Historic Haleakala Crash
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Swim Day
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DY — Ho’okui: Hit PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Boskru bilong balus: Crew of a plane HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “One can enjoy a canoe ride when the paddler is skilled.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it would have changed the history of music…and of aviation.” (Tom Stoppard)
June 24th, 1941: Haleakala proves deadly to three Navy planes piloted by Marines who were making a routine night flight over Maui about six months before the U.S. entered World War II. In what is still today a somewhat inexplicable occurrence, all three planes hit the west side of the volcano at about 8,000 feet and all the pilots died.
