Pan Am Story Showcase
1937, Glenn Martin’s Birds of a Feather, Two Branches of the Family Tree: “Russian Clipper" & the “Tadpole Clipper" at the Martin Company in MD.
It was a bright Good Friday in Puerto Rico, April 11, 1952 but Pan Am's DC-4 Clipper Endeavor would never complete another flight.
Clipper Pioneers: Home of Pan American World Airways Retired Pilots and Employees, 1927-1991, keeping Pan Amer's informed & connected.
After a record-breaking flight to Europe, it must have been trying to veteran flying boat skipper Capt. Charles Lorber to wait to land on the return home.
The Internal German Service was operated by Pan Am after World War Two, when Germany was prohibited from operating its own air services.
Slides of Pan American World Airways' R&R flights providing brief respites from the war zone for American troops stationed in 1960s Vietnam.
A Snapshot of Stats: Pan Am IGS 1984. Internal German Service was like an airline within an airline, and proved to be a great success.
Christine Yano writes about her research on Japanese flight attendants at Pan Am and the background for her book, Airborne Dreams.
Pan Am North Stars Steel Band: Tony Williams, master of steel pan music, top Steel Band in the Caribbean, combined forces with Pan Am.
Pan Am service to Vietnam began May 1953. By 1970, 5 scheduled flights a week flew to Vietnam from the US (also serving stops across the Pacific).
Pan Am Capt. I. Wayne Eveland flew the notorious Hump between India and China in World War Two & experienced the 1942 Evacuation of Burma. PDF.
World Wings International, a diverse organization for 64 years, with a long history of philanthropic work & event by Pan Am flight attendants.
A Mysterious Frying Sound: Ferris W. Sullinger's unique challenges installing direction finder apparatus in Jamaica during Pan Am's early days.
Pan Am in April 1934: "Meal with a View" at Dinner Key Seaplane Base, Miami. From the 90 Years Ago series by Eric Hobson & PAHF.
From Routine to Daunting: A Glance into Pan Am’s Charter Business by Eric Hobson. From its earliest days, Pan Am made its aircraft available for charter.
Celebrating the life of Pan Am pilot Capt. Ed Musick. He is legendary for breaking the isolation of the remote Pacific island of New Zealand.
March '35, PAA's Caribbean flights: Testing the new S-42's endurance for the Pacific surveys, plus a high-profile royal tour.
Explore the lists. Here's a chance to link directly to audio, video and photo selections throughout the PanAm.org site.
BOOK: "Wings of Freedom" by Al Topping. When Al Topping managed to carry nearly 500 evacuees from Saigon to freedom on Pan Am.
"Clipper" | Members newsletters. Messages from Ed Trippe-Chair & Adam Aron-Pres. with PAHF project updates & Pan Am-related news.
Historic Pan Am Insignias. An array of beautiful Pan Am Insignias through the years from the Jon Krupnick Pan Am Collection.
Pan Am April 1933: Last of Pan Am’s First Flying Boats/The Deluge of 1933/A truth universally acknowledged/" Gelhaus & Tivionen: Pioneers" .
Searchable Exhibits: Use this Clipper Hall guide for a much closer look at Pan Am's sweeping history through graphics-rich exhibits & films.
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.
You are invited to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Operation Babylift at the Pan Am Museum on April 24, 2025, 6PM.
Pan Am in 1935: Check back for month-by-month stories of PAA people, aircraft, operations, explorations & destinations (90 Years ago series).
Martin M-130s: John Borger, first hired as a Junior Engineer to work on the North Haven Expedition in 1935, had a long, stellar career with PAA.
Kingman Reef 1,100 miles from Hawaii, a stop on Ed Musick's survey flight to Auckland in 1937 where the Pan Am base was the SS Northwind.
Mission to China, Part 1. Juan Trippe hired Harold Bixby, who had talent, diplomatic skills, an honest character & belief in global aviation.
An interview with Ed Musick on his return from the very first Pan Am survey flight to Hawaii, 1935, on Sikorsky S-42 NC823M, "Pan American Clipper."
The story of the last flight out of Saigon, April 24, 1975, written by Al Topping, Pan American World Airways, with video links to evacuation footage.
Pan Am | April 1935 -A time of contrasts: From a tragic loss by fire in a Miami Commodore hangar to a triumphant S-42 Pacific survey by Capt. Musick.
Pan Am's B-707 “Clipper Star of Hope” later flew for Korean Airlines as KAL 902. In 1978 it was brought down over the USSR & Pan Am rescued survivors.
To Europe & Back Non-Stop with Propliners: The Crowning Achievement. In the mid-1950's booming post-war economy air travel was growing fast.
Exciting books - old and new - about Pan American World Airways: Classic history & reference, pictorial, biography, and fiction.
An engaging historical novel: "Pacific Musick, Personal Life of Captain Ed Musick, Chief Pilot of Pan American Airways China Clipper" by Ross Detwiler.
Oct. 1, 1932 Juan Trippe ordered the first S-42s from Sikorsky Aircraft. S. Paul Johnson details the plane's features and construction in March 1934.
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.
Pan Am's Lockeheed L-1011 TriStar by R.E.G. Davies, illustrated by Mike Machat (John T. McCoy painting Courtesy of SFO Museum collection, gift of PAHF).
