When the China Clipper shattered aviation records on its maiden six-day flight from California to the Orient in 1935, the flying boat became an instant celebrit

This book is an effort to preserve the records of the most perfect type of sailing ship at the very height of its development, and it has been written entirely

"...the story of the Pacific Clipper, a B-314 caught between Noumea, New Caledonia and Auckland, New Zealand at the outbreak of World War II and ordered to retu

An intimately detailed description of the great sailing ships designed for fast passages. The drawings elucidate the architecture and handling. An International