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Tag: Flying the Hump

Stories and photos related to pioneering and prosecuting the Hump Airlift 1941-1945, 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 DC-3 in China, a photogallery

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Gregory / 2 Comments

Photos of Douglas DC-3s, C-53s, and C-47s in China and flying the Hump during World War II

China's Wings

What it took to keep ’em flying

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Gregory / 0 Comment

The massively complex logistics required to keep an airline flying. Even in 1943.

China's Wings

Remember that beautifully restored DC-3? Here’s what it looked like with CNAC

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Gregory / 7 Comments

Remember that beautifully restored DC-3 I posted about before Christmas? The one that had once flown for the China National Aviation Corporation as CNAC No. 100...

China's Wings

Flying the Hump

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Gregory / 3 Comments

Pioneering the Hump airlift over the eastern spur of the Himalayas was the China National Aviation Corporation's capstone accomplishment. Here are some photos a...

China's Wings

Ceremony in China commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Hump

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Gregory / 0 Comment

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 ...

China's Wings

An envelope that flew with CNAC

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Gregory / 0 Comment

The scan of a cover that flew with CNAC and attached history blurb

China's Wings

One of the biggest mountains of the Hump!

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Gregory / 0 Comment

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...

China's Wings

What was CNAC?

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Gregory / 50 Comments

CNAC was the China National Aviation Corporation, a civil airline partnership between Pan American Airways and the Chinese Nationalist Government of Chiang Kai-...

China's Wings

“I have no doubt I could start it up and fly her out of here.”

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Gregory / 4 Comments

CNAC veterans Fletcher “Christy” Hanks and Gifford Bull scrambled up the ladder into the plane and made a bee-line for the cockpit. I clambered up a...

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Gregory Crouch
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