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Lawler included airliners flying over the locations, juxtaposing the technological triumph of the airplane with historical panoramas. In his depiction of Rio de Janeiro, Lawler placed a Sikorsky S-42 flying over Christ the Redeemer with Sugarloaf Mountain. #AirwaysArtists This tweet was posted on May 28, 2024.
Pan American Airways was established in 1927. This image was posted on May 28, 2024. #airwaysartists #paulgeorgelawler #panamerican
In 1931, the longest over-water flying boat passenger service was operated by Pan American. The five hundred miles flight from Kingston, Jamaica to Barranquilla, Colombia, was operated by the Sikorsky S-40, which could fly at a maximum speed of 137 miles per hour. #52Objects This tweet was posted on November 21, 2023.
📸: photograph: Pan American Airways, Sikorsky S-40 landing at Dinner Key Passenger Terminal, Miami; c. 1931 Gift of the Captain John B. Russell Family 2012.149.1482 This tweet was posted on November 21, 2023.
In 1931, the longest over-water flying boat passenger service was operated by Pan American. This image was posted on November 21, 2023.
The Sikorsky (Russia) S-23 Ilya Muromets is an aircraft that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
San Francisco and Oakland (SFO) Helicopter Airlines was founded in 1961. Offering local helicopter flights between San Francisco and Oakland airports and downtown areas, service began with two leased Sikorsky S-62s. #DefunctThursday #SFOHelicopter #AvGeek This tweet was posted on November 10, 2022.
#OnThisDay in 1923, Igor Sikorsky founded the Sikorsky Aero Engineering Corporation (later renamed the Sikorsky Manufacturing Company, followed by the reorganized Sikorsky Aviation Corporation). This image was posted on May 03, 2023. #avgeek #sikorsky #panam
The Sikorsky (USA) XPBS-1 is an aircraft that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
San Francisco and Oakland (SFO) Helicopter Airlines was founded in 1961. This image was posted on November 10, 2022. #defunctthursday #sfohelicopter #avgeek #aviationhistory #sfohistory
#Onthisday in 1928, the Sikorsky S-38 took off on its first flight. Developed based upon Sikorsky’s previous amphibious aircraft, the S-34 and S-36, the S-38 was Sikorsky’s first commercial success and first widely produced seaplane. #AvGeek #Sikorsky This tweet was posted on May 25, 2022.
Out of the one hundred and one Sikorsky S-38s built, Pan Am acquire thirty-eight of the versatile aircraft, the last of which was retired in 1940. #AvGeek #Sikorsky #PanAm This tweet was posted on May 25, 2022.
The amphibious Sikorsky S-38 in both the S-38A and S-38B versions, affectionally called the “Flying Duck,” became the mainstay of Pan American Airways’s fleet, laying the foundations of the Caribbean and Central American networks in 1929 and 1930. #AvGeek #Sikorsky #PanAm This tweet was posted on May 25, 2022.
The large twin engine plane had a crew of two and could seat ten passengers and their luggage. It had a cruising speed of 110 miles per hour and a maximum speed of 124 miles per hour. The S-38 amphibian could land or takeoff from the water as well as the land. #AvGeek #Sikorsky This tweet was posted on May 25, 2022.
Some of the final objects to be reinstalled are model aircraft suspended from the ceiling. Our preparators took great care in re-hanging models of the Pan Am Clipper (a Sikorsky S-42) and the China Clipper (a Martin M-130). #AvGeek #BehindTheScenes #SneakPeek This tweet was posted on May 27, 2022.
Various attempts to cross the Pacific in the 1920s, such as the U.S. Navy’s PN-9 flying boats in 1925, and the Southern Cross in 1928, finally culminated in 1935, when #PanAm opened the first regularly scheduled air service with Sikorsky S-42 & Martin M-130 flying boats. #Airmail This tweet was posted on June 14, 2022.
In the 1920s, aviation visionaries imagined how the nations of the Pacific Rim could be linked by a new mode of transportation: the aircraft. This image was posted on June 14, 2022. #airmail #australia #avgeek #aviationhistory #philately
#Onthisday in 1928, the Sikorsky S-38 took off on its first flight. This image was posted on May 25, 2022. #avgeek #sikorsky #seaplane #aviationhistory #panam
It’s happening!! This image was posted on May 24, 2022. #avgeek #behindthescenes #sneakpeek #aviationhistory
Igor Sikorsky was born in Kyiv, in modern day #Ukraine in 1889. In 1923, Sikorsky founded the Sikorsky Aero Engineering Corporation (later renamed the Sikorsky Manufacturing Company). Igor Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) is named in his honor. #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 01, 2022.
Happy Thanksgiving! This was the menu for the Pan American Airways flight on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 23, 1939, aboard Sikorsky S-42 Clipper N. C. 15373, from Barranquilla, Colombia to Miami, Florida. What is on your #Thanksgiving menu today? This tweet was posted on November 25, 2021.
The Sikorsky S-42 was developed to meet requirements of #PanAm president Juan Trippe for a large, long-range, trans-oceanic flying boat. Designed by Igor Sikorsky, with input from Charles Lindbergh, it could carry a crew of 4 and 32 passengers up to 1,200 miles. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on February 17, 2021.
📸: photograph: #PanAm, Sikorsky S-42, c. 1935 Gift of Jon. E. Krupnick 2008.056.1039 postcard: #PanAm, Sikorsky S-42 "Brazilian Clipper", c. 1934 Gift of Barnaby Conrad III 2001.038.052 #Sikorsky S-42 techincal drawing, n.d. Gift of United Technologies 1993.13.01 This tweet was posted on February 17, 2021.
Although the Sikorsky S-40 served #PanAm well through the 1930s, it was often derided for its lack of aerodynamic efficiency due to its many struts and support wires. Charles Lindbergh famously referred to the aircraft as a “flying forest.” #WingWednesday #AvGeek This tweet was posted on January 27, 2021.
Only three Sikorsky S-40 were built, and these were the first to be named “Clipper Ships.” #PanAm introduced the aircraft in 1931, piloted by Charles A. Lindbergh on its Miami–Barranquilla route. #WingWednesday #AvGeek This tweet was posted on January 27, 2021.
The Sikorsky S-40 was developed in response to requests from #PanAm president Juan T. Trippe for a high-capacity flying boat. With a cabin capable of carrying 38 passengers, it was nearly double the capacity of the airline’s next largest flying boat. #WingWednesday #AvGeek This tweet was posted on January 27, 2021.
Igor Sikorsky was born in Kyiv, in modern day Ukraine in 1889. This image was posted on April 01, 2022. #siskorsky #igorsiskorsky #ukraine #avgeek #aviationhistory
This week's installment of Defunct Thursday is a two-parter: China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) was Asia’s first sustained commercial airline. This image was posted on March 31, 2022. #defunctthursday #cnac #china #chinanationalaviationcorporation #avgeek
Happy Thanksgiving! This image was posted on November 25, 2021. #thanksgiving
The Sikorsky (Russia) S-22 Il'ya Muromets is an aircraft that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
The Sikorsky (USA) S-38 is an aircraft that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
The Sikorsky (USA) S-40 Caribbean Clipper is an aircraft that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
The Sikorsky (USA) S-42 Brazilian Clipper is an aircraft that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
The Sikorsky (USA) S-42A Antilles Clipper is an aircraft that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
The Sikorsky (USA) S-42B is an aircraft that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
The Sikorsky (USA) S-42B Pan American Clipper III is an aircraft that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.