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Pioneers, from Page 710:00 o'clock the next morning they sighted the coast of South America. It waas noon when they landed at Natal, a flight of 23 1/2 hours and 3100 nautical miles . Four hours later they took off for Trinidad, arriving at 3:00a.m. the next day, a 14 hour flight.After sleeping 24 hours they took off for New York 16 hours away, on January 6, 1942, the aviation control officer at New York was shocked by a voice on the radio saying This is thePacific Clipper, inbound from Aukland. New Zealand, Captain Ford reporting. Estimated arrival time at the Pan Am marine terminal is 7 minutes. What an epicachievement of aviation thatwas!During World War II the Boeing Clippers crossed both oceans constantly carrying priority passengers: admirals, generals, Queen Wilhemina of the Netherlands. King George of Greece, entertainers for thetroops, correspondents and other heads of state.President Roosevelt wastaken to the conference at Casablanca with Churchhillin 1943.Two days after Pearl Harbor, another Boeing Clipper flew from New York to Calcutta setting down on the Ganges River with a cargo of tires for the Flying Tigers' P-40's in China. Forty of the P-40’s had been grounded for lack of tires, but on Christmas day of 1941 in an action near Rangoon withtheir new tires, all of the P-40's were in the air and they shot down 26 Japaneseplanes.The romantic, historical and famous Boeing 314 Clippers, or flying boats were all sold by the end of 1946 as land based planes became more practical due to theconstruction of runways and airports all over the world by the war effort. A larger passenger aircraft was not built until the 747 was made 35 years later. The B-314 shares a romatic history along with the grand ocean liners, the Pennisula Hotelin Hong Knog the Raffles in Singapore, Sheperds in Cairo, and the OrientExpress passenger train which ran from London to Paris to Istanbul. The Orient Express runs again, but a search for any one of the B-314 Clippers has revealed that none is left. Their days of glory are now only a part of history.There’s a difference between being concerned about 1994 and knowing what to expect of it. Merrill Lynch seminars can make the differenceWatch for our seminars the last week of each month.Jay McDonald Bob McDonald1-800-937-0418 847-6004afteiMerrill LynchA tradition of trust.
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