@CaptainMusick

Captain Edwin C. Musick - Pioneer Pilot for Pan American Airways - Trail Blazer Across the Pacific and Harmon Trophy Winner. 1894-1938

Joined January 2012
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Captain Edwin C. Musick retweeted
panamhistory@panamhistory23 Mar 2023
86 yrs ago, 03-23-1937 #PanAm Capt. #EdMusick & crew, in the last series of his epic transpacific surveys, arrived at Kingman Reef, a small, uninhabited atoll. Flying the S-42B “Pan American Clipper II“ they blazed a trail to the southwest Pacific. More: tinyurl.com/yc2uh79w
86 yrs ago, 03-23-1937 #PanAm Capt. #EdMusick & crew, in the last series of his epic transpacific surveys, arrived at Kingman Reef, a small, uninhabited atoll. Flying the S-42B “Pan American Clipper II“ they blazed a trail to the southwest Pacific. More: tinyurl.com/yc2uh79w

ALT 86 yrs ago, 03-23-1937 #PanAm Capt. #EdMusick & crew, in the last series of his epic transpacific surveys, arrived at Kingman Reef, a small, uninhabited atoll. Flying the S-42B “Pan American Clipper II“ they blazed a trail to the southwest Pacific. More: tinyurl.com/yc2uh79w

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Captain Edwin C. Musick retweeted
SamoanClipper@SamoanClipper12 Jan 2023
The tragic event of that day 85 years ago. Toady the Samoan Clipper still has not been located and Captain Edwin C. Musick along with his crew of 6 remain missing.
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Captain Edwin C. Musick retweeted
panamhistory@panamhistory16 Mar 2022
In its 1st 15 mos #PanAm hired 4 pilots: Ed Musick (06-1927), Hugh Wells (10-1927), Casper “Cap” Swinson (02-1928), Bob Fatt (05-1928). Basil Rowe & Donald Duke joined (10-1928). By 1932 PAA had 40 pilots and seniority became an issue. Story at bit.ly/36rsXAE #erichobson
In its 1st 15 mos #PanAm hired 4 pilots: Ed Musick (06-1927), Hugh Wells (10-1927), Casper “Cap” Swinson (02-1928), Bob Fatt (05-1928). Basil Rowe & Donald Duke joined (10-1928). By 1932 PAA had 40 pilots and seniority became an issue. Story at https://bit.ly/36rsXAE #erichobson

ALT In its 1st 15 mos #PanAm hired 4 pilots: Ed Musick (06-1927), Hugh Wells (10-1927), Casper “Cap” Swinson (02-1928), Bob Fatt (05-1928). Basil Rowe & Donald Duke joined (10-1928). By 1932 PAA had 40 pilots and seniority became an issue. Story at https://bit.ly/36rsXAE #erichobson

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Captain Edwin C. Musick retweeted
panamhistory@panamhistory28 Feb 2022
Feb. 1932 #CaptEdMusick & crew, “on the last leg of [their] trip from Cristobal...sighted a capsized sloop about forty miles off the coast of Florida. A figure was clinging to its side…" Story at bit.ly/35BMleb #90yearsago #flyingboat #panamericanairways @um_spec_coll
Feb. 1932 #CaptEdMusick & crew, “on the last leg of [their] trip from Cristobal...sighted a capsized sloop about forty miles off the coast of Florida. A figure was clinging to its side…" Story at https://bit.ly/35BMleb #90yearsago #flyingboat #panamericanairways @um_spec_coll

ALT Feb. 1932 #CaptEdMusick & crew, “on the last leg of [their] trip from Cristobal...sighted a capsized sloop about forty miles off the coast of Florida. A figure was clinging to its side…" Story at https://bit.ly/35BMleb #90yearsago #flyingboat #panamericanairways @um_spec_coll

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Captain Edwin C. Musick retweeted
Pan Am Museum@PanAmMuseum12 Jan 2022
From the newly installed Pan Am Museum Timeline wall, we remember Captain Edwin Musick. @CaptainMusick
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Captain Edwin C. Musick retweeted
SamoanClipper@SamoanClipper11 Jan 2022
Pan American Sikorsky S-42 Samoan Clipper. Pago Pago Harbor, Samoa. Next leg departs tomorrow for Auckland, New Zealand.
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Captain Edwin C. Musick retweeted
Pan Am@FlyPanAm3 Dec 2021
If you have not seen this you must! The epic saga of Pan American and its quest to fly the world’s oceans. If you love history and Pan Am, “Across the Pacific” will not disappoint.
panamhistory@panamhistory1 Dec 2021
"Across the Pacific" DVDs are here! PBS #documentary by Moreno/Lyons Productions in association with the Pan Am Historical Foundation. Order online at panam.org/shop/843-dvds-acro… $22.50 ea., includes shipping&handling to US. // $26.50 ea.,includes shipping & handling International.
"Across the Pacific" DVDs are here! PBS documentary by Moreno/Lyons Productions in association with the Pan Am Historical Foundation. Order online at https://www.panam.org/shop/843-dvds-across-the-pacific $22.50 ea., includes shipping&handling to US. // $26.50 ea.,includes shipping & handling International.

ALT "Across the Pacific" DVDs are here! PBS documentary by Moreno/Lyons Productions in association with the Pan Am Historical Foundation. Order online at https://www.panam.org/shop/843-dvds-across-the-pacific $22.50 ea., includes shipping&handling to US. // $26.50 ea.,includes shipping & handling International.

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Captain Edwin C. Musick retweeted
panamhistory@panamhistory24 Jun 2020
Small but important pieces of #PanAmhistory: #Insignias from the Jon Krupnick Collection & his book"#PacificPioneers-The Rest of the Story"(2000). Collection photos: panam.org/pan-am-inspiration… If you have a question about a #PAA pin, you can contact #JonKrupnick @[email protected] #WBW
Small but important pieces of #PanAmhistory: #Insignias from the Jon Krupnick Collection & his book"#PacificPioneers-The Rest of the Story"(2000). Great photos at https://www.panam.org/pan-am-inspirations/759-pan-am-insignias If you have a question about one of your pins, you can contact #JonKrupnick @jonpac@aol.com

ALT Small but important pieces of #PanAmhistory: #Insignias from the Jon Krupnick Collection & his book"#PacificPioneers-The Rest of the Story"(2000). Great photos at https://www.panam.org/pan-am-inspirations/759-pan-am-insignias If you have a question about one of your pins, you can contact #JonKrupnick @[email protected]

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Captain Edwin C. Musick retweeted
Fred Noonan@FredNoonan18 Apr 2020
Arrived at Honolulu today aboard the Pan American Clipper with Captain Musick in command. 18 hours and 9 minutes from Alameda, California. This was the first commercial flight to the Hawaiian Islands.
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Ask our archaeologists anything live on NautilusLive.org #AskAnArchaeologist @panamhistory
Megan Lickliter-Mundon@specsonwrecks17 Jul 2019
We'll be happy to take questions for @AskAnArchDay #AskAnArchaeologist day! Dede Marx from @SEARCH_Inc and I are currently aboard @EVNautilus for @AirSeaHeritage project Search for @SamoanClipper carrying an @ExplorersClub flag. We're doing deepwater ROV ops looking for aircraft
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Captain Edwin C. Musick retweeted
E/V Nautilus@EVNautilus16 Jul 2019
Today in the #NautilusLive search for Samoan Clipper we welcome special guest Ed Trippe, chairman @panamhistory and son of Pan Am founder Juan Trippe (seen here with co-lead scientist Russ Matthews @AirSeaHeritage). Listen in at 6am SST (1pm ET): nautiluslive.org
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Captain Edwin C. Musick retweeted
SamoanClipper@SamoanClipper16 Jul 2019
This is the Sikorsky S-42B named Samoan Clipper at Pago Pago, Samoa in December, 1937. Built by the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation in Connecticut and delivered to Pan American Airways. It was registered as NC16734. #SamoanClipper
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Captain Edwin C. Musick retweeted
Pan Am@FlyPanAm16 Jul 2019
In honor of Captain Edwin C. Musick and his aircraft the Samoan Clipper, we have launched @SamoanClipper to share the story of this famous Pan American Airways aircraft and the upcoming search for it. Follow along as we hope it is soon found by the @EVNautilus. #SamoanClipper
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We’re honored to carry @ExplorersClub Flag #83 on this expedition to locate #SamoanClipper. The first expedition that carried this flag was the A.I. Washburn Victoria Island Expedition that took place in... 1938, the same year that the Samoan Clipper went down. @EVNautilus
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Captain Edwin C. Musick retweeted
E/V Nautilus@EVNautilus14 Jul 2019
We're launching the search for the Samoan Clipper, a Pan Am flying boat lost off American Samoa in 1938. Our team is starting side-scan sonar surveys with ROV Argus to search for potential dive targets. Watch now: nautiluslive.org
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Captain Edwin C. Musick retweeted
panamhistory@panamhistory14 Jul 2019
WATCH LIVE thru July 20: The Samoan Clipper expedition is being live-streamed everyday at nautilislive.org! Air/Sea Heritage Foundation's hunt for the lost #PanAm S-42 has great teams behind them, including @SEARCH_Inc , @EVNautilus & @innerspacectr(OceanExplorationTrust)
Air/Sea Heritage Foundation's S-42 Samoan Clipper Expedition is now Live Streaming at NautilusLive.org. Photo: Front Page of San Francisco Examiner, January 12, 1938 "Clipper Down in South Seas; Reported Sighted at Samoa."

ALT Air/Sea Heritage Foundation's S-42 Samoan Clipper Expedition is now Live Streaming at NautilusLive.org. Photo: Front Page of San Francisco Examiner, January 12, 1938 "Clipper Down in South Seas; Reported Sighted at Samoa."

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Captain Edwin C. Musick retweeted
panamhistory@panamhistory12 Jul 2019
UPDATE 07/11/19: “The team has assembled in Los Angeles & we are waiting at the gate to depart for Samoa by way of Honolulu. It seems entirely appropriate that our journey should begin here as this is the town where a teenaged Ed Musick learned to fly...” panam.org/explorations/732-u…
Photo: Ed Musick and Gooney on Midway Island, PAHF Collection. The Search for the Samoan Clipper update 07/11/2019

ALT Photo: Ed Musick and Gooney on Midway Island, PAHF Collection. The Search for the Samoan Clipper update 07/11/2019

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by The Pan Am Foundation Dr. Robert Ballard is best known for his discovery of the RMS Titanic’s final resting place. He continues his ocean exploration and work on board the Nautilus.... lostclipper.com/2019/05/06/a…
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Captain Edwin C. Musick retweeted
Juan T. Trippe@JuanTTrippe11 Jan 2019
I feel that Captain Musick and his flight crew are entirely blameless. Radio reports from the Samoan Clipper prove that on this flight, as on all his previous flights, he carefully followed the most conservative technique possible.
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Captain Edwin C. Musick retweeted
Juan T. Trippe@JuanTTrippe11 Jan 2019
On the loss of Captain Musick and his crew. - Needless to say, everyone connected with Pan American Airways is deeply grieved at the untimely fate of Captain Musick and his splendid crew. It is an irreparable blow to our company, and will be a distinct loss to American aviation.
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