Author: Guy

Guy's passion and energetic enthusiasm for nature's beauty is what drives him outdoors. However, creating images that set themselves apart from other landscape images was a task that took years to resolve. Bold New Light is the accomplishment of years of planning, shooting and studio work to create the imagery only his mind could see. Finally, those images are presented for you to see as well. Enjoy seeing the world in a Bold New Light.

Found!

Well here is a lucky find today! I just received an original postcard of a restaurant called the China Clipper from either the late 1930s or early 1940s. According to my research, Wah Sun (Watson) Choy, a passenger on the Hawaii Clipper caring a very large some of money to his brother Frank in China,…

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Over 12,000 visits to Lost Clipper website

Thanks everyone for your continued visits to this website.  Because of your patronage, we have had 12, 178 visits in less than a year.  Well done and thank you!  Please share this web site online, on Facebook, Twitter or whatever online communication tool you use to continue the search for the Hawaii Clipper!

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75th Anniversary of the Loss of the Hawaii Clipper

July 29, 1938, the Hawaii Clipper, on trip #229, was presumedly lost at sea 75 years ago today. The flying boat service between San Francisco Bay and Manila Bay required approximately sixty hours of flying time over six days with intermediate stops at Pearl Harbor, Midway Atoll, Wake Island and Guam. The Hawaii Clipper disappeared…

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George Merril Davis Update

Just a quick note to let you all know that I have posted an update to the George Merril Davis story.  The best take away is that for the first time, I have factually confirmed Mark A. Walker was indeed at the wedding, served as best man and was truly a close friend to George. …

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“Sabotage or Aerial Piracy Suggested in Clipper Plane Mystery”

Seen here is a photo of the REAL Hawaii Clipper Aircraft Logbook taken recently on my trip to Florida. This, and many others like it, led me to a story written by journalist Walter Fitzmaurice soon after the disappearance. It marks the first time the worlds “air piracy” were used in reference to the mysterious…

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Flying boat layout design for NC14714

  Because it comes up from time to time, here is an original layout drawing of the Hawaii Clipper as part of its delivery package from the Glenn L. Martin Company to Pan Am Airways. Looks like a bit of a cramped trip when packed with passengers and crew, however, for trip #229, it only…

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George Merrill Davis, Second Officer

George Merrill Davis, Second Officer (Pilot) verified by family members. *** NEW POST *** (Taken from The Helena Daily Independent Newspaper, Saturday July 30, 1930) WIFE GRIEVES Santa Barbara, Calif., July 29.— “Mrs. George Merrill Davis, who married the co-pilot of the missing Hawaii Clipper in a fashionable wedding here last year, was near collapse tonight…

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NASA and the Hawaii Clipper

Well, what eventually became NASA, was called NACA which stood for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, and there begins a great discovery. Way back on March 3, 1915, the US government realized that as World War I was turning into a much larger confrontation than first estimated, it was still inadequately prepared to fight…

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