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The Boeing 314 "Clipper" is a long range flying boat designed in 1938-1941 by the Boeing Airplane Company. One of the largest aircraft of the time, it used the massive wing of Boeing’s XB-15 bomber prototype in order to achieve the long flights across the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean. Twelve Boeing 314's were built for Pan American World Airways, three of which were sold to BOAC in 1941.
The Clipper fleet was pressed into military service during World War II, and the aircraft were used for ferrying personnel and equipment to the European and Pacific fronts. These aircraft were given the military designation C-98. In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt traveled to the Casablanca Conference in a Boeing 314. Winston Churchill also flew on the aircraft several times, adding to its fame during the war era. After the war several Boeing 314 were returned to Pan American, but the type had been made obsolete by new long-range land planes, such as the Douglas DC-4 and Lockheed Constellation, and by the wartime construction of a network of landing strips that gave access to nearly the entire world. The Boeing 314 was removed from scheduled service in 1946 and grounded permanently in 1950. |
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** Prices include total customization of the model, a plain solid mahogany stand,
and S&H from the Philippines to shipping address.
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Plain Solid Mahogany Stand (Included with model)
Customize Logo or Inscription on stand for ($20.00)
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Brass Plaque Engraving on Stand 3"x1" ($10.00)
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