Every now and then the Internet still manages to surprise me. This week I purchased an image that was apparently lodged in someones personal photo album from the late 1930’s of a vacation to Hawaii and wouldn’t you know, right next to grandma was the Hawaii Clipper. I have long believed that I had seen…
Pan Am China Clipper Landing
Ever wonder what a Martin M-130 Flying Boat sounds like as it lands? Usually any archive footage of the Pan am Clippers has a soundtrack of musical instruments however in this rare motion picture clip, you will hear the four Pratt & Whitney R-1830-S2A5G Twin Wasp 14-cylinder radial engines singing their own tune as it…
Malaysian Airlines flight 370
Today in the headlines I read where some families who lost relatives last March on the doomed Malaysian Airlines flight 370 will claim the mystery surrounding the disappearance of the plane is irrelevant … and that the airline still has a duty to pay them. Emotions aside, I found it interesting that one of the…
“Now here is something you don’t see everyday”
Yes, I have said that quite a few times and today is one of them. Check out this very interesting photo of a World War II era Japanese fighter aircraft perched in a tree. I imagine the pilot survived the epic landing and was thanking his lucky starts as descended from the lush canopy of…
December 7th
Today is the day Americans reflect upon the attack of our homeland which ushered the United States into World War II. For me, I take this moment to not only reflect on the sacrifices of honorable men and women during World War II who would have much rather spent their time pursuing a career, a…
“Say Hello To My Little Friend”
Ok, Ok, I am NO Tony Montana from Scarface but I DO have a really sweet new tool to use in the search for the Hawaii Clipper. Meet the newest addition to the Lost Clipper Team: The DJI Osmo! This compact yet very flexible camera is a tool that will give us the much…
The Lost Clipper Promo
Thanks for checking out the latest promo for the Lost Clipper project…
And Yet, Another Anniversary Approaches
With July 29th quickly approaching, I reflect on all the July 29 anniversaries that have come and gone to mark the day that the Hawaii Clipper disappeared over the Pacific ocean, While the ultimate question of how or why is still being asked, I wonder about the numbers of people doing the asking and how those…
Memorial Day: ‘Just a Common Soldier’
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VE Day, Then and Now
May 8, 2015 Today marks the 70th anniversary to the end of World War II. What was VE Day? VE Day held on 8 May, 1945, celebrated the end of war in Europe The British government had been planning the celebration from late 1944. The code word ‘MOUSETRAP’ alerted ministers when VE Day was imminent…
BIG News… Coming Soon!
Greetings everyone! As we enter the month of May, it made me think back to another May in 1936 when the Hawaii Clipper was christened in the still waters of Pearl Harbor between Ford Island and Pearl City. My fellow traveler and filmmaker colleague, Jeff Riegel, and I visited that very spot last year and…
Super Typhoon Maysak Strikes Truk Lagoon
On March 31 at 0900 UTC (5 a.m. EDT), Super typhoon Maysak’s maximum sustained winds were near 140 knots (161.1 mph/ 259.3 kph). Hurricane-force winds extended 40 nautical miles (46 mile/74 km) from the center, and tropical storm-force winds extended 100 nautical miles (115 miles/185 km) from the center. Power has been intermittent in…
The Lost Clipper - The mission to bring 15 forgotten Americans home 