Built for passenger comfort, the Vought-Sikorsky VS-44 Flying Boat offered luxurious accommodations that ... and just one of the “Flying Aces” remains — the “Excambian,” which is on display at the New ...

Its development was driven by Pan American World Airways, which in 1931 issued a requirement for a long-range flying boat to expand its global routes. Sikorsky answered the call, and three years ...