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Sunday marks the 80th anniversary of the China Clipper’s adventurous transpacific endeavor.
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Today marks the 89th anniversary of the ground-breaking, inaugural, transpacific airmail flight of the Pan American Airways’ Martin M-130 flying boat, the “China Clipper.” A crowd of 125,000 people watched from around the Bay Area as the “China Clipper” lifted off from the waters of San Francisco Bay and strained into the sky threading its way under and over two partially built bridges.
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Today marks the eighty-first anniversary of Pan American Airways’ daring transpacific endeavor.
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The first regularly scheduled North Atlantic southern route passenger service from the U.S. to Europe started #onthisday in 1939.
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#Onthisday in 1939, Pan American Airways established the first regular air mail service across the Atlantic.
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Captain Ed Musick inaugurated the first transpacific scheduled passenger service flying the Hawaiian Clipper.
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