| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | NR823M |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-42 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-42 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky S-42 |
| C/n (msn): | 4201 |
| Operator Titles: | Pan American Airways System - PAA |
| Aircraft Name: | Pan American Clipper |
| Location | |
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| Location: | In Flight |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1 January 1935 to 12 November 1936 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 427027 |
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Overflying the under-construction San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, which is not the Golden Gate Bridge. San Francisco is the closest US west coast city to Hawaii and Pan Am's Pacific flying boat terminal was to be built on artificial Treasure Island, to the left of Yerba Buena Island, in the background. The S-42 had insufficient range to start transoceanic services but Pan American Clipper was used for experimental Pacific flights, hence the NR registration. Photo by: Clyde Sunderland / California State Library This photo was added on 2 January 2022, and has since been viewed 957 times. |