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: William Langhorne Bond
Stories and photos related to William Langhorne Bond of the China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC)
Bondy & Kitsi’s wedding photos (including Harold Bixby)
My eyes popped out over these classics of William Langhorne Bond's 1935 wedding with Katharine Dunlop, none of which I'd seen before.
Color film of New York in 1939
Here’s a wonderful 2:50 minute film made by a French tourist in New York in 1939 — and it’s in color! (Great soundtrack, too.) Cars, dresses, ...
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
Emily Hahn and CNAC, aka The Hardest Cut, Part I
My favorite outtake from the China's Wings manuscript
Today, the 81st Anniversary of Bond’s arrival in China
Today, Saint Patrick’s Day, is the 81st anniversary of William Langhorne Bond’s arrival in China, in 1931. It has been a thrilling week for China...
The White Countess, my favorite Shanghai movie
The White Countess, a film that evokes the glitter and grime of 1930s Shanghai. The film wasn't universally well-reviewed, but I confess to loving it. At a num...
An even better picture of William Bond
This one also comes courtesy of CNAC scion Diego Kusak, who currently lives in Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province in Southwest China.
The man himself — William Langhorne Bond
And here’s a picture of Bond himself, courtesy of Diego Kusak in Kunming, China… (Looks to me like Ryan did a pretty good impersonation for his Hist...
My son Ryan dressed as William Langhorne Bond for Historical Halloween
When the China’s Wings bound galley arrived in September, my son Ryan was so inspired that he decided on the spot to be William Langhorne Bond for his sch...