The year 1919 was memorable in the history of aviation for the first successful flight across the Atlantic, achieved by aviators of the United States Navy using NC flying boats, jointly developed by the United States Navy and the Curtiss Engineering Corporation, the N in the designation standing for navy and the C for Curtiss. [...]
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Bridgeport, Connecticut
Specifications from Aero Digest, April, 1935:
• Thirty-seven place high-wing seaplane. ATC 544. Four P. & W. S5D-1G Hornet engines, 700 horsepower each.
Span 114 feet 2 inches. Length overall 67 feet 8 inches. Height overall 17 feet 4 inches. Wing area 1330 square feet. Power loading 13.57 pounds per horsepower. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
