| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUV |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.813 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Cambria |
| Location | |
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| City / Seaplane Base: | Port Washington - Tom's Point Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Airport Codes: | None |
| Photo Date: | 7 August 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 419654 |
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During the 1930s and 1940s there was a New York Seaplane Airport outside the city in Port Washington, Long Island. Both Pan Am and Imperial Airways used it pending the completion of La Guardia's Marine Air Terminal. Their Sikorsky S-42 and Short Empire class flying boats didn't have enough range for transatlantic services and only proving flights were made, although a limited commercial service was started between Bermuda and New York. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution This photo was added on 10 December 2021, and has since been viewed 574 times. |