Middle Kingdom
Space Machine Family
From “The Chung,” by
W. C. McDonald, Jr.–
Space Machine Family
From “The Chung,” by
W. C. McDonald, Jr.–
“CHUNG is a Chinese character which means ‘in the middle of’ or ‘the center,’ or, as applied to our CNAC aircraft, ‘MIDDLE KINGDOM SPACE MACHINE FAMILY.'”
(Here CNAC stands for “China National Aviation Corporation,” an organization that in World War II, as part of the Army Air Transport Command, made high-altitude flights over the Himalayas.)
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