Pan American Airways’ Sikorsky S-42B NC16734, Samoan Clipper, moored at mechanic’s Bay, Auckland, New Zealand, December 1937. The flying boat in the background is a Short S.23 Empire, G-ADUT, named Centaurus. (Turnbull Library)
Sikorsky S-42B NC16794 Samoan Clipper, at Mechanic’s Bay, Auckland, New Zealand, December 1937