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#OnThisDay in 1934, the first Martin M-130 took off on its first test flight. This image was posted on December 30, 2017. #chinaclipper #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks #panam #martinm130 #m130 #flyingboat

#Onthisday in 1935, the inaugural transpacific Pan American Airways Clipper service landed in Manila from California carrying 110,865 letters. This image was posted on November 29, 2017. #avgeek #aviationhistory #chinaclipper #panam #bayareahistory #manila #philipines #clipper #avgeeks #chinaclipper

Pan American pioneered the multiple flight crew concept for long-range ocean transports. This image was posted on July 03, 2017. #avgeek #aviationhistory #chinaclipper #panam #flyingboats #flightcrew #transpacific

#Onthisday in 1934, Pan American Airways received its first Sikorsky S-42. This image was posted on June 05, 2017. #avgeek #aviationhistory #panam #panagra #sikorsky #flyingboat #chinaclipper #florida #miami #rio #brazil

Created to celebrate fifty years of scheduled transpacific air service, this color print of a watercolor painting by Oakland-born Dong Kingman depicts a Pan American China Clipper aircraft flying past the uncompleted Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. This image was posted on April 14, 2017. #dongkingman #panam #chinaclipper #transpacific #earlyaviation #watercolor #californiastyle #cahistory #sfhistory #goldengatebridge #sanfrancisco #avgeek #aviationhistory

Today marks the eighty-first anniversary of Pan American Airways’ daring transpacific endeavor. This image was posted on November 22, 2016. #onthisday #avgeek #aviationhistory #chinaclipper #panam #bayareahistory

Recognizing the progress Pan American was making in building its Pacific route while simultaneously conducting survey flights with its Sikorsky S-42 to Hawai’i, Midway, Wake, and Guam, the U.S. Post Office Department issued a call for bids for airmail service to the Far East on August 13, 1935. This image was posted on October 26, 2016. #chinaclipper #aviationhistory