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  Clipper Ship Information
Although somewhat obscure in origin, the Baltimore clipper was probably a natural development of the known principles of fast-sailing-ship design popular in England in the 16th century.
Baltimore clippers were first referred to as Virginia built, and, because they were used as pilot boats in Norfolk, Virginia, they were also referred to as pilot boat construction.
Because the Baltimore clipper was not primarily designed for cargo carrying, little more than the name survived in the famous clipper ships of American transocean trade of the 1840s and 1850s, although the ship long remained the basic model for many small, fast-sailing craft, such as fishing schooners, pilot boats, and yachts.
www.globalindex.com /clippers/museum/ms_clipp.htm   (1217 words)

  
 China Clipper Project to Enhance Access to Information
China Clipper will provide the "middleware" to allow these separate components, often located hundreds or thousands of miles apart, to function as a single system.
China Clipper is expected to lead to better utilization of instrumentation for experiments and fast comparisons of actual experiments and computational models.
China Clipper is the culmination of a decade of research and development of high-speed, wide area, data intensive computing.
www.lbl.gov /Science-Articles/Archive/china-clipper.html   (1139 words)

  
 China Clipper Project
The program is called "China Clipper," in reference to the 1930s commercial air service which spanned the Pacific Ocean and opened the door to the reliable, global air service taken for granted today.
China Clipper is expected to lead to better utilization of instrumentation for experiments and provide fast comparisons of actual experiments and computational models, thereby giving researchers better tools for testing scientific theories.
According to Johnston, China Clipper is the culmination of a decade of research and development of high-speed, wide area, data intensive computing.
www.lbl.gov /CS/Archive/othernews7-15-98.html   (1208 words)

  
 Martin M-130 "China Clipper" - USA
Unlike the Sikorsky design, however, the Martin 'China Clipper', as it was to become known, truly possessed the long over-water capability that the airline required.
By 1940 (Hawaii Clipper having been lost at sea) the surviving pair of M-130s had accumulated some 10,000 flying hours each equal to an average daily utilization of 5 1/2 hours and had flown 12,718,200 passenger miles (20,467,930 passenger-km) in addition to express and mail flights.
China Clipper was wrecked early in 1945, shortly after the tenth anniversary of its first flight, when it struck an unlit boat during a night landing.
www.aviation-history.com /martin/m130.html   (598 words)

  
 Ouray Colorados China Clipper Inn
The China Clipper Inn is located in the heart of Ouray, Colorado.
Opened in 1995 the China Clipper was designed to emulate it's historic neighbors and retain the architectural vintage and character of the town.
The China Clipper in Ouray, CO is a place to vacation.
ouraylodging-inns.com   (234 words)

  
 PBS - Chasing the Sun - Pan Am Clipper
While Pan Am's majestic fleet of flying boats generally came to be known as Clippers, the planes, themselves, were actually comprised of three different models: the Sikorsky S-42, the Martin M-130, and the Boeing 314.
Like their maritime namesakes, the Clippers made use of the oceans to form a vast global network of air routes.
With concrete runways expensive and rare in the 1930s, Pan Am's Clippers were able to take advantage of the world's free and plentiful oceans as their runways.
www.pbs.org /kcet/chasingthesun/planes/clipper.html   (622 words)

  
 Ships Used
The ship term “clipper” originated in the United States just after the war of 1812, and was used to describe the Virginia built or pilot boat type vessel because of its clipping speed.
Coffee and Opium Clippers, however, varied in size and were typically smaller, but maintained the pointy bow shape for speed.
Although they were the fastest ships on the sea during their time, most American clippers being used for trade also had an impressive amount of cargo space for goods being transported between American and China (mostly tea).
www.columbia.edu /~cg2119/chinatrade_ships_used.htm   (464 words)

  
 Maritime Topics On Stamps : Clipper ships
Early on, these clippers sailed as packet-ships, but with their great speed they were ideally suited—and used—to smuggle opium and slaves as well...
All clippers were able to sail at average speeds of 14 to 15 knots, with top speeds reaching up to 20 knots.
Following the opening of the Suez Channel in 1869, the China routes were taken over by the steamers; however, clippers continued to serve on the long routes to and from Australia.
www.shipsonstamps.org /Topics/html/clipper.htm   (1810 words)

  
 China List : Imperial China
China : Country Studies - Federal Research Division, Library of...
Essay by a Kyoto University professor attacking Japanese nationalism and assertingthat the Diaoyutai islands are rightfully China's.
China List excludes all liability of any kind (including negligence) in respect of any third party information or other material made available on, or which can be accessed using, this Website.
china-list.com /imperialchina/index.php   (707 words)

  
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Martin's three "China Clipper" flying boats were the first true intercontinental airliners.
A magnificent clipper ship called the Challenge was launched in New York on the 24th of May. She is built by Mr.
The Archer was a 905 ton clipper launched in New York in 1852.
www.lycos.com /info/clipper--china-clipper.html   (295 words)

  
 China Clipper
To the public, China Clipper was a generic name that was applied to all three Martin M-130 aircraft and all twelve Boeing B-314 aircraft in Pan Am's fleet.
In 1935, shortly after placing the Martin China Clipper in to service, Pan Am president Juan T. Trippe asked the aircraft industry for a higher capacity, longer range fly- ing boat airliner with a greater payload than the Martin.
It was the B-314 Yankee Clipper, christened by Eleanor Roosevelt, that left Baltimore, MD on March 26, 1939 for Europe on a survey flight that paved the way for trans Atlantic travel on a large scale.
www.aviationtrivia.homestead.com /ChinaClipper.html   (2698 words)

  
 The China Clipper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
She was the China Clipper, the first of three M-130's built.
For instance, the China Clipper was the first commercial aircraft to use the twin radial engine called the wasp.
In 1942 the China Clipper was drafted into the Navy.
www.steveham.com /clipper1.htm   (385 words)

  
 China Clipper's Inaugural Flight from San Francisco to Manila - 1935
In about 38 and one-half hours of flying, the China Clipper has crossed nearly 5,200 miles of the 8,000-mile distance between Alameda, Calif., and Manila, end of the present journey to establish transpacific air mail service.
The China Clipper left Alameda Friday afternoon [Nov. 22, 1935], and has stopped overnight at Honolulu and Midway.
The astonishingly smooth and reliable performance of this 25-ton air juggernaut, and the precision of the 55 dials and the 42 gadgets that face me as I sit on duty during the flight just under the 130-foot wing, are never ending delights to me.
www.sfmuseum.org /hist8/35clipper.html   (699 words)

  
 China Clipper
November 11, 1935...Pan American Airway's China Clipper piloted by Captain Edwin C. Musick, made the first transpacific airmail flight from San Francisco to Honolulu, Midway Island, Wake Island, Guam, and Manila, The Philippines.
The Philippine Clipper managed to survive the Japanese attack on Wake Island just after Pearl Harbor, but in 1943 she hit a mountainside coming in to San Francisco.
PBS - Chasing the Sun - Pan Am Clipper - While Pan Am's majestic fleet of flying boats generally came to be known as Clippers, the planes, themselves, were actually comprised of three different models: the Sikorsky S-42, the Martin M-130, and the Boeing 314.
www.zpub.com /sf/history/sfh-cc.html   (1274 words)

  
 China Clipper -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
China Clipper -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
It was built by the (additional info and facts about Glenn L. Martin Company) Glenn L. Martin Company
The China Clipper is one of the airplanes with the most (additional info and facts about model airplane) model airplane replicas modelled after.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ch/china_clipper.htm   (117 words)

  
 Miami: Early Aviation Photographs - Pan American Airways
The China Clipper won fame for inaugurating trans-Pacific airline service in November, 1935 with a flight from San Francisco to Manila with stops in Honolulu, Midway, Wake, and Guam.
Passengers are shown boarding the Brazilian Clipper for its maiden flight to Rio de Janeiro on August 16, 1934.
Lindbergh is shown standing in the cockpit of the American Clipper on November 19, 1931 before the take-off on its maiden flight bound for the Panama Canal Zone.
www.geocities.com /d002653c/panamerican.htm   (760 words)

  
 Amazon.com: China Clipper: The Age of the Great Flying Boats: Books: Robert L. Gandt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
Although small flying boats were successful with short hops (including routes along the east coasts of the Americas) by the early '30s, the true ocean-spanning China Clipper did not fly until 1935.
A few months later, the surviving clippers were released by the military back to civilian life, but by then war had created hundreds of airstrips around the world, and long-legged, land-based airliners (notably the DC-4) had been developed.
It took this short 170 page book 99 pages before the China Clipper flew and then only 44 pages were spent on the golden age of these flying boats in the Pacific.
www.amazon.com /China-Clipper-Great-Flying-Boats/dp/0870212095   (1596 words)

  
 China Clipper Airplane Aviation Art Print
The China Clipper was the first to offer Pan Pacific passenger service from San Francisco to the Orient.
The Clipper was also the largest flying boat ever built, weighing in at 26 tons.
Here, as the Clipper begins its long journey to the Orient, wisps of ocean fog are seen entering San Francisco Bay.
store.tailwinds.com /noname2.html   (214 words)

  
 China Clipper (1936)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
The opening credits state that "China Clipper" is a fictional account of the history of trans-Pacific flight.
Logan's vision generally achieved success after success and it was uncanny how Bogey's character managed to make the four day flight from California to the China Coast without mishap, flying through a typhoon and beating the clock by a mere five minutes to make a harrowing deadline.
The plane making the Pacific flight is a rather gawky looking affair but it holds up under the stress of hurricane force rains and the news of Dad Brunn's death.
us.imdb.com /Title?0027445   (661 words)

  
 Martin 130 China Clipper
The three Martin clippers were named for Pan Am's principal Pacific destinations: Hawaii, Philippines, and China.
As it turned out, both the first mail and first passenger runs to Manila were made by Clipper NC-14716, "China" - thereby giving her name to the whole class of planes, as well as all the items, from oriental restaurants to postage stamps, that recall them.
After another wrangle with the British, the China Clipper lived up to her name in April 1937 by making the first scheduled through-flight to Hong Kong.
www.aviation-central.com /airliners/aag10.htm   (251 words)

  
 China Clipper - Moviefone
Synopsis: Based on the true story of Pan American Airlines, China Clipper was released only a year after the first transpacific flight in history.
China Clipper (1936) China Clipper on IMDb: Movies, TV, Celebs, and more...
China Clipper at Hollywood.com That Other Blog: Same Crap.
movies.aol.com /movie/china-clipper/1054973/main   (147 words)

  
 The China Clipper - The Martin M-130 @ flyingclippers.com
The China Clipper is anchored at a pier in Manila harbor, following its historic flight across the Pacific Ocean.
The China Clipper inaugurates the first trans-Pacific airmail service on November 22, 1935 with 111,000 letters on board.
To the public, China Clipper became a generic name and originally was applied to all three of the Martin M-130's in Pan Am's fleet and, later, even to the Boeing B-314's.
www.flyingclippers.com /M130.html   (569 words)

  
 Air Transportation: Pan American's Flying Boats
Trippe dubbed the first plane the China Clipper, although in truth, Pan American had landing rights only to the British colony of Hong Kong on the southern coast of China.
The Clipper service gained a reputation as a dependable and elegant service that literally reduced the size of the world.
So famous were the Pan American Clipper flying boats that even Hollywood joined in the chorus of praise by producing a movie named China Clipper, starring Humphrey Bogart.
www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Commercial_Aviation/china_clipper/Tran5.htm   (1265 words)

  
 China Tea Trade
William Low was soon intrigued and the new idea of just what an ideal China Clipper hull should look like swiftly became one of mutual interest as Low suggested that his firm might be interested in building such a vessel.
Griffiths' idea of a "clipper bow" was the most radical innovation in the evolution of shipbuilding.
The Sea Witch was christened for the first time by the fierce northwester that splashed against her Chinese dragon figurehead with the open mouth and partly coiled tail as the Sea Witch roared on down the North Atlantic bound for Rio de Janeiro, the Cape of Good Hope, and Canton.
www.eraoftheclipperships.com /page8web.html   (4375 words)

  
 The Clipper Era: Pan Am Clipper operations at Midway Atoll
Only the super rich could afford a Clipper trip, which in the 1930s was over three times the annual salary of the average American.
Other routes were also explored, especially with the onslaught of the Pacific war, which ended Clipper operations at Midway on December 8, 1941.
In 1947, a Clipper landed at Midway again, in the faded hope that somehow the Clipper days could be revived, but with the new aircraft technology developed during WWII, the days of the Clipper were over.
www.fws.gov /midway/past/clipper.html   (280 words)

  
 China Stamp Society, Inc.
The complete China Clipper, Volumes 1-70 (1936-2006) is now on three DVD disks.
The pages number 1- from top to bottom, however reading the Chinese, please go to the end of the issue, then read the pages bottom to top, the pages in the Chinese section also start with "1".
Periodical Database update 1.1 is now available, the index has now been updated to include the China Clipper 1 - 71/2, Chiu's Supplement vol.
chinastampsociety.org /clipper_back.html   (589 words)

  
 China Clipper Scale Model Aircraft
M-130 China Clipper The Martin M-130 (better known as the China Clipper) first carried passengers on October 21, 1936.
Although it was the largest flying boat ever, it gave a feeling of grace and style.
The Clipper's central lounge, which was wider than a Pullman club car, was fitted with broad armchairs, and its meal service included china and silverware.
www.aviatormodels.com /m130_china_clipper.html   (129 words)

  
 furniture from China - Clipper Trading hand-picks furniture from China - furniture direct from China for Chinese ...
Furniture from China of the Ming and Qing dynasties is a major influence in typically known Chinese furniture style and quality.
Two of the most recognizable forms of furniture from China are Lacquerware furniture and Chinese Traditional furniture.
Some of the more sought after pieces of furniture from China include a rounded side cabinet called Yuanjiaougui and the square side cabinet referred to as Fangjiaougui.
www.clippertrading.com /furniture-from-china.php   (227 words)

  
 Pacific Aerial Surveys- Pan Am Clipper Gallery
The Clippers were amphibious Sikorsky, Boeing, and Martin aircraft that would leave Alameda for a six day, 60 hour trip to Manila via Hawaii, Midway Island, Wake Island, and Guam.
With the famous sunshine of the Golden West illuminating the leading edge of its wing, the China Clipper rides high in the variety transportation options available to the people of the Bay area and the citizens of the world.
By 1938, flags were added to the fuselage, wings, and underside of Pan American’s flying boats to clearly indicate their nationality in the face of increasing hostilities prior to the outbreak of World War II in the Pacific.
www.pacificaerial.com /gallery-panam4.html   (384 words)

  
 Yankee Clipper China Clipper Pearl Harbor Hawaii 1939 picture
Yankee Clipper China Clipper Pearl Harbor Hawaii 1939
Exploitz.com is working hard to bring you new China pictures, photos and posters and other images from around the world.
Yankee Clipper China Clipper Pearl Harbor Hawaii 1939 is in stock and available for purchase.
www.exploitz.com /Yankee-Clipper-China-Clipper-Pearl-Harbor-Hawaii-1939-picture.php   (261 words)

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