Sikorsky S-43

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The Sikorsky S-43 is a 1930s American twin-engine amphibious flying boat airliner used for passenger and cargo transport over short to medium routes, including by Pan American Airways.

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Label Occurrences
Sikorsky S-43 canonical 2

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf airliner ⓘ
amphibious flying boat ⓘ
twin‑engine aircraft ⓘ
airframeType flying boat hull ⓘ
airlineOperator Avianca ⓘ
Brazilian Air Force ⓘ
Inter-Island Airways ⓘ
Pan American Airways ⓘ
Panair do Brasil ⓘ
category 1930s United States airliners ⓘ
amphibious aircraft ⓘ
flying boats ⓘ
twin‑piston‑engine aircraft ⓘ
civilRegistrationExample NC-16934 ⓘ
configuration high‑wing ⓘ
strut‑braced monoplane ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
crew 3 ⓘ
designedBy Igor Sikorsky ⓘ
developedFrom Sikorsky S-42 ⓘ
engineConfiguration twin‑engine ⓘ
engineType radial piston engine ⓘ
firstFlight 1935 ⓘ
introduced 1930s ⓘ
landingGear retractable landing gear for land operations ⓘ
manufacturer Sikorsky Aircraft ⓘ
militaryOperator United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
nickname Baby Clipper ⓘ
notableAccident Sikorsky S-43 owned by Howard Hughes crashed in Lake Mead in 1943 ⓘ
numberBuilt approximately 53 ⓘ
powerplantExample Pratt & Whitney R-1690 Hornet ⓘ
primaryUsePeriod 1930s ⓘ
1940s ⓘ
role short‑ to medium‑range airliner ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
takeoffAndLanding amphibious ⓘ
typicalPassengerCapacity 18 ⓘ
usedBy Howard Hughes ⓘ
Soviet government (single example) ⓘ
usedFor cargo transport ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ
usedOnRoutes Caribbean routes ⓘ
Latin American routes ⓘ
inter‑island routes in Hawaii ⓘ
wingPlacement parasol wing ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wright R-1820 → usedOnAircraft → Sikorsky S-43 ⓘ
subject linked to: Wright R-1820 radial engine
Sabena → operatedAircraftType → Sikorsky S-43 ⓘ