Photos of CNAC during the Chinese Civil War
Here are a few more photos courtesy of Steve Michaels, son of CNAC Captain Joe Michaels… all were taken in the late 1940s, during the Chinese Civil War. D...
Tag: Shanghai history
Stories and photos related to Shanghai history
Four DC-2s on the Lunghwa flightline, 1937
Here are CNAC’s four DC-2s on the Lunghwa flightline in 1937, before the Marco Polo Bridge incident, the Japanese invasion, and the Battle of Shanghai. Th...
Lunghwa Pagoda — now and then
Lunghwa Pagoda was a major landmark for pilots and passengers flying in and out of Shanghai in the 1930s… here a few photos showing the pagoda then and no...
A sign commemorating Lunghwa Airport today…
Note the disparity of spelling… I’ve been going with “Lunghwa,” which is how MOST of the company letters and operational records spelled...
Moon Chin joins CNAC
A windsock hung limp from a pole that sprouted from the roof of the largest commercial hangar in China; it might have been the largest in Asia, capable of holdi...
Lunghwa Pagoda, a thousand-year old landmark for CNAC pilots
1930s photo of the famous landmark
CNAC sign on the Shanghai Post Office
I’ve been neglecting the blog lately, what with holiday logistics and the MASSIVE distraction of tweaking and revising the China’s Wings manuscript ...
DC-2 over Lunghwa Pagoda
DC-2 over Lunghwa Pagoda, close to Shanghai’s Lunghwa Airport, 1935.
CNAC DC-2
CNAC’s first DC-2, engines running and loading passengers in Shanghai
The maiden flight of CNAC’s DC-2, spring 1935
A few photos of CNAC’s first DC-2’s maiden flight, all from the Edward P. Howard collection… China’s Wings