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#OnThisDay in 1923, Igor Sikorsky founded the Sikorsky Aero Engineering Corporation (later renamed the Sikorsky Manufacturing Company, followed by the reorganized Sikorsky Aviation Corporation).
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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.
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Captain Ed Musick inaugurated the first transpacific scheduled passenger service flying the Hawaiian Clipper.
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The Sikorsky S-40 was developed in response to requests from Pan American Airways’ president Juan T. Trippe for a high-capacity flying boat.
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Sunday marks the 80th anniversary of the China Clipper’s adventurous transpacific endeavor.
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In 1938, Pan American Airways’ Pacific base was established in Treasure Island.
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During the 1920s and early 1930s, airlines found it very difficult to make a profit in commercial aviation without a lucrative airmail route contract.
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Today marks the eighty-first anniversary of Pan American Airways’ daring transpacific endeavor.
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