A friend is in DC at the air & spacce museum & took this pic. She’s wondering what the make of the plane is. I’m sure there’s someone here who knows this one!! 
Sorry, folks. here’s the plane.
I believe it is a Sikorsky S-43
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I beleive you’re right!! Thank you, bigfoot01!!!
i think so too though not sure about that hatch forward of the cockpit. the museum says it isn’t on display and this picture looks like a restoration area.
S-43 / JRS-1 from Pear Harbour, more info on the particular bird here;
http://blog.nasm.si.edu/uncategorized/the-last-sikorsky-jrs-1-makes-a-move-to-the-udvar-hazy-center/
http://airandspace.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?id=A19610112000
There is a kit of the S-43 available (I have one in my stash), so if you really like it you can build one (or build it for your friend!).
Waynec- In fact it was in the restoration area.
Milairjunkie- Thanks for the link! I’ll be sure she looks at it.
Don- Thank you very much for the offer! I’ll ask her if she’s interested. The “she” in question is my girlfriend, an avid history buff, especially of the Civil War & WWII eras. She became particularly enthralled after seeing the Enola Gay finally in person, so I may build one of those for her.