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The Sikorsky S-45 was a proposed double-deck transoceanic flying boat originally designed in 1938 by Sikorsky Aircraft for Pan Am. The high wing monoplane featured a single-step hull with a triple-tail and was to be powered by six Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone engines which were being developed at the time. The aircraft would have competed with the Boeing 314 but no examples of the S-45 were ever manufactured.[1][2][3]

S-45
Role Proposed flying boat airliner
National origin United States
Manufacturer Sikorsky Aircraft
Number built 0

Specifications


Data from Global Security[1]

General characteristics

Performance


References


  1. "Sikorsky S-45 Flying Boat". www.globalsecurity.org. 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  2. "The American Fixed Wing Era". www.sikorskyarchives.com. Sikorsky Archives. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  3. Johnson, E.R. (2009). American Flying Boats and Amphibious Aircraft: An Illustrated History. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 340. ISBN 978-0-7864-3974-4.



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