FS2004 Sikorsky S-42 Brazilian Clipper NC-822M 4-engine (1)

FS2004 Sikorsky S-42 Brazilian Clipper NC-822M Sikorsky 4-engine flying boat flown by Pan American Airways 1934-1944. Used in Caribbean and South America, carrying up to 32 passengers and 5 crew. Range 1200 miles at cruising speed of 150 mph. At the time it was the largest plane built in the United States. NC-822M was first of 10 S-42s delivered to Pan Am. FSDS3. 5 model with virtual cockpit, passenger compartment, tailored XML instruments gauges including prop synchronizer. Animated fore and aft hatches. Model based on Sikorsky documents from New England Air Museum and pictures from U. of Miami library. A flying boat, not an amphibian. No true landing gear, but beaching gear provided. Can be taxied in and out of water. By George Diemer.