[First flight air mail cover for China Clipper]

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Identifier2022-00-00-17_text_007SourceThe Boeing Story Exhibit Collection (2022-00-00-17), Box 1, Folder 9CreatorChina National Aviation CorporationDescriptionFirst flight air mail cover for the China Clipper, circa 1937. Addressed to Frank T. Cartwright in Maplewood, New Jersey.

Text from original exhibit label: "Wong Tsoo [Tsu] graduated from MIT in 1916 as one of the first university-trained aeronautical engineers. Jerome Hunsaker had just started the program in 1914 with the help of a young graduate student named Donald Douglas. China National Aviation Corporation airmail envelope, 1937."Creation Datecirca 1937SubjectAir mail serviceChina National Aviation CorporationMartin (Glenn L.) Model 130 China ClipperOriginal Formatenvelopesfirst flight coversBibliographic CitationThe Boeing Story Exhibit Collection/The Museum of FlightRightsCopyright undetermined

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