Gigantic China’s Wings photo gallery
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...
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
The Douglas DC-3 in China, a photogallery
Photos of Douglas DC-3s, C-53s, and C-47s in China and flying the Hump during World War II
What it took to keep ’em flying
The massively complex logistics required to keep an airline flying. Even in 1943.
Remember that beautifully restored DC-3? Here’s what it looked like with CNAC
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...
Flying the Hump
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...
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 ...
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...
What was CNAC?
CNAC was the China National Aviation Corporation, a civil airline partnership between Pan American Airways and the Chinese Nationalist Government of Chiang Kai-...
“I have no doubt I could start it up and fly her out of here.”
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...