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A Boeing 314 flying low
Role	Flying boat airliner
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Boeing Airplane Company
First flight	June 7, 1938(85 years ago)
Introduction	1939(85 years ago)
Retired	1948(76 years ago)
Status	Retired
Primary users	Pan American World Airways British Overseas Airways Corporation United States Navy
Produced	1938–1941
Number built	12

The first 314 flight on the San Francisco-Hong Kong route left Alameda on February 23, 1939 with regular passenger and Foreign Air Mail Route #14 service beginning on March 29. A one-way trip on this route took over six days to complete. Commercial passenger service lasted less than three years, ending when the United States entered World War II in December 1941. Passengers and their baggage were weighed, with each passenger allowed up to 77 pounds (35 kg) free baggage allowance (in the later 314 series) but then charged $3.25 per pound ($7.2/kg) (equivalent to $70 in 2023) for exceeding the limit.

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.

Design and development

Pan American had requested a truly trans-Pacific flying boat with unprecedented range and double the passenger payload of the airline's Martin M-130. Boeing's bid was successful and on July 21, 1936, Pan American signed a contract for six. Boeing engineers adapted the cancelled XB-15's 149 ft (45 m) wing, and replaced the 850 hp (630 kW) Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp radial engines with the 1,600 hp (1,200 kW) Wright Twin Cyclone. Pan Am ordered six more aircraft with increased engine power and capacity for 77 daytime passengers as the Boeing 314A.

The huge flying boat was assembled at Boeing's Plant 1 on the Duwamish River in Seattle , and towed to Elliott Bay for taxi and flight tests . The first flight was on June 7, 1938, piloted by Edmund T. "Eddie" Allen . At first the aircraft had a single vertical tail, and Allen found he had inadequate directional control. The aircraft returned to the factory and was fitted with the endplates on the ends of the horizontal tail in place of the single vertical fin. This too was found to be insufficient and finally the centerline vertical fin was restored, after which the aircraft flew satisfactorily

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General characteristics

Crew: 11, including 2 cabin stewards
Capacity: 68 day passengers and/or 36 sleeping passengers / 5 short tons (4,536 kg) of mail and or cargo
Length: 106 ft (32 m)
Wingspan: 152 ft (46 m)
Height: 20 ft 4.5 in (6.210 m)

Powerplant

Empty weight: (21,954 kg)
Gross weight: (38,102 kg)
Fuel capacity: 5,408 US gal; 20,470 L) in wing and sponson tanks
Powerplant: 4 × Wright 709C-14AC1 Twin Cyclone 14-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, 1,600 hp (1,200 kW) each

Specifications

Maximum speed: 210 mph (340 km/h, 180 kn) at (1,890 m)
Cruise speed: (303 km/h, at 66.5% power at (3,353 m)
Range: 3,685 mi (5,930 km, normal)

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