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Norman Bel Geddes, who had designed the interior of Pan American’s Martin M-130, was employed to design the interior of the 314. [30] Wherever possible, efforts were made to reduce weight. Duralumin was used in the furniture frames, and plastic in the portholes rather than glass. Lightweight carpet was used to assist in noise damping.
Sikorsky S-42, aircraft registration NC-822M, "Brazilian Clipper", Pan American Airways, 1934. During the inaugural flight of Sikorsky's previous flying boat, the S-40, on November 19, 1931, the pilot and Pan American Airways consultant, Charles Lindbergh, who considered the S-40 a monstrosity, engaged designer Igor Sikorsky in a conversation about what he thought the next airplane should look ...
Model Honolulu Clipper, still in the experimental phase (identified as NX-18601) and which would be operated by Pan American Airways with registration NC-18601, until it crashed on November 3, 1945. Pan Am accepted the modified prototype to replace Hawaii Clipper. The plane's first trans-Pacific flight as NC18601 began on 16 March 1939.
Passengers on Pan Am Strato-Clipper in the Raymond Loewy-designed interior. Seats on the left could be folded into sleeper bunks. The fuselage was described as being dirigible shaped, and was an elongated teardrop, with a constant 11.5 ft (3.5 m) diameter tube lengthening it at its widest point.
China Clipper (NC14716) was the first of three Martin M-130 four-engine flying boats built for Pan American Airways and was used to inaugurate the first commercial transpacific airmail service from San Francisco to Manila on November 22, 1935. [1]
The Yankee Clipper completed the 200th transatlantic crossing by a Pan American flying boat when it landed at La Guardia Field on 4 August 1940 with 35 passengers onboard from Lisbon. [25] On 3 September 1940 it departed with eight passengers, 1,851 pounds (840 kg) of mail and 221 pounds of typhoid serum to immunize 8,000 individuals and thus ...
The S-40 was Pan American's first large flying boat. American Clipper served as the flagship of Pan Am's clipper fleet and this aircraft model was the first to earn the popular designation of "Clipper" or "Pan Am Clipper". [12] The three S-40s served without incident during their civilian lives, flying a total of over 10 million miles.
The Martin M-130 was a commercial flying boat designed and built in 1935 by the Glenn L. Martin Company in Baltimore, Maryland, for Pan American Airways. Three were built: the China Clipper, the Philippine Clipper and the Hawaii Clipper. All three had crashed by 1945.