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travel editor: Mary Poole Burlingame mpoolestaradvertiser.com 529-4336 SUNDAY 21115 21 HAWAII'S BACKYARD Kauai company caters tours to shutterbugs while showcasing Garden Isle's beauty G3 i SIGNS OF HAWAIIAN LIFE G5 LAS VEGAS ADVISOR G5 4 STILL FLYI HIGH "Other air museums, you'll see beautifully restored planes, which I love. But here, these old girls, this is what the planes really look like, with all their wear and tear. We're the caretakers of history." Greg Ely Air chief, Oakland Aviation Museum A plane used in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" remains the star attraction at the Oakland Aviation Museum By Angela Hill Oakland Tribune (TNS) OAKLAND AVIATION MUSEUM OAKLAND, CALIF. In a scene from "Raiders of the Lost Ark," actor Harrison Ford sits in the left seat of this Short Solent Mark III flying boat named City of Cardiff. REMEMBER the scene near the beginning of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" when Indiana Jones boards a plane on the way to Nepal, circles a tight staircase to the upper cabin, then settles into a cushy seat, tugging his trademark fedora over his eyes for a nap all while evil, bespectacled Gestapo agent Arnold Toht eyes him from a couple of seats behind? Well, you might not recall the scene in such detail, as it's only 45 seconds long.

But you can relive it in that very seat aboard that very plane the big, tubby-bellied prop-job City of Cardiff, a Short Solent Mark III flying boat that now rests outside the hangar of the Oakland Aviation Museum like a beached white whale. Museum folks keep a fedora on that legendary seat, and they let people sit there and take pictures. "It's not quite the original seat now," docent Bill Lippin-cott told me on a recent visit. "So many people have taken pictures there over the years, the seat got worn out and we had to redo it." Alas, any Harrison Ford cooties are long gone. But it's still pretty darned cool.

The Solent may be the big draw for movie fans and general passers-by you can't miss it, if you stray anywhere near the Old North Field at Oakland International Airport, Please see MUSEUM, G4 COURTESY BURL BURLINGAME PACIFIC AVIATION MUSEUM PEARL HARBOR IF YOU OAKLAND AVIATION MUSEUM The huge, propeller-driven flying boat City of Cardiff dominates the many attractions at the understated Oakland Aviation Museum in Oakland, Calif. Where: 8252 Earhart Road, off Doolittle Drive on the Old North Field at Oakland International Airport Hours: The museum is open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays. Cost: $10 for adults, with discounts for seniors, military personnel and children. Additional fees apply for special tours.

Website: A pilot with a smiling face welcomes visitors to the Oakland Aviation Museum. TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE PHOTOS.