ENDURING LEGACY
PAN AM'S CONTRIBUTIONS STILL RESONATE
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.
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.
Revisiting Pan Am's Cuban Roots, by Ed Trippe. The rich history behind the beginnings of Pan American Airways in Cuba.
Historic Pan Am Insignias. An array of beautiful Pan Am Insignias through the years from the Jon Krupnick Pan Am Collection.
Billboards in the grand Portuguese tradition of Azulejos, hand painted, glazed ceramic tile ads are colorful reminders of Pan Am in Portugal.
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.
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.
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.
Meeting Charles Lindbergh, a first-person account excerpted from Ed Spellacy's series on his career with Pan Am, entitled "PanAmusings."
"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.
Communing with Ghosts: Peter Leslie's 2015 visit & photos at Foynes Museum's B-314 Yankee Clipper Pan Am replica (Margaret Shaunessey at controls).
Until retirement in 2020, former Pan Am B-707-321B Clipper Seven Seas N404PA was a flying electronics lab for MIT's Lincoln Laboratory.
Updates on the Gene Banning Collection, donated to PAHF, highlight its digitization for broader sharing through the new Clipper Hall exhibits.
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.
The story of the lost Samoan Clipper and plans leading up to the July 2019 expedition launched by the Air/Sea Heritage Foundation.
Video: A quick look at Juan Trippe's astonishing accomplishments as founder and President of Pan American World Airways.
Juan Terry Trippe, King of the Skyways: Retrospective on Trippe’s career and impact on twentieth-century travel, written by Collie Small, 1953 .
An Author's Experience: A first-person account by Bob Daley, author of "An American Saga: Juan Trippe and his Pan Am Empire."
