China Clipper

Author: Robert Gandt
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1612514243
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268

Book Description
When the China Clipper shattered aviation records on its maiden six-day flight from California to the Orient in 1935, the flying boat became an instant celebrity. This lively history by Robert Gandt traces the development of the great flying boats as both a triumph of technology and a stirring human drama. He examines the political, military, and economic forces that drove its development and explains the aeronautical advances that made the aircraft possible. To fully document the story he includes interviews with flying boat pioneers and a dynamic collection of photographs, charts, and cutaway illustrations.

China clipper

Author: Ronald W. Jackson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780895960610
Category : China Clipper (Airplane)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description

The China Clipper, Pan American Airways and Popular Culture

Author: Larry Weirather
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 356

Book Description
"The book discusses strategies used to represent the clipper as a paragon of U.S. interests, values and beliefs. The main focus of the work is the variety of ways this iconographic status manifested itself through toys, movies, pulp fiction, comic books and music. An appendix explains different models of the clipper flying boats"--Provided by publisher.

China Clipper

Author: Richard Brignall
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
ISBN: 1552775267
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 155

Book Description
Normie Kwong's parents immigrated to Canada from China in the early 1900s. For them, and many other Asian immigrants, moving meant having to face both the government's anti-Asian policies and society's attitude of Chinese exclusion. But Normie overcame it all and, despite his small stature, in 1948 he became the youngest footballer ever to play in a Grey Cup game. Nicknamed the "China Clipper" as a nod to both his Chinese heritage and his record-setting speed on the football field, Kwong went on to become a hero and popular sports role model for generations of football fans in the West. After retiring from football, Kwong entered politics and was later appointed Lieutenant Governor of Alberta. [Fry Reading Level - 4.9

China Tea Clippers

Author: George Frederick Campbell
Publisher: Coles Publishing
ISBN: 9780229115259
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 156

Book Description
An intimately detailed description of the great sailing ships designed for fast passages. The drawings elucidate the architecture and handling. An International Marine book for sailors, modelers, and commercial and marine historians. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The China Clippers

Author: Basil Lubbock
Publisher: Boston : [s.n.
ISBN:
Category : Clipper-ships
Languages : en
Pages : 502

Book Description

Wings to the Orient

Author: Stan Cohen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232

Book Description

The Long Way Home - Revised Edition

Author: MR Ed Dover
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615214726
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 182

Book Description
"...the story of the Pacific Clipper, a B-314 caught between Noumea, New Caledonia and Auckland, New Zealand at the outbreak of World War II and ordered to return home by flying west around the world in radio silence to avoid capture or destruction by enemy forces."--P. [4] of cover.

Pan American Clippers

Author: James Trautman
Publisher: Firefly Books
ISBN: 9780228102304
Category : TRANSPORTATION
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"Illustrated with rare period photographs, vintage travel posters, magazine ads and colorful company brochures, Pan American Clippers covers every aspect of the era of flying boats, from 1931-1946. Trautman explains PanAm's founding and growth, their wartime activities, and the design choices that made the company a symbol of luxury. "--

The China Clippers

Author: Basil Lubbock
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 395427454X
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 493

Book Description
This book is an effort to preserve the records of the most perfect type of sailing ship at the very height of its development, and it has been written entirely for sailors and those who are interested in shipping. I have put down as simply as possible the personal histüry of certain ships and that in the plain language of the sea without any attempt to explajn technical or seafaring terms for the benefit of the landsman. The materiell gathered together in this book has been culled from countless abstract log books, as well aa from information supplied to me, not only by the men who sailed the ships but also by their owners, designers and builders. Indeed I have to thank so many people for their help that a page of print would not contain their names, and I can only hope that this book may, perhaps, recall some pleasant sea memories and thus in some slight way recompense them for their kindness und trouble. Reprint of the original edition (1899)