Aircraft Photo of NC16927 | Sikorsky S-43 | Pan American Airways System - PAA | AirHistory.net #425090
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:NC16927
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-43
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-43 (JRS)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-43
C/n (msn):4316
Operator Titles:Pan American Airways System - PAA
Location
City / Seaplane Base:Ward Cove - Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:Alaska, United States
Airport Codes:None
 
Photo Date:8 August 1938 to 9 August 1938
Photo from:Peter de Jong Collection
Photo ID: 425090
Photo Comment

Returning from its trip to Juneau, NC16927 again called at the City Float in Ketchikan but the flying boat spent the night moored at a settlement then called Wacker City, on the west side of Ward(s) Cove. More test flights followed and larger four-engined S-42s docked exclusively in Ward Cove according to local historian Dave Kiffer. These flights were discontinued in 1940. Photo from: Dan Shumaker collection

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