Emily Hahn and CNAC, aka The Hardest Cut, Part II
(Continued from yesterday…) On the ground, Mickey Hahn crossed the harbor and took a room at the Gloucester Hotel on Peddar Street in Central Hong Kong, b...
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Emily Hahn and CNAC, aka The Hardest Cut, Part I
My favorite outtake from the China's Wings manuscript
One of the things that makes it all worthwhile…
This note just came in the mail today from CNAC Association President Peggy Maher. ...
The end of an Era: China’s Wings goes to the garage…
I’m re-organizing the office this week, moving out all the files related to the creation of China’s Wings in the hopes of making room for an (as-yet...
The official winery of China’s Wings
I hereby anoint Cartograph Wines as the official winery of China’s Wings. Founded by Alan Baker and my dear friend Serena Lourie, Cartograph is a micro wi...
Another adventure in the Consolidated Commodore
None of his passengers got so much as a scratch, and CNAC’s sole surviving Loening Air Yacht retrieved them in relays to Hankow. Recovering the stranded Commo...
The Last Consolidated Commodore
Building on the CNAC and the Consolidated Commodore post I made yesterday, a few weeks ago, Jerry Butsko, a volunteer archivist at the San Diego Air and Space M...
interviewed by NPR’s Robin Young for “Here and Now”
A few weeks ago, Abbas Sabetian of the Alpine Club of Iran (ACI) and I were interviewed by NPR’s Robin Young for “Here and Now.” Our story, US...
CNAC and the Consolidated Commodore
CNAC desperately needed airplanes in late 1937, and Bond tipped Colonel Lam to the existence of two Pan Am Commodores languishing in Manila. Beginning in early ...
Jim Bridwell weighs in on “The Big Chop”
Climbing legend Jim Bridwell weighs in on “The Big Chop” on Cerro Torre earlier this year. Here are a few quotes: “This aggressive policing of...