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IGS Pan Am in Germany

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.

Read more: Snapshot of IGS

July 15 1968 Pan Am Flight New York - Moscow

Reporter Dan Gilmore's eyewitness account of the first flight to link the US and Soviet Union on regularly scheduled service. July 15, 1968.

Read more: Hello Clipper 405

Pan Am Trans Lunar Space Shuttle blog

Tracing the space clipper'a design for the film "2001" and purchase of a space ship by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Museum.

Read more: Futures Past

Pan Am 747 nose blogpic

A Salute to Pan American World Airways and the 747s. A slideshow of Boeing 747 "Queen of the Skies" in Pan Am ads and promotional materials.

Read more: A 747 Salute

Pan Am 747 Clipper Sea Serpent being modified for CRAF March 1986

Pan Am & the Civil Reserve Air Fleet: When “Uncle Sam” called, “Pan Am was there," arguably one of the most involved US airlines in airlift services.

Read more: Pan Am & CRAF

1A First for NASA blog

Behind the Apollo 7 Space Flight: Pan Am’s Aerospace Services Division (ASD) in its 16th year, published November 1, 1968, by George Dill.

Read more: Apollo 7 & Pan Am

Pan Am 747 First Flight to London 1970 Clipper America Menu Cover, John T. McCoy artist

747: Flight to London 1970. First-person account of the very 1st commercial flight of a Boeing 747, January 1970 from JFK to LHR by Glenn Little.

Read more: 747 to LHR 1970

747 Pan Am blog

A recap of Pan Am's in-flight service through the years, with a focus on the luxury experiences that developed after World War Two.

Read more: Luxury on Wings

Santo Fiumano with Chinese Colleague blog

Pan Am's Santo Fiumano chosen for his experience with ground support equipment made him a natural choice to head off to China in 1979. (PDF).

Read more: What Time Forgot

pan am security training 1985

1985 Initial Security Training manual illustrates some of the ways Pan Am sought to empower employees in the fight against terrorism. PDF.

Read more: Security - 1985

Captain Ed Spellacy, PanAmusings

PanAmusings: A Stop in Rio by pilot Ed Spellacy, first-person account of a flight emergency on the night of October 2, 1987.  Read the PDF 

Read more: PanAmusings: In Rio

Pan Am Ad Someday Air Transport Service

Cargo, A Reflection by Thor Johnson. Pan American World Airways cargo history and slideshow about a profitable venture for Pan Am until the end.

Read more: Cargo: A Reflection

Airlinerworld Cover Pan Am history article April 2014

Noted UK-based air transportation journal, Airliner World, covered Pan Am and the "Golden Age" of Jet Air Travel in their April 2014 issue.

Read more: Airliner World

Tehran airport blog

Iran Adventure: Pan Am Capt. Harvey Benefield recounts experiences while piloting a Pan Am 747 in the 1979 American Evacuation from Iran.

Read more: Iran 1979

Neerja blog

Remembering Neerja Bhanot on hijacked Pan Am Flight 73. She died heroically, saving Pan Am passengers from terrorists on Sept. 5, 1986.

Read more: Neerja - Flight 73

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