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  2. Boeing 314 Clipper - Wikipedia

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    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, ...

  3. Thermopylae (clipper) - Wikipedia

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    Thermopylae was an extreme composite clipper ship built in 1868 by Walter Hood & Co of Aberdeen, to the design of Bernard Waymouth of London. [1] Designed for the China tea trade, she set a speed record on her maiden voyage to Melbourne of 63 days, still the fastest trip under sail.

  4. Pan Am Flight 103 - Wikipedia

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    Pan Am Flight 103 (PA103/PAA103) was a regularly scheduled Pan Am transatlantic flight from Frankfurt to Detroit via a stopover in London and another in New York City. Shortly after 19:00 on 21 December 1988, while the Boeing 747 "Clipper Maid of the Seas" was in flight over the Scottish town of Lockerbie, it was destroyed by a bomb, killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew aboard. [1]

  5. As the Clippers open their new arena, breaking down the true ...

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    Clippers owner Steve Ballmer spent billions moving his team out of Crypto.com Arena. What will be the full impact of their new home?

  6. Night Over Water - Wikipedia

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    Night Over Water is a fictionalized account of the final flight of the Pan American Clipper passenger airplane during the first few days of World War II, early September, 1939. Follett is careful to state that, though the flight and all of the characters are fictional the plane, a Boeing 314 , was real and was nicknamed the "Pan Am Clipper."

  7. List of clipper ships - Wikipedia

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    Queen of Clippers: 1853 United States (Boston, MA) 258 ft (79 m) She was built at East Boston by Robert E. Jackson, the builder of John Bertram and Winged Racer. [22] Red Jacket [23] 1853 United States (Rockland, ME) Wrecked in 1885 251 ft (77 m) Red Jacket was designed by Samuel Hartt Pook, and built by the George Taylor yards of Rockland ...

  8. Pan Am - Wikipedia

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    Boeing 747-100 Clipper Neptune's Car (N742PA) at Zurich Airport. Pan Am was a Boeing 747 launch customer, placing a $525 million (equivalent to $3.77 billion in 2023) [15] order for 25 in April 1966. [69] [70] On January 15, 1970 First Lady Pat Nixon christened Pan Am Boeing 747 Clipper Young America at Washington Dulles. [71] [72]

  9. Studding sail - Wikipedia

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    Clippers on the routes to China continued to race against each other with large crews and full suits of sails (which included stun'sls) until they also had their trade taken over by steamers in the years following the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869. As these ships took other routes, most of them had the same economies applied. [4]: 210