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Foster McEdward and China’s Wings

Hump pilot and CNAC veteran Foster McEdward, who "thoroughly enjoyed" China's Wings Continue reading →

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CNAC’s two senior pilots, plus links to Moon Chin stories

The 2012 CNAC reunion is currently running strong. Last night was the annual party at Moon Chin’s house, which was wonderful, as always. Pete and Moon are both among China’s Wings main supporting...

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Photos from the 2012 CNAC reunion

As I do every year, I had a marvelous time at the just completed CNAC reunion. (If you don’t know about CNAC, the legendary China National Aviation Corporation, here’s an explanation. It’s one of the...

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The Loening Air Yacht – photo gallery

The Loening Air Yacht was the height of CNAC’s commercial aviation technology when China’s Wings‘ main character, William Langhorne Bond, arrived in China in March, 1931. Here is a gallery of photos of...

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Shanghai Daily — Aviation legends in Shanghai

Here’s an article about Moon Chin, Pete Goutiere, and a group of CNAC Association members on their recent trip to China, published by ShanghaiDaily.com. Best of all is the wonderfully atmospheric one...

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Flying the Hump

Pioneering the Hump airlift over the eastern spur of the Himalayas was the China National Aviation Corporation's capstone accomplishment. Here are some photos and links related to flying the Hump....

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What it took to keep ‘em flying

The massively complex logistics required to keep an airline flying. Even in 1943. Continue reading →

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Photos of some of the airline’s Chinese personnel, late 1940s

Jason Chou, son of CNAC co-pilot Bing Zhou, passed along these photos. After completing college in Kunming, Bing Zhou joined the China National Aviation Corporation in 1944, and he flew more than 130...

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pictures of CNAC in the Chinese Civil War, #1

These photos come from Steve Michiels, son of CNAC pilot Joe Michiels. Steve has been tremendously supportive of China’s Wings, for which I’m very grateful. He recently mailed me a disk with about 20...

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Aviation photos: Chinese Civil War pics 3

Continuing this week’s run of CNAC-related photos from Steve Michiels, son of CNAC pilot Joe Michiels. The top photo enlarges beautifully.

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China’s Wings music: a CNAC song written and performed by Bo Veaner

Breaking this week’s run of 1940s aviation porn, CNAC Association stalwart, Cannonball editor, and daughter of CNAC Hump pilot Bert Coulson, Eve Coulson brought a CNAC-inspired song to my attention...

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2013 CNAC reunion party at Moon Chin’s house

Photos from the 2013 CNAC Association party at Moon Chin's house Continue reading →

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DC-2 & DC-3 flying in formation

Great photo! The DC-2 is the last airworthy DC-2 in the world, and the recently-restored DC-3, wearing Pan Am colors, is an airplane that once flew for the China National Aviation Corporation--as CNAC...

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CNAC trip to Seattle — Museum of Flight and Historic Flight Foundation

Photos of my recent China's Wings trip to Seattle's Museum of Flight and Historic Flight Foundation. Continue reading →

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Gigantic China’s Wings photo gallery

Classic aviation photos of flying in China in the 1930s and 1940s pertaining to the China National Aviation Corporation, a Chinese-American civil aviation partnership that flew and fought in China...

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