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Pacific Aviation Museum
Pearl Harbor Hangar 37, Ford Island
319 Lexington
Blvd.
Honolulu HI 96818
T (808) 441-1000 Visiting The Museum Open Daily
9:00-5:00
Click
here for map.
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When completed (estimated opening 2009), the story of World
War II air war will be told. Interactive exhibits and vintage aircraft will
cover the major theaters of the Pacific war, including the Philippines,
the Aleutian Islands, Solomon Islands and China, and the closing in on the
Japanese home islands. A full-scale replica of a WW II aircraft carrier
deck will be featured to help tell how carriers introduced a new mobility
to
Naval warfare. Space will be available for traveling exhibits and for meetings
and special occasion events for large groups of up to 1,000. This will provide
the first large entertainment venue for special events in Pearl Harbor and
one of a very few on Oahu. And, of course, none of them will have the theme
power of the museum and Ford Island. |
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The visitor's experience begins in Hanger 37, a 42,000
square foot former seaplane hangar that survived the
December 7, 1941 attack. Transportation to Ford Island is via trolleys,
which will make a brief stop at the
USS Battleship Missouri. After arrival in the Pacific Aviation Museum’s
lobby, guests enter a 200-seat theater
where they view a 10-minute movie covering the surprise attack on Pearl
Harbor, including historic footage. |
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Leaving the theater visitors enter a corridor that sets
the stage with sound effects and photos of what life
was like on December 7th, 1941. Upon entering the exhibit area of 25,000
square feet, visitors first see an
authentic Japanese Zero in a diorama setting on the deck of the Japanese
carrier Hiryu at dawn on December 7th.
Also in the Oahu attack there is an actual light civilian plane that was
airborne (and shot) during the attack,
together with a P-40 fighter of the type airborne from Wheeler and Haleiwa
Field on the fateful day. Visitors
will then be enthralled with an exhibit relating the full story, both before
and after, of one of the Japanese
Zeros that crash landed on island of Niihau. |
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The year 1942 was one of “desperate courage.” Exhibits include an actual B-25B quite similar to one used on
the Doolittle Raid on Japan in April, 1942. An SBD Dauntless dive bomber is the cornerstone of telling about
the Battle of Midway. An authentic Grumman Wildcat is featured in the Guadalcanal diorama as the story of the
“Cactus Air Force” is told. Finally, the story of America's mobilization for war – manufacturing airplanes
and training pilots in particular – is told using the actual Stearman N2S-3 in which former President Bush
soloed.
Visitors then have the opportunity to become a WWII pilot in one of the museum's six interactive simulators,
and enjoy a delicious lunch in the museum's restaurant, “Lani Akea” (Blue Hawaii). The museum's store features
“everything to do with aviation” and the December 7th, a941 Pearl Harbor attacks. |
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Pacific Aviation Museum
Pearl Harbor Hangar 37, Ford Island
319 Lexington
Blvd.
Honolulu HI 96818
T (808) 441-1000 Visiting The Museum Open Daily
9:00-5:00
Click
here for map.
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