Mark A. Walker is shown here stepping up and out of the cockpit of a Pan Am Sikorsky S-42 flying boat sometime in 1936/37. I am including this image for a few reasons today to share the sheer joy I have in receiving it. For a very long time, any sort of imagery of this…
Month: November 2013
Looking Through a Straw for a Needle in a Haystack…
So there, I said it, but let me translate that into Japanese so that they can appreciate it as much as you will: 干し草の山の中から針のためのストローを通して見る. Whew! Glad that’s off my chest… I have spent the past few weeks painstakingly looking at one areal photo after another of the Operation Hailstone ( トラック島空襲 Torakku-tō Kūshū, lit. “the airstrike on…
Sorry for the Delay…
A fond greeting to you all. First let me apologize for the delay in keeping you all informed of my progress on the search and recovery of the passengers and crew of the missing Hawaii Clipper. Rest assured it is not due to anything negative, actually, quite the opposite. Over the past two months, I…
The Lost Clipper - The mission to bring 15 forgotten Americans home 