culture Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) had a practice of naming its airliners "Clippers", as an allusion to the clipper ships of earlier times. Between 1984 and 1991, a Pan Am Boeing 747-121 airliner (MSN 19641 / tail number N734PA) was named Clipper Champion of the Seas in accordance with this practice. The airliner, which had been delivered to Pan Am in 1969, had previously been named Clipper Flying Cloud''. See also List of clipper ships Bibliography of early American naval history References Notes Bibliography External links "The Champion of the Seas Times" Weekly newspaper produced on board ship Ships of the World: Champion of the Seas Sailing Ships: Champion of the Seas The Boston Daily Atlas, Vol. XXII, No. 274, Saturday, 20 May 1854 Description of construction, spars, rigging, etc. First voyage of the Champion of the Seas Steve Fossett Challenges Individual sailing vessels Age of Sail merchant ships of the United States Ships built in Boston Ships designed by Donald McKay Troop ships of the United Kingdom Victorian-era passenger ships of the United Kingdom History of immigration to Australia Victorian-era merchant ships of the United Kingdom Guano trade Shipwrecks in the Southern Ocean Maritime incidents in January 1877 Maritime incidents in Chile 1854 ships 1877 in Antarctica 1877 in Chile