Mooring
above is at the Pan Americans World Airways Office just north Sand
Point in 1938. Boeing flight-testing the 314 on June 22, 1938 from Lake Washington as well
as other Boeing planes. Had
the war not come with the development of long range planes Boeing
would have built the Boeing 326. Just 15 days after the 314 flew;
Boeing
and Pan Am publicly announced this next model
– a giant flying boat airliner. It was so large that tugboats
were to be
used during harbor maneuvers. It was to be pressurized and
capable of
flying above the weather with 100 passengers. The 326 was the
result of a
PAA contest in 1937 which resulted in four competing designs.
None were
ever built. But this technology was used in the
stratoliner, |
DIMENSIONS:
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WEIGHTS
- PERFORMANCE
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Power
Plant
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Wing Span: Length: Height: Wing Area: |
151
ft. 0 in. 106 ft. 0 in. 27 ft. 7 in. 2,867 sq.ft. |
Empty: Gross T/O: Cruising Speed: Normal Range: |
50,268
lb. 82,500 lb. 183 mph 3,500 miles |
Four Wright GR-2600 Twin Cyclone 1,600 hp (1,191 kw) 14 cylinder, air cooled radial engines |