| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | NC81V |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-40 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-40 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky S-40 |
| C/n (msn): | 2001 |
| Operator Titles: | Pan American Airways System - PAA |
| Aircraft Name: | Caribbean Clipper |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| City / Seaplane Base: | Miami - Dinner Key Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Airport Codes: | None |
| Photo Date: | 23 November 1933 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 673147 |
| Photo Comment |
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Posing with the second S-40, in for maintenance in Dinner Key's Hangar 2. The bottom of the hull has been stripped and resealed. Despite the S-40's awkward and draggy appeance, it operated successfully and safely as one of the largest airliners of its day, carrying 38 passengers plus six crew, or 24 pax on longer flights. Photo from: Gleason Waite Romer / Miami-Dade Public Library This photo was added on 3 April 2024, and has since been viewed 389 times. |