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    The Boeing 314 Clipper was an American long-range flying boat produced by Boeing from 1938 to 1941. One of the largest aircraft of its time, it had the...
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    were difficult to master, but the lessons learned by Boeing were later applied to the Model 314 flying boat, which essentially used the XB-15's wing design...
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    with Pan Am President Juan Trippe's high regard for Boeing after their success with the Boeing 314 Clipper, Pan Am was confident in ordering the expensive...
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    The Pacific Clipper (civil registration NC18602) was an American Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat, famous for having completed an unplanned nearly around-the-world...
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    overwater navigation and the regular operations thereof." Pan Am also used Boeing 314 flying boats for the Pacific route: in China, passengers could connect...
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    The Boeing 777, commonly referred to as the Triple Seven, is an American long-range wide-body airliner developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial...
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    Honolulu Clipper was the prototype Boeing 314 flying boat designed for Pan American Airways. It entered service in 1939 flying trans-Pacific routes. Like...
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    is the history of American aerospace manufacturing company Boeing. In 1909, William E. Boeing, a wealthy lumber entrepreneur who studied at Yale University...
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    On 11 February 1978, Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314, a Boeing 737-200, crashed at Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport, near Cranbrook...
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  • In 1935, Boeing drafted several configurations of aircraft loosely based on both the Boeing XB-15 research and experience with the Boeing 314 Clipper aircraft...
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  • ride at Six Flags Great America Yankee Clipper, a Pan American Airways Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat Yankee Clipper (train), a passenger train service...
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    a third deck for cargo. Many early flying boat airliners, such as the Boeing 314 Clipper and Short Sandringham, had two decks. Following World War II,...
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  • The Dixie Clipper (civil registration NC18605) was an American Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat, best known for in June 1939 beginning the first scheduled...
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    a Boeing 314 that would deliver mail from New York to Southampton in the UK. That same month, Pan Am also announced that it was using another Boeing 314...
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  • transatlantic air service between Britain and America was limited to Boeing 314 flying boat service between Baltimore and Foynes, which Pan American World...
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    The Yankee Clipper (civil registration NC18603) was an American Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat, best known for on 20 May 1939 beginning the first scheduled...
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  • ice hockey team Boeing 314 Clipper, a Pan Am and BOAC (British Airways) flying boat Boeing C-40 Clipper, a military version of the Boeing 737-700C airline...
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    The Boeing B-47 Stratojet (Boeing company designation Model 450) is a retired American long-range, six-engined, turbojet-powered strategic bomber designed...
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    retroactively, the smaller Sikorsky S-42 (first flown in 1931) and larger Boeing 314 (first flown in 1938). All three were eventually lost; the first in 1938...
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    The competition between Airbus and Boeing has been characterized as a duopoly in the large jet airliner market since the 1990s. The duopoly resulted from...
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  • 314 may refer to: The year 314 or year 314 BC 314 (number) Boeing 314 Clipper was an American long-range flying boat produced by Boeing. 314 Rosalia is...
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    Clipper to Lisbon 1940 LIFE photo Eve Curie leads the passengers off the Boeing 314 at Lisbon 1940 LIFE photo Eve Curie dining with companions on the Lisbon...
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    radio and weather room, along with its equipment and a full-size replica Boeing 314 flying boat. Foynes railway station opened on 29 April 1858, as the terminus...
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    The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was an American four-engined propeller-driven heavy bomber, designed by Boeing and flown primarily by the United States during...
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    Air Force One (category Boeing 707)
    Casablanca Conference in Morocco on the Dixie Clipper, a Pan Am-crewed Boeing 314 flying boat, on a flight that covered 5,500 miles (8,890 km) in three...
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    The Boeing C-32 is the United States Air Force designation for variants of the Boeing 757 in military service. Two variants exist, filling different parts...
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    Clipper and Hawaii Clipper. Pan Am rejected the M-156 in preference to the Boeing 314 for its replacement. Pan Am was seeking to expand its trans-Pacific air...
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  • fighter Boeing PB Flying Fortress - Heavy bomber Boeing P2B Superfortress - Heavy bomber Boeing 314 Clipper - Impressed flying boat transport Boeing XF8B...
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    Model of a Pan Am Boeing 314 flying boat with its left sponson visible...
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    small river, lake or coastal stations to refuel and resupply. The Pan Am Boeing 314 "Clipper" flying boats brought new exotic destinations like the Far East...
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