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#OnThisDay in 1935, Pan American Airway’s famous China Clipper arrived back in Alameda on San Francisco Bay after its record-breaking first flight to Asia. It had covered over 16,000 miles and set nineteen world records. Here is the China Clipper in Alameda before its groundbreaking transpacific trip to the Far East. Pan American Airways Martin M-130 China Clipper in the hangar, Alameda, California 1935 SFO Museum Collection Gift of Beatrice H. Springer 1995.35.17 b
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