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Edwin Musick sitting in between actors John Barrymore and Wallace Beery "The best thing about flying 'The world's most experienced airline' is that it actually is the world's most experienced airline". Life. January 8, 1971. pp. 16–17. "Edwin Musick". Pan Am Clipper Flying Boats
Apr 17, 2024 · The Sikorsky S-42 was a four-engine long-range flying boat built for Pan American Airways by the Vought-Sikorsky Aircraft Division of United Technologies at Stratford, Connecticut. It was 67 feet, 8 inches (20.625 meters) long with a wingspan of 114 feet, 2 inches (34.798 meters). The S-42 had an empty weight of 18,236 pounds (8,272 kilograms ...
EDWIN C. MUSICK. ED MUSICK One of America's most beloved early commercial pilots, Ed Musick was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1894 and moved to California with his family when he was 9 years old. His lifelong obsession with planes and flying began with a trip to the Dominguez air races during his second year of high school.
Nov 14, 2016 · The plane was the Sikorsky S-42B flying boat, Samoan Clipper, and Captain Edwin Musick was the veteran Pan American pilot. The historic flight carrying mail from Auckland, New Zealand landed successfully in Honolulu on January 3, 1938. But disaster struck on the flight home, and the plane exploded over the Pacific Ocean, killing its seven-man crew.
Aug 16, 2023 · Edwin Charles Musick (August 13, 1894 – January 11, 1938, Pago Pago, American Samoa) was Chief Pilot for Pan American World Airways and pioneered many of Pan Am's transoceanic routes including the famous route across the Pacific Ocean on the China Clipper. Biography.
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- August 13, 1894
- St Louis, St Louis, MO, United States
- January 11, 1938
Jan 11, 2024 · 11 January 1938: Pan American Airways’ Sikorsky S-42B NC16734, Samoan Clipper, took off from Pago Pago, American Samoa, enroute Auckland, New Zealand. The airplane had a crew of seven, commanded by Captain Edwin C. Musick, the airline’s senior pilot, and a cargo of mail. About two hours out, the number four engine began leaking oil.
Jan 23, 2018 · Edwin C Musick (I’ll refer to him from here on as Ed) was arguably the most famous pilot during the 1930s. He had supposedly obtained more flying records than any other pilot during that time and was licensed to fly any type of airplane. He was known to be the consummate professional, serious and fastidious about the job.
