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...
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Posts related to my book, CHINA’S WINGS
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...
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 ...
China’s Wings and book clubs
On Tuesday night, I attended a meeting of the UCLA alumni book club that had chosen China’s Wings as their March book. We ate pizza, drank, wine, and had ...
Ceremony in China commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Hump
A ceremony was held yesterday in Kunming, China, to honor the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the Hump airlift. British, American, and Chinese dignitaries ...
Rudy Maxa, The Savvy Traveler, and China’s Wings
This morning, Rudy Maxa, aka “The Savvy Traveler,” posted a nice review of China’s Wings in the “Travel Minute” section of his web...
China’s Wings events in Sacramento and Davis, Sunday, March 25
I’ll be giving my China’s Wings slide show, speaking, and signing books at The Avid Reader bookstores in Sacramento and Davis this coming Sunday, Ma...