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Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC8000

Для карибских маршрутов компании "Pna Am" Чарльз Линдберг в феврале 1929 года совершил на этом S-38A (NC8000) трехдневный перелет по нескольким странам Латинской Америки протяженностью 3219 км.

Aeroplane Monthly 1999-06 / S.Harding - Flight of the Carnauba

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC6V   [8]

The S-38 replica taxies to the dock after a water landing. The aircraft’s water handling is excellent, although, as with many seaplanes, water thrown on to the windscreen during take-off inhibits forward visibility in the early part of the run.

Aeroplane Monthly 1999-06 / S.Harding - Flight of the Carnauba

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC6V   [8]

The replica makes a water turn, showing its array of bracing struts and wires. It is registered NC6V in the same series as the original, NC29V.

Aeroplane Monthly 1999-06 / S.Harding - Flight of the Carnauba

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC6V   [8]

Resplendent in the same company livery worn by the original Carnauba, the S-38 replica departs on the 1998 expedition to Brazil. Built by Born Again Restorations, the aircraft is powered by twin Pratt & Whitney Wasp Junior radial engines.

Aeroplane Monthly 1999-06 / S.Harding - Flight of the Carnauba

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC6V   [8]

The port Pratt & Whitney Wasp bellowing away next to the cockpit highlights the need for sound-suppressing earphones.

Aeroplane Monthly 1999-06 / S.Harding - Flight of the Carnauba

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC6V   [8]

Last year the descendants of Johnson’s Wax company chairman H.F. Johnson emulated his 1935 survey flight to Brazil in a specially-built replica of his Sikorsky S-38

Aeroplane Monthly 1999-06 / S.Harding - Flight of the Carnauba

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC6V   [8]

The Johnson family poses for a group portrait following the 1998 expedition’s return to the USA. From left to right they are: Curt Johnson; Winnie J. Marquart; Gene Johnson; Sam Johnson; Helen Johnson-Leipold; and Fisk Johnson.

Flight 1929-02 / Flight

A SUCCESSFUL AMERICAN AMPHIBIAN: The Sikorsky S-38, fitted with two 410 h.p. Pratt and Whitney "Wasp" engines. Two of these machines were recently delivered to the U.S. Navy, and others are used by the Western Air Express and Pan American Airways on their commercial air mail and passenger routes.

Air-Britain Archive 2003-01 / M.Best - Sikorsky american fixed-wing aircraft (2)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC5933   [2]

This close-up of prototype S-38A NC5933 shows the two 415 hp P&W Wasp 9-cyl radial engines with short nacelles and 'whistle-pipe' exhausts. On retraction, the upright undercarriage leg telescoped and the lower part folded upwards to a horizontal position under the wing root.

Air-Britain Archive 2003-01 / M.Best - Sikorsky american fixed-wing aircraft (2)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC9776

Pan American Airways NC9776 c/n 114-3 on a slipway with engines still running, the steps to the rear hatch are in place and passengers are disembarking.

Air-Britain Archive 2003-01 / M.Best - Sikorsky american fixed-wing aircraft (2)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC9105

S-38B NC9105 c/n 114-4 has the rear exhaust-collector ring with pipe along the nacelle that was adopted as standard. It also has Townend rings on the engines, a feature that was optional.

Air-Britain Archive 2003-01 / M.Best - Sikorsky american fixed-wing aircraft (2)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC5933   [2]

THE CHICAGO AERO EXPOSITION: One of representative types of aircraft out of the seventy odd on view - (4) Sikorsky Amphibian 8-passenger transport (two 425 h.p. Pratt and Whitney" Wasps ")
The prototype S-38A, NC5933. Its 71 ft 8 in. span sesquiplane wing structure was similar to the S-36 but the hull was 6 ft longer at 40 ft and the two rudders of the twin-boom mounted tail unit were now hinged on fixed fins.

Air-Britain Archive 2003-01 / M.Best - Sikorsky american fixed-wing aircraft (2)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC8021

The first S-38A purchased by Western Air Express was NC8021 c/n 14-5. Two 100 US gal (83 Imp gal) fuel tanks were fitted in the wing centre section with a cross feed to supply either engine. Cruising at 110 mph this gave a 500 mile range.

Air-Britain Archive 2003-01 / M.Best - Sikorsky american fixed-wing aircraft (2)

This view of Western's S-38A shows the long cabin section for 9 passengers with luggage compartment forward. A toilet was usually fitted in the tail end of the hull.

Air-Britain Archive 2003-01 / M.Best - Sikorsky american fixed-wing aircraft (2)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC8019   [3]

NC8019, ready to go with a load of passengers, shows the complicated overwing exhaust system. The upright windscreen was a feature of the first twenty or so S-38 airframes which did not clear readily in rain or spray.

Air-Britain Archive 2003-01 / M.Best - Sikorsky american fixed-wing aircraft (2)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC8022

NC8022 c/n 14-6 of the Liberty magazine company carries the name "Liberty" on the nose. An executive 6-seat S-38AH, it was powered by 525 hp P&W Hornet 9-cyl radial engines to boost performance.

Air-Britain Archive 2003-01 / M.Best - Sikorsky american fixed-wing aircraft (2)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC8019   [3]

S-38A NC8019 c/n 14-3 had exhaust collector pipes and twin exhausts over the wing, a complicated system which was not adopted for later aircraft. This view shows well the twin boom tail with fixed fins and balanced rudders above and below the tailplane.

Air-Britain Archive 2003-01 / M.Best - Sikorsky american fixed-wing aircraft (2)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC8019   [3]

NC8019 in operation at a later date with the overwing exhaust system removed. Stub exhausts would have been very noisy internally and externally and the standard system was later fitted.

Air-Britain Archive 2000-02 / J.Meaden - Howard Hughes - The Millionaire Record Breaker (2)

A Sikorsky S-38 similar to that owned by Hughes, no photo of which has been found. Hughes used it for touring and found it very convenient to have an amphibian, thus being able to operate from land or water.

Air-Britain Archive 2003-02 / M.Best - Sikorsky american fixed-wing aircraft (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC10V

S-38C 12-seater NC10V c/n 314-14 with two 420 hp P&W Wasp C-1 9-cyl radial engines while serving with Pan American Airways. It was later hired by Howard Hughes for a short time in 1935.

Air-Britain Archive 2003-02 / M.Best - Sikorsky american fixed-wing aircraft (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC2V

Creole Petroleum's S-38B NC2V, c/n 314-6.

Air-Britain Archive 2003-02 / M.Best - Sikorsky american fixed-wing aircraft (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC9138

S-38B NC9138 c/n 114-11 named "Colonial" by Canadian owners Colonial Airways was later renamed "Nonokas". It was the first to have the more streamlined sloping windscreen designed to improve performance and shed water better than the upright type.

Air-Britain Archive 2003-02 / M.Best - Sikorsky american fixed-wing aircraft (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC305N

NC305N c/n 414-3, an S-38C of Hawaii's Inter-Island Airways, has Townend ring cowlings and special 'tourist' oval windows. This is marked "USA M-32" below the cockpit.

Air-Britain Archive 2003-02 / M.Best - Sikorsky american fixed-wing aircraft (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC25V

NC25V c/n 414-16 was one of only two examples of the S-38BH. a high performance version with 575 hp P&W Hornet B engines with which a maximum speed of 143 mph and a cruising speed of 120 mph was claimed.

Air-Britain Archive 2003-02 / M.Best - Sikorsky american fixed-wing aircraft (3)

Sikorsky test pilot Boris Sergievsky in one of the two Hornet B powered S-38BHs, either NC25V (414-16) or NC40V (514-4). The engines have stub exhausts for high performance so Boris has a helmet with ear pads!

Aviation Historian 20 / P.Jarrett - The Blue Falcon

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ABYS   [10], NC15V   [10]

One of a sequence of glass-plate photographs taken of the Blue Falcon at Heston in April 1935, this shows the aircraft having its Pratt & Whitney Wasp engines run up. The S-38B was essentially similar to the S-38A, with more powerful engines and increased fuel capacity. By the time Francis acquired his, some 100 S-38s had been built for various customers.

Aviation Historian 20 / P.Jarrett - The Blue Falcon

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ABYS   [10], NC15V   [10]

Bearing the name Blue Falcon on its hull and wearing its American registration, NC15V, Francis Francis’s Sikorsky S-38B. After its arrival in the UK in the late spring of 1932, it was registered G-ABYS, as seen on the rear hull in the photograph, taken at Heston in April 1935.

Air-Britain Archive 2003-02 / M.Best - Sikorsky american fixed-wing aircraft (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC158H

NC158H c/n 114-18 was a 12-passenger S-38C conversion for Colonial and Western Airways with extra cabin windows aft. Rudder and balance areas have been increased by lengthened bottom rudders.

Air-Britain Archive 2003-02 / M.Best - Sikorsky american fixed-wing aircraft (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC113M

NC113M c/n 214-9 "Porto Alegre" of New York, Rio and Buenos Aires Airline (NYRBA). It later went to PAA and after being stolen by rebels it was crashed, killing all on board.

Air-Britain Archive 2003-02 / M.Best - Sikorsky american fixed-wing aircraft (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC9140

NC9140 c/n 114-14 was an S-38B Special for the Andean National Corporation of Colombia. Its name "ANCOL" appeared prominently on the nose but it was reported to have crashed before delivery.

Air-Britain Archive 2003-02 / M.Best - Sikorsky american fixed-wing aircraft (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC16V

S-38BH c/n 314-20 as NC16V but with no airline titles applied, probably before delivery to Pan American Airways.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2013-11 / Р.Вениаминов - "Рамы" небесные /Фотоархив/ (1)

Sikorsky S-38

Air-Britain Archive 2003-02 / M.Best - Sikorsky american fixed-wing aircraft (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC15V   [10], G-ABYS   [10]

S-38B c/n 314-19 was still marked NC15V when photographed at Geneva-Cointrin in July 1932. Of passing interest behind it is Fairey IIIF J9673 of 24 Sqn, Northolt!

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Fairey Fairey IIIF - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1926

Aviation Historian 20 / P.Jarrett - The Blue Falcon

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ABYS   [10], NC15V   [10]

The distinctive water tower in the background once again marks the location in this photograph as Heston. The amphibian was sometimes referred to as “The Explorer’s Air Yacht”, owing to its popularity with well-off private owners. Sikorsky’s first real commercial success, the S-38 made its maiden flight on June 25, 1928.

Air-Britain Archive 2003-02 / M.Best - Sikorsky american fixed-wing aircraft (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ABYS   [10], NC15V   [10]

SEA, LAND OR AIR: The Sikorsky (2 Wasps) of Mr. Francis Francis. The cabin is beautifully fitted, and this machine makes what is probably the most luxurious privately-owned aircraft in the country. It is in a similar Sikorsky that the Hutchinson family are flying to England, via Greenland, from New York.
C/n 314-19 was also re-registered G-ABYS in July 1932 with Capt Francis and is seen here at Heston on 9.9.32 in its new marks.

Aeroplane Monthly 1989-06 / Personal album. Civil

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ABYS   [10], NC15V   [10]

Francis Francis's Sikorsky S-38B G-ABYS photographed at its Heston base. Powered by two 425 h.p. Wasps, this 71ft 8in span air yacht cruised at 110 m.p.h. and originally cost around $50,000. Formerly NC15V, 'YS was later sold in France and on August 12, 1939 was lost in a crash at Calabar, Niger Colony.

Air-Britain Archive 2003-02 / M.Best - Sikorsky american fixed-wing aircraft (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: SE-EKN, NC11V

S-38B NC11V c/n 314-15 was purchased in 1930 by Margery Durant of Old Westbury, New York and named "Silver Wings". In 1934 it became SE-EKN as seen here - the registration only being visible on top of the wings. Export to the Spanish Republicans in June 1936 was banned but it found its way there in December via Holland and France. Damaged in an air raid on arrival at Bilbao it was flown to Santander for repairs. On its first test flight after months of delay on 30.7.37 it was shot down by 'friendly fire' from a group of Republican Polikarpov I-15s whose pilots were unable to identify it.

Aviation Historian 20 / P.Jarrett - The Blue Falcon

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC15V   [10], G-ABYS   [10]

Bearing the name Blue Falcon on its hull and wearing its American registration, NC15V, Francis Francis’s Sikorsky S-38B is inspected at an unknown location. After its arrival in the UK in the late spring of 1932, it was registered G-ABYS.

Air-Britain Archive 2003-02 / M.Best - Sikorsky american fixed-wing aircraft (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC28V, CF-ASO

NC28V c/n 414-19 was an S-38C which became CF-ASO of Canadian Airways. It had landing lights in streamlined pods under the wings and carried a seagull badge on the nose.

Aviation Historian 20 / P.Jarrett - The Blue Falcon

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ABYS   [10], NC15V   [10]

For waterborne operations, the S-38’s undercarriage was retracted by means of an ingenious system in which the rubber-tyred mainwheels were fitted to a hinged axle attached to the hull, the outboard wheel hub being attached to a telescopic tube system, which was hydraulically raised to bring the wheels parallel with the wings.

Air-Britain Archive 2003-02 / M.Best - Sikorsky american fixed-wing aircraft (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC159H, NR159H

S-38B NC159H c/n 114-19 was sold after use by Sikorsky as a testbed registered NR159H.

Aeroplane Monthly 1999-06 / S.Harding - Flight of the Carnauba

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC29V   [4]

NC52V c/n 914 was "Spirit of Africa", Martin Johnson's S-39CS with a Pratt & Whitney Wasp Junior S2A supercharged to produce 375 hp for the mountain-crossing African tour 1933-34. Zebra-striped S-38BS NC29V appears behind.
Martin and Osa Johnson spent two years and covered 60,000 miles in Africa in the 1930s on film work with Sikorsky S-39CS NC52V and S-38 NC29V.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Sikorsky S-39 - СШАUSA - 1929

Air-Britain Archive 2003-02 / M.Best - Sikorsky american fixed-wing aircraft (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC29V   [4]

NC29V "Osa's Ark" was a 7-seater with space for the carriage of supplies. It was the only S-38BS and had 450 hp Wasp SC1 engines for operation at 6,000 ft. Seen here in zebra stripe scheme at the start of the Africa tour with S-39 NC52V which accompanied it.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Sikorsky S-39 - СШАUSA - 1929

Flight 1933-11 / Flight

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC29V   [4]

ON SAFARI - WITH A CINE CAMERA: The two Sikorski amphibians - The Spirit of Africa with giraffe markings, and Osa's Ark with zebra markings - in which Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson have been carrying out an aerial expedition in Central Africa filming animal life.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Sikorsky S-39 - СШАUSA - 1929

Aeroplane Monthly 1999-06 / S.Harding - Flight of the Carnauba

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC29V   [4]

Spirit of adventure: Osa and Martin Johnson (no relation to Sam) and crew members with the original Sikorsky S-38B Osa’s Ark, probably during their African tour in 1933. Like Carnauba, this aircraft is also being replicated by Born Again Restorations.

Aeroplane Monthly 1999-06 / S.Harding - Flight of the Carnauba

H.F. Johnson and his companions pose before their departure on the 1935 expedition. From left: Al Schlanser (chief pilot); J. Hoy (co-pilot/radio operator); H.F. Johnson; Robert Gardiner (purchasing agent); and J.V. Steinle (research director). The journey took three months and covered 15,500 miles.

Aviation Historian 20 / P.Jarrett - The Blue Falcon

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC15V   [10], G-ABYS   [10]

Minus its outer wings and tailbooms, the S-38 is carefully hoisted from the deck of the RMS Berengaria to the dock at Southampton on its arrival from the USA in the late spring of 1932. At this point it was still registered in the USA as NC15V, and there appears to be conflicting evidence about when its UK registration was applied.

Air-Britain Archive 2003-02 / M.Best - Sikorsky american fixed-wing aircraft (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC142M

NC142M c/n 214-13 was one of the S-38 amphibians used by Charles Lindbergh (seen in the cockpit) to investigate and inaugurate the Caribbean flights for PAA which were an important factor in the airline's development.

Air-Britain Archive 2003-02 / M.Best - Sikorsky american fixed-wing aircraft (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N4V

S-38C "Moloca", N4V c/n 314-8 of InterIsland Airways, an earlier example of the four which they operated, shows the wheels in the retracted position. They could be operated separately, and a turn on the water could be steered by lowering the wheel on the inside of the turn.

Flight 1935-06 / Flight

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC146M

NC146M c/n 214-17 at San Juan, Puerto Rico, being refuelled from drums by two men on the wing, one man for each tank. This was the normal method and took an hour for each aircraft.

Air-Britain Archive 2003-02 / M.Best - Sikorsky american fixed-wing aircraft (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: PK-AKS, NC23V

S-38B NC23V c/n 414-14 went to the Netherlands East Indies as PK-AKS "Bakopa" for Nederlandsche Nieuw Guinea Petroleum (NNGPM) 7.36 but was destroyed by war operations 19.2.42.

Air-Britain Archive 2003-02 / M.Best - Sikorsky american fixed-wing aircraft (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC303N   [2]

Northwest Airways S-38B NC303N c/n 414-1 'on the step', airline titles on the nose and the inscription "A-M-9" on the tail boom, significance unknown.

Air International 1995-11 / G.Jones - Northwest is Northbest

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC303N   [2]

Two Sikorsky S-43 amphibians were added to Northwest's fleet in 1931 to serve Duluth which did not have an airport.

Aviation Historian 20 / P.Jarrett - The Blue Falcon

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ABYS   [10], NC15V   [10]

Following its stint in the UK as G-ABYS, the Blue Falcon was sold to French airline Aeromaritime, which was established in March 1935 to provide air services in French West and Equatorial Africa. In March 1936 the S-38 completed the airline’s first reconnaissance flight between Dakar (now in Senegal), Cotonou (Benin) and Pointe Noire (Republic of Congo).

Air-Britain Archive 2003-02 / M.Best - Sikorsky american fixed-wing aircraft (3)

An anonymous Inter-Island Airways S-38 over dramatic Hawaiian scenery.

Flight 1930-02 / Flight

HAWAIIAN AIR TRANSPORT: Two Sikorsky S.38 amphibians of Inter-Island Airways about to start on the inaugural flight from John Rodgers Airport Honolulu, to Hilo

Air-Britain Archive 2003-01 / M.Best - Sikorsky american fixed-wing aircraft (2)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC9753

The first S-38B NC9753 c/n 114-1 in the foreground at the Sikorsky factory at Long Island, New York. Owner R R McCormick, publisher of the Chicago Tribune, called it "'Untin' Bowler".

Flight 1932-09 / Flight

THE FAMILY TOUR: The Hutchinson family and crew, who attempted a flight from New York to Edinburgh in a Sikorsky amphibian, but came to grief in Greenland. Capt. George R. Hutchinson is shown seated with his wife and two daughters, Kathryn and Janet Lee. The others of the party are Peter Redpath, navigator, Joseph Ruff, mechanic, Gerald Altfilisch, radio operator, and Norman Alley, cameraman.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2020-03 / В.Морозов - Отчаянное время, отважные женщины

Гидросамолет «Сикорский» S-38, использующийся в качестве круизно-курортного транспорта. Тихоокеанское побережье США, начало 1930-х гг. Именно такую машину бразильские революционеры пытались угнать 25 сентября 1932 г. в г. Сан-Жуан-ди-Мерити.

Air-Britain Archive 2003-02 / M.Best - Sikorsky american fixed-wing aircraft (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: A-8284

US Navy PS-3 A-8284 was originally armed with nose and tail guns but, as seen here, the armament was removed. Later the 4 examples of the PS-3 were converted to RS-3 transports and three more were built as RS-3. This may be either c/n 114-12 or 114-17.

Air-Britain Archive 2003-02 / M.Best - Sikorsky american fixed-wing aircraft (3)

C-6 29-406 was the first S-38A to be purchased by the US Army and it was tested as No.XP-588. It has the additional cabin windows of the 12-seater and was followed by ten examples of the C-6A.

Air-Britain Archive 2003-02 / M.Best - Sikorsky american fixed-wing aircraft (3)

Two examples of the XPS-2 were S-38A variants which followed the XPS-1 into US Navy service, these in turn being followed by the PS-2, RS-3 and RS-4, all used as unarmed transports. Photo may show either c/n 14-8 or 14-9.

Flight 1941-12 / Flight

An impressive line-up of Stearman trainers on the airfield with a couple of Ryans and two Sikorski amphibians in the distance.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Ryan ST / PT-22 Recruit - СШАUSA - 1934Stearman PT-13 / PT-17 Kaydet / Model 73 (Boeing-Stearman) - СШАUSA - 1934

Air-Britain Archive 2002-04 / M.Best - Sikorsky american fixed-wing aircraft (1)

Igor Sikorsky, aged 41, flying his S-38 amphibian in 1931. The success of this aircraft established the Sikorsky company as a leading aircraft manufacturer.

Aeroplane Monthly 1999-06 / S.Harding - Flight of the Carnauba

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC6V   [8]

The replica is authentic in virtually every detail, including the hand-crafted wooden furnishings of the cabin. Although elegant, the passenger compartment is very noisy, thanks to the proximity of the two Wasp Junior engines.

Air-Britain Archive 2003-02 / M.Best - Sikorsky american fixed-wing aircraft (3)

Inside the S-38 cabin looking aft, with wicker type seats, no safety belts. Entry or escape was via the steps and the rear roof hatch. The forward hatch was over the pilot's cabin.

Aeroplane Monthly 1999-06 / S.Harding - Flight of the Carnauba

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC6V   [8]

The replica’s nearly completed hull sits on a dolly at BAR’S workshop. A cross between a pontoon and a boat hull, the structure includes both fore and aft hull-top access hatches.

Aeroplane Monthly 1999-06 / S.Harding - Flight of the Carnauba

Sikorsky S-38B amphibian