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On April 16, 1935, a Pan American Airways Sikorsky S-42 passed through the Golden Gate on the first survey flight to Hawai’i. On its route it flew over the unfinished Golden Gate Bridge. Sikorsky S-42 in flight over Golden Gate Bridge 1935 SFO Museum Collection Gift of the Pan Am Association 2000.058.1396
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