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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

China's Wings

Gigantic China’s Wings photo gallery

Posted on January 3, 2015 by Gregory / 19 Comments

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...

China's Wings

The Loening Air Yacht, a photo gallery of the plane in China

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Gregory / 3 Comments

A photo gallery of the Loening Air Yacht in China in the 1930s, where it served with the China National Aviation Corporation

China's Wings

CNAC and the Consolidated Commodore

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Gregory / 1 Comment

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 ...

China's Wings

the engine coughed, sputtered twice, and died

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Gregory / 2 Comments

Moon Chin makes a forced landing in a Loening Air Yacht

China's Wings

Only three things seemed able to hold his interest…

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Gregory / 0 Comment

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...

China's Wings

Hugh Leslie Woods and a favor for the U.S. Navy

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Gregory / 1 Comment

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 ...

China's Wings

William Langhorne Bond

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Gregory / 7 Comments

Introducing William Langhorne Bond, main character in China's Wings.

China's Wings

The Chungking Airport, probably in 1938

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Gregory / 0 Comment

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...

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

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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