| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | NC55V |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-39 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-39 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky S-39B |
| C/n (msn): | 917 |
| Operator Titles: | Varney Air Ferries |
| Location | |
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| Location: | Not known |
| Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1932 to 1933 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 389473 |
| Photo Comment |
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A February 1932 article in Time magazine makes clear the original Air Ferries company in the San Francisco Bay area only operated until the fall of 1931. Walter Varney gave it another try, flying between the 'landing button' at Pier 5 in San Francisco and the Bay Airdrome in Alameda. The 'big' Loening C-2 was replaced by the Sikorsky S-39, a single-engined derivative of the S-38. The fare was reduced to $1, but the air service ceased again in August 1933, several years before the opening of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge which is blamed for its demise. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum This photo was added on 7 September 2021, and has since been viewed 451 times. |