It was hailed in The Chronicle as the beginning of "a giant new age," and the Martin 130 seaplane named China Clipper was called "the greatest airplane ever built in America." It is hard now to ...

Aerial view of Pan American Airways "China Clipper" - San Francisco ... communications experts, engine and airplane mechanics provided in the standard Clipper crew, gave us experts in every ...

Clipper ships were the disruptive technology of their era, reducing travel time on key trade routes between America and China by as much as 50 percent. These “monuments of the ocean” were a ...

On Nov. 22, 1935, the China Clipper took off from Alameda for Manila. The journey would take 59 hours, and by the time the plane landed, a new era of air flight had begun. The China Clipper was ...

Edwin Musick coax the heavy aircraft up from San Francisco Bay. The China Clipper operated until Jan. 8, 1945, when it was destroyed in a crash in Port of Spain, Trinidad, killing 16 passengers ...