Yankee on The Yangtze : Romance and Adventure Follow the Birth of Aviation - Softcover

Nancy Allison Wright

Softcover

ISBN 10: 145079131X ISBN 13: 9781450791311

Publisher: Nancy Wright, 2012

Synopsis

Yankee on the Yangtze covers the life and history of Ernest M. Allie Allison. This fascinating and historically significant man learned to fly in WWI with the U.S. Air Corps. Later he flew the first U.S. transcontinental route with the U.S. Air Mail Service and helped open China to commercial aviation in 1929 as Operations Manager for China National Aviation Corporation. While in China he made the inaugural Hankou to Shanghai flight, surveyed new air routes, and opened Yangtze Gorges for tourism. While in China he also worked with General Clare Chennault, became advisor to the Aeronautical Commission, and flew for Chiang Kai-shek before and during the Japanese invasion. Upon his return to the U.S. he worked for Boeing and was the chief test pilot for B-29. He returned to China in 1947 as C.N.A.C. Operations Manager and Vice-President-elect, until 1949 when Mao Zedong declared Peoples Republic. Yankee on the Yangtze tells of these exploits of and the accomplishments by Ernest M. Allie Allison. Keywords: U. S Air Mail Service, Boeing, China, Pan Am, Loening Air Yacht, C.N.A.C., William Bond, Chennault, Chiang Kai-shek

About this title

About the Author

Nancy Allison Wright is the daughter of Ernest M. Allison. She has written numerous articles regarding early aviation, the early U.S Air Mail Service, and history of C.N.A.C., the China National Aircraft Corporation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Nancy Wright
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 145079131X
• ISBN 13: 9781450791311
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 324