The US aircraft manufacturing company Boeing has had a long historical relationship with Ireland but it has never been more connected to Irish customers than now.  In 1936, Boeing had invented a state-of-the-art flying boat for tackling the arduous challenges posed by long-distance oceanic crossing. Propelled by four engines, the B314 was a technological marvel of its day and Juan Trippe’s Pan-American Airways (PAA) chose it for the toughest ocean of all – the Atlantic.  Ireland was a key enabler of conquering the Atlantic for commercial air travel as it provided strategically important Foynes as a flying boat base for…

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