Welcome to the Official Home Page for the
China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC)

First to fly the "Hump"!

There are many other places that also keep the memory of CNAC secure for the future.
All are worth reading in detail.

Personal CNAC Site of Diego Kusak, Owner

Hump Monument - Kunming

Hump Monument - Nanjing

WW II Memorial in Washington, DC


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

The "Hump"!

Current
CNAC Association Board Members

Current
Contacts for Veterans Benefits

CNAC'S HISTORY AND PEOPLE
General History
The Chung
Pilots
Radio Operators
Navigators
Kickers
Flight Attendants
Operations Personnel

First or Special Flights

CNAC Monthly Bulletins

In-Flight Food Service

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 Chengdu
Chungking Hong Kong
Kunming Nanking
Tenchung Shanghai
Other Places
Next Reunion
CNAC
Documentary
Update
Past Reunions and trips
Shared thoughts on the meaning of
"Hogy Taw"
Are these folks
former CNAC employees?
Upcoming
Aviation
Events
Amusing Stories
Miscellaneous Items
Like insignia, luggage labels
posters and souvenir decals.
HELP!
Do you know where
these folks moved to?
Lung Wah Association
Chinese Proverbs
Bob & Kevin's Jukebox
Money
and
Short Snorters

CNAC Friends
Although not CNAC employees,
these people were closely associated with CNAC and/or CNAC employees.

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!)

Permanent CNAC Display
Wright-Patterson AFB
Dayton, Ohio
USA

MIA Aircraft

Actually, the CNAC Chung continues to fly today.
Click here for further information.


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SITES OF RELATED INTEREST:

CBI Expeditions
CBI Roundup News 1942-1946
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.)
Emil Silvan Scott (1911-1942) and Asian Aviation
History Pan American World Airways
University of Miami, Pan Am Archives
Chinese Canadian Military Museum Home Page
China: Past & Present
We Served With Pride
(The Chinese American Experience in WWII)
Does anyone have the current URL for the above site?
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 Sino-American Aviation Heritage Foundation
The Flying Tigers Home Page (AVG)
China-Burma-India Hump Pilots Association, Inc.
Flying Tiger Line Pilots Association Home Page
Major Airline Disasters
Air Sickness Bags

 To hear some of the music on this site you might need a
Real Audio player and can get one free below.


Background music to this
page can be controlled here.
"Slow Boat to China"
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Since April 12, 2000,
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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.

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