This Day in Aviation History
March 29th, 1934
First flight of the Sikorsky S-42.

The Sikorsky S-42 was a 1930s commercial flying boat designed and built by Sikorsky Aircraft to meet a 1931 requirement from Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) for a long-range transatlantic flying boat. The “Flying Clipper” and the “Pan Am Clipper” were other names for the S-42….

Source:
Wikipedia, Sikorsky S-42:  http://gstv.us/1G3CTtK

YouTube, Pan Am Brazilian Clipper Sikorsky S-42 Flying Boat Flies Chicks to Rio 1939 Chevrolet Newsreel:  http://gstv.us/19cFapD

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