Sikorsky S38-A "The Flying Fish" amphibian plane, Lake Arrowhead, 1929
Description
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: AH 82 - 83 - 84 - 85 - 86 - 87 - 88 - 89 90 - 91 - 92 - 93 - 94 - 95 - 96 97 98 - 99 -100 -101 -102 -103 File 2037 Western Air Express Sirkosky [sic] [should read: Sikorsky] plane lands on Lake Arrowhead, 1929. One of very first airplanes to land on lake. Lake Arrowhead 2037 Photo by Adelbert Bartlett, 535 15th Street, Santa Monica, Calif, Handwritten at edge of negative: AH 97, Bird's-eye view of Sikorsky S38-A "The Flying Fish" amphibian plane at dock on Lake Arrowhead, with spectators on boats, dock, and shore, with shoreline and trees in background, This Sikorsky S-38A, Western Air Express 'Flying Fish,’ was registration number NC8021. Built 1928, crashed Avalon Harbour CA 5.6.29. Cf. Civil Aircraft Register - United States, Golden Years of Aviation, http://www.goldenyears.ukf.net/reg_N18.htm, Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.