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Charles R. Page was one of a number of guests invited by Pan American Airways to make the preview flight of Pan American Airways Boeing 314, American Clipper, from San Francisco, California, to Auckland, New Zealand. This preview flight took place from August 24 to September 7, 1940. At the time, Page was president of the Fireman's Fund group of fire and casualty insurance companies.
NASM.1988.0110
Page, Charles R.
1940
Charles Page, Gift, 1988, 1988-0110, not NASM
0.1 Cubic feet ((1 scrapbook))
National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of a scrapbook continuing the detailed personal account of Page's flight. Page recorded daily his impressions of this flight and then supplemented his writings with photographs, newspaper clippings, certificates, and Pan Am publicity materials. Also included is a copy of Wings to the Orient by James G. Stahlman, which is inscribed to Page.
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Aeronautics
Air travel
Boeing 314 Clipper Family
Aeronautics, Commercial -- United States
Aeronautics, Commercial
Transpacific flights
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Certificates
Clippings
Photographs
Scrapbooks