Gigantic China’s Wings photo gallery
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...
Tag: Douglas Dolphin
Stories and photos related to the Douglas Dolphin, the China National Aviation Corporation, and China’s Wings, by Gregory Crouch
The Douglas Dolphin – a photo gallery
Douglas only built 58 Dolphins. Two of them served in China with the China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC). Here's a photo gallery showing the CNAC's Dolph...
Old airplanes over the Shanghai Bund
7 excellent photos of a Douglas Dolphin and a DC-2 over the Shanghai Bund in the 1930s
CNAC and the Consolidated Commodore
CNAC desperately needed airplanes in late 1937, and Bond tipped Colonel Lam to the existence of two Pan Am Commodores languishing in Manila. Beginning in early ...
CNAC luggage labels and an airline poster
Photos of a collection of CNAC luggage labels, timetables, and posters
The Maiden flight of CNAC’s Douglas Dolphin over Shanghai, 1934
Down at the bottom you’ll find CNAC’s first Douglas Dolphin on its maiden flight in 1934, but it’s old Shanghai that makes this picture so enj...
Moon Chin’s favorite airplane-the Douglas Dolphin
The Dolphins’ wings were skinned with plywood, and the nails tended to loosen with the impact of each water landing. One of Moon Chin’s copilot duties was to no...
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."
CNAC travel brochure, circa 1935
Colorful cover of the airline's travel brochure, middle 1930s, featuring the Douglas Dolphin