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China Clipper
''China Clipper'' (NC14716) was the first of three Martin M-130 four-engine flying boats built for Pan American Airways and was used to inaugurate the first commercial transpacific air service from San Francisco to Manila in November 1935. Built at a cost of $417,000 by the Glenn L. Martin Company in Baltimore, Maryland, it was delivered to Pan Am on October 9, 1935.〔Volny, Peter (''China Clipper 75th Anniversary Commemorative Flight'' ) The Airport Journal, April, 2008〕
On November 22, 1935, it took off from Alameda, California in an attempt to deliver the first airmail cargo across the Pacific Ocean.〔("China Clipper's Inaugural Flight from San Francisco to Manila" ''San Francisco Examiner'', November 26, 1935 )〕 Although its inaugural flight plan called for the ''China Clipper'' to fly over the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge (still under construction at the time), upon take-off the pilot realized the plane would not clear the structure, and was forced to fly narrowly under instead. On November 29, the airplane reached its destination, Manila, after traveling via Honolulu, Midway Island, Wake Island, and Guam, and delivered over 110,000 pieces of mail. The crew for this flight included Edwin C. Musick as pilot and Fred Noonan as navigator〔Musick was a famous pilot of the time. Fred Noonan went on to work with Amelia Earhart and disappeared along with her over the western Pacific Ocean in 1937.〕
The inauguration of ocean airmail service and commercial air flight across the Pacific was a significant event for both California and the world. Its departure point is California Historical Landmark #968 and can be found in Naval Air Station Alameda.
==World War II==
The ''China Clipper'' was painted olive drab with a large American flag painted below the cockpit. The ''China Clipper'' was referred to as "Sweet Sixteen"〔Gandt, Robert L.: ''China Clipper, the Age of the Flying Boats'', page 96. Naval Institute Press, 1991.〕 by Pan American personnel.〔Taylor, Barry: ''Pan American's Ocean Clippers'', page 112. Aero, an imprint of Tab Books, McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1991.〕 The "Sixteen" is a reference to the aircraft's registration number NC14716.
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