#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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.