![]() In recent years, there have been plans to recover the remains of two sunken 314s - Honolulu and Cape Town Clipper (which became Bermuda Sky Queen). Today, the best chance to see a Boeing 314 is with a reconstruction of Yankee Clipper at the Foynes Flying Boat Museum in Ireland. World Airways retired them all in 1951, with just Bristol sold on, but it sank moored in Baltimore before it re-entered service. They saw use for cargo around the Americas but were all scrapped by 1952. Startup airline World Airways bought four Pan Am Clippers (California, Dixie, American, and Anzac) and the BOAC Clippers.It was recommissioned as Bermuda Sky Queen but sank the same year after ditching on a flight from the UK to the US. Cape Town Clipper was sold to American International Airways in 1947.Pacific Clipper was sold to Univeral Airlines and used for parts.Honolulu, Yankee, and Atlantic Clippers never made it back into service.Pan Am and BOAC retired them, and they saw limited service with other airlines. ↳ Got the Hump! Sopwith Camel Centenary.Some 314s had a short post-war life - but none survived long.↳ Royal Air Force 100th Anniversary - Extended.↳ The End of The Beginning - El Alamein & Operation Torch 80th GB.↳ Blitzbau XXXI - Feelin' Hot, Hot Hot!.↳ Blitzbau XXXII - Revenge of the Brass Monkeys.↳ The Civilian Vehicles & Things Gallery.↳ Real Space, Sci-Fi and What-ifs Gallery. ![]()
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