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…
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.
A Footnote in Time
A postcard from the past. Thanks everyone for your offers of help and information. I received this from a dear friend and it just keeps me engaged in this story.
Truk Lagoon as the Clipper Arrived
Maybe, just maybe, this is how the local Chuukese saw the clipper arrive July 30, 1938?
USAT Meigs / Canberra Maru update by request:
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The Lost Clipper - The mission to bring 15 forgotten Americans home 