Roy Clinton Farrell (June 19, 1912 – January 3, 1996) was the American co-founder of Cathay Pacific Airways along with the Australian Sydney de Kantzow.
He went to China during World War II, and eventually started an export business (Roy Farrell Import-Export Company) in 1945[1][non-primary source needed] in Shanghai.
Before forming Cathay Pacific, Farrell attempted to purchase a ship to take advantage of what he rightly perceived to be an opening market in China to goods previously unavailable to it before the war.
[1] He, along with the crew he assembled, flew the plane from New Jersey through South America, Africa, India and China, eventually ending the trip in Shanghai, and established the Roy Farrell Import Export Company.
Betsy is permanently on display at the Hong Kong Science Museum;[3][non-primary source needed] the fate of the original Niki is unknown.