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The "Clipper" Newsletter, Winter-Spring 2023 is here: The latest updates from Pan Am Historical Foundation & Partners, with lots of color photos and celebrations to report!

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

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

90 Years Ago: A series of unique stories about Pan American Airways operations, month-by-month, 1933 & its people, aircraft and far-flung destinations. By Eric Hobson.

Don't wait to Join or Renew your PAHF Membership now at the new "Clipper Boutique!

(Photo: Pan Am Cargo Boeing 747 circa 1970 Courtesy Aeroart)

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!

September 11, 1940: An important Pan Am milestone. The day when Pan Am's B-314 "American Clipper" NC 18606, set out to fly the first passengers from San Francisco to Auckland NZ, with Captain Kenneth V. Beer in command .

Pan Am’s Art Deco Marine Air Terminal at LaGuardia features the evocative WPA Mural "Flight" by James Brooks and a newly installed B-314 "Yankee Clipper" Model commissioned by the Pan Am Historical Foundation thanks to ongoing support from our members & donors!

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

Read "A Brief History of Pan Am" by Pan Am Historian Gene Banning

On February 4, 1946, Pan Am made its first transatlantic flight with a “Connie,” setting new speed records in the process.

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Airlift: PAA & the CRAF

Remembering Kathleen Clair

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PAA, Century of Flight

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