| "The Explorer's Air Yacht" or "The Flying Yacht" was the first flying boat created by Sikorsky Aircraft. One hundred ten S-38 Sikorsky's were produced and used by adventure seekers and fledging airline companies. Chalks Airlines(Florida's own and the oldest continuously operating airline in the world began operations with an S-38. Inter-Island Airways now known as Hawaiian Airlines began 76 years ago with two of these aircraft. Pan American World AirWays flew the S-38 on flights from Minneapolis to such remote locations as Duluth, MN during that same period. The US Army put many of these aircraft to work during the war. Charles Lindbergh surveyed South America and Pacific Ocean routes for Pan Am and also opened the mail routes from Miami to Rio de Jeranio and Miami to Panama. Robert McCormick , a newspaper publisher, surveyed commercial air routes between North America and Europe using the S-38. J. H. Whitney a venture capitalist used the S-38 for Luxury Transport. The Flying Hutchinsons made the first attempt by a family to fly around the world. Osa and Martin Johnson were film makers who explored Africa in an S-38 making the first film documentaries and writing books of their explorations. Herbert Johnson, of the S.C. Johnson family, explored South America in his S-38 in search of the carnauba wax palm, the source of the world's hardest natural wax. |
| S-38 Sikorsky |
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