A long stretch of calm water was all the landing strip this behemoth needed to reach populous seaports. fee appliesAlamy Jack Poindexter walked briskly into the Liberty House department store on King ...
Jack Poindexter walked briskly into the Liberty House department store on King Street in downtown Honolulu. It was Dec. 2, 1941, and palm trees swayed to the gentle rhythm of the trade winds that ...
Pan Am navigators on the Boeing 314 Clipper used innovative ways to determine the plane's position and bearings. Last week, we looked at just how luxurious it was to fly on Pan Am's Boeing 314 Clipper ...
LOS GATOS — On Gerry Mahan’s 100th birthday Wednesday, his extended family and nearly two dozen longtime pilot friends will gather to honor one of the last living aviators who flew the famous Clipper ...
At this time in 1941, a Clipper plane was trying to get home the hard way — flying around the world!
Aerial view of Pan American Airways "China Clipper" - San Francisco piers and skyline in silhouette in 1936. (Library of Congress) It was a few minutes before 6 a.m. and still very dark on January 6, ...
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