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The Sikorsky S-38


 

Igor Sikorsky
Photo: Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum

Interior of NY Factory
Photo: Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum

S-38's Parked Outside NY Factory
Photo: Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum

S-39-CS "Spirit of Africa" and
S-38-BS "Osa's Ark"
Photo: Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum

S-39-CS "Spirit of Africa" and
S-38-BS "Osa's Ark"
Photo: Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum

S-38-BS "Osa's Ark"
Photo: Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum

"Osa's Ark" and a Rhino
Picture taken from S-39 "Spirit of Africa"
Photo: Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum

S-38-BS "Osa's Ark"
Note: Lions in foreground
Serengeti, Tanganyika - 1933
Photo: Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum

Fueling Osa's Ark
Photo: Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum

Inside S-38-BS "Osa's Ark"
Photo: Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum

Vern Carstens (left), Martin and Osa Johnson
Photo: Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum

S-38-A

Pan Am S-38
Dinner Key - 1928
Photo: Florida State Archives

Pan Am S-38
Charles Lindbergh - 1929
Photo: Florida State Archives

Pan Am S-38
Miami, FL - Feb 13, 1929
Charles Lindbergh - Pilot
Photo: Florida State Archives

Pan Am S-38
First Arrival of Airmail from Panama
Miami, FL - Feb 13, 1929
Charles Lindbergh - Pilot
Photo: Florida State Archives

Two Sikorsky C-6a's flying.
The C-6a was a military version of the S-38,
used primarily for transport and target towing.
A total of 1 C-6 and 10 C-6a's were ordered.
Photo: USAF

S-38 "Blue Falcon"
of Standard Oil heir, Francis Francis
Gland, Switzerland
Photo: Francis family archives

S-38 "Blue Falcon"
Lake Geneva at Chateau Solveig
Switzerland
Photo: Francis family archives

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Photos from the Johnsons 1933/34 Safari

The Johnson's 1933/34 Safari - South Africa

The Royale Line's S-38


S-38 Production History

S-38 Specifications


Sikorsky S-38 Links

The Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum
Spirit of Adventure" - SC Johnson S-38 Page
Sikorsky S-38 "Spirit of Carnuba" Replica

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