Moon Fun Chin

Moon Fun Chin (Chinese: 陳文寬; pinyin: Chén Wénkuān; 13 April 1913 – 9 May 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. Moon 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.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chin.
Moon Fun Chin
Born(1913-04-13)13 April 1913
Taishan, Guangdong, China
Died9 May 2023(2023-05-09) (aged 110)
Hillsborough, California, U.S.
Occupations

Moon 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 Moon returned to the United States, this time moving to San Francisco, California. He resided in Hillsborough, California.[1][2]

Moon died on 9 May 2023, at the age of 110.[3]

References
  1. 王慶偉 (2009-12-11). "陳文寬 傳奇人物青史留名". San Jose, California: World Journal. Archived from the original on 2014-07-28.
  2. 陳運璞 (2012-05-27). "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 2014-07-28.
  3. "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. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
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