ERA | PAN AM POST WAR
Pan Am's Hawaii, by Pelican Films, shows just how popular travel to Hawaii became, after World War Two when travel expanded across the globe.
Ground Controlled Approach in Gander, Part 1 - A Very Serious Game of Hide and Seek, by Robert Pelley, a long-time military and aviation enthusiast .
Riding the Jetstream: A different kind of wind was waiting in the stratosphere, while aviation kept pushing the envelope towards higher flight levels.
1946: UNRRA needed to continue its airlift service to China & Pan Am got the contract.flying the Great Circle Route saved hours of flight time.
The Internal German Service was operated by Pan Am after World War Two, when Germany was prohibited from operating its own air services.
The Shape of Things to Come: “Super 6’s,” manufactured by Douglas with complete cockpit redesign and Pan Am's innovative tourist-class fares.
Pioneering Flight Simulators: Flight training had entered a new era when Pan Am was preparing to launch their new Boeing B-377 Stratocruiser.
Ground Controlled Approach in Gander Part 2. Blue Jay, Operations, Equipment, People, by Robert Pelley with thanks to Gander Historical Society.
All Saved! A Rescue at Sea. In the early morning hours of Oct. 17th, 1956, halfway from Honolulu to San Francisco, Cap. Richard Ogg was losing altitude.
To Europe & Back Non-Stop with Propliners: The Crowning Achievement. In the mid-1950's booming post-war economy air travel was growing fast.
Piston Apogee: Colorful Pan Am posters after WW2 promoted travel to distant destinations on the latest aircraft at that time, Connies & B-377s.
The story of the very first Boeing B-314: Pan Am's Honolulu Clipper, severely damaged from engine trouble in the Pacific, was sunk by the Navy in 1945.
The Berlin Airlift 1948-1949: Cold War began in 1948 and Berlin was a city under siege. Pan Am played a supporting role in the enormous airlift.
Life in a Clipper. The old Pan Am S-42 Brazilian Clipper was about to take off on a new life in 1947, thirteen eventful years after her first flight.
Chili Saves the Day: How Pan Am Captain Chili Vaughn did his job and more, piloting a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser overnight to Rome in 1953.
Slides: Pan American World Airways, Post World War II, 1945-1958, and the ascent of large transoceanic piston-powered commercial air transports.
Dining in the Sky, Like Nothing on Earth: America’s fascination with gourmet food on planes began with Pan Am’s ‘Round the World' Flight in 1947.
Pan Am Ops in Gander/2 by Robert Pelley: Taking a close look & shedding light on the history of Gander Airport and its operations in the 1940s & 1950s.
