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Tag: Ford Trimotor

Stories and photos related to the “Tin Goose” Ford Trimoter, 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

Fleeing Shanghai, August 1937: what happened to Donald Wong after he was hit by “friendly” machineguns

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Gregory / 2 Comments

Continuation of the stories of the China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) fleeing Shanghai at the outbreak of the Battle of Shanghai, August 1937. This one ...

China's Wings

Moon Chin’s first air raid, part I

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Gregory / 5 Comments

What happened to some of the CNAC pilots during the dark days of August, 1937, when a colossal battle between Japan and China erupted in Shanghai.

China's Wings

CNAC and the Long March

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Gregory / 1 Comment

it was surely no coincidence that eighty-six thousand soldiers of the Communist Red Army began crossing the Yadu River that day, taking the first steps of a yea...

China's Wings/Reading, Writing, and Research

What was, at the time, the world’s most exciting undertaking – flying

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Gregory / 1 Comment

The romance of those beautiful airplanes flying against the backdrop of 1930s China set a hook in my heart. Shirley’s stories and her father’s photos cracked op...

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