Boeing 314 Clipper je bil štirimotorna potniška leteča ladja z dolgim dosegom. Proizvajalo ga je ameriško podjetje Boeing, v letih 1938−1941 so zgradili 12 letal. Clipper je uporabljal veliko krilo od prototipa bombnika XB-15.
V 1930ih je ameriška letalska družba Pan Am zahtevala letečo ladjo z zelo velikim dosegom za čezoceanske lete. Boeingov predlog je bil uspešene in 21. julija 1936 je Pan Am naročil šest letal. Boeingovi inženiriji so uporabili krilo od XB-15 in zamenjal 850 konjske zvezdaste motorje Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp z 1600 konjskimi zvezdastimi Wright Twin Cyclone. Kasneje je Pan Am naročil še šest letal. Clipperja so sestavili v tovarni Boeing's Plant 1. Prvi let je bil 7. junija 1938.
Clipper ima visoko nameščeno kantilever krilo. Rezervoraji za gorivo imajo kapaciteto 16070 litrov letalskega bencina, verzija 314A ima še dodatni 4500 litrski rezervoar. Štirje zvezdasti motorji imajo okrog 1100 litrov mazalnega olja.
Tehnične specifikacije (314A Clipper)
Glej tudi
Boeing XB-15 Dornier Do X Martin M-130 Saunders-Roe Princess Short Empire Short S.26 Seznam vodnih letal
Sklici in reference
Bibliografija Bowers, Peter M. "The Great Clippers, Part I." Airpower, Volume 7, No. 6, November 1977. Bowers, Peter M. "The Great Clippers, Part II." Wings, Volume 7, No. 6, December 1977. Bridgeman, Leonard. “The Boeing 314-A Clipper.” Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II. London: Studio, 1946. ISBN 1-85170-493-0. Brock, Horace. Flying the Oceans: A Pilot's Story of Pan Am, 1935-1955. New York: Jason Aronson, Inc., 3d edition: 1978, ISBN 0-87668-632-3. Dorr, Robert F. Air Force One. New York: Zenith Imprint, 2002. ISBN 0-7603-1055-6. Dover, Ed. The Long Way Home: A Journey into History with Captain Robert Ford. Albuquerque, New Mexico: Amazon POD, Revised Edition 2010, First edition 2008. ISBN 978-0-615-21472-6. Hardesty, Von. Air Force One: The Aircraft that Shaped the Modern Presidency. Chanhassen, Minnesota: Northword Press, 2003. ISBN 1-55971-894-3. Klaás, M.D. "Clipper Across the Pacific, Part One." Air Classics, Volume 25, No. 12, December 1989. Klaás, M.D. "Clipper Across the Pacific, Part Two." Air Classics, Volume 26, No. 1, January 1990. Klaás, M.D. "Clipper Flight 9035." Air Classics, Volume 29, No. 2, February 1993. Klaás, M.D. "The Incredible Clippers." Air Classics, Volume 5, No. 5, June 1969. Klaás, M.D. "When the Clippers Went to War" Air Classics, Volume 27, No. 4, April 1991. "Towards the Flying Ship - Details of the Boeing 314 or Atlantic Clipper: A 100-passenger Successor?" Flight, July 21, 1938, pp. 67–68.
Zunanje povezave
The Boeing 314 Pan American Clippers 1931-1946 Boeing 314 Boeing 314 Boeing 314 LIFE colour photo camouflaged Clipper La Guardia Marine Terminal ca.1942 LIFE photo essay (comprehensive)'Pan American Clipper Ship' includes NC18605 in a glass doored hangar 1940 LIFE photo Pan Am skipper flying the 314 LIFE photo essay 'Pan American Clipper'includes Eve Curie leading pax off Clipper at Lisbon 1940 LIFE photos NC18602 in Singapore Harbour 1941 China Clipper 75th Anniversary Commemorative Flight (November 2010 - San Francisco Aeronautical Society) "Two Day Turn Around", February 1941 article "Three Deck Clipper Has Aisle In Wings", Popular Mechanics, August 1937, early article on Pan American Airways new airliner for trans-ocean flight "New York To Europe By Clipper", Popular MechanicsMay 1939, large article with cutaway drawing of interior "Sailors of the Sky", Popular Mechanics, December 1940, detailed article with photos on flight deck operations of the Boeing 314
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