What is Dillingham?
Dillingham, by Aerosoft, beautifully embodies a slow, peaceful lifestyle. Just ten minutes from the booming city of Honolulu, Dillingham has a strangely detached feel as though it hasn’t really moved on from its glory days in World War II. A beautiful place for watching a sunset, or simply to fly out to for a weekend to escape the city, Dillingham is a haven of peace and tranquility which was artfully communicated to the simulator. Dillingham was built in 1927 with a 5000′ by 75′ runway. It went through a variety of unpronounceable Hawaiian names, but after the attack on Pearl Harbor, it was pressed into service by the military and came to rest as Dillingham Airfield. Its military career ended in 1948, and it fell into a quiet ghost town. It was decades until the airfield was partially reactivated for civilian use by the military; by then, the old WWII taxiways and Dillingham’s sturdy history had all but faded…
