S-42 Flying Clipper Seaplane
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation,
S-42 Seaplane: Specifications
Bridgeport, Connecticut: ca. 1930s
Printed brochure,
Manuscript Division (136E.5)
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
S-42 Flying Clipper Seaplane
Photograph, ca. 1930s
Manuscript Division (136E.7)
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This brochure was prepared by the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation and
contains all the plane's pertinent drawings and data. The large aircraft
had a range nearly three times that of Sikorsky's earlier clipper
plane and handled superlatively on its maiden flight. It was the first
plane put into regular service by Pan American Airways in August 1934,
and carried 42 passengers in unparalleled luxury.
Sikorsky's majestic "flying boat" was used by Pan American Airways
between the world wars on many of its pioneering international routes
across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Pan American used this aircraft
to make its first Newfoundland to Ireland flight in 1937, and soon
after linked America to Asia.
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