FIRST OR SPECIAL FLIGHTS FLOWN BY CNAC

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R. W. "Dusty" Weaver was the radio engineer on the first CNAC flight, 19 October 1929.

FIRST FLIGHT TIFFIN
(April 26, 1937)

(Souviner Programme)
(Front)


(Center Spread)

(Please note that Mr. W.L. Bond was one of the guest speakers)

(Back)


The above programme was sent in this envelope.


Does anyone know how to contact the sender "Nason L. Zee"
or the receiver, "Dr. F.J. Pond" or the families of these persons?
How about the Institute where Dr. Pond worked???
(Programme and envelope Courtesy of Tom Moore)

First flight, Kweilin to Hong Kong
December 24, 1937

Front and Back
(Courtesy of Tom Moore)



In Commenoration of the Survey Flight From Shanghai to Batavia
August 21-28, 1947.
(Note: Batavia is now Jakarta, Indonesia)
(Pamphlet Courtesy of T. T. and Frieda Chen)
(Front)


(Inside Left Side)


(Inside Right Side)


(Back)



August 1947 - Airport at Batavia
left to right
Unknown, Head of Civil Aviation of Batavia, unknown, unknown, Hugh Chen (Assistant Operations Manager CNAC), C.Y. Liu (Managing Director of CNAC), unknown, unknown and T.T. Chen
(Photo Courtesy of T. T. and Frieda Chen)


August 1947 - Batavia
This was the reception given by the Chinese Consul-General in Batavia for the survey flight.
from the bottom and around the table, left to right
Unknown, unknown, F.Y. Ho (Business Dept. CNAC)
unknown, Chinese Consul General Djakarta, (standing) Managing Director Knilm (Royal Dutch Indies Airline company) KLM, C.Y. Liu Managing Director CNAC, unknown, Harold Chinn (Captain of this Survey Flight)
Hugh Chen Assistant Operations Manager CNAC, T.T. Chen and top of head - unknown.
T.T. Chen was sent to Djakarta in advance of Survey Flight to arrange for receptions and accomodations.
Born in Indonesia T.T. spoke Dutch and Indonesian languages.
(Photo Courtesy of T. T. and Frieda Chen)


October 1947



(Courtesy of Tom Moore)



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