In the rambling Boeing Aircraft plant on the Duwamish River near Seattle workmen last week were putting the finishing touches on five of the world's most remarkable airplanes, the Boeing 314 flying boats for transoceanic service (another is already completed). Forty-two-ton monsters each as high as a two-story house and as powerful as 6,000 horses, the four-motored ships are the largest ever built for commercial service. Last week in Manhattan, Pan American Airways President Juan T. Trippe announced that his company's purchase of these six Boeings had been financed like ordinary railroad...
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