| Boeing 314 Clipper | |
|---|---|
 A Boeing 314 flying low | |
| General information | |
| Type | Flying boat airliner |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Boeing Airplane Company |
| Status | Retired |
| Primary users | Pan American World Airways |
| Number built | 12 |
| History | |
| Manufactured | 1938–1941 |
| Introduction date | 1939 |
| First flight | June 7, 1938 |
| Retired | 1948 |
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 range to cross the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. For its wing, Boeing re-used the design from the earlier XB-15 bomber prototype. Twelve Clippers were built, nine of which served with Pan Am. It was the first aircraft to carry a sitting American president, when in 1943 Franklin D. Roosevelt flew from Miami to the Casablanca Conference in Morocco, via Trinidad, Brazil, and The Gambia.[1][2]
- ^ "From the Archives: Air Force One and Presidential Air Travel". whitehouse.gov. August 18, 2014. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
- ^ "Log of the trip of the president to the Casablanca Conference 9-31 January, 1943". NHHC. April 12, 1945. Retrieved October 25, 2024.