page_title: Boeing 314
section_title: Design and development
hierarchical_section_title: Boeing 314 / Design and development
caption_attribution_description: The Boeing 314 California Clipper (civil registration NC18602) off the Cavite Navy Yard, Philippines, 1939-1941. Delivered on 27 January 1939, it went to the USAAF as C-98 42-88632, 18 December 1941; then to the US Navy as BuNo 99084. It was sold to Universal Airways in 1946, and to American International in 1948. It was finally scrapped in 1950.
context_page_description: The Boeing 314 Clipper was a flying boat. It was made by the Boeing Airplane Company between 1938 and 1941. It was one of the biggest planes at that time, and it used the wing of the XB-15 bomber. Twelve Clippers were made for Pan Am. Three of them were sold to BOAC during the Battle of Britain.
context_section_description: Pan American had asked for a flying boat with a very long range. Boeing wanted to make it, and Pan American asked for six of Boeing's planes. Boeing engineers used a 149 feet (45 m) wing taken from one of Boeing's earlier planes. The new plane had 1,600 horsepower (1,200 kW) Wright Twin Cyclone.
  The plane made flew for the first time on June 7, 1938. The test pilot found some things wrong with the plane. Boeing fixed these and the plane was fine.
  Weight was very important. Every passenger could only have 77 pounds (35 kg) of baggage for free. They had to pay $3.25 per lb ($7.15/kg) if they went over this limit.
  Pan Am's "Clippers" were meant for luxury. The seats could be changed into beds. The plane normally flew at only 188 miles per hour (303 km/h), so flights sometimes lasted more than 12 hours. The 314s had a lounge and dining area, and the planes had chefs from four-star hotels. Men and women had dressing rooms, too. The luxury on Pan American's Boeing 314s was better than anything since then. They were for very rich people. It cost about the same amount as it would have cost to fly on Concorde in 2006.
  The 314 was also successful because of its Pan Am flight crews. They were very good at long-distance flying. Many of the flights had another crew for training. Only the best pilots flew the Boeing 314. If it was hard to see because of fog, pilots sometimes landed at sea and then moved Clipper on the water.
caption: The California Clipper at Cavite, the Philippines, 1940.
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