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  1. Jan 28, 2021 · The popular Nick Grant series continues with China Clipper , a fast-moving, fun tale of adventure, flying boats, spies, and the sea. I love this series! Homer Hickam, author of Rocket Boys/October Sky --Homer Hickam China Clipper is a terrific read! It's accurate, fast moving and filled with surprises; perfect for young people interested in ...

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    • Jamie Frank Dodson, Keith Ferris
  2. Sep 9, 2021 · Timmy Rides the China Clipper; Paperback – September 9, 2021. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.

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    • Carol Nay
  3. The China Clipper was wrecked on January 8, 1945, shortly after the tenth anniversary of its first flight, when it struck an unlit boat during a night landing in the Port of Spain, Trinidad, killing 23 crew and passengers. A flying boat larger than the M-130, the Model 156, was built by Martin in 1937. This model, closely followed the design of ...

  4. The Opening Gambit. The public face of this secret move started on the afternoon of November 22, 1935, when Pan American Airways' legendary flying boat, the China Clipper, inaugurated trans-Pacific commercial flights. It was an event so staggering - so monumental - that it immediately captured the imagination of the world.

  5. China Clipper (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Cast Iron Heart Pal and pilot Hap (Humphrey Bogart) is walking out on airline founder Dave (Pat O'Brien) who's become autocratic, then partner Tom (Ross Alexander) tries to lure the back the estranged wife (Beverly Roberts) of the boss, in China Clipper, 1936, from Frank "Spig" Wead's original screenplay.

  6. ONESMEDIA CHINA CLIPPER (1936) [CHINACLIPPER] - China Clipper (1936) "China Clipper" is an aviation drama directed by Ray Enright, starring Pat O’Brien, Beverly Roberts, and Humphrey Bogart. The film is inspired by the true story of the pioneering efforts to establish transpacific commercial air travel in the 1930s.

  7. Aug 28, 2012 · And Humphrey Bogart, in a departure from the typical criminal roles in his 1930s filmography, plays the ex-barnstormer and top-echelon pilot who guides the China Clipper's maiden journey. Newsreel footage of the hulking, four-engine "flying boat" augments this film that Frank Nugent in The New York Times called "fascinating deserves a ...

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