That 70's Look

These United Airlines stewardesses pose in front of the 747 Friendship poster during the post-arrival media event. They were dressed in their 1970s-era uniforms to mark United's final 747 flight.

Shredder

Tennis balls do not stand a chance with Peanut. He's able to start peeling the felt covering in under 15 minutes, and completely shred it in under an hour.

Keawa‘ula Blowhole

The Keawa‘ula Blowhole is one of the lesser known blowholes on O‘ahu. It's located at Keawa‘ula Beach (or Yokohama Bay), before Kaena Point, on the Leeward O‘ahu coastline. At high tide, the spouts can get quite high.

Game Time

Inside the video control room of the Aloha Stadium Scoreboard Department during a University of Hawai‘i Rainbow Warriors football game. This is where the magic happened for the stadium's video board. From front to back, there is the director, producer, live graphics operator, and video board graphics operator. Sadly, the Aloha Stadium was decommissioned and closed in 2021.

Pure Love

Artist Tara McPherson painted one of her "Pure Love" murals as part of the 2017 PowWow Hawai‘i street art festival in Kaka‘ako. This mural was painted on a wall at the corner of Cooke and Auahi Streets.

Spotting Fail

Among the aviation photography community, a spotting fail is where there is an interference blocking the aircraft being photographed. In this photo, Airport Rescue Firefighting Truck 7 from the airport's Station 2 on a taxiway, crosses in front of the departing Antonov Airlines An-124 on Runway 8R. Note that the fire truck still has the Honolulu International Airport titles, when the airport was renamed in 2017 as the Daniel K Inouye International Airport, in honor of the late US Senator.

Torii Field Sunset

Raymond Torii Field at Wai‘anae High School, has one of the best views of any high school football stadiums in the country. Located right on the Wai‘anae coastline on Leeward O‘ahu, breathtaking sunsets can be seen from the home team grandstand before the evening varsity Seasiders game begins.

Happy Heavenly Birthday Emi!

Wishing our departed miniature dachshund, Emi, a Happy Heavenly Birthday! Had she lived, she would have turned 20 today. That's 96 in human years. She's dearly missed, and always in our hearts.

Taimane Gardner

Nā Hōkū Hanohano award-winning ukulele virtuoso Taimane Gardner, or just Taimane, was one of the guest performers for the 2017 Hawai‘i Bowl halftime show, which included an ensemble of Hawaiian music artists and hula dancers. 

Who Is That Masked 747?

This Kalitta Air Boeing 747-400F had a mask decal added to the nose of the cargo jet during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. N744CK "Captain PW Bishop 1" wore the mask from February 2021 to December 2022, and has been since repainted to the new Kalitta livery. It is a frequent visitor to Honolulu as this "Queen of the Skies" occasionally rotates in Kalitta Air flight to/from Los Angeles.

Old Lāhainā Courthouse

Another landmark consumed by the August 8th wildfire was the Old Lāhainā Couthouse. In the aftermath of the fire, the concrete and stone structure remained standing. Here was the courthouse, along with the iconic banyan tree that survived the fire in the background, in a photo taken in 2009.

Please keep the people of Maui in your thoughts and prayers, and kōkua (help) in any way you can.

Spectacular Catch

Pac-5 Wolfpack receiver Rome Lilio (85) makes a spectacular catch as this Saint Louis Crusaders II defensive back readies to make the tackle, in an Interscholastic League of Honolulu Division 2 game.

Paying Tribute

The USS Michael Murphy (DDG-112) pays tribute to the USS Missouri (BB-63), USS Arizona (BB-39) Memorial, and the memorials of the other ships sunk in the attack on Pearl Harbor. The guided missile destroyer was returning from deployment, and took part in the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II.

DDG-112 was named after US Navy Lieutenant Michael P Murphy was a SEAL Team special operator who posthumously earned the Medal of Honor for his actions in Operation Red Wings, where he and two other SEALs were killed in action in Afghanistan.

Pioneer Inn

This past week, a wildfire swept through Lāhainā, Maui. Sadly, the fires destroyed a majority of the town, including the world-renown Front Street, and the landmark Pioneer Inn. The  fire left a trail of destruction from the West Maui Mountains, to the grasslands above Lāhainā, to the water's edge of Front Street. The photo above was taken in March 2009, during one of our trips to Maui.

The fires were blown by high winds as the effects of Hurricane Dora passing south of the islands, and a high pressure system to the north of the islands. The cause of the fire is unknown, but the compressed winds came down from the West Maui Mountains, and created a firestorm that consumed whatever was in its path. There are also three other brush fires ablaze on Maui: Wailuku, Kula, and Kīhei, that spread firefighting resources thin.

Keep the people of Maui in your prayers, and help out in any way you can!

Continuing coverage by Hawai‘i News Now.

Sans Souci Sunset

Sunset from Sans Souci Beach in Waikīkī.

Take Down

Defenders of the Kaimukī Bulldogs football team tackle a receiver from the Faith Lutheran Crusaders (Las Vegas, NV) after catching a short pass. The 2023 high school football season is but a couple of weeks away.

Egret On A Fence

This cattle egret waits on a fence in search of bugs to eat.

Monochrome Senior Photo

A black and white version of one of Adrian's senior photos.

Water Play

Emi and Yuki spend some playtime in the water on a hot summer day.

Raptor Pilot

A Hawai‘i Air National Guard F-22A Raptor pilot taxiing his fighter back to the Guard ramp after a training flight.

Have a great Independence Day holiday!