Sometimes I’m asked why searching for the Hawaii Clipper is still relevant. My answer usually depends on who asks the question because it may have come from curiosity, indifference or even hostility. More often than not, it comes as fascination because in an age where Hollywood is remaking remakes of remakes – there seems to…
Indiana Jones Sat Here
by Indiana Jones Wiki On a related note to The Hawaii Clipper, the sister plane China Clipper depicted in Raiders of the Lost Ark should be a Martin M-130 plane, but during the filming of the movie, the production crew discovered that there was a Short Solent Mark III flying boat undergoing restoration in Oakland. Short Solents…
The Story Behind the Manufacturer of The Hawaii Clipper
byJake Hardiman | Simply Flying When it comes to US postwar airliners, Douglas’s piston-engined designs like the DC-4 spring to mind. However, originally based in California, a now largely forgotten manufacturer called the Glenn L. Martin Company also threw its hat into the ring. In the beginning While The Martin Company’s best-known airliners flew in…
Adventurers Hope to Solve Enduring Aviation Mystery
by Jeff Riegel | Chris Wadsworth | Ashburn Magazine Some of The Lost Clipper team local to Baltimore/Washington DC recently got together over lunch and spent almost 4 hours speaking with Ashburn Magazine’s editor, Chris Wadsworth, about the historic story of the Lost (Hawaii) Clipper and our continued efforts to repatriate those lost souls in…
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Today marks the 79th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor sparking the beginning of World War II for the United States. Each year on Dec. 7, Pearl Harbor Survivors, veterans, and visitors from all over the world come together to honor and remember the 2,403 service members and civilians who were killed during the…
Four Ways We Can Use Your Help Today
Guy and the rest of the Lost Clipper team have been researching the disappearance of the NC14714 Hawaii Clipper for well over twenty years now. We’ve made great strides over the years, sometimes by leaps and bounds and other times in drabs and dribbles. Times are tough these days on a worldwide scale. For you….
Pan Am PBS Documentary “Across the Pacific: Another Ocean” Pt. III
by Moreno/Lyons Productions in association withThe Pan Am Museum Foundation The third and last episode of the new Pan Am documentary entitled “Another Ocean” is streaming on the website of Virginia Public Media, the “presenting” PBS station. (View here…) https://www.pbs.org/video/crossing-the-pacific-across-the-pacific-another-ocean-a456bz/ Defying the skeptics, Pan Am builds an airway to Asia, allowing its airplanes to hopscotch across the world’s widest…
Pan Am PBS Documentary “Across The Pacific: Latin Laboratory” Pt. II
by Moreno/Lyons Productions in association withThe Pan Am Museum Foundation Air Tourism Begins in “Across The Pacific: Latin Laboratory” The second episode of the new Pan Am documentary entitled “Latin Laboratory” is streaming on the website of Virginia Public Media, the “presenting” PBS station. https://player.pbs.org/viralplayer/3043058025/ The third and last episode “Another Ocean” will be available online through PBS…
Pan Am PBS Documentary “Across the Pacific: Airborne” Pt. 1
When the China Clipper took off for the first scheduled flight to Manila on November 22, 1935, it riveted the attention of people around the world.
A Memorial Day Tribute from The Lost Clipper Team
On this Memorial Day, the Lost Clipper team are thankful for the sacrifice so many throughout our history have made, for the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice and for their families who had to carry on without them. It is a sacrifice that is easy to forget. For those who have it,…
The COVID Crime Chronicles
Steve Murphy – The inspiration for the Netflix series ‘Narcos’, and the former DEA agent who helped bring down Pablo Escobar, the world’s first narco-terrorist, joins Morgan Wright and The COVID Crime Chronicles with a special message about the Lost Clipper. Morgan Wright is an internationally recognized expert on cybersecurity strategy, cyberterrorism, identity theft and privacy….
Oh My Goff!
Our friends, Angie and Brittany of The OhMyGoff Podcast and Fox-5 in Washington DC, interview Steve about escapades with Narcos and The Lost Clipper. Watch Steve Murphy update you on what’s going on these days with The Lost Clipper and how we’re in search for sponsorship to head back to the islands… “Steve shares the next phase…
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