Last of the Flying Clippers: The Boeing 314 Story

Last of the Flying Clippers: The Boeing 314 Story

Author M.D. Klaás, historian and writer of Pan Am's early flying boat era during the 1930s and 1940s, has put together historical accounts of Americas greatest and the world's largest commercial airplane of the 1930s and early 1940s, the Boeing B-314 Clipper. It covers the multiple reasons for the planes conception, stages of construction, testing, delivery flights, christenings, inaugural operations, established records, World War II special missions histories, post-war services and the individual demise accounts surrounding each of the twelve models built specifically for Pan Am. The history of sales to and operations with British Overseas Airways (B.O.A.C.) now British Airways, is also included with in-depth coverage.

• Author: M.D. Klaás
• Page Count: 320