Boeing 314 Clipper Wood Model Airplane

Item#: CAB314C

MSRP Price: $299.95

Factory Direct Price: $199.95

Wing Span: 16.58"
Length: 11.56"

Manufacturer: The Boeing Co.

Factory Direct Models introduce this Made to Order Boeing 314 Clipper Commercial Aircraft Model. This Boeing 314 Clipper Model Airplane was handcrafted from the finest Philippine Mahogany and was sealed to last for generations. Working from our library of blueprints, reference materials and their exact photographs, Factory Direct Models master artisans recreated this famous commercial aircraft into an amazing detailed Model Airplane Replica.

This Boeing 314 Clipper Wooden Aircraft comes with a detachable stand, a Laminated Pan American Airways Logo and an Inscription Plaque that adds beauty to this collectible scale model aircraft.

Boeing 314 Clipper History:

The Yankee Clipper project dated back to 1935, with the start of a series of negotiations between Pan American World Airways and Boeing for the production of a flying-boat capable of guaranteeing transatlantic passenger flights with a high degree of safety, comfort, and speed.1 On July 21,1936, Pan American signed a contract for six aircraft, the first of which (designation Model 314) made initial see runs on Puget Sound on May 31,1938, and took to the air on June 7, 1938. 2 When it made its appearance this flying-boat was the largest civil aircraft in service.

It had a central hull and adopted the wing and engine assembly of the experimental Boeing XB-15 4 heavy bomber. In the place of the traditional floating stabilizers at the wingtips, sponsons mounted on the sides of the hull were used. The sponsons were based on the formula developed by the German engineer Claude Dornier and incorporated into such aircraft as the Dornier Do X and Dornier Do 18. The sponsons also contained fuel tanks, the capacity of which (together with those situated in the wings) totaled almost 3,525 gallons (16,000 liters).

On May 20,1939, Pan American inaugurated the first transatlantic mail service. Under the command of Captain A. E. LaPorte, almost a ton of mail was carried from Port Washington to Marseilles, via the Azores and Lisbon in 29 hours. The same aircraft, commanded by Captain Harold Gray, opened the northern mail service to Southampton on June 24,1939.