A Pan American Airlines hangar and a Sikorsky S-42 flying boat at Belem, Brazil

A Sikorsky S-42 four engined flying boat on the slipway outside the Pan American Airways Brasil hangar at Belem, Brazil. Ten of these machines were built, all for Pan American Airways, and the first entered service in August 1934.

Object Details

ID: P90723
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Vessels: Sikorsky S-42 flying boat (1934)
Date made: 1934-1939
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waterline Collection
Measurements: Overall: 116 mm x 167 mm