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    The Sikorsky VS-44 was a large four-engined flying boat built in the United States in the early 1940s by Sikorsky Aircraft. Based on the XPBS-1 patrol...
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    The Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 (or S-46) is an American single-engine helicopter designed by Igor Sikorsky. It had a single three-blade rotor originally powered...
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    the life of US Navy Admiral William "Bull" Halsey, the studio rented a Sikorsky VS-44A, N41881, named Mother Goose, from Catalina Air Lines, Inc., and painted...
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  • S-42 Sikorsky VS-44 "Excalibur": four-engine flying boat (1937) Sikorsky S-45: six-engine flying boat (for Pan Am), never built (1938) Sikorsky S-57/XV-2:...
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    PBY-4 flying boat and in 1939 AEA placed an order for three Vought-Sikorsky VS-44 flying boats, dubbed 'Flying Aces', named after the parent company's...
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    known as the Sikorsky HNS-1. In British service it was known as the Hoverfly. The VS-316 was developed from the famous experimental VS-300 helicopter...
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  • across the Atlantic to Foynes, Ireland. On one return trip, flying the Sikorsky VS-44, he passed up his refueling station on Newfoundland and continued on...
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  • (racing yacht), an Australian racing yacht Excalibur, one of three Sikorsky VS-44 flying boats Excalibur Aircraft Excalibur, an ultralight aircraft Excalibur...
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    ocean-crossing flying boats in the 1930s. In 1939, Sikorsky designed and flew the Vought-Sikorsky VS-300, the first viable American helicopter, which pioneered...
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  • Airlines borrowed three of the names (excepting Exochorda) for its Sikorsky VS-44 flying boats, which it used in transatlantic service. Excambion is preserved...
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    company then built the Vought-Sikorsky VS-44, Vought-Sikorsky OS2U Kingfisher, Vought-Sikorsky F4U Corsair and Vought-Sikorsky V-173 in the facility. After...
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  • Airlines Associated Air Transport Florida Miami 1949 1962 Operated Sikorsky VS-44, DC-3, C-46, L-749 Astar Air Cargo Florida ER DHL DAHL Cincinnati/Northern...
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    Chyetverikov MDR-3 Consolidated PB2Y Coronado Kawanishi H8K "Emily" Sikorsky VS-44 Tupolev MTB-2 Related lists List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force...
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    1949). In October 1942, the Excalibur, an American Export Airlines Sikorsky VS-44 flying boat, crashed and sank into the Bay of Exploits shortly after...
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  • Ansett Flying Boat Services. In 1967 the airline also acquired the last Sikorsky VS-44 "Excambian" that they operated until it was damaged in 1969. On 2 September...
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  • Zealand, Norway Sikorsky S-40 United States 1931 3 Sikorsky S-42 United States 1934 10 Sikorsky JRS-1/OA-8 United States 1935 53 Sikorsky VS-44/JR2S-1 United...
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    Flying boat Transport 1934 Sikorsky S-43 US Amphibian Transport 1935 Sikorsky VS-44 Excalibur & PBS US Flying boat Transport 1937 Singular Aircraft SA03...
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  • airliner flying boat Sikorsky S-42 4-engine airliner flying boat Sikorsky S-43 twin-engine airliner amphibious flying boat Sikorsky VS-44 four-engine airliner...
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    Grumman Goose, Grumman Mallard, Short Sandringham S-25 and Vought Sikorsky VS-44. The terminal was named the Charles F. Blair, Jr. terminal in honor...
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  • Catalina version), Grumman Goose, Short Sandringham (S-25) and Vought Sikorsky VS-44, and Grumman Mallard. Both Antilles Airboats and The Virgin Islands...
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  • The Vought V-326 (alternatively Vought-Sikorsky VS-326) was an American experimental aircraft used by Pratt & Whitney as a high altitude engine test bed...
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    fastest, most innovative flying machines in existence. Featured Aircraft: Sikorsky VS-44 flying boat, Supermarine S.6 racing seaplane, de Havilland Canada DHC-2...
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  • providing flights between New York City and Lisbon, Portugal, using Sikorsky VS-44 flying boats. July 20 – Fleet Air Arm Swordfish of No. 813 Squadron...
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  • to 44 aircraft would be purchased. Despite the MOD at the time having yet to release a formal requirement, Airbus Helicopters, Leonardo and Sikorsky (part...
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    The Mikoyan Project 1.44/1.42 (Russian: Микоян МиГ-1.44; NATO reporting name: Flatpack) is a multirole fighter technology demonstrator developed by the...
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    Vought-Sikorsky VS-300. He bought every book on helicopter development that he could find, and in the early 1940s he began design work on the XH-44, at the...
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    must be countered by an opposed torque. The design that Igor Sikorsky settled on for his VS-300 was a smaller tail rotor. The tail rotor pushes or pulls...
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  • Brooks balloon basket - the oldest surviving American-built aircraft the Sikorsky VS-44A - the sole remaining American-built commercial trans-oceanic four-engine...
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     447–448. ISBN 0-87021-792-5. Doll, Thomas E., and B.R. Jackson. "Vought-Sikorsky OS2U Kingfisher". Aircraft in Profile, Volume 14. Windsor, Berkshire, UK:...
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    research for Vought XF5U Vought V-326 – High-altitude test aircraft Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 – Helicopter List of German WW II prototypes and projects Wikimedia...
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