Willy McCoy
Active Member
Yep, I learned to swim where Pan-Am swam !!
You can see Sand Point Naval Air Station in the upper left background where John Chapman was a SeaBee a few years later I believe.
Beautiful Lake Washington. North Seattle. Photo taken from the Pan Am office. Nice Binoculars !!
An Oiler transferring fuel to the Boeing 314.
Do note the early tail configuration before they realized they had to fit the bird into a hangar in some unimproved areas. Boeing built the Clipper in their Renton facility and carried out tests over the lake. Ballast, take-offs/landing, taxiing as well as changes to the airframe were carried out on Lake Washington. If something went wrong the Naval Air Station was available to Boeing. Sand Point had a rather large ramp for amphibious Airplanes and enormous hangars just in case of emergencies.
You can see Sand Point Naval Air Station in the upper left background where John Chapman was a SeaBee a few years later I believe.
Beautiful Lake Washington. North Seattle. Photo taken from the Pan Am office. Nice Binoculars !!
An Oiler transferring fuel to the Boeing 314.
Do note the early tail configuration before they realized they had to fit the bird into a hangar in some unimproved areas. Boeing built the Clipper in their Renton facility and carried out tests over the lake. Ballast, take-offs/landing, taxiing as well as changes to the airframe were carried out on Lake Washington. If something went wrong the Naval Air Station was available to Boeing. Sand Point had a rather large ramp for amphibious Airplanes and enormous hangars just in case of emergencies.
