Pacific Aviation Museum

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The Pacific Aviation Museum is located on Ford Island, located in the middle of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.[1]

A6M2 Zero painted as one of the Pearl Harbor attackers
A6M2 Zero painted as one of the Pearl Harbor attackers

The museum site occupies 16 acres of the 450-acre (1.8 km²) island. It includes three historic hangars and an air traffic control tower.

F4F3 Wildcat on display representing Cactus Air during the Battle of Guadalcanal
F4F3 Wildcat on display representing Cactus Air during the Battle of Guadalcanal

On December 7, 2006, one of four phases of the museum opened Hangar 37 to the public. The hangar's 42,442 square feet (3,943 m²) of space focus on the attack on Pearl Harbor through Jimmy Doolittle's bomber raid on Tokyo, Japan. Future phases of the museum will be built in other nearby hangars and focus on the Korean War, Vietnam War, and Cold War.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Roland Gilmore (photo by Gerlinde Gorla). Flight Plan. Hana Hou! Vol. 10, No. 1, February/March 2007.

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