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Tag Archives: Chungking
Chinese Airports, then and now, on Business Insider
Here’s an interesting “then and now” story about Chinese airports by Alex Davies published this morning on Business Insider. I helped Alex locate the “then” photos that illustrate the story and connect him with the photos original owners. All the … Continue reading
Eurasia Ju-52 at Chungking’s Sanhupa Airport
Superb photo that shows one of Eurasia’s Ju-52s. The man who brought it to my attention asked if I thought it was taken at Chungking’s Sanhupa Airport, a cobblestone airport built on a Yangtze sandbar below the city. Comparing the hills in the background of this photo with one I know was taken at Sanhupa, I think it’s a definite confirmation. What do you think? Continue reading
Posted in aviation history, Aviation photos, China's Wings, photos of old China
Tagged Chungking, DC-2
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DC-2 Photo Gallery
a gallery of photos honoring the Douglas DC-2 in China, where it served with the China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) from 1935-1942. Continue reading
The Loening Air Yacht, a photo gallery of the plane in China
A photo gallery of the Loening Air Yacht in China in the 1930s, where it served with the China National Aviation Corporation Continue reading
Another gallery of DC-2 pictures
Building on my previous post about the DC-2 arriving in China in May, 1935, here are a few more photos of my favorite airplane in China’s Wings:
Posted in aviation history, Aviation photos, China's Wings, photos of old China
Tagged Chungking, DC-2, Hong Kong, Kai Tak Airport, Shanghai history
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Old photograph fever sweeps China
Apparently, the Communist party frowned on China’s history as “black time,” and its scourging of past associations caused most Chinese to purge their family photographs. Official historical archives were also destroyed, along with their photos. As a consequence, there are almost no photographs of China — in China — prior to 1970. Old photograph fever is currently sweeping China as people thirst to rediscover their history. Continue reading
“Goddamn it, I promised the wife I wouldn’t do this any more.”
it was a chicken or the egg conundrum as to who had arrived first, the pilots or the prostitutes… Continue reading
The Last Consolidated Commodore
Building on the CNAC and the Consolidated Commodore post I made yesterday, a few weeks ago, Jerry Butsko, a volunteer archivist at the San Diego Air and Space Museum who’d read China’s Wings, called me and brought to my attention … Continue reading
