Tweets about Martin M-130 China Clipper We've posted 29 Tweets about this aircraft

Today marks the eighty-fourth anniversary of the first commercial flight across the Pacific Ocean. This 1935 photo is of Pan American Airways’ Martin M-130 #ChinaClipper on its cradle being prepped for its launch from Alameda. #avgeek This tweet was posted on November 22, 2019.

RT @panamhistory: Great article about @SFOMuseum and the Pan Am exhibit there Read the article https://t.co/SX8wQeDuDy #panam #chinaclipper… This tweet was posted on March 10, 2019.

China Clipper is on display pre-security in the Aviation Museum and Library, which is open from 10:00am to 4:30pm daily. https://t.co/MPq52u5pOS #ChinaClipper This tweet was posted on February 27, 2019.

The adventurous nature of the first scheduled air service from the San Francisco Bay Area to Hong Kong is captured in our China Clipper exhibition. #ChinaClipper This tweet was posted on February 27, 2019.

Learn more about early transpacific aviation in "China Clipper" on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum. https://t.co/MPq52tNOXk #chinaclipper #avgeek #panamerican #PAA This tweet was posted on November 29, 2018.

Interested in vintage #aviation? Did you know that we have #free catalogs on #PanAm's transpacific #ChinaClipper flying boats? Contact curator@flysfo.com for more information! https://t.co/MPq52u5pOS #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 13, 2018.

#Onthisday in 1935, the inaugural #transpacific #PanAm #Clipper service landed in Manila from CA, covering 8,210 miles with a flying time of 59 hours and 48 minutes. Today, a nonstop flight from #SFO to #Manila takes around 15 hours. #avgeek #chinaclipper This tweet was posted on November 29, 2017.

#Onthisday in 1935, a Pan American Airways flying boat named #ChinaClipper lifted off the surface of SF Bay, and strained into the sky, and opened the age of regular transpacific commercial air service. https://t.co/MPq52tNOXk #panam This tweet was posted on November 22, 2017.

This watercolor by #DongKingman with a #PanAm #ChinaClipper flying over the SF Bay celebrated 50 years of transpacific air service. #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 14, 2017.

#PanAm was awarded the first transpacific airmail contract on October 24th, 1935. #ChinaClipper #onthisday This tweet was posted on October 26, 2016.

Tracked serial numbers show that this propeller was used on all 3 #PanAm Martin M-130 flying boats #ChinaClipper This tweet was posted on July 26, 2016.

#PanAm tracked the use of all flying boat parts, including this Model 3E50-97 propeller. #ChinaClipper This tweet was posted on July 26, 2016.