Edwin C. Musick (August 13, 1894, St. Louis, Missouri – January 11, 1938, Pago Pago, American Samoa) was Chief Pilot for Pan American World Airways and pioneered many of Pan Am's transoceanic routes including the famous route across the Pacific Ocean on the China Clipper. Musick learned flying at a flying school in Los Angeles in the years leading up to World War I. In 1917 he joined the Aviation Section, U.S.

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  • Edwin C. Musick (August 13, 1894, St. Louis, Missouri – January 11, 1938, Pago Pago, American Samoa) was Chief Pilot for Pan American World Airways and pioneered many of Pan Am's transoceanic routes including the famous route across the Pacific Ocean on the China Clipper. Musick learned flying at a flying school in Los Angeles in the years leading up to World War I. In 1917 he joined the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps (later called the United States Army Air Service) in San Diego as a flight instructor. During the war he taught at airfields in Wichita Falls, Texas, and Miami, Florida. It was in Florida after the war that Musick founded his own flying school and surpassed the 10,000 flying hours mark. In October 1927, Musick joined Pan American as it was just starting operations. He made the company's inaugural mail flight to Havana, Cuba from Key West, Florida, that same year. Musick was promoted to chief pilot for Pan American's Caribbean Division in 1930. In 1934, Musick was chosen to make the trial flights for the new Sikorsky S-42 flying boat. During these stringent test flights, Musick collected 10 world records for seaplanes. Musick's work on these trials led to him piloting the first two trans-Pacific survey routes for Pan American in 1935. Because of his exploits with Pan American, Musick was one of the best known pilots of the 1930s, even making the cover of Time Magazine on December 2, 1935. Also that year, he received the Harmon Trophy. At one point during the 1930s, Musick held more flying records than any other pilot. At the time of his death, Captain Musick had reportedly flown about two million transocean miles in airline service. Musick and his crew of six died in the crash of the S-42 Samoan Clipper near Pago Pago, American Samoa, on a cargo and survey flight to Auckland, New Zealand. About one hour after take-off the aircraft reportedly experienced an engine oil leak and Musick turned back toward Pago Pago. After the crew reported they were dumping fuel in preparation for a precautionary landing, an explosion tore the aircraft apart in flight. Pan American stated at the time that the fuel dump valves underneath the wings likely vented vaporized fuel near the engines' exhaust ports, causing the explosion and loss of the seaplane. Floating wreckage from the plane was later found about 14 miles northwest of Pago Pago by the U. S. naval seaplane tender Avocet. The bodies of the seven crewmen were not recovered. Musick Point in Auckland Harbour is named after him.
  • Edwin C. Musick foi um piloto norte-americano que ajudou a escrever parte da história da aviação nos Estados Unidos. Devido sua grande popularidade, em sua época os pilotos eram tratados como celebridades, Musick tornou-se um dos mais amados pilotos comerciais da história norte-americana, fato comprovado pela ocasião em que foi capa de revistas do porte da Time e a Life. Um de seus grandes feitos foi a realização do primeiro vôo transpacífico comercial de forma oficial em 1935. Ficou conhecido pelo apelido de A Esfinge da Aviação.
  • Edwin "Ed" C. Musick född 1894 i St. Louis Missouri död 11 januari 1938 i Pago Pago (amerikanska Samoa), var chefspilot vid Pan American World Airways. För Pan Am genomförde han flera pionjärflygningar över stilla havet. Musick lärde sig flyga vid en privat flygskola i Los Angeles strax före första världskriget. När USA kom med i striderna anmälde han sig för aktiv tjänst och han placerades 1917 som flyginstruktör i Army Air Corps flygskola i San Diego. Under kriget fick han flytta runt mellan arméns flygskolor i Texas och Florida. När kriget var över startade han en privat flygskola i Florida, medan han drev skolan passerade han 10 000 bokförda flygtimmar. Han anställdes i oktober 1927 vid det nybildade flygbolaget Pan American där han blev pionjär med postflygningar från Key West Florida till Havana Kuba. 1930 utsågs han till chef för Pan Americans verksamhet över stilla havet. När Pan Am fick sina nya Sikorsky S-42 flygbåtar 1934 blev det Musick som genomförde provflygningarna av flygplanstypen och lämpliga destinationer. Under proven slog han tio olika gällande världsrekord för flygbåtar. Som en av förgrundspersonerna inom Pan Am blev han snabbt känd för en större allmänhet och 2 december 1935 visades hans bild på omslaget av Time Magazine samma år fick han Harmon Trophy. Under en period på 1930 talet var han den pilot som svarade för de flesta gällande flygrekorden. Under en flygning till Auckland på New Zealand drabbades flygbåten av problem strax efter starten från Pago Pago. Musick bestämde att de skulle återvända för att nödlanda, man inledde dumpningen av flygbränsle för att få flygplanet lättare, men troligen var det ett läkage i pumpsystemet och flygbåten exploderade i luften.
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  • Edwin C. Musick (August 13, 1894, St. Louis, Missouri – January 11, 1938, Pago Pago, American Samoa) was Chief Pilot for Pan American World Airways and pioneered many of Pan Am's transoceanic routes including the famous route across the Pacific Ocean on the China Clipper. Musick learned flying at a flying school in Los Angeles in the years leading up to World War I. In 1917 he joined the Aviation Section, U.S.
  • Edwin C. Musick foi um piloto norte-americano que ajudou a escrever parte da história da aviação nos Estados Unidos. Devido sua grande popularidade, em sua época os pilotos eram tratados como celebridades, Musick tornou-se um dos mais amados pilotos comerciais da história norte-americana, fato comprovado pela ocasião em que foi capa de revistas do porte da Time e a Life. Um de seus grandes feitos foi a realização do primeiro vôo transpacífico comercial de forma oficial em 1935.
  • Edwin "Ed" C. Musick född 1894 i St. Louis Missouri död 11 januari 1938 i Pago Pago (amerikanska Samoa), var chefspilot vid Pan American World Airways. För Pan Am genomförde han flera pionjärflygningar över stilla havet. Musick lärde sig flyga vid en privat flygskola i Los Angeles strax före första världskriget. När USA kom med i striderna anmälde han sig för aktiv tjänst och han placerades 1917 som flyginstruktör i Army Air Corps flygskola i San Diego.
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