Breguet 730 (1938) - Four-engine long-range flying boat.
The Boeing 314 Clipper was a long-range flying boat produced by the Boeing Airplane Company between 1938 and 1941.
The French Navy issued a specification for a new long-range flying boat to replace the obsolete 521 Bizerte in May 1935.
The Latham 47 was designed to meet a French Navy requirement for a long-range flying boat with a transatlantic capability.
The Loire 70 was designed to meet a 1932 French Navy requirement for a long-range flying boat for maritime reconnaissance and bombing.
By 1943, it was realized that long-range flying boats were not needed due to the worsening war situation, and the Do 214 project was canceled.
US neutrality made it prudent for a civilian organisation-that was also experienced in long-range flying boat operations-to undertake the task.
Hawaii Clipper was the first of the initial three long-range flying boats to be lost.
In May 1935, the French Navy issued a specification for a long-range flying boat to replace the obsolete Breguet 521.
Surviving Clippers returned to civilian ownership after the war, but the era of the long-range commercial flying boat had passed.
