The Sikorsky XSS was an American two-seat
amphibious
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flying boat
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built by
Sikorsky Aircraft
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for evaluation by the
United States Navy
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in 1933, for
carrier-borne
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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.
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1930s United States military reconnaissance aircraft
S1S
Flying boats
Single-engined tractor aircraft
High-wing aircraft
Gull-wing aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1933
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