Fly an airplane over O’ahu

Learn how airplanes fly, then take a HC-130 for a spin around Hawaii. 

Key terms

• Lift - When an aircraft gets off the ground   
• Thrust - The force that moves an aircraft through the air  
• Drag – The air slowing the aircraft down   
• Weight - Heaviness- Aircraft have weight limitation   
• Engine - The motor that makes an aircraft move   
• Propeller - The device that spins in front of the aircraft   
• Taxi – When an airplane is moving on the ground  
• Accelerate – moving faster  
• Crew – the people on board a helicopter, cutter or airplane  

More from Barbers Point

• Learn more about Air Station Barbers Point https://www.pacificarea.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/District-14/D14-Units/District-14-Air-Station-Barbers-Point/
• Watch an aircrew from Air Station Barbers Point transport two endangered monk seals from rehab at the Marine Mammal Center in Hawaii, so they can be  released back into the wild
• Join an Air Station Barbers Point HC-130 Hercules aircrew during Operation Kahola Guardian, an annual operation designed to protect Humpback Whales when they come to Hawaii to raise their young 

Coloring Book

• Download the Official U.S. Coast Guard Coloring Book!

Learn more about Coast Guard missions

• Ports & Waterways Security
• Drug Interdiction
• Aids to Navigation
• Search and Rescue
• Defense Readiness
• Living Marine Resources
• Migrant Interdiction
• Marine Environmental Protection
• Ice Operations
• Other Law Enforcement