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The Pan Am Clipper Starts Service
ANT-25 to California
Advertising poster showcasing the importance of overseas flight.
The rugged "whale" was perhaps the most internationally popular of the interwar flying boats for transoceanic flights and polar exploration.
In the early 1930s, this type was proposed (unsuccessfully) for the first regular commercial transatlantic service.
The monster Do X was too complex and expensive to operate regular overseas commercial service.
Advertising poster showcasing the importance of overseas flight.
Advertising poster showcasing the importance of overseas flight.
Japan's airline routes were closely tied to military goals, as were the aircraft they selected, such as the H6K, which became a patrol bomber in World War II.
This "one-off" record-setting airliner showcased French engineering expertise on a range of transatlantic flights in the late 1930s.
