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!
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. …
“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…
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…
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…
The Hawaii Clipper Performs Her First Float Test
Hawaii Clipper Flying Boat wades into Maryland’s Middle River for a float test
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…
Painted Clouds of the Jungle
Attached is an image of a discovered Japanese Navy bomber on a Chuuk Lagoon airfield in 1946.
Suspect Myrt aircraft
Seen above are some archival images of a Japanese Torpedo aircraft found on an island in Chuuk (Truk Lagoon). While not directly tied to the Hawaii Clipper research effort, it is a foot note in today’s history that still, to this day, interesting and historically valuable relics are still being discovered in this day in…
Thanks Glenn L. Martin Maryland Aviation Museum!
I am tipping my hat today to the Glenn L. Martin Maryland Aviation Museum today for their top-notch support for the Hawaii Clipper effort. I had the pleasure of learning more about the production of the M-130 only yards from where it all happened and was given copies of some of the best preserved images I have…
A New Video for a New Year
Hello Friends, As we all turn the page from 2012 to 2013, I would like to first thank you for your constant support and belief in this project. I am most humbled by your kindness and generosity in helping to solve this long lost mystery. Together, we will actually fulfill that ambition this year. In…
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