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Pan American World Airways' fabled China Clipper, a Martin M/130 flying boat, left Alameda Marina on November 22, 1935, under the command of Captain Edwin G. Musick. The flight reached Manila by way of Honolulu, Midway, Wake, and Guam. The inauguration of ocean airmail service and commercial airflight across the Pacific was a significant event for both California and the world.
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