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: Loening Air Yacht
Stories and photos related to the Loening Air Yacht, the China National Aviation Corporation, and China’s Wings, by Gregory Crouch
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
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 ...
the engine coughed, sputtered twice, and died
Moon Chin makes a forced landing in a Loening Air Yacht
Only three things seemed able to hold his interest…
Chuck Sharp is another of the CNAC stalwarts I’d like to introduce. He made his own way to China in 1933 and caught on with CNAC because his 1,000 hours o...
Hugh Leslie Woods and a favor for the U.S. Navy
Woody swallowed his irritation and agreed. Back in Hankow, an errand boy delivered a wrapped package to Woody’s apartment, and, as promised, it was only six or ...
William Langhorne Bond
Introducing William Langhorne Bond, main character in China's Wings.
The Chungking Airport, probably in 1938
Chungking’s Sanhupa Airport, probably in 1938, which had the feel of a frontier colony. Because it was built on a Yangtze sandbar, all the buildings on th...
CNAC luggage label, early 1930s
A colorful CNAC luggage label from the early 1930s.
The Loening Air Yacht, early 1930s
The most useful commercial airplane in China in 1931