It was about exploring new frontiers with adventure, romance, and sometimes danger. The Boeing 314 Clipper was a long-range flying boat produced by the Boeing Airplane Company between 1938 and 1941.

71 years ago today, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in the midst of the World War II, celebrated his 61st birthday on board the Boeing Model 314, better known as the Clipper.

As Ken Follett wrote in his 1991 novel “Night Over Water,” the Boeing 314 Clipper, named after the 19th-century sailing vessel, was “the most romantic plane ever made … it was enormous ...

Expand President Franklin D. Roosevelt flew aboard a Boeing Model 314 "Clipper" in 1943.Expand to read more Boeing 1 of 13 By Andrew McIntosh – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Jan 17 ...

President Franklin D. Roosevelt flew aboard a Boeing Model 314 "Clipper" in 1943. Last year, Boeing won a $600 million contract to do early design work on the next generation of Air Force One ...

The Boeing 314 was one of the largest aircraft of its era - nearly as large as a Boeing 747 today. With a wingspan of 152 feet, the plane weighed 84,000 pounds (38,000 kg) when loaded with ...

However, in 1933, Martin abandoned military aircraft for better prospects of the more lucrative Pan American Airways "China Clipper" contracts which led to the remarkable Martin Model 130 flying-boat.

314 Clipper. Down the ways at the Boeing plant in Seattle fortnight ago the largest U. S. seaplane ever built slipped gently into the narrow Duwamish Waterway. The launching of the 41-ton, 4 ...

Pan Am's Pacific Clipper, a Boeing 314, in an undated archive photograph. It was flown around the globe to avoid World War II after Pearl Harbor was attacked in 1941.