Hawaiian Airlines S-43

In keeping with my last Time Capsule on Pan Am's Martin M-130 China Clipper, I wanted to  show another early flying boat service by Hawaiian Airlines.  This spectacular photo shows Hawaiian's second aircraft, the Sikorsky S-43, in 1934.  The caption follows: [The S-43] is shown here cruising past the rugged northern coastline of Molokai.  The S-43 and the original aircraft—another Sikorsky amphibian—were always scheduled for land operations, only making water landings on charter flights. The Douglas DC-3 followed the Sikorsky ships in 1939 as mainstay of the Hawaiian fleet, terminating the policy of only operating aircraft capable of touching down on water as well as land.