The Sikorsky S-34 was a 1920s
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six-seat
sesquiplane, designed and built by the
Sikorsky Manufacturing Corporation
Sikorsky Aircraft is an American aircraft manufacturer based in Stratford, Connecticut. It was established by aviation pioneer Igor Sikorsky in 1923 and was among the first companies to manufacture helicopters for civilian and military use.
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Sikorsky S-38
The Sikorsky S-38 was an American twin-engined ten-seat sesquiplane amphibious aircraft. It was Sikorsky's first widely produced amphibious flying boat, serving successfully for Pan American Airways and the United States military.
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Design and development
The S-34 was a sesquiplane amphibian with a boat hull, being powered by two tractor
Wright Whirlwind J-4 engines.
It had a boom-mounted twin-rudder tail unit and room inside the hull for five passengers.
During a test flight in November 1927, one engine failed and the S-34 crashed and sank. Igor Sikorksy and the others on board escaped without injury but the S-34 was destroyed.
It was the first Sikorsky aircraft with a boat hull and would lead to a family of similar flying boats and amphibians.
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1920s United States civil utility aircraft
S-034
Flying boats
Sesquiplanes
Aircraft first flown in 1926
Twin piston-engined tractor aircraft