronic Warfare Aircraft Figure 1: Our Skywarrior (S/N 144867) in its Original Form Key Points Called the A3D Skywarrior from […]
Our CH-53D Sea Stallion
Posted on February 21, 2012 Pacific Aviation Museum’s newest aircraft is a Sikorsky CH-53D Sea Stallion, S/N 157173. The CH-53 has been the Marines’ heavy lift helicopter since the days […]
The Hard Life of Snake 298
Posted on June 23, 2011 Bell Helicopter delivered our Bell AH-1G Cobra to the Army on October 1967. Its serial number is 66-15298, indicating that it was ordered in 1966. […]
