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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

N384HA Hawaiian Airlines Hōkūpa′a Airbus A330-243 LAX

Our Long Beach Bureau Chief caught Hōkūpa′a landing at Mines Field.

Hawaiian Air has previously used the birds of Hawaii for names of their planes. But with the introduction of the controversial Airbus, they switched to naming those planes after constellations.

Constellations that were used by early Polynesian navigators.

Hōkūpa′a means : "North Star," or "Polaris."



  


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