No, the 314 had four engines and was larger than the Sikorsky. THis was a
small 2-engined aircraft. After pouring over a Wikipedia page listing all
amphibious aircraft ever made, I found that it was a Douglas Dolphin:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Dolphin
Now that is one very rare sighting.
>
>Based on timeframe and the three vertical stabilizers, I'd guess the Boeing
>314 Clipper.
>On May 14, 2016 14:13, "Chris Trask" <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On weekends here one of the broadcast movie channels will show
>> entertaining movies from as far back as the 1930s, a series known as
>> "Popcorn Movies". Today they started with "Robinson Crusoe on Mars", which
>> is always worth watching. But then they followed it with an obscure one,
>> "Robinson Crusoe of Mystery Island", which was released in 1936. I almost
>> didn't watch this until I saw footage of the airship USS Macon (ZRS-5)
>> being towed out of the hangar at Moffett Field:
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Macon_%28ZRS-5%29
>>
>> Minutes later there is in-flight and landing film footage of a
>> Sikorsky S-42 Flying Boat:
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_S-42
>>
>> and shortly afterwards there is footage of a twin-engined flying boat that
>> I cannot readily identify. It has the lines of a Grumman design, and it
>> has three vertical stabilisers.
>>
>> The movie itself is a bit corny, but seeing these and possibly other
>> aircraft makes it worth watching.
>>
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
>> - Hunter S. Thompson
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