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Tag: Douglas Dolphin

Stories and photos related to the Douglas Dolphin, the China National Aviation Corporation, and China’s Wings, by Gregory Crouch

China's Wings

Gigantic China’s Wings photo gallery

Posted on January 3, 2015 by Gregory / 19 Comments

Classic aviation photos of flying in China in the 1930s and 1940s pertaining to the China National Aviation Corporation, a Chinese-American civil aviation partn...

China's Wings

The Douglas Dolphin – a photo gallery

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Gregory / 0 Comment

Douglas only built 58 Dolphins. Two of them served in China with the China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC). Here's a photo gallery showing the CNAC's Dolph...

China's Wings

Old airplanes over the Shanghai Bund

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Gregory / 0 Comment

7 excellent photos of a Douglas Dolphin and a DC-2 over the Shanghai Bund in the 1930s

China's Wings

CNAC and the Consolidated Commodore

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Gregory / 1 Comment

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

CNAC luggage labels and an airline poster

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Gregory / 0 Comment

Photos of a collection of CNAC luggage labels, timetables, and posters

China's Wings

The Maiden flight of CNAC’s Douglas Dolphin over Shanghai, 1934

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Gregory / 0 Comment

Down at the bottom you’ll find CNAC’s first Douglas Dolphin on its maiden flight in 1934, but it’s old Shanghai that makes this picture so enj...

China's Wings

Moon Chin’s favorite airplane-the Douglas Dolphin

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Gregory / 0 Comment

The Dolphins’ wings were skinned with plywood, and the nails tended to loosen with the impact of each water landing. One of Moon Chin’s copilot duties was to no...

China's Wings

Three Chinese beauties and a Douglas Dolphin, 1934

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Gregory / 6 Comments

Three lovely Chinese women photographed in front of a Douglas Dolphin at Shanghai’s Lunghwa Airport, 1934.

China's Wings/Reading, Writing, and Research

The Douglas Dolphin, Moon Chin’s favorite airplane

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Gregory / 2 Comments

“The only overpowered seaplane I ever flew."

China's Wings

CNAC travel brochure, circa 1935

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Gregory / 0 Comment

Colorful cover of the airline's travel brochure, middle 1930s, featuring the Douglas Dolphin

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