This PLANE FLEW Around the World ! 30 000 Miles Flight

Basically, this Boeing 314 was a flying boat that used the water surface as a track. This was convenient, since the air travel at that time was only taking its first steps and the airports were not as numerous as today.

Even then, the Pan-American airline had ambitious plans, which included flying across the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii, Asia and New Zealand. At that time, no aircraft could cover such distances without making stops, so the air fleet on these routes consisted only of flying boats.