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'FLYING DUCK'

-8 seats
-110 mph
-10,480 lb. max. gross take-off weight
-595 mile range

Metal fuselage, wings were made of wood & metal covered with fabric.

1927 price
$50,000

The S-38 flew airmail from Miami to the Caribbean and Central America while pioneering many routes for Pan American.

Sikorsky S-38
Sikorsky S-38

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Sikorsky S-38

Mr. & Mrs. Lindbergh and Mr. & Mrs. Trippe on their survey route of the Caribbean Basin.

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