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The China Clipper
The name China Clipper evokes a romantic age of luxurious air travel, when the rich and adventurous flew across the Pacific to the Orient.
The China Clipper was the name of one of three Martin M-130 flying boats built for Pan American Airways. The others were the Hawaii Clipper and the Philippine Clipper. The Martin M-130 was the first airliner that could fly nonstop the 3,840-kilometer (2,400-mile) distance between San Francisco and Honolulu, Hawaii-the longest major route in the world without and emergency intermediate landing field.
The China Clipper and its sister ships demonstrated that there were no technological barriers to transoceanic travel. |