Grooch, William Stephen; Skyway To Asia; New York: Longmans, Green 1936. 1st Edition, 4th Printing. X, 205 pages Hardcover
Pan American Airways (Pan Am) - History Flying Boat TransPacific Travel Sikorsky S42 Boeing 314 China Clippers Seaplanes Seaplane Bases - Pacific Ocean - Construction Transportation – Aviation History
Good/noDJ. Missing illustration plate on page 86, tone, owner's signature on front paste-down, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.
Memoir of Pan Am agent who constructed the airbases for the seaplane Clippers establishing transPacific air travel in the 1930s. "This is a story of the first North Haven Expedition, dispatched to build commercial air bases across the Pacific Ocean - the stepping stones for the flying Clipper Ships on their airway to the Orient. It is a story of personal experiences, my own - not an official record of the Expedition." - Foreword. Details the work done on Midway Island, Wake Island, and Guam to establish Pan Am ground stations for the flying boats, culminating in the November 1935 round-trip flight of the China Clipper from San Francisco to Manila and back, with stops in Honolulu, Midway, Wake and Guam en route. Fascinating account of the work needed to establish aviation links to the American possessions in the Far East just before the outbreak of World War Two.

Good/noDJ. Missing illustration plate on page 86, tone, owner's signature on front paste-down, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.

8.63 x 6 x 1.5 in

1.38 lb