page_title: Sikorsky S-38
section_title: Private operators
hierarchical_section_title: Sikorsky S-38 / Operators / Private operators
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Sikorsky S-38B (Replica) N28V (cn B414-20) geschilderd als Osa's Ark. Met Osa's Ark maakten de filmmakers Martin en Osa Johnson talrijke natuurfilms in Afrika.English: Sikorsky S-38B (Replica) N28V (cn B414-20) painted as Osa's Ark. Filmmakers Martin and Osa Johnson explored Africa extensively, making safari movies and books, in the zebra-striped S-38 Osa's Ark, with companion giraffe-patterned S-39 Spirit of Africa,
context_page_description: The Sikorsky S-38 was an American twin-engined eight-seat sesquiplane amphibious aircraft. It was Sikorsky's first widely produced amphibious flying boat, serving successfully for Pan American Airways and the United States Army. The S-38 was sometimes called "The Explorer's Air Yacht", as it had numerous private owners who received notoriety for their exploits.
context_section_description: Some notable private owners include:
  Flying Hutchinsons – first attempted around-the-world flight by a family
  Howard Hughes
  Herbert Fisk Johnson, Jr. – Explored the northeastern part of Brazil in search of the carnauba palm, and to research carnauba wax, the source of the world's hardest natural wax. The Spirit of Carnauba, a replica of this aircraft, is on display in Fortaleza Hall on the S. C. Johnson campus.
  Martin and Osa Johnson – In the zebra-striped S-38 Osa's Ark, with companion giraffe-patterned S-39 Spirit of Africa, explored Africa extensively, making safari movies and books.
  Charles Lindbergh – surveyed South American and Pacific Ocean routes for Pan Am with Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
  Robert R. McCormick, newspaper publisher – surveyed commercial air routes between North America and Europe.
caption: Osa's Ark S-38
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