Foster McEdward and China’s Wings
Hump pilot and CNAC veteran Foster McEdward, who "thoroughly enjoyed" China's Wings Continue reading →
View ArticleCNAC’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...
View ArticlePhotos 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleShanghai 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...
View ArticleFlying 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....
View ArticleWhat it took to keep ‘em flying
The massively complex logistics required to keep an airline flying. Even in 1943. Continue reading →
View ArticlePhotos 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...
View Articlepictures 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...
View ArticleAviation 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.
View ArticleChina’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...
View Article2013 CNAC reunion party at Moon Chin’s house
Photos from the 2013 CNAC Association party at Moon Chin's house Continue reading →
View ArticleDC-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...
View ArticleCNAC 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 →
View ArticleGigantic 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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