ERA | PAN AM POST WAR
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 .
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.
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.
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.
Another Pan Am First: B-377 Stratocruiser Clipper Rainbow (N1025V) sets a record, San Francisco to Washington, DC, March 1949.
Maxim's-A Parisian Tradition. Dining on the Pan Am President Special, 1957, restaurant service extending 65,000 miles & embraced 82 lands.
Dramatic water ditchings and crew training that's invaluable, includes Pan Am's Boeing-377 "Sovereign of the Skies."
Norman Rockwell's world tour sponsored by Pan Am in 1956, resulted in successful ads with sketches now housed at the Rockwell Museum.
Pan Am's Clipper Glamour: Stewardess Alice Lemieux embodies Pan Am's allure during the famous 1947 'Round the World Constellation flight. Read the PDF
Piston Apogee: Colorful Pan Am posters after WW2 promoted travel to distant destinations on the latest aircraft at that time, Connies & B-377s.
July 25, 1958: Captain Robert Dean Postlewaite and the story of Pan Am Fight 150. The trouble began around 8 pm on a Pan Am DC-7C to Europe.
Pan Am's U.N. Clippers, in those early days of the U.N., Pan Am played a key role with its capable new aircraft, the Lockheed Constellation L-049.
