Moon Chin, the most amazing World War II pilot you’ve never heard about
I’ve been meaning to write a blog post about Moon Chin for several weeks, but I’m so embroiled in revising the China’s Wings manuscript that I...
Author: Gregory
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
The DC-2 comes to China, part 2
Two more classic old photos of CNAC’s first DC-2 coming ashore, and one of it finally assembled, ready to fly.
The DC-2 comes to China
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...
CNAC luggage label, early 1930s
A colorful CNAC luggage label from the early 1930s.
Three Chinese beauties and a Douglas Dolphin, 1934
Three lovely Chinese women photographed in front of a Douglas Dolphin at Shanghai’s Lunghwa Airport, 1934.
The Douglas Dolphin, Moon Chin’s favorite airplane
“The only overpowered seaplane I ever flew."