Moon Fun Chin
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Moon Fun Chin | |
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| Born | April 13, 1913 |
| Died | May 9, 2023 (aged 110 years, 26 days) Hillsborough, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Aviator, businessman |
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| Traditional Chinese | 陳文寬 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 陈文宽 | ||||||||||
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Moon Fun Chin (Chinese: 陳文寬; April 13, 1913 – May 9, 2023) was a Chinese-American aviator, businessman and supercentenarian. A native of Taishan, Guangdong, he immigrated to the United States, and obtained a pilot's license there. In 1933, he returned to China for aviation development. Chin was the deputy director of the aviation team of the China National Aviation Corporation, and later the director and deputy manager of the aviation team of Central Air Transport.[1]
Chin piloted the plane to transport Jimmy Doolittle after the American air raid on Tokyo in 1941, and also the executive plane to transport Chiang Kai-shek, Sun Fo, Dai Li, T. V. Soong, Chiang Ching-kuo and other senior officials. In 1951, together with Dai Anguo, Cai Kefei and others, he co-founded TransAsia Airways in Taiwan. In 1983, China National Industrial Group bought 70% of the shares of TransAsia Airways, and Chin returned to the United States, this time moving to San Francisco, California. He resided in Hillsborough, California.[2][3]
Chin died on May 9, 2023, at the age of 110 years, 26 days.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Han Cheung (May 19, 2024). "Taiwan in Time: A daring aviator's storied career". Taipei Times. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
- ^ 王慶偉 (December 11, 2009). "陳文寬 傳奇人物青史留名". San Jose, California: World Journal. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014.
- ^ 陳運璞 (May 27, 2012). "百歲「月亮陳」 載過兩位蔣總統". 世界新聞網. San Francisco: World Journal. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014.
- ^ "曾載過杜立德、蔣介石！「航空教父」陳文寬逝世 享嵩壽110歲". Liberty Times. May 11, 2023. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
- 1913 births
- 2023 deaths
- People from Taishan, Guangdong
- Taiwanese aviators
- American aviators
- Chinese emigrants to the United States
- American supercentenarians
- Taiwanese supercentenarians
- Men supercentenarians
- People of the Chinese Civil War
- Military personnel of the Republic of China in the Second Sino-Japanese War
- Recipients of the Order of Brilliant Star
- Taiwanese people from Guangdong