Author: Gregory
Me and Moon Chin
Photo of me with Moon Chin, one of the main supporting characters in China's Wings. Moon started flying in China during the winter of 1933
An envelope that flew with CNAC
The scan of a cover that flew with CNAC and attached history blurb
One of the biggest mountains of the Hump!
Mt. Kawakarpo, astride the Hump Route, and the mountaineer in me would like to point out that this is one hell of a fine looking peak, probably unclimbed...
Translations of those crib sheets
Well, after an absolutely epic work push, I finished reading the page proofs of China’s Wings and returned them to New York. Another big “tick”...
Page proofs are in!
Page proofs just arrived from New York. It’s a book at last, and I’m thrilled with work done by Bantam’s design team. Here’s a picture o...
Hand fueling a DC-2
To get us back on the aviation track, here’s a fine pic of a CNAC ground crew hand fueling a DC-2 in the late-1930s. Probably at Chengtu.
More on those “paper son” crib sheets
This came in from Donald Chan last night as we delve further into the content of those crib sheets: Greg, I talked to my dad, and have discovered that I wasn...
The power of the crowd
I posted the link to yesterday’s post on my facebook page, along with a question asking if anybody could help us read the “crib sheets” from D...
Crib sheets for a “paper son”
Continuing on with Donald Chan’s grandfather’s documents I posted yesterday, Donald also sent up these handwritten papers which he thinks are crib s...