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Boeing Retains U.S. Air Force Executive Aircraft Maintenance Role (The Boeing Company)

Edit Public Technologies 17 May 2016
The Boeing Company). OKLAHOMA CITY, May 17, 2016 - Boeing [NYSE ... The Air Force uses the C-32A and C-40BC, which are based on the Boeing 757 and 737 passenger planes, to transport the vice president, cabinet members and military commanders among others ... leaders have flown on aircraft from Boeing and its heritage companies since the Boeing 314 and Douglas C-54 were delivered during World War II ... benjamin.a.davis2@boeing.com....

Boeing Retains U.S. Air Force Executive Aircraft Maintenance Role (Boeing Defense, Space and Security)

Edit Public Technologies 17 May 2016
Boeing Defense, Space and Security). OKLAHOMA CITY, May 17, 2016 - Boeing [NYSE ... The Air Force uses the C-32A and C-40BC, which are based on the Boeing 757 and 737 passenger planes, to transport the vice president, cabinet members and military commanders among others ... leaders have flown on aircraft from Boeing and its heritage companies since the Boeing 314 and Douglas C-54 were delivered during World War II....

Presidential Aircraft and Call Signs

Edit About.com 25 Jan 2016
Roosevelt was the first President to fly while in office, to get to a wartime conference in Casablanca – in this case, he flew aboard an Army C-54 and the Dixie Clipper, a Pan American Boeing 314 under contract to the government ... There have been many aircraft that have served as Presidential transportation, currently it is the Boeing VC-25A (military [read – highly modified] version of the Boeing 747-200B airliner)....

Best of Flying Boat Posters And Photos By The Dakota Hunter

Edit World History Online 26 Sep 2015
Dramatic picture of an open sea rescue of a downed air crew by a RAF Short Sunderland in high swell conditions (courtesy hdwpics.com) ... The pastel colors of flowers, sea, shore and palm trees create a dream away world that you can enter only so directly with a Flying Boat ( Boeing B-314 depicted) ... But the war had brought all over the globe new airfields for accommodating the huge long distance bombers as the Boeing Superfortress B-29 ... ....

Pan Am’s B-314 Clippers transferred to WW II US NAVY service – By Hans Wiesman

Edit World History Online 16 Aug 2015
The Boeing B-314 in military colors with huge Stars and Stripes on the front fuselage, resting for maintenance on the ramp of La Guardia Marine Terminal , NY, Jan 1941. The B-314 flying Boats were built between 1938 and 1941 ... Only 12 of those huge aircraft went operational, first with Pan Am, who later sold 3 of its 6 B-314 A’s (an improved model with stronger engines) to BOAC....

The First Air Force One Flight

Edit About.com 22 Feb 2015
The first flight of Air Force One was on January 11, 1943, when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt flew to Morocco on a Boeing 314 Clipper Ship. Roosevelt became the first president to travel abroad on an airplane as he flew to the Casablanca Conference ... But given Roosevelt's flight years earlier the first real Air Force One was the Boeing 314 Dixie Clipper used by Roosevelt for the wartime trip to Morocco ... 14 through 24, 1943....

The Brief, Ultra Romantic History Of Hawaii's 'Flying Hotels'

Edit Huffington Post 29 Aug 2014
It’s still amazing to us that humankind ever found a way to fly. But it especially blows our minds to think about people flying out to Hawaii -- the most geographically-isolated landmass in the world -- in the early 1900s ... The so-called flying boats took rich people to paradise before the bombs of World War II interrupted the dream ... For reasons of modesty, my mother told me... ... H. R ... ... ... In 1939, a Boeing 314 Clipper took to the skies ... ....

What Is the Most Luxurious Airline in the Sky? You Will Be Surprised

Edit Huffington Post 24 Jul 2014
Flying to Africa from North America can be a brutal two-day exercise. If there is a transit that begs for comfort and indulgence, this is it ... The plan was to hit the ground running, pointing cameras within an hour of landing ... There I toured the world's only life-size replica of the Boeing 314 Clipper, which took the stately luxury of First Class on trans-Atlantic ocean liners and adapted it to the air ... And the extreme amenities begin ... ....

Aviation milestone as Boeing delivers 747 number 1,500

Edit CNN 30 Jun 2014
Debuting in 1933, the Boeing 247 held three crew, 10 passengers and 182 kilograms of mail ... The "Jumbo" of its time, the 314 Clipper made the first scheduled trans-Atlantic flight in 1939 ... Based on the B-17 military bomber, Boeing's 307 Stratoliner first flew on December 31, 1938 ... Boeing struck gold with the 727 ... Nevertheless, Boeing's 787 Dreamliner launch gave the company a nightmarish ride ... Boeing 747 ... Boeing 314 Flying Clipper Boat....

Today in History

Edit Dayton Daily News 10 Feb 2014
Today is Saturday, Feb. 22, the 53rd day of 2014. There are 312 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History.. On Feb. 22, 1732 (New Style date), the first president of the United States, George Washington, was born in Westmoreland County in the Virginia Colony. On this date.. In 1784, a U.S ... 1861 ... In 1943, Pan Am Flight 9035, a Boeing 314 flying boat, crashed while attempting to land in Lisbon, Portugal ... In 1967, more than 25,000 U.S ... ....
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