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#Onthisday in 1934, Pan American Airways received its first Sikorsky S-42. Its inaugural flight, commanded by Captain Edwin C. Musick, began in Miami, Florida, on August 16, followed the Latin America route, and arrived in Rio de Janiero on August 18, where it was christened the “Brazilian Clipper” by Darci Lima Sarmanho Vargas, the wife of Brazilian President Getúlio Dornelles Vargas. Image: Pan American Airways, Sikorsky S-42 Brazilian Clipper, c. 1937. Gift of the Captain John B. Russell Family. 2012.149.1481 This image was posted on June 05, 2018.