munzieb Posted July 13, 2018 Report Share Posted July 13, 2018 The Boeing 314 is the 3rd in my cuttings of vintage luxury airliners and this airplane has the most interesting story. PanAm was operating the luxury B314 flying boat Clipper Ships across the long legs of Pacific prior to WWII. The story of the Pacific Clipper on December 7th 1941 is one of courage, ingenuity and perseverance. I have included a PDF file of that amazing adventure along with a route map and pictures of the aircraft. I hope you enjoy this story as much as I enjoyed cutting the B-314 plaque. A movie is in preproduction called the Escape of the Pacific Clipper. BTW, wife says I need to give the planes a rest for a while. Back to boxes and fret work. The Round The World Saga of the.pdf meflick, RabidAlien, stoney and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjR Posted July 13, 2018 Report Share Posted July 13, 2018 Neatly cut and an interesting story too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted July 13, 2018 Report Share Posted July 13, 2018 Incredible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabidAlien Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 PanAm was building a refueling stop on Wake Island when the Japanese invaded. If I recall correctly, around 100 civilian construction workers on the island stayed behind with the Marine garrision to help repair planes, rebuild fortifications, reposition dummy artillery emplacements, and eventually manned some of those defenses..I don't recall if any of them survived the surrender of the garrison/POW camps (wanting to say they were all executed on the island as non-military combatants, aka spies). A PanAm Clipper was the last plane out of the island, carrying civilians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPscroller Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 Beautiful cutting and interesting story, thanks. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 Terrific work, once again. Happy wife, happy life. Marg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Scroller Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 Lovely cut looks great. Roly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWSUDEKUM Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 Very nice. That whole thing would make an excellent museum display. Thanks very much for sharing this with us. DW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrolling Steve Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 Thanks for sharing ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 fantastic job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newfie Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 Nice work thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penquin Posted July 17, 2018 Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 Great cutting and the story really adds to it. Thanks for both. jim penquin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Monk Posted July 17, 2018 Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 Great story, pattern and cutting. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted July 17, 2018 Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 Great cutting and story, thanks for sharing. In today's world that plane would be so stuffed with seats there would be no luxury to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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