Welcome to the Official Home Page for the China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) First to fly the "Hump"! This cnac.org web site, has brought many folks together, some never having heard of CNAC before; some knew, but it had to remain secret for many years; and for some, just stumbling upon the site and really enjoying the ride... If you know of a connection story, please email me, Tom Moore at: pepperbud@dc.rr.com Thank you very much... Click here for some of those stories... The person who keeps track of the Membership List is more important than most realize... Ya' know, sometimes it only takes one person... Please check out this link about bringing home those that didn't make it back during WW II: MIA Aircraft There are many other places that also keep the memory of CNAC secure for the future. All are worth reading in detail. This is just for starters: Chinese Proverbs. HELP! Do you know these folks? Did any of these folks work for CNAC? NEWS FLASH Bob has published a few books and his newest book was released this past December 2019. About his cousin James S. Browne Now available on Amazon, "The Hunt for Jimmie Browne: An MIA pilot in WWII China" by Robert L Willett Bob has his own web site listing some of his accomplishments. Published in 2019... Mark Vaz and John Hill wrote about Pan Am and its history durning WW II, PAN AM AT WAR Published in 2019... The Spirit behind the Spirit of St. Louis (2019) And here's the press release for the above book by Benjamin "Ben" C. Barrett. In 1938, Ben's grandfather, Harold M. Bixby, wrote a book entitled Top Side Ricksha. He privately published about 20 copies of his book regarding his recollections concerning CNAC. Sometime in 1968, Mrs. Bixby had about 20 more copies of this book republished. Professor William Leary (The Dragon's Wings) of the University of Georgia at Athens oversaw this project. Here is that book cover Published in 2016... Billy wrote about his dad, "Mac"... Daniel Ford, author of Flying Tigers, reviewed The Shadow Tiger. Published in 2012... Personal Blog of Greg Crouch. Watch his blog for all things CNAC. And, check out this article from The Wall Street Journal - Saturday, February 25, 2012 Published in 2011... Yankee on The Yangtze Romance and Adventure Follow the Birth of Aviation by Nancy Allison Wright - This is about Nancy's Dad, Ernest M. Allison or "Allie" Available on Amazon.com Published in 2011... Forgotten Aviatior The Adventures of Royal Leonard by Barry S. Martin Published in 2008... An AirLine At War Pan Am's China National Aviation Corporation and Its Men by Robert L. Willett (Bob is a cousin of CNAC Co-Pilot James S. Browne) More about Mr. Willett and his writings You can find many other books about CNAC listed here This monument was started in 1991 and completed in 1993. Hump Monument - Kunming This monument was started in ???? and completed in ????. Hump Monument - Nanjing Construction began in September 2001. The memorial opened to the public on April 29, 2004, and was dedicated on Saturday, May 29, 2004. WW II Memorial in Washington, DC These Memorial photos taken September 9, 2011 by Craig Chinn. From The Dragon's Wings by William M. Leary, Jr. (Copyright © 1976) "American business enterprise took the lead in advancing a program to inaugurate commercial air service in China. Curtiss-Wright, the leading aeronautical corporation in the United States at the time, founded the China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) in partnership with the Chinese government in 1929. Subsequently taken over by Pan American Airways in 1933, CNAC pioneered commercial air service throughout the Middle Kingdom until the airline's demise in 1949." If you have any CNAC material you would like to add it to this site, please let me, the CNAC Web Editor, know -- my name is Tom Moore. I should like particularly to request the Chinese pilots, co-pilots, crewmen and staff who took part in CNAC events to send me their stories. It is not necessary that these narratives be in the polished style of the professional writer, for it is the substance, not the form, which is all-important. And pictures! Remember a picture is worth 10,000 words -- people, aircraft, airports, offices, old stomping grounds, haunts from the past -- you get the idea. Even the smallest item will be posted and I'm sure that it would be of interest to many! All items will be returned to the owner after being scanned to add on this site. Thanks!! Statement by Chiang Kai-shek's American Chief of Staff GENERAL ALBERT C. WEDEMEYER "Flying the "Hump" was the foremost and by far the most dangerous, difficult and historic achievement of the entire war" (Source: World War II Chronicles, a supplement to American Heritage. 1996 Forbes Inc. Page 47.) Letters of Endorsement Current CNAC Association Board Members Current Contacts for Veterans Benefits CNAC'S HISTORY AND PEOPLE General History The Chung Actually, the CNAC Chung continues to fly today. Click here for further information. Pilots Radio Operators Navigators Kickers Flight Engineers Flight Attendants Operations Personnel Medical Personnel The "Hump"! First or Special Flights In-Flight Food Service Issues of the Cannonball CNAC Monthly Bulletin Flying Tigers/Tiger Rag (AVG/CNAC) Wings Over Asia CNAC Calendars CBI Roundup and Ex-CBI Roundup jing bao JOURNAL CNAC Association Reunion Miami, Florida 1968 HELP! Do you know these folks? Did any of these folks work for CNAC? PLACES AND THINGS Office Locations Airports Aircraft Accidents Postal Items and Covers Flown by CNAC Books, Videos and Articles FAMILIAR PLACES Burma and the Burma Road Calcutta Chengtu now Chengdu Chungking Dinjan Hong Kong Kunming Mukden, Manchuria Nanking Tenchung Shanghai Other Places Next Reunion Past Reunions and trips Shared thoughts on the meaning of "Hogy Taw" Chinese Proverbs Money and Short Snorters Upcoming Aviation Events Amusing Stories Miscellaneous Items Like insignia, luggage labels posters and souvenir decals. Lung Wah Association Although not CNAC employees, these people were or now closely associated with CNAC and/or CNAC employees. Bob Andrade John Anderson Gene Banning Patti Gully Joseph Benjamin Holloway Valerie Parish Kendrick Morris Reed Knight John Lisk John Lee Art Lym Liu Xiao Tong Lillian (Liao Qiyu) Robin Lung Antonio "Tony" Mercede Renee Robertson Lincoln C. Reynolds Starr Kenneth Thompson Although not CNAC employees, these folks are closely aligned with aviation World Wide... Charles Howard Mathews, Jr. DATES TO REMEMBER December 7, 1941 - Japan Attacks Pear Harbor April 18, 1942 - Doolittle Raid (PowerPointSlide Presentation) August 6, 1945 - United States Drops Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima August 9, 1945 - United States Drops Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki August 15, 1945 - Japan Officially Surrenders to the Allies (And they're still not teaching the truth in Japanese schools!) LOCATIONS WITH PERMANENT CNAC DISPLAYS OR RESEARCH MATERIAL Wright-Patterson AFB Dayton, Ohio USA San Diego Aerospace Museum (The museum has a very large collection of CNAC material!) (Keep the museum in mind if you want someplace to house your CNAC material.) Hoover Institution Library and Archives Click HERE for an overview. Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Click HERE for an overview on aviation. Currently they have a very small collection of CNAC material. (Keep these facilities in mind if you want someplace to house your CNAC material.) My name is Tom Moore. I am the CNAC Association VP/Historian and the Web Editor for the China National Aviation Corporation Historical (CNAC) web site: www.cnac.org Please let me know you were here by sending me an e-mail: pepperbud@dc.rr.com You can read more about me on my bio page. SITES OF RELATED INTEREST: Emil Silvan Scott (1911-1942) and Asian Aviation Society of Oral History on Mondern China History Pan American World Airways University of Miami, Pan Am Archives Chinese Canadian Military Museum Home Page China Clipper Brief History of the Douglas DC-1, 2 and 3 Now here are the real details behind the DC-3's Boeing & Douglas: A History of Customer Service The Flying Tigers Home Page (AVG) China-Burma-India Hump Pilots Association, Inc. Flying Tiger Line Pilots Association Home Page History of C.A.T. and Air America at the University of Texas (UT) Dallas World Airways Air Sickness Bags BROKEN LINKS If you click on anything on this site and get a message that says the page does not exist, please e-mail me. Thanks. NOTICE I have no intention of violating the law with the content of these pages and have made every effort to give proper credit where necessary. However, if any of this material is yours or is being used inappropriately, please let me know so I can correct the situation. Copyright © 2000-2021 by Tom O. Moore, Jr. All Rights Reserved. Please ask before using or reproducing any material from these pages. Thank you. Background music to this page can be controlled here. "Thanks For The Memories"