S-42 FLYING CLIPPER SEAPLANE

This large seaplane had a range nearly three times that of Sikorsky's earlier planes 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" or seaplane 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.