Nettet14. nov. 2024 · On November 11, 1929, Inter Island Airways began its first scheduled service, flying from John Rodgers Airport to Hilo using Sikorsky S-38s. That flight took three hours and went via Maui. That’s substantially longer than today’s flying time of one hour but much shorter than the 12 hours it took to travel between Honolulu and Hilo on … NettetJohn Rodgers (January 15, 1881 – August 27, 1926) was an officer in the United States Navy and a pioneering aviator. Rodgers was the great-grandson of Commodores Rodgers and Perry. He was born in Washington, D.C. and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1903. His early naval career included service on ships of various types …
JRF - Kalaeloa (John Rodgers Field) Airport SkyVector
Nettet7. des. 2014 · Early on this Sunday morning, she and a student, a Mr. Suomala, were practicing touch-and-goes at John Rodgers Airport in an Interstate Cadet, NC37345, a two-place light airplane owned by the local flying club.¹ Shortly before 8:00 a.m., Miss Fort saw a silver military-type airplane approaching her Cadet at high speed. Nettet7. des. 2024 · On the clear Sunday morning of December 7, 1941, flight instructor Cornelia Fort was flying with a student pilot named Suomala. They had risen from the runway at Honolulu’s John Rodgers Airport to practice take-offs and landings before Suomala was to solo. To the west lay Pearl Harbor and its crowded, still dormant naval base. 44尺码
Hawaii Aviation John Rodgers Airport
The airport opened in March 1927 as John Rodgers Airport, after World War I naval officer John Rodgers. It was funded by the territorial legislature and the Chamber of Commerce, and was the first full airport in Hawaii; aircraft had previously been limited to small landing strips, fields, and seaplane docks. From 1939 to 1943, the adjacent Keehi Lagoon was dredged for use by seaplanes, and the dredged soil was moved to HNL to provide more space for conventional pla… NettetNaval Air Station Barbers Point (ICAO: PHJR, FAA LID: JRF), on O'ahu, also called John Rodgers Field (the original name of Honolulu International Airport), is a former United States Navy airfield closed in 1999, and renamed Kalaeloa Airport.Parts of the former air station serve as a film and television studio for the Hawaii State Film Office. NettetDaniel K. Inouye International Airport, formerly John Rodgers Airport, named after World War I naval officer John Rodgers, Naval Air Station Honolulu, Honolulu Airport and Honolulu International Airport, is the largest airport in the State of Hawaii covering 4,520 acres of land with four active runways, including the 12,000-foot reef runway, the … 44巾