Sikorsky S-43 / JRS
1936
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Sikorsky S-43 / JRS

Eleven-fifteen-passenger commercial amphibian powered by two 559kW Pratt & Whitney Hornet engines and known as the Baby Clipper as a smaller version of the S-42. Production aircraft went into service with Pan American Airways and a number of other airlines for operations in Norway, West Africa, Russia, China, Hawaiian and Philippine islands and South America. The US Navy/ Marine Corps and USAAC also used the type as a general-purpose aircraft.

Sikorsky S-43 / JRS


Specification 
 MODELS-43
 CREW3-4
 PASSENGERS15
 ENGINE2 x 750hp Pratt-Whitney "Hornet"
 WEIGHTS
    Take-off weight8662 kg19097 lb
 DIMENSIONS
    Wingspan26.21 m85 ft 12 in
    Length15.60 m51 ft 2 in
    Height5.38 m17 ft 8 in
 PERFORMANCE
    Max. speed306 km/h190 mph
    Ceiling6310 m20700 ft
    Range1247 km775 miles

Sikorsky S-43 / JRS

The S-43 built for Howard Hughes for his planned round-the-world flight

Comments 
David Bartlett, Dave1bart(@)prodigy.net, 21.05.2009

Jess- horsepower is directly convertable to Kilowatts. 559kw is the same as 750 hp.

Eu, asdasda(@)hotmail.com, 23.12.2008

Ó Paí, Ó

Michael Shawn, shawnmik(@)yahoo.com, 08.10.2008

Couldn't help but marvel at your beautiful plane. Is this the same airplane that was parked in Pearland Texas in the late 80's and early 90's?

Jess Bootenhoff, jbootenhof(@)aol.com, 02.05.2008

I am the captain of the pictured S-43 aircraft,N-440. What is a 559kw engine ?

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