'Biggest Little Airshow In Hawaii' Featured Model Aircraft, Warbird Overflights

Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor's popular Remote-Control "Biggest Little Airshow in Hawaii" was back bigger than ever this year.

For two days last weekend, Ford Island came alive with remote-control flying and static aircraft and full size aircraft on display, "candy bombings" over historic Ford Island Runway for the young ones, hands-on modeling stations, rides and activities, and open access to Hangar 79 to see the Museum's many aircraft exhibits and Restoration Shop. In the Red Bull VIP Tent, Red Bull presented broadcasts from the U.K. of the 2014 Red Bull Air Race World Championship.

On Saturday, participants enjoyed a free screening of Disney Planes: Fire and Rescue in Hangar 79. The movie's producer Ferrell Barron spoke to the crowd before the screening, explaining the significance of the fire fighters and their aircraft, and then the movie was screened in the historic WWII hangar.

Talented local performers, Mainland pilots from the Academy of Model Aeronautics, and remote control flyers from Japan all performed remote-control aviation feats for two days, flying their massive, 1-to-5 scale planes in the skies above the Museum and historic Ford Island Runway. At noon each day, full scale WWII warbirds flew over the crowd, presented by Bruce Mayes and Pacific Warbirds. Hawaiian Airlines' first aircraft ever, the vintage Bellanca was among those.

Visitors also enjoyed free tours of Hangar 79, which still bears the bullet holes of the December 7, 1941 attack. Guests explored helicopters, fighter planes, and the Lt. Ted Shealy Restoration Shop--the 1941 machine shop that is busy restoring the Museum's aircraft.

(Images provided by Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor)

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