The Last of the Flying Clippers The Boeing B-314 Story
Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, 1997. Quarto, taupe hardcover, spine and cover printed with black lettering, 320 pp., frontispiece, illustrated endpapers, one single and five double-sided colour plates, illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs. Spine ends bumped, tiny ink spot on front cover, top end of dust-jacket slightly worn; otherwise a near-fine copy. First edition. Historian and author M. D. Klaás offers a comprehensive history of America's greatest, and the world's largest, commercial airplane of the 1930s and early 1940s. The Boeing-built B-314 became known as the Pan American Clipper (or Pan Am Clipper) and in its day was considered the height of luxury in flying. It also flew special missions during World War Two. Item #4680
Price (AUD): $60.00