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Pan Am ordered six more aircraft with increased engine power and capacity for 77 daytime passengers as the Boeing 314A. The huge flying boat was assembled at Boeing's Plant 1 on the Duwamish River in Seattle, and towed to Elliott Bay for taxi and flight tests.
May 22, 2014 · The flying boat dominated international airline service in the 1920s and 1930s, and the Pan Am Clippers were the most famous of all. Pan Am chief Juan Trippe called the airplanes “clippers” to link his airline with the maritime heritage of the world’s great ocean liners.
Mar 28, 2020 · In total 12 aircraft were produced at the Boeing factory in Seattle, Washington, with nine entering service for Pan American World Airways. They were called Clippers after the mid-19th-century multi-mast sailing ships, which were designed for speed.
Jul 23, 2021 · Captain William M. Masland piloted Pan Am’s last scheduled flight in the great Boeing Clipper. It was late December 1945 in Lisbon, and everyone wanted badly to be in New York for Christmas. With winter weather that meant the long way home, via Africa, South America and the West Indies.
Saga of the Pan Am's Boeing 314 Pacific Clipper in World War Two: The first blush of dawn tinged the eastern sky and sent its rosy fingers creeping onto the flight deck of the huge triple-tailed flying boat as she cruised high above the South Pacific.
Jul 30, 2018 · Pan Am’s “Clippers” were built for the “First Class traveler,” a necessity given the long transoceanic flights. It had a cruising speed of 188 miles per hour (303 km/h), but typically flights at the maximum gross weight were flown at 155 mph (249 km/h).
On January 15, 1970 First Lady Pat Nixon christened Pan Am Boeing 747 Clipper Young America at Washington Dulles and during the next few days, Pan Am flew 747s to major airports in the United States where the public could tour them.
