]> 2026-05-07T09:58:39-04:00 Book:Yankee on The Yangtze 5000 en Nancy Wright Allison Wright Nancy Allison Wright Softcover File:Yankee on the Yangtze Book Cover.jpg 145079131X 978-1450791311 2012 2455927.5 Nancy Wright Romance and Adventure Follow the Birth of Aviation 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. boeing china loening air yacht c.n.a.c. chennault chiang kai-shek william langhorne bond u. s. airmail service Boeing China Loening Air Yacht C.N.A.C. Chennault Chiang Kai-shek William Langhorne Bond U. S. Airmail Service 2020-03-21T00:36:40Z 2458929.525463 Yankee on The Yangtze 744 5000 0 plainlist 1 [[:Book:Yankee on The Yangtze]] Yankee on The Yangtze# QUERYbb06c463f6b97b605e472b9424446b19 5000 1 template 3 [[-Has subobject::Book:Yankee on The Yangtze]] [[URL::+]] Yankee on The Yangtze# QUERY78269f35a1773e2edb3853e1b5420fcd 5000 1 plainlist 3 [[-Has subobject::Book:Yankee on The Yangtze]] [[Has Image::+]] Yankee on The Yangtze# QUERY570a9bbc81b2189589632b6159bcdaff