1910’s

From the Images of Old Hawaii website Bud Mars was the first man to fly an airplane in Hawaii on December 31, 1910. Piloting a Curtiss B-18 biplane, he flew ...
Read More Check Six – 1910: First Flight in Hawai‘i 

From the Images of Old Hawaii website Waimanalo Military Reservation was created in 1917 by Presidential Executive Order, and later renamed to Bellows Field in 1933 (named after Lieutenant Franklin ...
Read More Check Six – 1917: Bellows Field History

From the Images of Old Hawaii website ‘Bud’ Mars brought the first airplane to Hawaiʻi and on December 31, 1910 staged an exhibition flight at Moanalua Park. Some 3,000 persons ...
Read More Check Six: Ward Airport – 90+ years ago

From the Images of Old Hawaii website Bud Mars was the first man to fly an airplane in Hawaii on December 31, 1910. Piloting a Curtiss B-18 biplane, he flew ...
Read More Check Six – 1910: First Flight in Hawai‘i

This is the second of a series of articles by contributing editor Stephen Lum entitled My Back Pages. Steve retired from the Hawai‘i Army National Guard and continues to work in the State ...
Read More My Back Pages: BG Wilhelm Arthur Andersen

This is the first of a series of articles by Stephen Lum entitled My Back Pages. Steve retired from the Hawai‘i Army National Guard and continues to work in the State Department ...
Read More My Back Pages: The Judd Family and the Hawai‘i National Guard