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SIKORSKY S-40

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Bridgeport, Connecticut
Specifications from Aero Digest, April, 1935:
• President: Fred W. Neilson. Vice-president in charge of engineering: Igor I. Sikorsky.
Forty-five place high-wing seaplane. A TC 454. Four P. & W. Hornet engines, 575 horsepower each.
Span 114 feet. Length overall 76 feet 8 inches. Height overall 23 feet 10 inches. Wing [...]

SEVERSKY Model SEV-3M

Seversky Aircraft Corporation, Farmingdale, New York
Specifications from Aero Digest, April, 1935:
• President: Alexander P. de Seversky. Vice-president: R. G. Ervin. Chief Engineer: A. Kartveli. Export representative: Miranda Bros., 6 E. 45th Street, New York, N. Y.
Two- or three-place open amphibion. Wright Whirlwind engine, 420 horsepower.
Span 36 feet. Length overall 26 feet 4 [...]

MARTIN Model 130

From Aero Digest, April, 1935:
The Glenn L. Martin Company, Baltimore, Maryland
• President: Glenn L. Martin. Vice-president and Assistant General Manager: L. C. Milburn. Chief Engineer: B. C. Boulton.
Fifty-place closed high-wing flying boat.
Four Pratt & Whitney twin-row Wasp (geared) engines, 800 horsepower each. Span 130 feet. Length overall 90 feet 10.5 inches. Height overall 24 feet [...]

Fairchild Amphibion XA-942

From Aero Digest, April, 1935
:
Fairchild Aircraft Corporation, Hagerstown, Maryland
• Ten-place high-wing amphibion. Pratt and Whitney Hornet S3Dl engine, 645 horsepower. Span 57 feet. Length overall 45 feet 9 inches. Height overall 15 feet 11 inches. Wing area 475 square feet. Power loading 13.2 pounds per horsepower. Wing loading 17.9 pounds per square foot.

Empty weight 4972 [...]

Curtiss-Wright Amphibian CA-1

From Aero Digest, April, 1935:
Curtiss-Wright Airplane Company, Robertson, Missouri
• President: Ralph S. Damon. Vice-president and General Manager: G. J. Brandeweide. Sales Manager: E. K. Campbell. Chief Engineer: George Page. Export representative: Curtiss-Wright Export Corporation, Rockefeller Center, New York City, N. Y.
Five-place biplane pusher-type amphibion.
Wright Whirlwind R-975-E1 engine, 365 horsepower.
Span 40 feet. Length [...]

Argonaut Pirate

from the April, 1935 Aero Digest:
• President: J. Leroy Sutton. Vice-president and General Manager: Howard J. Heindel!.
Three-place high-wing pusher-type amphibian.

Menasco Pirate C-4 engine, 125 horsepower.

Span 35 feet 4 inches.
Length overall 26 feet.
Height overall 8 feet 2 inches.
Wing area 185 square feet.
Power loading 15 pounds per horsepower.
Wing [...]