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Six S-36 amphibians were built, each with two 200hp Wright Whirlwind engines. The US Navy used this S-36B on transport and utility duties as the XPS-1. Other S-36s, carrying two crew and up to six passengers on two facing bench seats with a table between, were delivered to Andean National Corporation and, on 7 December 1927, to the newly formed Pan American Airways for survey flights in the Caribbean.
An S-36, named Dawn, was bought by Mrs Frances Grayson, a niece of President Wilson, who wanted to be the first woman to fly the Atlantic. After take-off on 23 December 1927, with Mrs Grayson and two pilots on board, it vanished over the ocean.
| harvey Horn, harmini(@)optonline.net, 07.07.2008 I was a navigator in WW2. I trained at the Dinner Key, Florida Pan Am school of Navigation. We flew in a 2 engine flying boat.
I would like to get a picture of this plane. I am in the process of writing my WW2 experinces. | | Gavin Will, boulder(@)nl.rogers.com, 21.06.2007 Hello:
I am looking for a photo of Frances Grayson and her Sikorsky for a book that I am close to completing. So far, I have not been able to find any photos of her. I notice, however, that your avia.russian.ee website includes a photo of what appears to be Mrs. Grayson posing on the nose of her plane. Would it be possible to obtain a large jpeg or TIFF file? I would be happy to attribute the photo properly, and to provide you with a complimentary copy of the book once it is published this summer.
Thank you
Gavin Will
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Do you have any comments about this aircraft ?
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