China Clipper
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China Clipper was the first of three Martin M-130 four-engine flying boats built for Pan American Airways and was used to inaugurate the first commercial transpacific airmail service from San Francisc
Martin M-130 NC14716 China Clipper
Sikorsky S-42 Clipper at Sumay, Guam
Item of mail carried aboard the China Clipper for the first contract trans-Pacific flight. Signed by crew members: Captain Ed Musick, First Officer R. O. D. Sullivan, Fred Noonan (later Amelia Earhart's navigator), C. D. Wright, Victor Wright, George King, and William Jarboe, postmarked San Francisco, November 22, 1935
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Pan Am Flight 229
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Pan Am Flight 229 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from San Francisco to Manila, which on July 28 1938, disappeared after flying over the Pacific Ocean. The flight was operated by Hawaii Cli
China Clipper
…Philippine Clipper (NC-14715) November 1935 Hawaii Clipper (NC-14714) March 1936 Later the larger Boeing 314 Clipper flying boats were assigned to the route…
The Martin M-130 was capable of landing on water, making it possible to extend commercial air flight to locations without runways.