c/n 2003 Built 1940 The world’s first pressurised airliner, the Boeing 307 used the wings and tail designed for the B-17 Flying Fortress. The type first flew in December 1938 and 10 were built. The prototype, which was also the first production aircraft, crashed in March 1939 with the loss of all ten on board. Of the other nine, three were delivered to Pan American World Airways, five to TWA and one to Howard Hughes for a proposed ‘round-the-world’ flight, which was later cancelled due to the outbreak of war in Europe. “Clipper Flying Cloud” was delivered to Pan American on 22nd March 1940 and during WW2 she was contracted to Air Transport Command to fly on routes to South America. She was sold to Airline Training Incorporated in November 1948 and then to the Corps d'Aviation de l'Armee d'Haiti (Haitian Army Air Corps) in December 1953, where she flew with the serial 2003. She returned to the United States in September 1959 and was initially registered as N9507R before reverting to N19903 in 1960. Over the next few years she flew for Arkansas Air Freight and then Inter-American Inc. before being sold to Aviation Specialties Co. in Mesa, Arizona, and placed in store at Mesa Falcon Field. In August 1972 the Smithsonian Institute traded a Lockheed Constellation for the aircraft and she was moved to the Pima Air Museum in 1973. She remained on public display there until 26th May 1994 when she was ferry-flown to Boeing Field in Seattle. A complete restoration was then carried out by Boeing and she flew again on 3rd July 2001, resplendent in full Pan Am livery. Sadly, she ran out of fuel during a crew training flight on 28th March 2002 and had to ditch in Elliot Bay, Seattle. She was salvaged the following day and returned to Boeing for a further restoration, flying again on 18th July 2003. She arrived at Dulles on 6th August 2003 and is seen on display at the Steven F. Udvar Hazy Center as part of the National Air and Space Museum. Washington Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, Virginia