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.

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 ...

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 ...

Boeing’s B-314 flying boats, which were rolled out in 1939, weren’t the first in Pan American World Airways’ Clipper fleet, but they were considered by many to be the ultimate in Clipper luxury.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

The Boeing 307 Stratoliner at the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in northern Virginia is the final survivor of 10 Stratoliners built in the late 1930s as the world ...

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.