From the arrival of the first clipper in 1935, Hawaii was one of the brightest jewels in Pan Am”s crown.
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The Last Flight of The Hawaii Clipper
by The Pan Am Historical Foundation In June 1938, a young engineer from the National Advisory Council on Aeronautics (NACA) took along his 16mm movie camera on what would be the last completed round-trip flight of the Hawaii Clipper. The following month, the aircraft vanished without a trace. This is a short segment from that…
Game of Crimes Podcast: An 80-Year Old Cold Case
Listen to our Lost Clipper team member and friend, Steve Murphy, along with investigator, Morgan Wright, on their Game of Crimes podcast as they take a deep dive into our story.
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…
What Happened to the Hawaii Clipper?
By John J. Geoghegan Aviation History Magazine Vanished!: What Happened to the Hawaii Clipper? In the 81 years since the Hawaii Clipper disappeared, no one has figured out what happened to the flying boat and its crew. A few minutes before 6 a.m. on July 29, 1938, Pan American Airways Captain Leonard Terletzky taxied the…
Moving Forward
The Lost Clipper team recently participated in a very collaborative meeting in Quantico, VA with a dozen very influential and prominate investigators in the field. The idea is to look at “the larger picture” and hopefully combine resources and efforts to help navigate history and find what we’re all looking for. It’s our hope to…
A Classic Art Deco Poster of Our Beloved Clipper
A classic Art Deco poster of our beloved Clipper
The Amelia’s and the Lost Clipper
When was the last time you knew history could be changed?
FEATURE: Bob Perry, Lost Clipper Cemetery Geophysics Specialist
Bob Perry, Lost Clipper Cemetery Geophysics of Topographix LLC, explains Ground Penetrating Radar and how it rules out false possibilities before an actual dig, drastically saving time and money. Bob, like the other members of The Lost Clipper Crew, is an intrical part behind the search to uncover the true history of those 15 missing…
Feature: The Lost Clipper’s Steve Murphy in Micronesia
DEA Narcos’ Steve Murphy was in Micronesia earlier in 2018 as lead investigator on The Lost Clipper exploration along with the entire team. “The hunt for the world’s very first aerial hijacking at the hands of rogue Japanese agents before World War II comes to a head on the exotic shores of Micronesia. A never…
The Secret Is Out!
We’ve been hinting at it for a few months now. Working towards a goal that we all share, including you. Putting together an elite team of experts across various fields across the globe. From the UK, New Zealand and across the US., seven of us are currently converging on Chuuk as you read this. The…
Netflix’ DEA NARCOS Teams with The Lost Clipper
Netflix DEA NARCOS Teams with The Lost Clipper