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#OnThisDay in 1935, the first of three Martin M-130 flying boats was delivered to Pan American Airways. Named the "China Clipper", this M-130 would go on to make history by inaugurating the first scheduled transpacific air mail service from California to the Philippines. #ChinaClipper #PanAm #EarlyAviation #AvGeek Pan American Airways postcard, Martin M-130 China Clipper late 1930s Gift of the Captain John B. Russell Family
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Featuring the Pan American Airways Martin M-130 China Clipper, this colorful postcard from circa 1935 is missing two distinctive Bay Area landmarks, for which construction was underway but not complete.
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The Martin Model 130 flying boat was designed to meet Pan American Airways requirements for a long-range, transoceanic aircraft to cross the immense expanses of the Pacific.
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Glenn L. Martin was born on #onthisday in 1886 in Macksburg, Iowa.
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The Pan American Airways Marine Air Terminal on Dinner Key in the Coconut Grove section of Miami, Florida, was considered a milestone of design in commercial aviation when it opened #onthisday 1934.
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The Sikorsky S-40 was developed in response to requests from Pan American Airways’ president Juan T. Trippe for a high-capacity flying boat.
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