Located in the historic hangars of Ford Island that survived the surprise attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy on Pearl Harbor December 7th, 1941, the Pacific Aviation Museum houses a collection of period planes, a restoration shop, flight simulators and a period themed café.
Exhibits
Fighter planes from the War in the Pacific including a Navy Stearman biplane soloed by George H.W. Bush, a restored Japanese Zero, remnants and narrated story of a Zero that crash-landed on the island of Niihau, a Navy Wildcat and P-40 Warhawk fighter.
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