Hawaii aviation museum has lofty goals
The former seaplane hangar that is now the Pacific Aviation Museum hasn't even been open for a year, but museum officials already are looking to expand.

Visitor feedback at the museum has been "overwhelmingly positive," said Richard Beckerman, the interim executive director.

The museum opened Dec. 7 — on the 65th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor — and has attracted 70,000 visitors in its first 10 months.

The goal is to eventually draw 120,000 visitors a year. To increase the appeal of the museum, officials are looking to expand into two adjacent Ford Island hangars and a control tower — buildings that survived the attack that launched America into World War II.