The Bermuda Sky Queen and the flying boat that landed in the middle of the Atlantic
The Bermuda Sky Queen's 1947 emergency ocean landing saved 69 lives but was overshadowed by Chuck Yeager breaking the sound barrier the same day.
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The Pan Am Pacific Clipper and the flying boat that flew home the wrong way around the world after Pearl Harbor
After Pearl Harbor closed the Pacific, Pan Am captain Robert Ford flew the Boeing 314 Pacific Clipper home the wrong way — westward around the entire world.
TaildraggerThe Pan Am Pacific Clipper's secret flight around the world after Pearl Harbor
After Pearl Harbor, Pan Am's Pacific Clipper flew 31,500 miles around the world because its Pacific route home no longer existed.
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