| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | NC16734 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-42 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-42 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky S-42B |
| C/n (msn): | 4207 |
| Operator Titles: | Pan American Airways System - PAA |
| Aircraft Name: | Samoan Clipper |
| Location | |
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| City / Seaplane Base: | Auckland - Mechanics Bay Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Airport Codes: | None |
| Photo Date: | 27 December 1937 to 31 December 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 428902 |
| Photo Comment |
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Highly symbolic of the end of the era of exploration in aviation: an American and a British flying boat on route surveying flights meet up in far-flung New Zealand. The Short S.23 Empire of Imperial Airways is G-ADUT Centaurus. Pan Am's Samoan Clipper arrived back in Honolulu on 3 January 1938. Unfortunately, during her next flight to New Zealand she exploded south of Pago Pago, American Samoa, on 11 January, kiling her seven crew including the famous Captain Ed Musick. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library This photo was added on 9 January 2022, and has since been viewed 446 times. |