ERA | PAN AM POST WAR
1946: UNRRA needed to continue its airlift service to China & Pan Am got the contract.flying the Great Circle Route saved hours of flight time.
Pioneering Flight Simulators: Flight training had entered a new era when Pan Am was preparing to launch their new Boeing B-377 Stratocruiser.
Another Pan Am First: B-377 Stratocruiser Clipper Rainbow (N1025V) sets a record, San Francisco to Washington, DC, March 1949.
July 25, 1958: Captain Robert Dean Postlewaite and the story of Pan Am Fight 150. The trouble began around 8 pm on a Pan Am DC-7C to Europe.
Dining in the Sky, Like Nothing on Earth: America’s fascination with gourmet food on planes began with Pan Am’s ‘Round the World' Flight in 1947.
Pan Am and the Race to Space. Pan Am was deeply involved in America’s move towards space by the 1950’s & was a prime contractor to the U.S. Air Force.
Pan Am Ops in Gander/1 by Robert Pelley: Pelley takes a close look, shedding light on the history of Gander Airport and its operations 1940s-1950s.
Life in a Clipper. The old Pan Am S-42 Brazilian Clipper was about to take off on a new life in 1947, thirteen eventful years after her first flight.
Pan Am Ops in Gander/2 by Robert Pelley: Taking a close look & shedding light on the history of Gander Airport and its operations in the 1940s & 1950s.
The Internal German Service was operated by Pan Am after World War Two, when Germany was prohibited from operating its own air services.
All Saved! A Rescue at Sea. In the early morning hours of Oct. 17th, 1956, halfway from Honolulu to San Francisco, Cap. Richard Ogg was losing altitude.
Slides: Pan American World Airways, Post World War II, 1945-1958, and the ascent of large transoceanic piston-powered commercial air transports.
Pan Am's U.N. Clippers, in those early days of the U.N., Pan Am played a key role with its capable new aircraft, the Lockheed Constellation L-049.
Pan Am's Hawaii, by Pelican Films, shows just how popular travel to Hawaii became, after World War Two when travel expanded across the globe.
To Europe & Back Non-Stop with Propliners: The Crowning Achievement. In the mid-1950's booming post-war economy air travel was growing fast.
Dramatic water ditchings and crew training that's invaluable, includes Pan Am's Boeing-377 "Sovereign of the Skies."
Ernest Hemingway's personal testimonial about traveling on Pan Am to rediscover Europe, in a colorful 1956 magazine advertisment.
Piston Apogee: Colorful Pan Am posters after WW2 promoted travel to distant destinations on the latest aircraft at that time, Connies & B-377s.
