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Month: December 2010

China's Wings

DC-2 over Lunghwa Pagoda

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Gregory / 0 Comment

DC-2 over Lunghwa Pagoda, close to Shanghai’s Lunghwa Airport, 1935.

China's Wings

CNAC DC-2

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Gregory / 0 Comment

CNAC’s first DC-2, engines running and loading passengers in Shanghai

China's Wings

The maiden flight of CNAC’s DC-2, spring 1935

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Gregory / 2 Comments

A few photos of CNAC’s first DC-2’s maiden flight, all from the Edward P. Howard collection… China’s Wings

China's Wings

The DC-2 comes to China, part 2

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Gregory / 0 Comment

Two more classic old photos of CNAC’s first DC-2 coming ashore, and one of it finally assembled, ready to fly.

China's Wings

The DC-2 comes to China

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Gregory / 0 Comment

The DC-2 had none of the criss-cross mishmash of struts and spars that had knit together previous generations of aircraft, not a single one. Something about the...

China's Wings

CNAC luggage label, early 1930s

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Gregory / 0 Comment

A colorful CNAC luggage label from the early 1930s.

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 / 0 Comment

“The only overpowered seaplane I ever flew."

China's Wings

Stinson Detroiter

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Gregory / 8 Comments

The Stinson Detroiter was one of the two airplane types being operated by the China National Aviation Corporation at the opening of China’s Wings, when Wi...

China's Wings

The Loening Air Yacht, early 1930s

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Gregory / 0 Comment

The most useful commercial airplane in China in 1931

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