Post by planecrazy on Jul 15, 2016 22:47:56 GMT 12
If you visit Hawaii you cannot help but notice there is a military presence, helicopters and
fixed wing aircraft of all shapes and sizes fly over you every day. Street names, airports
and of course the famous Pearl Harbour a must do visit for any military history fan.
Personally I am not a so keen on naval stuff, aeroplanes are my thing the Pacific Aviation
Museum on Ford Island is fantastic in not only content but also of course history.
Pic’s of my visit to the museum link below.
rnzaf.proboards.com/thread/24305/pacific-aviation-museum-pearl-harbour
I would imagine many have seen the movies the classic Tora Tora Tora and the more recent
Pearl Harbour, the history of this a event is well documented. In the day and age of modern
media it is very easy to research, find written accounts, pictures and movies covering the
attack.
I am an absolute P40 Kittyhawk fan, both before and during my visit I became very interested
in the two P40’s that managed to not only get airborne but also bring down six of the Japanese
aeroplanes during the attack. Below a nice mini doco on these two P40’s and the men that flew
them.
As part of our stay we spent a few days of our stay on the North Shore of Oah’u famous for
the big waves that attacts surfers from all corners of the globe in the winter months.
What is perhaps not so well known the airstrip that the two P40’s took off from is also on the
North Shore very close to the biggest town in the area Haleiwa. Couldn’t help myself had to go
and seek out this little bit of history. The local people are very protective of their property you
often see signs warning you to stay off, keep out etc. However beach front is not be privately
owned, so found the location on Google earth set off with my trusty Canon.
Looking west the airstrip ran parallel to the coast line, pretty much overgrown now.
Looking south west.
Looking south east.
Couple of links that helped me look into this.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haleiwa_Fighter_Strip
www.airfields-freeman.com/HI/Airfields_HI_Oahu_N.htm#haleiwa
fixed wing aircraft of all shapes and sizes fly over you every day. Street names, airports
and of course the famous Pearl Harbour a must do visit for any military history fan.
Personally I am not a so keen on naval stuff, aeroplanes are my thing the Pacific Aviation
Museum on Ford Island is fantastic in not only content but also of course history.
Pic’s of my visit to the museum link below.
rnzaf.proboards.com/thread/24305/pacific-aviation-museum-pearl-harbour
I would imagine many have seen the movies the classic Tora Tora Tora and the more recent
Pearl Harbour, the history of this a event is well documented. In the day and age of modern
media it is very easy to research, find written accounts, pictures and movies covering the
attack.
I am an absolute P40 Kittyhawk fan, both before and during my visit I became very interested
in the two P40’s that managed to not only get airborne but also bring down six of the Japanese
aeroplanes during the attack. Below a nice mini doco on these two P40’s and the men that flew
them.
As part of our stay we spent a few days of our stay on the North Shore of Oah’u famous for
the big waves that attacts surfers from all corners of the globe in the winter months.
What is perhaps not so well known the airstrip that the two P40’s took off from is also on the
North Shore very close to the biggest town in the area Haleiwa. Couldn’t help myself had to go
and seek out this little bit of history. The local people are very protective of their property you
often see signs warning you to stay off, keep out etc. However beach front is not be privately
owned, so found the location on Google earth set off with my trusty Canon.
Looking west the airstrip ran parallel to the coast line, pretty much overgrown now.
Looking south west.
Looking south east.
Couple of links that helped me look into this.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haleiwa_Fighter_Strip
www.airfields-freeman.com/HI/Airfields_HI_Oahu_N.htm#haleiwa