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#Onthisday in 1935, a Pan American Airways flying boat named #ChinaClipper lifted off the surface of SF Bay, and strained into the sky, and opened the age of regular transpacific commercial air service. https://t.co/MPq52tNOXk #panam This tweet was posted on November 22, 2017.
#Onthisday in 1935, the inaugural #transpacific #PanAm #Clipper service landed in Manila from CA, covering 8,210 miles with a flying time of 59 hours and 48 minutes. Today, a nonstop flight from #SFO to #Manila takes around 15 hours. #avgeek #chinaclipper This tweet was posted on November 29, 2017.
#PanAm tracked the use of all flying boat parts, including this Model 3E50-97 propeller. #ChinaClipper This tweet was posted on July 26, 2016.
#PanAm was awarded the first transpacific airmail contract on October 24th, 1935. #ChinaClipper #onthisday This tweet was posted on October 26, 2016.
@flySFO @panamhistory Learn more about open water navigation during the 1930s in our exhibition, "China Clipper" on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library in the International Terminal. https://t.co/MPq52tNOXk #ChinaClipper #avgeek #PanAm This tweet was posted on February 28, 2020.
@flySFO @panamhistory Transpacific flights in the 1930s required serious navigation skills, including dead reckoning and celestial navigation. Shown here is the navigation and radio kit used by #PanAm in the mid 1930s and early 1940s. #ChinaClipper #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 28, 2020.
After leaving Alameda on Nov 22, and landing in Manila (shown here!) on Nov 29, the #ChinaClipper started its long journey back to the United States on Dec 2. The entire round-trip included over 123 hours of flying time, covered over 16,000 miles, and set 19 world records. This tweet was posted on November 29, 2021.
An M-130 provided ample space for passengers on the 20 hr flight (yikes!) to Honolulu from SF in 1936 #ChinaClipper This tweet was posted on May 14, 2016.
Can you imagine embarking on a fifteen-day roundtrip flight between Alameda and Manila? In 1935, the first scheduled transpacific airmail flight took eight days to reach Manila from Alameda, with stops in Honolulu, Midway Atoll, Wake Island, and Guam. #ChinaClipper This tweet was posted on November 29, 2021.
China Clipper is on display pre-security in the Aviation Museum and Library, which is open from 10:00am to 4:30pm daily. https://t.co/MPq52u5pOS #ChinaClipper This tweet was posted on February 27, 2019.
Flying over open waters in an aircraft in the 1930s was complicated! Pan American Airways had a cross-trained crew of up to ten staff on each flight. Shown here: the crew of six on #PanAm’s 1935 survey flight to Hawaii. #ChinaClipper #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 28, 2020.
From the collection: Two transportation icons at Alameda, 1935- @WellsFargo's stagecoach & #PanAm's #ChinaClipper http://t.co/2pOkv0B9t0 This tweet was posted on August 14, 2013.
In the days before non-stop flights, a journey across the Pacific Ocean took many days and required multiple stops along the way, including those flown by #PanAmerican. #ChinaClipper #MuseumFromHome #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 03, 2020.
Interested in vintage #aviation? Did you know that we have #free catalogs on #PanAm's transpacific #ChinaClipper flying boats? Contact curator@flysfo.com for more information! https://t.co/MPq52u5pOS #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 13, 2018.
Learn more about #ChinaClipper in our exhibition, on display, pre-security, in the IT. https://t.co/MPq52tNOXk This tweet was posted on May 14, 2016.
Learn more about early transpacific aviation in "China Clipper" on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum. https://t.co/MPq52tNOXk #chinaclipper #avgeek #panamerican #PAA This tweet was posted on November 29, 2018.
Learn more about early transpacific aviation in "China Clipper" on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum. https://t.co/MPq52u5pOS #ChinaClipper #avgeek #panam This tweet was posted on December 06, 2019.
On the afternoon of November 22, 1935, a Pan American Airways Martin M-130 named “China Clipper”, lifted off from the waters of the San Francisco Bay into the sky and history books as the inaugural scheduled transpacific airmail flight. #AvGeek #ChinaClipper #PanAm This tweet was posted on November 22, 2022.
Our exhibition detailing the entire adventurous endeavor, "China Clipper", is online at: https://t.co/MPq52u5pOS You can also read the entire exhibition catalog and watch all three segments of “Clipper Glory” there! #AvGeek #ChinaClipper #PanAm This tweet was posted on November 22, 2022.
See “China Clipper” online at: https://t.co/MPq52u5pOS #ChinaClipper #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on April 03, 2020.
The adventurous nature of the first scheduled air service from the San Francisco Bay Area to Hong Kong is captured in our China Clipper exhibition. #ChinaClipper This tweet was posted on February 27, 2019.
This watercolor by #DongKingman with a #PanAm #ChinaClipper flying over the SF Bay celebrated 50 years of transpacific air service. #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 14, 2017.
To create #PanAm’s transpacific layovers, #onthisday in 1935, the North Haven set sail, carefully loaded in sequence with 2 pre-fab villages, 5 air bases, 250,000 gallons of fuel, barges, tractors, generators, and 50 ft timbers to build radio towers. #ChinaClipper #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on April 03, 2020.
Today marks the eighty-fourth anniversary of the first commercial flight across the Pacific Ocean. This 1935 photo is of Pan American Airways’ Martin M-130 #ChinaClipper on its cradle being prepped for its launch from Alameda. #avgeek This tweet was posted on November 22, 2019.
Tracked serial numbers show that this propeller was used on all 3 #PanAm Martin M-130 flying boats #ChinaClipper This tweet was posted on July 26, 2016.
We imagine these digs would have made the 5 day trip from SF to Hong Kong in 1936 pretty comfortable. #ChinaClipper This tweet was posted on May 14, 2016.