1930’s

Check Six – 1935: Hickam Field, Territory of Hawaii

Posted on Jun 23, 2022 in 1930's, Check Six

From the Images of Old Hawaii website Site selection narrowed to about 2,200-acres of land bordered by Pearl Harbor channel on the west, Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation on the north, ...
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Check Six -1937: John Rodgers Airport

Posted on Sep 1, 2021 in 1930's, Check Six

This photograph shows the John Rodgers Airport along the future Lagoon Drive. It was taken on September 14, 1937.  The airport and facilities developed over the years until the Honolulu International Airport opened in ...
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Check Six – 1936: Pan Am’s Hawaii Clipper Christened

Posted on May 3, 2020 in 1930's, Check Six

Check Six: April 17, 1935

Posted on Apr 17, 2020 in 1930's, Check Six

Eighty-five years ago today, the Pan American Clipper flies past Diamond Head, Oahu’s landmark, to land at Pearl Harbor’s Ford Island. This was the very first commercial flight to Hawaii ...
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Check Six: Air Mail October 8, 1934 – 85 years ago

Posted on Oct 8, 2019 in 1930's, Check Six

On October 8, 1934, Inter-Island Airways made the first official US airmail flight in Hawai‘i from John Rodgers Airport. (hawaii-gov) Shortly after, on April 17, 1935, Pan American landed a ...
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Check Six: Hickam Field Dedicated – 84 years ago

Posted on May 31, 2019 in 1930's, Check Six

From the Images of Old Hawaii website In Hawaiʻi, the US Army built Luke Field on Ford Island (constructed in 1917) by 1928, they recognized the benefit of an expanded ...
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Check Six: Luke Field in the 1930s – 85+ years ago

Posted on Sep 20, 2018 in 1930's, Check Six

A panoramic view of Luke Field at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor in the late 1930s. pic.twitter.com/kVLt0tkeyT — Hawaii Aviation (@HawaiiAviation) August 25, 2018 click and then click again to enlarge ...
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Check Six – 1935: Hickam Field

Posted on Dec 12, 2017 in 1930's, Check Six

In 1934, the Army Air Corps saw the need for another airfield in Hawaii when Luke Field on Ford Island became too congested for both air operations and operation of ...
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Check Six: Haleiwa Field

Posted on Mar 10, 2016 in 1930's, Check Six

From the Images of Old Hawaii website The date of construction of the Haleiwa airfield has not been determined. The earliest depiction of the field which has been located was ...
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My Back Pages: Armories named after Hawai‘i Guard leaders

Posted on Dec 9, 2015 in 1930's, History

Contributing editor Stephen Lum provided this article and the photographs for this Retiree News post. Former Maui armory named for former 299th Infantry commander  click on photographs to enlarge The Hawai‘i Army ...
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