JUAN TRIPPE
JUAN TERRY TRIPPE - FOUNDER OF PAN AM
Trippe's 1937 Paris speech before the International Chamber of Commerce describes five years of planning for Pan Am's Martin M-130 China Clipper.
A Young Airline: Feb. 24, 1930, Pan Am's Juan Trippe shared a message in the company newsletter about the airline's rapid growth and achievements.
Air Travel for All. As early as 1943 before the end of the World War, and long before jets, Juan Trippe was thinking about future tourist class travel by air.
Juan Trippe and his wife Betty voyaged on the airship Hindenburg from Germany in 1936. Photos were taken by Betty Trippe on that journey.
Tenth Anniversary of the Jets: "On Oct. 26, 1958...123 people flew into the future and found that it worked. The world has never been the same since."
Opening the Jet Age under the American Flag/1: Events leading up to the B-707 and Pan Am's fleet in the 1960s took world aviation into the Jet Age.
Opening of the Jet Age under the American Flag/2. Juan Trippe's goal to improve aircraft performance led to the development of the B-747 and beyond.
Quotes by Juan Trippe, 20th-century visionary & founder of Pan American World Airways during his time at Pan Am in the 1930s - 1960s.
Juan Terry Trippe, founder of Pan American World Airways. A 1970 video biography on the occasion of his induction into the Aviation Hall of Fame.
Photos through the decades show founder Juan Terry Trippe, his impact on Pan Am's operations and the commercial aviation industry.
