Pacific Clipper

*Pacific Clipper*

*California Clipper*
Pacific Clipper; California Clipper;
	NC18602 at Treasure Island, possibly in 1939
General information
Other name(s)	California Clipper (1939–1942)
Type	Boeing 314
Owners	; Pan American World Airways (1939–1946); Universal Airlines (1946–1951);
Registration	NC18602
History
Manufactured	1938–1939
First flight	1939
In service	1939–1951
Fate	Retired - scrapped

The Pacific Clipper (civil registration NC18602) was an American Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat, famous for having completed an unplanned nearly around-the-world flight in December 1941 and January 1942 as the California Clipper. Aviation experts called the flight the first commercial circumnavigation of the globe because the aircraft made it back to its country of origin.