ENDURING LEGACY
PAN AM'S CONTRIBUTIONS STILL RESONATE
In 2011 Robert Genna and Ann Blumenstaadt spoke with Milton Hebald, renowned sculptor and creator of the Pan Am’s Worldport Zodiac sculptures.
A deep-sea search that's ongoing: Air/Sea Heritage's hunt for PAA S-42B Samoan Clipper, piloted by Ed Musick and lost in a 1938 crash in Samoa.
January 11 marks the anniversary of tragic loss of Ed Musick and the crew of Pan Am's Samoan Clipper that crashed in Pago Pago in 1938.
Nothing tells a story better than Ron Davies' Pan Am maps. Caribbean | Rio & Beyond | Jet Routes 1960 | Propliners 1957 | Domestic Routes 1980s.
The story of the lost Samoan Clipper and plans leading up to the July 2019 expedition launched by the Air/Sea Heritage Foundation.
The Pan Am Museum, Garden City, NY: Sponsoring unique exhibits, award-winning podcasts, events & cruises related to Pan American.
Until retirement in 2020, former Pan Am B-707-321B Clipper Seven Seas N404PA was a flying electronics lab for MIT's Lincoln Laboratory.
Communing with Ghosts: Peter Leslie's 2015 visit & photos at Foynes Museum's B-314 Yankee Clipper Pan Am replica (Margaret Shaunessey at controls).
Billboards in the grand Portuguese tradition of Azulejos, hand painted, glazed ceramic tile ads are colorful reminders of Pan Am in Portugal.
Azores: Strategic Pan Am Stepping-Stones. From the days of his earliest plans for transatlantic air service, Juan Trippe counted on the Azores.
A Legend: Edmund “Eddie” Allen, Test Pilot. His calm intelligence heard in a radio interview during his first Boeing 314 Clipper test.
Video: A quick look at Juan Trippe's astonishing accomplishments as founder and President of Pan American World Airways.
Historic Pan Am Insignias. An array of beautiful Pan Am Insignias through the years from the Jon Krupnick Pan Am Collection.
An Author's Experience: A first-person account by Bob Daley, author of "An American Saga: Juan Trippe and his Pan Am Empire."
Meeting Charles Lindbergh, a first-person account excerpted from Ed Spellacy's series on his career with Pan Am, entitled "PanAmusings."
Pan Am Historical Foundation installed a new B-314 Clipper model and three historical markers at LaGuardia’s Marine Air Terminal in 2021.
Revisiting Pan Am's Cuban Roots, by Ed Trippe. The rich history behind the beginnings of Pan American Airways in Cuba.
Richard Edes Harrison was not just a gifted illustrator, he proved to be an innovative and inspired cartographer for Pan Am, with a new worldview.
