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02-03-2019, 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted by
Don Boose
I always thought the M-130 was
the
iconic China Clipper of the pre-war era. I first saw images of the plane while watching reruns of the 1936 "Ace Drummond" serial at the Waverly Theater in Baltimore in the early 50s (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2LCWfMvAEc
- the M-130 appears at 8:42). You may or may not enjoy Ace Drummond (played by Dusty King) singing "Give me the open sky, give me a ship to fly" to calm the passengers in a turbulent sky over China at 9:45. I'm afraid Ace Drummon was not of the same quality as "China Clipper" (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymbBi8oDKjQ
) but at that age, I loved it. Airplanes, adventure, and the mysterious Far East! I couldn't ask for more.
Incidentally, the Ace Drummond comic strip upon which the serial was based was written by Eddie Rickenbacker - I still have my an autographed copy of his
Fighting the Flying Circus,
which I obtained at about the same time I was watching the adventures of Ace Drummond.
The M-130 - built by my home-town airplane manufacturer, the Glenn L. Martin Company of Baltimore - was the first American flying boat with oceanic range.
Martin M-130 China Clipper
https://www.clipperflyingboats.com/pan-am/martin-m130
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7eimgOK5jg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhdT1ARWHZE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tDXeRv_Sn8
I, too, wish someone would design a paper model.
Don
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