ENDURING LEGACY
PAN AM'S CONTRIBUTIONS STILL RESONATE
Until retirement in 2020, former Pan Am B-707-321B Clipper Seven Seas N404PA was a flying electronics lab for MIT's Lincoln Laboratory.
"There Will Never Be Another Pan Am" by Aviation Historian R.E.G. Davies. Today, Pan Am is still respected in the world of commercial aviation.
Richard Edes Harrison was not just a gifted illustrator, he proved to be an innovative and inspired cartographer for Pan Am, with a new worldview.
January 11 marks the anniversary of tragic loss of Ed Musick and the crew of Pan Am's Samoan Clipper that crashed in Pago Pago in 1938.
Updates on the Gene Banning Collection, donated to PAHF, highlight its digitization for broader sharing through the new Clipper Hall exhibits.
An inspiring figure: Pan Am Engineer & VP John Borger earned a Guggenheim Medal in 2003, story by Robert W. Blake & Stanley Gewirtz.
Communing with Ghosts: Peter Leslie's 2015 visit & photos at Foynes Museum's B-314 Yankee Clipper Pan Am replica (Margaret Shaunessey at controls).
In 2011 Robert Genna and Ann Blumenstaadt spoke with Milton Hebald, renowned sculptor and creator of the Pan Am’s Worldport Zodiac sculptures.
R.E.G. Davies' life's work as world's foremost airline historian and curator of Air Transport at the Smithsonian, by Dr. Robert Van der Linden.
A Legend: Edmund “Eddie” Allen, Test Pilot. His calm intelligence heard in a radio interview during his first Boeing 314 Clipper test.
The Pan Am Museum, Garden City, NY: Sponsoring unique exhibits, award-winning podcasts, events & cruises related to Pan American.
Mystery Still With Us: the disappearance of Martin M-130 Hawaii Clipper on July 29th, 1938, and an ongoing search by the The Lost Clipper.
A deep-sea search that's ongoing: Air/Sea Heritage's hunt for PAA S-42B Samoan Clipper, piloted by Ed Musick and lost in a 1938 crash in Samoa.
An Author's Experience: A first-person account by Bob Daley, author of "An American Saga: Juan Trippe and his Pan Am Empire."
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.
Pan Am Historical Foundation installed a new B-314 Clipper model and three historical markers at LaGuardia’s Marine Air Terminal in 2021.
Gerry Lister was the curator of the Clipper Museum in Long Island City, becoming Pan Am’s official historian, an inspirational role then, and now.
Three December Events: Pearl Harbor, Lockerbie, and Pan Am's closure, forever stir our memories and affection for Pan Am, each and every December.
