Sikorsky S42, Card No 51 (GPAviation 1938)

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Aircraft, Series 1 (Godfrey Phillips)

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Card No. 51: The SIKORSKY S. 42

Thirty-two Passenger Commercial Flying-boat

Four 700 hp Pratt & Whitney "Hornet" engines

  • Span: 114 feet 2 inches
  • Weight loaded: 38,000 lbs.
  • Maximum speed 182 m.p.h. at 5,000 m.p.h.
  • Cruising speed 170 m.p.h. at 12,000 feet
  • Ceiling: 16,000 feet
  • Maximum range: 3,000 miles

Built by

  • The Sikorsky Aviation Corporation, Bridgeport, Conn., U.S.A.

Used by:

  • Pan-American Airways, Inc.