The China Clipper, a Martin 130 seaplane, bobbed nearby on gently rippling waters of the Oakland, Calif., Estuary, as Cook watched the radio dials and Pan Am founder and president Juan T.

In 1936, the Clipper began carrying passengers. The service was first class and legendary, with fine food served on fine china. A one-way ticket to Manila, including overnight stays at Pan Am ...

HONOLULU -- Through a clear, cloud-banked sky, Pan American Airways' China Clipper roared toward Honolulu and the end of the first lap of an 8,000-mile trans-Pacific airmail flight today.

White-coated stewards served dinner on small tables with white linen, real china and silver goblets. The favorite drink was said to be the Clipper Cocktail. The Pan Am Clippers have been called ...

The Pan Am Clippers could be considered the aviation ... Trippe's aircraft all had names - The China Clipper, the California Clipper, the Hawaii Clipper, the Yankee Clipper, the Dixie Clipper ...

Pan Am completed the first transoceanic commercial airliner flight in November 1935 with the China Clipper. The Clipper was a four-engine Martin M-130 flying boat crafted to Pan Am’s ...

LOS ANGELES — In a most unlikely place, an industrial enclave of warehouses protected by razor wire, the golden age of what was once America's pre-eminent airline lives again. For an evening ...

On Nov. 29, 1935, the China Clipper of the Pan-American Airways Company arrived in Manila on the first airmail flight from San Francisco. With a stopover in Guam, the plane brought 110,000 letters ...

THE National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) led by Chairman Emmanuel Franco Calairo and Executive Director Carminda Arevalo unveiled the historical markers "Ang Pagdating ng Pan Am ...