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Bonus Episode: NC18602 The California (Pacific) Clipper

October 29, 2022

Thanks to our Patron Chris for guesting and hosting this bonus episode!

Photo Sources:

https://www.traveller.com.au/pan-ams-pacific-clipper-boeing-314-flying-boat-the-worlds-first-aroundtheworld-commercial-flight-h208xs

https://www.panam.org/pan-am-inspirations/634-saga-of-the-pacific-clipper

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Clipper#/media/File:Pacific_Clipper_Map.svg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Boeing_314_Clipper-cropped.jpg

Research Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW03fbBHDNI&t=8s

https://medium.com/s/story/the-long-way-round-the-plane-that-accidentally-circumnavigated-the-world-c04ca734c6bb

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2000-12-03-0012030260-story.html

https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/december-7-1941-and-first-around-world-commercial-flight

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/12/07/pacific-clipper-pan-am-pearl-harbor/ https://www.panam.org/pan-am-inspirations/634-saga-of-the-pacific-clipper

https://web.archive.org/web/20100327132657/http://www.flyingclippers.com/panam.html

https://sandiegoairandspace.org/exhibits/online-exhibit-page/9-clippers-go-to-war

https://larryfsommers.com/tag/anzac-clipper/

https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/december-7-1941-and-first-around-world-commercial-flight

https://www.fpri.org/article/2009/09/the-u-s-and-iran-in-historical-perspective/

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/modern-asian-studies/article/wartime-wilsonianism-and-the-crisis-of-empire-194143/C7690A8453A0504BFE44FC03E6550971

https://www.panam.org/pan-am-stories/630-hong-kong-clipper-lost

https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/hawaii-by-air/online/pan-am-clippers/war.cfm

https://pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/m-130/NC14715.html

Source: https://www.panam.org/pan-am-inspirations/...
In Other Tags California Clipper, Pacific Clipper, NC18602, World War II, Around the World, Perl Harbor
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