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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.
| MODEL | S-43 |
| CREW | 3-4 |
| PASSENGERS | 15 |
| ENGINE | 2 x 750hp Pratt-Whitney "Hornet" |
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 8662 kg | 19097 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 26.21 m | 85 ft 12 in |
| Length | 15.60 m | 51 ft 2 in |
| Height | 5.38 m | 17 ft 8 in |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 306 km/h | 190 mph |
| Ceiling | 6310 m | 20700 ft |
| Range | 1247 km | 775 miles |
| 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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Do you have any comments about this aircraft ?
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