The China Clipper, Edwin Musick, and the Pan Am Flying Boats That Opened the Pacific to Commercial Aviation
How Pan Am's China Clipper and pilot Edwin Musick opened the Pacific to commercial aviation starting November 22, 1935.
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The Martin M-130 China Clipper, Captain Edwin Musick, and the Week Pan American Stitched Two Continents Together Across the Pacific
On November 22, 1935, Pan American's China Clipper made the first scheduled commercial transpacific flight under Captain Edwin Musick, covering nearly 8,000 miles to Manila in seven days.
TaildraggerThe Hughes H-four Hercules, the Single Flight Over Long Beach Harbor, and the Wooden Giant That Proved Howard Hughes Right
The Hughes H-4 Hercules flew exactly once on November 2, 1947 - one minute over Long Beach Harbor that proved a wooden giant could fly.
TaildraggerHoward Hughes, the H-4 Hercules, and the One-Mile Flight That Silenced a Nation
On November 2, 1947, Howard Hughes flew the world's largest airplane - the H-4 Hercules - one mile across Long Beach Harbor, vindicating years of ridicule and an $18 million gamble.
TaildraggerThe Martin M-130 China Clipper, Edwin Musick, and the Island Hop That Opened the Pacific
On November 22, 1935, Pan American's China Clipper completed the first transpacific airmail flight under Captain Edwin Musick, opening scheduled commercial service across the Pacific.
TaildraggerThe Spruce Goose, Howard Hughes, and the One Mile Over Long Beach Harbor That Silenced Every Man Who Said She'd Never Fly
On November 2, 1947, Howard Hughes flew the wooden Spruce Goose one mile over Long Beach Harbor, proving critics wrong.
TaildraggerThe China Clipper: Pan American's First Crossing of the Pacific
On November 22, 1935, Pan Am's China Clipper completed the first scheduled transpacific flight, covering 8,000 miles from California to Manila in 59 hours and 48 minutes of flying time.
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