Flying The Clipper

"f86sabre" (f86sabre) 09/10/2016 at 22:24 • Filed to: Planelopnik, planelopnik history

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The flight deck of the Boeing 314 Clipper looked to be a very civilized place to work. If I had the time, and copious funds needed, I would be game for building one. Navigator, flight engineer and radio operator appear to be visible behind the pilots.

WilliamsSW > f86sabre 09/10/2016 at 22:45

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It’s too bad that none of these survived. It was a really important aircraft and they always look beautiful in the pictures that I’ve seen - that picture over the Golden Gate Bridge is one of the best though—and that’s the biggest flight deck I’ve ever seen!

ttyymmnn > f86sabre 09/10/2016 at 23:01

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Interesting to me is how they seem more like boats that fly than flying boats, if that makes any sense. That looks as much like the bridge of a ship as it does a flight deck. That second photo is awesome.

Chasaboo > f86sabre 09/11/2016 at 00:51

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You wonder with carbon fire and other modern materials if they couldn’t build something like that, and it would have much better performance than back in the day.

Grindintosecond > f86sabre 09/11/2016 at 02:15

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Not shown in picture: massive chain smoking.