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	Sikorsky
		What Your Bidding On Your bidding on a hand carved and hand painted model of the Sikorsky S-42 Clipper.
		Juan Trippe's challenge was also answered by Glen Martin but Sikorsky's S-42 was to be delivered first as Martin's plane was still almost a year away from completion.
		Sikorsky's opportunity came and the result was the S-40.
	www.travlnmark.com /sikorsky.htm

	Grumman Seaplanes & Sikorsky Flying Boats
		Pan American Airways Clipper Sikorsky S-42 flying boat taking-off
		Pan American Airways' Clipper Sikorsky S-42 NC822M Charles Lindbergh & Boris Sergievski set eight world records in one day
		Sikorsky VS-44A Excambian today in original American Export paint scheme, New England Air Museum, Connecticut
	www.catalinamayer.com /catalog136250.html

	Skyways
		Sikorsky S-42 (4e flybt trans) PDA 3v ca
		Sikorsky universal wing used on various ac in 20s PA ‘’ mounted on JN-4 3v
		Sikorsky S-36A at Old Orchard Beach airport PA Fokker "Southern Cross" repli PDA
	www.aeroknow.com /skyways.htm (3236 words)

	The First Clippers - The Sikorsky S-42 @ flyingclippers.com
		Juan Trippe's challenge was also answered by Glen Martin but Sikorsky's S-42 was to be delivered first as Martin's plane was still almost a year away from completion.
		It was during the inaugural flight of the S-40 on November 19, 1931 that Igor Sikorsky and Charles Lindbergh began discussing an improved and larger aircraft.
		Sikorsky's opportunity came and the result was the S-40.
	www.flyingclippers.com /S42.html (638 words)

	Igor - Search.com
		IGOR I. SIKORSKY-THE MAN Birth His Last Letter History - Part I History - Part 2 His Aviation Firsts SIKORSKY PRODUCTS VS-300 Summary VS-300 helicopter S-5 S-16 S-22 S-29A S-38 S-39 S-42 S-44 F4U-1D 100th R-4B R-4 Coast...
		Igor Naming Consultants is a naming and branding agency creating powerful product and company names that propel and differentiate companies and products above the competition.
		IGOR Pro creates publication quality scientific graphics used by scientists and engineers around the world.
	www.search.com /Infoseek/1,135,0,0200.html?QUERY=Igor&COLL=WW (395 words)

	Sikorsky S-42 Specifications (S 42 A) General Characteristics
		Sikorsky X-Wing The Sikorsky X-Wing was an experimental hybrid helicopter/ fixed-wing aircraft developed between 1983 and 1988 by helicopter manufacuter Sikorsky with NASA and DARPA funding.
		Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Sikorsky is an American helicopter manufacturer founded in 1923 by the Ukrainian/ Polish born American Igor Sikorsky, the inventor of the first successful helicopter design, upon which the majority of subsequent helicopters were based (though he did not i
		Sikorsky Cypher The Cypher is a type of unmanned aerial vehicle developed by Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation.
	www.masterliness.com /a/Sikorsky.S.42.htm (395 words)

	History of Igor I. Sikorsky (Part 1)
		Sikorsky himself found the greatest satisfaction in the knowledge that helicopters were responsible for saving tens of thousands of lives as rescue aircraft.
		Sikorsky expressed his belief in the importance of the individual, a belief that carried him stubbornly past frustrations and failures to success in his three careers.
		Sikorsky with the National Defense Transportation Award and said: "He is a milestone in the history of aviation, an equal giant and pioneer.
	www.sikorskyarchives.com /part1.html (1257 words)

	HH-60 Jayhawk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Jayhawk is manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, 42 were built with 35 in operation and another 7 in storage or support roles.
		It was developed for the United States Coast Guard to replace the aging Sikorsky HH-3F Pelican in 1986.
		The HH-60 Jayhawk is a twin-engine medium-range search and rescue (SAR) helicopter, based on the airframe of the Sikorsky S-70.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HH-60_Jayhawk (193 words)

	Sikorsky Aircraft
		The Sikorsky S-42 flying boat was one of the "Clippers" used by Pan American Airways.
		Sikorsky's flying boats, however, made little money, and in 1938, United Aircraft directed Sikorsky to stop building them and gave him $250,000 for helicopter development.
		But the war ended and Sikorsky, after searching in vain for a position in French aviation, came to the United States in 1919, determined to start his own aircraft company.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Aerospace/Sikorsky/Aero24.htm (1038 words)

	1952 USAF Serial Numbers
		One KIA 52-8665/8679 Piasecki H-21B Workhorse C/n B.28/B.42.
		Became G-BSBF Mar 5, 1990 8596 to Porguguese AF as 1769 8608 to South Africa AF as 1740.
		To civil registry as ZU-ARJ Mar 24, 1995 52-8613/8664 Piasecki H-21C Shawnee c/n C.34/C.85.
	home.att.net /~jbaugher/1952.html (16045 words)

	The Aeromarine Website - Aeromarine West Indies Airways - Aeromarine Airways
		It was during the second scheduled flight bound for New Zealand that the Sikorsky S-42 Samoan Clipper exploded shortly after take-off from Pago Pago, American Samoa, on January 11, 1938, tragically ending the career of one of the foremost pioneers of the early days' of aviation, together with the rest of the crew.
		He set ten world records on trial flights with the Sikorsky S-42 flying boat.
		His most legendary achievement was the air mail flight of the Martin M-130 China Clipper starting on November 22, 1935, from San Francisco, stopping at Honululu, Midway, Wake and Guam, and ending 7 days later in Manila, Philippines.
	www.timetableimages.com /ttimages/aerombio.htm (16045 words)

	Samoan Clipper -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Samoan Clipper was a (Click link for more info and facts about Pan American Airways) Pan American Airways (Click link for more info and facts about Sikorsky S-42) Sikorsky S-42 (A large seaplane that floats on the full rather than on pontoons) flying boat.
		It was piloted by famous aviator (Click link for more info and facts about Ed Musick) Ed Musick.
		It exploded over (Click link for more info and facts about Pago Pago, American Samoa) Pago Pago, American Samoa on January 11, 1938.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/S/Sa/Samoan_Clipper.htm (16045 words)

	FIRST IN THE AIR
		1935 S-42 inaugurated the First transoceanic air service, flying the first airmail from Honolulu to the mainland.
		Igor Sikorsky, Sikorsky Aircraft and its products have compiled an impressive list of "Aviation Firsts" over the years.
		1937 S-42 made the First regular airline crossing of the North Atlantic Ocean and pioneered the transpacific route to Asi
	www.sikorskyarchives.com /timeline.html (1246 words)

	Flight Simulator Aircraft - Golden Age Flying Boats
		Sikorsky S-42B "Samoan Clipper" as flown by Captain Edwin Musick on a series of PanAm South Pacific survey flights during 1937-38.
		Sikorsky S-42 NC-822M "Brazilian Clipper" was the first of three S-42s, three S-42As and four S-42Bs built for PanAm from 1934.
		FS98 Sikorsky S-42B Flying Boat "Samoan Clipper" of Pan American Airways System, 1937.
	www.oldbeacon.com /fs/fs_acft_list-2.htm (1246 words)

	Region's Military Seeks to Modernize . . . But Tight Funding Forces Ingenuity
		Original 1992 deliveries of 10 Sikorsky UH-60As and four UH-60Ls to the FAC, seven to the Colombian army in 1998, and six UH-60Ls to the PNC from May 1999, were supplemented by a further three for the police and five army UH-60Ls originally built for Venezuela, by late 1999.
		Bell Textron has been working on 42 more Huey II upgrades, costing $2 million each, for "Plan Colombia," comprising 30 for the army and 12 for the police, for delivery by 2002.
		The Bell 412 is also competing with the Eurocopter AS 532 Cougar, Mil Mi-171 and Sikorsky UH-60 for an exactly similar requirement by Chilean Army Aviation.
	www.awgnews.com /shownews/02fidae/special.htm (4200 words)

	Pacific War 1941-1945: Pan Am's South Pacific Route, John Wilson at 10/25/2003 10:33
		The next two were in Sikorsky S-42B "Samoan Clipper", but it exploded in 1938 near the restricted Pago Pago harbour while dumping fuel.
		The first was in Sikorsky S-42 "Pan American Clipper".
		Pan Am’s service by Boeing Clippers was rerouted via Laucala Bay, Fiji in 1941.
	www.f16.parsimony.net /forum27947/messages/3850.htm (4200 words)

	April 17 2005 Postage Stamp issued by Hawai'i Post
		The plane was a Sikorsky S-42 NR 823M, called "Pan American Clipper" (formerly "West Indies Clipper" used in Latin America from December 1934).
		It shows the Sikorsky S42 "Pan American Clipper" on water.
		Captain Edwin Musick died in the crash of the "Samoan Clipper" in January 1938, along with the crew, near Tutuila Island, American Samoa.
	www.hawaii-post.com /2005-17APR.html (793 words)

	Airline History - Features
		The sleek Sikorsky S-42 was introduced by Pan American Airways in 1934 on the Buenos Aires route and quickly made ten new records for altitude and for payload flights.
		In 1931 Pan American Airways introduced the Sikorsky S-40 to fill the gap while the Martin M-130 was being built.
		The Imperial Airways S.23s were ordered when the Empire Air Mail Scheme came into force so that postage between points in the British Empire would be cheap.
	airlines.afriqonline.com /features/flyboats.htm (793 words)

	Martins Seaplane book and collectables shop
		For example: the aircooled Bristol Jupiter engine is listed as watercooled, Martin and Osa Johnson had one S-39 and one S-38, not two S-38's, the Sikorsky S-42 was not designed to be appreciably larger than the S-40, the S-42 was designed with much lower drag so that it could go faster and farther.
		While a matter of opinion, the choice of planes did not include the Aeromarine Curtis 75, the first Flying Boat in regular America-Overseas service, nor the VS-44, that joined the Boeing 314 Clippers in providing flying service between Europe and America early in WW11.
		Covering both basic and advanced techniques, the book examines floatplane safety, preflight inspections, launching, taxing, taking off, flying, and landing.
	geocities.com /gronkm/books.html (793 words)

	Flying Boats Exhibition Price List . J. Russell Jinishian Gallery, Inc.
		Sikorsky S-42B Samoan Clipper at Pago Pago, American Samoa, 1937 28� x 39� SOLD 21.
		Sikorsky S-42, S-38, and S-40 flying boats at Dinner Key, Miami, 1935 24� x 31� SOLD 11.
		Saunders-Roe SR 45 Princess flying boats near Calshot Castle, Southampton Water, 1952 28� x 39� $3,800 51.
	www.jrusselljinishiangallery.com /pages/exhibition-pricelists/flying_boats_pricelist.htm (793 words)

	PBS - Chasing the Sun - Pan Am Clipper
		While Pan Am's majestic fleet of flying boats generally came to be known as Clippers, the planes, themselves, were actually comprised of three different models: the Sikorsky S-42, the Martin M-130, and the Boeing 314.
		Launched in August of 1934, the S-42 first began service in Pan Am's six-day Miami to Buenos Aires route.
		In the 1930s, Pan Am founder Juan Trippe believed in providing his customers an extravagant traveling experience, one which rivaled the comforts of a grand luxury ocean liner.
	www.pbs.org /kcet/chasingthesun/planes/clipper.html (793 words)

	Foynes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first transatlantic proving flights were operated on July 5, 1937 with a Pan Am Sikorsky S-42 service from the Bay of Exploits, near Botwood, Newfoundland and Labrador and a BOAC Short Empire service from Foynes with successful transits of twelve and fifteen-and-a-quarter hours respectively.
		Foynes (Faing in Irish) is a small town and major port in County Limerick in the midwest of Ireland, located at the edge of hilly land on the southern bank of the Shannon Estuary.
		Foynes is near to Adare, a famous heritage town, and the city of Limerick.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Foynes (793 words)

	AvUskNE - Details - Engines & Things
		Bristol Jupiter 9cyl long gearbox and exhaust collector: Sikorsky S-35, Hawker Woodcock, Handley Page 42/44, Short Calcutta, Rangoon
		Bristol Mercury, 9cyl.: Lysander, Blenheim MK I, Gladiator, PZL-11C, Gauntlet, Fokker D-XXI, Fokker G-1, Martinet, Supermarine Sea Otter
		sleeve valve: Hawker Sea Fury, BlackburnFirebrand, Bristol Brigand, Tempest II, Warwick II,IV,V
	www.aviationusk.com /details/detent48.htm (793 words)

	HAI Convention News 2002: Eurocopter overtakes Bell in U.S. sales race
		In 2000, when 155 were delivered, Eurocopter took 39 percent of the U.S. turbine market while Bell had 42 percent, MDH 7 percent, Agusta 6 percent, Sikorsky 1 percent and others 5 percent.
		Eurocopter delivered 335 helicopters last year, with 45 percent to the civil and parapublic markets and 55 percent to the military market.
		Said Gras, “The Eurocopter line spans designs from the 1950s to the 2000s and it can sometimes be very difficult for operators of the older models to find the parts they need.
	www.ainonline.com /Publications/HAI/HAI_2002/HAI_02d2_eurocopterbellpg1.html (698 words)

	The Marine Corps Wives Website Electronic Publications Page
		SB2U-1 Scout bomber, 1938 Voight- Pratt & 34' 42' 1-engine, 2-crew, Sikorsky Whitney low-wing monoplane "Corsair" Twin-Wasp 750 h.p.
		SU-2 Scout, 1-engine, 1932 Vought Pratt & 26' 36' 2-crew, biplane "Corsair" Whitney land-carrier (formerly R-1690-C O3U-4) 600 h.p.
		JRB-2 Utility-transport, 1941 Beech 2 Pratt & 34'3" 47'8" 2-engine, 2-crew, "Navi- Whitney 4-passenger, gator" Wasp Junior low-wing, monoplane 450 h.p.
	www.chadduck.com /ymarines/library/documents/air.htm (698 words)

	PBS - Chasing the Sun - Pan Am Clipper
		While Pan Am's majestic fleet of flying boats generally came to be known as Clippers, the planes, themselves, were actually comprised of three different models: the Sikorsky S-42, the Martin M-130, and the Boeing 314.
		Unlike today's commercial planes, the 314 - as well as the other Clippers- were divided into several luxurious cabin compartments including a stateroom, dressing rooms, and men's and women's restrooms.
		The Boeing 314 entered Pacific service in early 1939, and opened a trans-Atlantic route later that year.
	www.pbs.org /kcet/chasingthesun/planes/clipper.html (622 words)

	otd.98.05.28.html
		Prestwick Scotland - Thomas Scheer, 42, of Langley, BC, and three other Canadians make first unescorted transatlantic helicopter flight; 6,400 km 15 day journey from Stratford, Connecticut in 26-seat, amphibian Sikorsky; longest single hop was 640 km, from Greenland to Reykjavik Iceland.
		Frenchman's Butte Alberta- Thomas Bland Strange 1831-1925 drives Big Bear off Frenchman's Butte and pursues him for a month.
		Ottawa Ontario - Charles Tupper 1821-1915 resigns from the House of Commons to become Canada's first High Commissioner to Britain.
	www1.sympatico.ca /news/otd/otd.98.05.28.html (622 words)

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		"My first class had 42 children in it, [and] the little town of Bangor, Michigan, had a very high concentration of immigrant children," of farm workers.
		The Johnsons moved to Guilford after Mary's husband, a helicopter pilot, began working with Sikorsky.
		Mary had come to Guilford from Michigan, where she taught underprivileged students in Kalamazoo and Bangor.
	www.shorepublishing.com /archive/re.aspx?re=bdaf802c-6e2e-4859-b551-f96e4a0f6ee6 (962 words)

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