An Operational Japanese Zero Fighter Plane Flies High in Houston, USA

This webisode from is associated with our full segment on Zero fighter planes from our episode Inside the Smithsonian Institution. Stream every episode of Museum Secrets at Vimeo On Demand: and VHX: About this video: Zero squadrons were the villains of Pearl Harbor and the Pacific air-war that followed. How did American pilots defeat them? The Smithsonian Institution celebrates many of Americas greatest heroes, so it might be surprising to some that its Air & Space Museum houses a fighter plane that was one of America's greatest villains. Squadrons of Japanese Zero fighter planes were responsible for the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor that left thousands of Americans dead. The Zero was legendary for its speed and agility, which were the reasons they were so vastly superior to American flyers during WWII. Or maybe not... Museum Secrets travels to a Houston TX air-show featuring one of the