ERA | THE WORLD'S AIRLINE

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.

Travelling from Cincinnati to the World by John T. Dietz, a first-person reminiscence of wonderful childhood experiences thanks to Pan Am.

The Boeing 747 Carries On. The "Queen of the Skies. "There’s still life left in the iconic Boeing 747 aircraft – and some are still flying.

2014 Hurricane Cristobal uncovered a small remnant from luggage on an old Pan American World Airways flight that went down in 1952 near San Juan.

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

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.

NP733PA, #6 off the Boeing production line, was delivered Dec. 12, 1969, the first in an illustrious line of Pan Am 747s that changed travel forever!

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.

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

Pan Am's Black Birds: Opening new ways to explore the world. A look at the role of African American stewardesses working for Pan Am in 1969.

JTT's deal was big: Biggest commercial jet (680,000 lbs. gross weight), biggest commercial aircraft order ($525 million) and biggest jet engines.

The Pan Am Building, Honolulu: Pan Am and Hawaii go back a long way in the tourist industry, from the first landing of the China Clipper to jet age travel.

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.



