January 17, 1921, 101 years ago today, the Minnesota National Guard Air Squadron was the first federally recognized Air National Guard unit in the country. There were 86 charter members ...
Read More Check Six – 1921: 1st Federally Recognized ANG Unit
1920’s
From the Images of Old Hawaii website Carl W Winstedt and the National Construction Company began construction on the Aloha Tower in 1924. The project took a year and a ...
Read More Check Six – 1926: Aloha Tower
From the Images of Old Hawaii website On February 6, 1922, under the direction of 1st Lt William T Agee of the 4th Squadron (Observation,) construction began on the old ...
Read More Check Six: Wheeler Field
Last week, we had a post about Fort Shafter and its part of Hawaii’s history. The post included a modern photograph of Palm Circle. After the post a Retiree News ...
Read More Check Six: Fort Shafter
This photograph was taken on June 23, 1921 by the 5th Group (Observation). Although not seen in the photograph, there was military activity around the crater in an area know ...
Read More Check Six: Diamond Head – 98 years ago
On a site known as Keaukaha, the Hilo Airport is shown in 1929. Later in the year, Inter-Island Airways would start commercial service flying their Sikorsky S-38s. In 1943 the ...
Read More Check Six: Old Hilo Airport – 90 years ago
From the This Day in Aviation website Not long after Charles A. Lindbergh had flown solo across the Atlantic Ocean, James D. Dole, founder of the Hawaiian Pineapple Company (HAPCO, ...
Read More Check Six: August 16, 1927
From the This Day in Aviation website 8 June 1927: At 7:09 a.m., PDT, 1st Lieutenant Lester J. Maitland and 1st Lieutenant Albert F. Hegenberger, Air Service, United States Army, ...
Read More Check Six: June 28, 1927
From the Images of Old Hawaii website “Navy officials said they received a garbled radio message early today, purported to have been sent by Amelia Earhart, which indicated her plane ...
Read More Check Six – 1921: Wailupe Naval Radio Station
From the Images of Old Hawaii website The history of aviation on the Big Island dates back to June 10, 1911 when Clarence H. Walker came to Hilo for an ...
Read More Check Six: Hilo Airport
