@maxschell8823
Wonderful! My grandfather began working for Sikorsky in 1935, the heyday of flying boat aviation. A native of Stratford, CT I recognize some of the landmarks surrounding the Sikorsky Aircraft facility. I built a 1/8 super scale Sikorsky S-38 with the Pan Am logo. Thanks for the video.
@marioberti7794
I loved this film!I was raised in Venezuela in the 1950 es/sent for 4 years of high school to USA flying 6 times a year to NYC on Dc6 of PanAm(XMS,Easter,SummerVacations).Back to Italy in 1952 shuttling Caracas Rome on AF Super Constellations .I Italy hired by Alitalia because of knowledge of French English Spanish sent as Airport mngr to New Delhi,Israel,DubaiMogadishu,area inspector x Jeddah,Teheran,Support for Addis Ababa an finally transferred to last station Lagos for 7 years with a stint in Casablanca.Retired in 2002 x medical reasons .During these 40 yrs of civil aviation worked with Convair 220/Fokker 27/Dc3/Dc4/Dc6/Dc7/Viscounts/Caravels/Dc8 -43 nd 62/Dc10/Boeing 727/B747Dc9/Md11/Md61/62/63/Boeing 767.After retirement was hired by local airline for my experience on their aircraft Md62 nd 63 flying on Nigerian network of about 11 to 14 airports daily with above 2 mentioned aircraft Md 62and 63. I love aviation .the managerial challenge if participating to the creation an development of civil aviation an after 23 yrs of retirement I still look up when I hear or see an aircraft landing or taking off from the nearby airport of Rome leonardo da vinci code FCO.
@Agwings1960
Taking a clipper across the ocean in the 1930's wasn't just a trip, it was an adventure
@PlayingWithFireOutdoors
Great compilation!
@rEdf196
Last February the golden age of the flying boat, here on Sproat Lake Canada ended with the final departure of the colossal Martin JRM (Philippine) Mars on her last voyage to the Pima Air Museum in Tucson Arizona. Last August, in 2024 The other Hawaii Mars left for the BC Air Museum near Victoria Canada, I lived very close to the 2 Mars flying boats while in service as fire fighting water bombers since the 1960's until early 2010's. I miss them so much.
@MDSBock
Very well done video or documentary, I really enjoyed it. It must have cost a small fortune for PanAma to set-up all the ports from Hawaii to Japan but I believe the US government gave huge subsidies to PanAma...
@maxschell8823
For those aviation flying boat enthusiast there are two Sikorsky flying boats in the New England Air Museum. i.e. the S-39 and VS-44. The VS-44 was the largest and last of the Sikorsky flying boats. The S-39 is a single engine aircraft. The Sikorsky S-43 is in the National Air and Space Museum, Udzar Hazy Center. I believe this S-43 was on the ground in Hawaii when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. There is a S-43 in the Fantasy of Flight Museum, FL. At one time this S-43 was owned by Howard Hugh's. Other Sikorsky flying boats i.e. the Sikorsky S-41 and S-42 are lost and gone forever. I believe there is a Sikorsky S-38 in the Fantasy of Flight Museum, FL.
@maxschell8823
Great read if you are interested in the story of Pan AM is the book, "An American Saga Juan Trippe and His Pan Am Empire" by Robert Daily.
@philipmcdonagh1094
No mention of Cobh in Cork Ireland. Yep the flying boats landed there.
@RedneckSpaceman
One thing about these Ships, you don't have to worry about running out of runway!!
@tomkent4656
What was their flying altitude?
@ianmcsherry5254
A 3 minute + ad for overpriced American toilet cleaner? Unskippable? YouTube is going to the dogs.
@marioberti7794
I loved this film!I was raised in Venezuela in the 1950 es/sent for 4 years of high school to USA flying 6 times a year to NYC on Dc6 of PanAm(XMS,Easter,SummerVacations).Back to Italy in 1952 shuttling Caracas Rome on AF Super Constellations .I Italy hired by Alitalia because of knowledge of French English Spanish sent as Airport mngr to New Delhi,Israel,DubaiMogadishu,area inspector x Jeddah,Teheran,Support for Addis Ababa an finally transferred to last station Lagos for 7 years with a stint in Casablanca.Retired in 2002 x medical reasons .During these 40 yrs of civil aviation worked with Convair 220/Fokker 27/Dc3/Dc4/Dc6/Dc7/Viscounts/Caravels/Dc8 -43 nd 62/Dc10/Boeing 727/B747Dc9/Md11/Md61/62/63/Boeing 767.After retirement was hired by local airline for my experience on their aircraft Md62 nd 63 flying on Nigerian network of about 11 to 14 airports daily with above 2 mentioned aircraft Md 62and 63. I love aviation .the managerial challenge if participating to the creation an development of civil aviation an after 23 yrs of retirement I still look up when I hear or see an aircraft landing or taking off from the nearby airport of Rome leonardo da vinci code FCO.
@Dronescapes