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  • The Philippine Clipper, a heroic flying boat
  • Ron Marasco’s new booklet, “The First Air Force One Flight: An African Odyssey” reveals an epic story, and Ron tells it with the drama and detail it rightly deserves. Go to the PDF.
  • January1943, John C. Leslie was given command of a wartime special mission like no other – safely get President Roosevelt to Africa and back for the Casablanca conference.
  • Join/Renew your PAHF Membership today at the new Clipper Boutique! Order 2023 Calendars and More!
  •  Dream of a Lifetime - A Pan American B-747 in flight
  • PAHF's New 2023 Calendar is Here! Another superb series of original paintings by Aviation Historian & Artist Thor O. Johnson. Buy your PAHF 2023 Calendar today at PAHF's new online store, The Clipper Boutique, to buty Memberships, calendars & more
  • The 747's Tumultuous Beginning by Ron Marasco
  • Pan Am Fokker 10 with Passengers to Havana, 1929. Read the history of Miami International Airport (courtesy Miami-Dade’s Aviation Department.)
  • Pan Am Charter Jet Clipper Conquer Cancer at Idlewild July 1962. Read the story!
  • The Pan Am Building at 200 Park Avenue, opened in March 1963 with some intriguing real estate history
  • Ed Musick arriving in Auckland, New Zealand, 1937
  • Pan Am Boeing 377 Stratocruiser Inaugural Flight to Paris, 1950. The 377s flew worldwide. Watch rare footage from Peter Leslie of a Pan Am B-377  at Canton Island in the Pacific.
  • A Meeting with Sculptor Milton Hebald in 2011, whose work graced the Pan Am Worldport, by Ann Blumenstaadt and Robert A. Genna
  • Postcard: Boeing 747SP (Special Performance) used for long range flights.
  • Artist concept of Treasure Island as an intermodal airport for land and seaplanes (Image: Jon Krupnick Collection) from the book, Pacific Pioneers: The Rest of the Story by Jon Krupnick
  • Pan Am's Art Deco Marine Seabase at Dinner Key, now Miami City Hall

War Boat: A Heroic Tale in WW2: After Pearl Harbor when the Martin M-130 Philippine Clipper was moored at Wake Island, “The Clipper was a sitting duck, and although she was hit with 26 bullets, none of them did any serious damage. She could still fly, and it became obvious that the plane was going to be the last way off the atoll…”

January  1943: Link to Ron Marasco’s new booklet, “The First Air Force One Flight: An African Odyssey”.  It's an epic story, and Ron tells it with the drama and detail it rightly deserves. (Painting of Bathurst , The Gambia by Ian Marshall)

January 1943, John C. Leslie was given command of a wartime special mission like no other – safely get President Roosevelt to Africa and back for the Casablanca conference.

Join/Renew your PAHF Membership today at the new "Clipper Boutique"! Order 2023 Calendars and More!

Celebrating 50+ Extraordinary Years! Dream of a Lifetime - A Pan American B-747 in flight.

PAHF's New 2023 Calendar is Here! Another superb series of original paintings by Thor O. Johnson. Buy your PAHF 2023 Calendar today at PAHF's new online store, "The Clipper Boutique," where you can order memberships, calendars, dvds, books & more!

The 747's Tumultuous Beginning by Ron Marasco

Pan Am Fokker 10 with Passengers to Havana, 1929. Read the history of Miami International Airport (courtesy Miami-Dade’s Aviation Department.)

"Pan Am Charters: Routine to Daunting" by Eric Hobson. At Idlewild Airport cancer fighters board chartered PAA "Jet Clipper Conquer Cancer" to attend the 8th International Cancer Congress, July 1962. Photo from University of Miami Special Collections

 

The Pan Am Building at 200 Park Avenue, opened in March 1963 with some intriguing real estate history

A Pan Am Great - Pilot Ed Musick arriving in Auckland NZ, 1937 after a long & arduous flight across the Southwest Pacific.

 The 377s flew worldwide. Watch rare footage donated to PAHF by Peter Leslie of a Pan Am B-377 at Canton Island in the Pacific in 1954

Photo: Pan Am Boeing 377 Stratocruiser Inaugural Flight to Paris, 1950..

A Meeting with Sculptor Milton Hebald in 2011, whose work graced the Pan Am Worldport, by Ann Blumenstaadt and Robert A. Genna

Boeing 747SP (Special Performance) used for long range flights, delivered to Pan Am March 5, 1976

Treasure Island Fabled Gateway: Artist concept of Treasure Island as an intermodal airport for land and seaplanes (Image: Jon Krupnick Collection)

Pan Am's First Art Deco Marine Seabase was built at Dinner Key, now Miami City Hall

The Philippine Clipper, a heroic flying boat
Ron Marasco’s new booklet, “The First Air Force One Flight: An African Odyssey” reveals an epic story, and Ron tells it with the drama and detail it rightly deserves. Go to the PDF.
January1943, John C. Leslie was given command of a wartime special mission like no other – safely get President Roosevelt to Africa and back for the Casablanca conference.
Join/Renew your PAHF Membership today at the new Clipper Boutique! Order 2023 Calendars and More!
 Dream of a Lifetime - A Pan American B-747 in flight
PAHF's New 2023 Calendar is Here! Another superb series of original paintings by Aviation Historian & Artist Thor O. Johnson. Buy your PAHF 2023 Calendar today at PAHF's new online store, The Clipper Boutique, to buty Memberships, calendars & more
The 747's Tumultuous Beginning by Ron Marasco
Pan Am Fokker 10 with Passengers to Havana, 1929. Read the history of Miami International Airport (courtesy Miami-Dade’s Aviation Department.)
Pan Am Charter Jet Clipper Conquer Cancer at Idlewild July 1962. Read the story!
The Pan Am Building at 200 Park Avenue, opened in March 1963 with some intriguing real estate history
Ed Musick arriving in Auckland, New Zealand, 1937
Pan Am Boeing 377 Stratocruiser Inaugural Flight to Paris, 1950. The 377s flew worldwide. Watch rare footage from Peter Leslie of a Pan Am B-377  at Canton Island in the Pacific.
A Meeting with Sculptor Milton Hebald in 2011, whose work graced the Pan Am Worldport, by Ann Blumenstaadt and Robert A. Genna
Postcard: Boeing 747SP (Special Performance) used for long range flights.
Artist concept of Treasure Island as an intermodal airport for land and seaplanes (Image: Jon Krupnick Collection) from the book, Pacific Pioneers: The Rest of the Story by Jon Krupnick
Pan Am's Art Deco Marine Seabase at Dinner Key, now Miami City Hall
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