The first facilities at San Pedro consisted of offices in the boathouse at the Cabrillo Beach pier and a mooring barge a few hundred yards off the pier. and New Zealand approved a new route and San Pedro officially became a Pan Am “port-of-call. The last Boeing 314 was christened American Clipper in front of Los Angeles Mayor Fletcher Bowron and 3,000 guests. People could enjoy the surf on the Outer Beach or swim in smooth waters on the Inner Beach. It returned to California on December 6, 1935.īy 1937, Cabrillo Beach was a 26-acre aquatics and recreation center serving 8,000 to 20,000 people per day in summer and 1,000 to 5,000 people daily in winter. The China Clipperinaugurated the first transpacific airmail service with 111,000 letters on board. Here, 35 local dignitaries and a group of visiting Japanese Army officers were taken for brief flights around the Los Angeles area. Musick flew China Clipper to San Pedro carrying additional observers and guests from San Diego. NOVEMBER 11, 1935: SECOND PAN AM FLIGHT TO SAN PEDROĬapt. Although it was the only plane so christened, the public called all other transpacific flying boats by the same name. The first M-130 accepted by Pan Am was christened the China Clipper. They were greeted by Los Angeles Mayor Frank Shaw and several other officials. He circled the U.S.Pacific Fleet anchorage and maneuvered carefully around small boats, and moored naval targets, slowly approaching a barge anchored off Cabrillo Beach.
Musick and crew arrived in the Pan American Clipper. MARCH 30, 1935: FIRST PAN AM FLIGHT TO SAN PEDROĬapt.
If you were “SITTING ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY…” in San Pedro, you’d be watching the China Clipper fly in. Gold Medal Winner of the International Star Race. Of the International 8-Meter Race while “Jupiter” was the U.S. The United States won two gold medals and one silver. There were 4 sailing classes: Snowbird held near the coast sheltered by the breakwater and Star, 6- meter and 8-meter, all held on the broad Pacific. “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay,” you would watch the Summer Olympic Sailing Events in Los Angeles Harbor. The venture failed after only three months. engine and was capable of flying at 76 mph while carrying two passengers.
The airline provided transport from San Pedro to Catalina Island for $85 round trip, usingĪ Curtiss “Seagull” flying boat. Sydney, who owned Chaplin Air Lines, the first aviation franchise venture in the harbor area.
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“Sitting on the Dock of the Bay,” you might see movie star Charlie Chaplin and his brother, Location: Art Upholstery International, 450 W.