Sikorsky XSS
The Sikorsky XSS was an American two-seat amphibious flying boat built by Sikorsky Aircraft for evaluation by the United States Navy in 1933, for carrier-borne and/or catapult-launched scouting duties. Design and development The XSS-1 was powered by a Pratt & Whitney R-1340D Wasp engine in a strut-mounted pod above the center-section of the high-mounted gull-wing, forward of the cockpit which was aft of the wing. See also References Citations Bibliography 1930s United States military reconnaissance aircraft S1S Flying boats Single-engined tractor aircraft High-wing aircraft Gull-wing aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1933