As everyone else in the world feels, my hope and prayers go with the passengers, crew and families of the people aboard Malaysian Airlines Flight 370. It had not occurred to me until I saw the below photo of the striking and eerie similarities between this tragic event, and the same tragedy that befell flight…
Images
The Trust Territory SA-16 that served Chuuk Lagoon
Today I bring you one of the photos I recently unearthed that is certainly a blast front the past. Pictured is a Grumman SA-16 Albatross (tail #N9942F) used by the US Department of the Interior on the parking ramp of what is today’s Chuuk International Airport. For those of you who don’t know, the airport…
Tumon Guam
If you are in the grips of cold weather, here is a photo of Tumon Guam to warm ya up a bit? 🙂 Enjoy!
Back to Filming
This cold week in DC has made me really miss the warm waters of Micronesia. The good thing is that the days are getting longer as Spring approaches and soon, I hope, to be in those waters and the islands that seemingly float among them. Lately it really does feel like I take one step…
Still On The Hunt
For over a month I have been going back to PAA archives and the archives of others just for small details I might have missed and today found a doooosey. The famed “Hospital Foundation” lost to a remote jungle just became real because I have found the roll of film it was originally a part…
Pearl Harbor Memorial
Today we mark the attack at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7th, 1941. I offer a moment of silence to remember the souls of men and women who were lost for no fault of their own. A war was given the breath of life months earlier in Japan and it became a reality in the…
Mark Anderson Walker pt. II
Mark A. Walker is shown here stepping up and out of the cockpit of a Pan Am Sikorsky S-42 flying boat sometime in 1936/37. I am including this image for a few reasons today to share the sheer joy I have in receiving it. For a very long time, any sort of imagery of this…
Brigadier General Robert Blake taking operational control of Truk Lagoon
Three days before the surrender date, Brigadier General Robert Blake was designated Prospective Island Commander, Truk, a designation which was changed on 27 September to Prospective Commanding General, Occupation Forces, Truk and Central Carolines. The mission of his command was to occupy and develop Truk “as a fleet anchorage with facilities ashore limited to recreational…
Full article of Aviation History Magazine
Aviation Magazine articles for those of you not able to find it in print. Thanks John for doing this.
Hawaii Clipper story carried in National Magazine
Good news! The story of the Hawaii Clipper has been carried in this months Aviation History Magazine, a must read source for aviation enthusiasts. Check out: http://www.HistoryNet.com/aviation-history for more details. This particular article entitled “Vanished” starts on page 30 and covers six pages of interviews and details covering the mysterious loss. My thanks to writer…
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,…
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…
The Lost Clipper - The mission to bring 15 forgotten Americans home 