Thousands watched the China Clipper as it set off on the first trans ... but he wanted to break into the commercial aircraft business, and Douglas Aircraft Company had a lock on it.

It was the famous China Clipper, bound for a 59-hour flight to Manila. The Pan American Airways flight that took off on Nov. 22, 1935, was the first regularly scheduled flight across the oceans of ...

No.: NC 14716 and named “China Clipper” crashed off the coast at Corcorite killing 23 of the 30 persons on board, including the pilot. At approximately 9 p.m. on January 8 1945, the aircraft ...