LARGEST AND SMALLEST Transpacific Clippers in 1941 tossed all previous records into the discard by sending one ship to Honolulu with 5,406 passengers, another with 2 only, the latter weighing a total of two ounces. It was done, of course, with the assistance of the Air Express Department. Of the 5,406 only 6 were human passengers, the remainder, baby chicks traveling from a famous hatchery in Hayward, California to poultry raisers in Hawaii. The record on the light side came when a unusually large mail load of 2,145 pounds was proffered by the Post Office on a day when weather conditions produced a long flight, necessitating a heavy fuel load. The China Clipper was the departing ship, and when fuel and mail had been accounted for, there was not weight space available for even one ordinary passenger. It was possible however, to accommodate two Queens, inasmuch as they tipped the scales at just an ounce apiece. The queen bees were consigned to the Philippine Honey Company at Manila. GENERAL INTEREST:   The Flying Clippers Main Page   TransOceanic Travel & Pan Am's Clippers   Pan American Clippers 1931 – 1946   Clippers In Time: Their Historical Context GETTING AROUND   FlyingClippers.com Site Map   Contact Us Copyright © 1999-2002 Flying Clippers All Rights Reserved All materials contained in http://www.flyingclippers.com are protected by copyright and trademark laws and may not be used for any purpose whatsoever other than private, non-commercial viewing purposes. Derivative works and other unauthorized copying or use of stills, video footage, text or graphics is expressly prohibited.