A pretty special reunion just took place at #SFO: former CNAC pilot Moon Chin (still spry at 101 years… http://t.co/JTwARPGbfn
This tweet was posted on September 05, 2014.
After the Allied victory in August 1945, the airline secured a system of eight primary routes throughout China all the while struggling against a backdrop of increasing civil war. #DefunctThursday #CNAC
This tweet was posted on April 07, 2022.
As Japan waged war on China in 1937, CNAC evacuated Shanghai, its original headquarters and home base in August and relocated to Chongqing. In trying to avoid Japanese detection, the airline pioneered the routes over the Himalayas. #DefunctThursday #CNAC
This tweet was posted on April 07, 2022.
By the end of 1949, with the proclamation of the new People’s Republic of China by Communist Party leader Mao Zedong, many of CNAC’s assets were absorbed by the new government.
#DefunctThursday #CNAC
This tweet was posted on April 07, 2022.
CNAC pioneered air operations over much of the world’s most challenging terrain as shown in our 2014 exhibit. #TBT
This tweet was posted on October 01, 2015.
CNAC's first planes in 1929 were Loening Air Yachts, which were housed in bamboo hangars: http://t.co/9CjusSSu4D #CNAC #avgeek
This tweet was posted on November 24, 2014.
China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) was Asia’s first sustained commercial airline. Scheduled service began on October 21, 1929, along a 525-mile route from Shanghai to Hankou with two passengers and one pound of mail. #DefunctThursday #CNAC
This tweet was posted on April 07, 2022.
China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) was Asia’s first sustained commercial airline. Scheduled service began on October 21, 1929, along a 525-mile route from Shanghai to Hankou with two passengers and one pound of mail. #DefunctThursday #CNAC
This tweet was posted on March 31, 2022.
Going on in the Aviation Museum: CNAC Captain Moon F. Chin being interviewed for tv news. Captain… https://t.co/UccuIym393
This tweet was posted on March 02, 2015.
Learn more by revisiting our 2014 exhibition: “The Legend of CNAC: China National Aviation Corporation, 1929–1949” at https://t.co/dmGDbUMQ0h
This tweet was posted on April 07, 2022.
Our 2014 exhibit celebrated CNAC, which operated through political turmoil in China & East Asia during WWII. #TBT
This tweet was posted on October 01, 2015.
Our 2014 exhibit on CNAC celebrated Asia’s first sustained commercial airline. https://t.co/w1P0rikN0b #TBT
This tweet was posted on October 01, 2015.
Stay tuned for next week's installment for the rest of CNAC's story, or skip to the end and learn more by revisiting our 2014 exhibition: “The Legend of CNAC: China National Aviation Corporation, 1929–1949” at https://t.co/dmGDbUMQ0h
This tweet was posted on March 31, 2022.
📸 1/2:
poster: CNAC (China National Aviation Corporation); c. 1935
Purchase
2019.121.0018
negative: China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC); c. 1939
The Estate of Fred Nott
2004.016.191 a b
This tweet was posted on March 31, 2022.
📸 1/4:
poster: CNAC (China National Aviation Corporation); c. 1935
Purchase
2019.121.0018
negative: China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC); c. 1939
The Estate of Fred Nott
2004.016.191 a b
This tweet was posted on April 07, 2022.
📸 2/2:
wall route map: CNAC (China National Aviation Corporation); late 1930s
Gift of Jeanne Jones Holder
2014.140.001
This tweet was posted on March 31, 2022.
📸 2/4:
wall route map: CNAC (China National Aviation Corporation); late 1930s
Gift of Jeanne Jones Holder
2014.140.001
This tweet was posted on April 07, 2022.
📸 3/4:
photograph: Charles M. Sundby, CNAC (China National Aviation Corporation), Hump; c. 1942-1945
Gift of Rechs Ann Sundby Pedersen, in memory of Captain Charles M. Sundby
2015.132.067
This tweet was posted on April 07, 2022.
📸 4/4:
route map: CNAC (China National Aviation Corporation); 1948
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2014.095.341
timetable: CNAC (China National Aviation Corporation); 10/06/1949
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2015.167.292
This tweet was posted on April 07, 2022.