The first commercial plane to almost circumnavigate the world
Not to be confused with Clipper Pacific.
Pacific Clipper
California Clipper
NC18602 at Treasure Island, possibly in 1939
Other name(s)
California Clipper 1939 to 1942
Type
Boeing 314
Manufactured
1938-1939
Registration
NC18602
First flight
1939
Owners and operators
Pan American World Airways 1939-1946
Universal Airlines 1946 - 1951
In service
1939 to 1951
Fate
Retired - scrapped
The Pacific Clipper (civil registration NC18602) was a Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat, famous for having completed an unplanned nearly around-the-world flight in December 1941 and January 1942 as the California Clipper.[1] Aviation experts called the flight the first commercial circumnavigation of the globe because the aircraft made it back to its country of origin.[2]
^"Clippers Go To War - Historical Balboa Park, San Diego". San Diego Air & Space Museum. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
^Kindy, Dave (December 7, 2021). "How Pearl Harbor forced the first around-the-globe commercial flight". The Seattle Times. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
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