Comments on: Eurasia Ju-52 at Chungking’s Sanhupa Airport

By: Patrick Rathje

Patrick Rathje — Fri, 12 Aug 2022 10:46:13 +0000

In reply to Oli. How did you do on your paper?

By: Gregory

Gregory — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 22:02:15 +0000

In reply to 4444penny@gmail.com. Sorry to be so slow on the uptake here, Penny. In answer to your question, I don't think you ever sent them. I'd love to add them to the site! My contact info above still works. Thanks, GC

By: 4444penny@gmail.com

4444penny@gmail.com — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 04:03:34 +0000

In reply to Gregory.

Hi Greg,
Did I ever send those promised photos?
If not I have more and time to send these days
Cheers
Penny

By: Gregory

Gregory — Fri, 08 May 2015 18:13:57 +0000

In reply to Penny. Great! Thanks!

By: Gregory

Gregory — Fri, 08 May 2015 18:13:32 +0000

In reply to Penny.

Dropbox would work fine, Penny, as would email: gregorycrouch@sbcglobal.net

Thanks!

I never met Eddie Long, unfortunately.

I’m excited to see your photos.

By: Penny

Penny — Fri, 08 May 2015 18:07:34 +0000

I can send a couple of photos of the island as it is today.

By: Penny

Penny — Fri, 08 May 2015 18:04:29 +0000

Hi Greg,
Would love to send you a copy. One is a a photo I took of a poster on wall in old old area of the city but the best one is also a photo of a photo which is on display in the Flying Tigers Exhibition Hall which I pop into regularly.
Have you heard of Eddie Long? He died last October but he was quite well known for his association with the Flying Tigers also he wasn’t technically one of them. But he did fly the hump and bombing raids over Eastern China.

Let me know how to get the photos to you – dropbox ??

Cheers
Penny

By: Gregory

Gregory — Fri, 08 May 2015 17:28:57 +0000

In reply to Penny.

Wow, Penny, that is very exciting! I’m happy to receive your confirmation of the location.

Are any of your photos and videos posted online? If they are, I’d love to link to them. If they aren’t posted, perhaps you could send scans that I could post? They sound really interesting.

Also, could you perhaps take a photo of the island looking from your apartment? That would be fun to post as well.

Thanks so much for reaching out. Cheers! Greg

By: Penny

Penny — Fri, 08 May 2015 17:17:38 +0000

Hi guys,
Very interested to find these photos and read your comments. I have been living in Chungking for the past 12 years and in the course of my explorations and research I’ve found a number of old photos and even and old video footage of Madame the the Generalissimo boarding a plane on that strip. I have a view of the island from my apartment and just want to confirm that both photos are taken looking downstream.

The JU shot is looking more easterly towards Chaotianmen which is the junction of the Yangtze and the Jialing Rivers while the second photo showing the hut is looking more to the south.

I’ve just recently found two old photos of the island. One most likely taken from Pipashan, the highest point on the peninsular, probably taken just after the laying of the tarmac as it’s just got the bare strip, no buildings and looks very small and lonely in the middle of the river.
The second was taken some time later, has three aircraft parked on the north side and a pontoon from the north bank.

By: Gregory

Gregory — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 14:18:24 +0000

In reply to Mark Schimmer.

Thanks for checking in, Mark. Very interesting stuff. Be pretty cool to simu-fly the old CNAC routes. (I think we’re going to have to agree to disagree over the upstream/downstream thing… IMO, those background hills aren’t just similar, they’re exact matches.) But I’m not prepared to fall on my sword over that opinion, either. Cheers, and thanks… so glad to hear that you’ve enjoyed China’s Wings. Greg