The power of the internet. And of statistics. Both of which I find fascinating
As of this morning, this website has had visits from 119 countries. The US, the UK, Canada, China, and Australia have visited the most. Bolivia, China, Taiwan, ...
Category: China’s Wings
Posts related to my book, CHINA’S WINGS
China’s Wings review in the Michigan War Studies Review
China's Wings reviewed by The Michigan War Studies Review.
GEO Magazine covers the Hump — CNAC, ATC, Moon Chin, Joe Rosbert, and No. 58’s crash
The June issue of GEO magazine has my article about the Hump Airlift on its cover -- a great platform from which to stump for China's Wings and laud the pioneer...
Color film of New York in 1939
Here’s a wonderful 2:50 minute film made by a French tourist in New York in 1939 — and it’s in color! (Great soundtrack, too.) Cars, dresses, ...
The Hindenburg Disaster
Moon Chin, one of China’s Wings main supporting characters, told me about the huge impression seeing the Graf Zeppelin over Baltimore made on him when he ...
Eurasia Ju-52 at Chungking’s Sanhupa Airport
Superb photo that shows one of Eurasia's Ju-52s. The man who brought it to my attention asked if I thought it was taken at Chungking's Sanhupa Airport, a cobble...
The DC 2 1/2
Photo of the DC-2 1/2, one of the best stories in China's Wings.
DC-2 Photo Gallery
a gallery of photos honoring the Douglas DC-2 in China, where it served with the China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) from 1935-1942.
Photos of some of the airline’s Chinese personnel, late 1940s
Jason Chou, son of CNAC co-pilot Bing Zhou, passed along these photos. After completing college in Kunming, Bing Zhou joined the China National Aviation Corpora...
Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh with the plane they took to China
This morning, I stumbled across an interesting photo of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh and the Sirius flying boat they used on their famous survey flight to ...