ERA | PAN AM POST WAR
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.
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.
The story of the very first Boeing B-314: Pan Am's Honolulu Clipper, severely damaged from engine trouble in the Pacific, was sunk by the Navy in 1945.
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.
Dramatic water ditchings and crew training that's invaluable, includes Pan Am's Boeing-377 "Sovereign of the Skies."
Riding the Jetstream: A different kind of wind was waiting in the stratosphere, while aviation kept pushing the envelope towards higher flight levels.
The Shape of Things to Come: “Super 6’s,” manufactured by Douglas with complete cockpit redesign and Pan Am's innovative tourist-class fares.
To Europe & Back Non-Stop with Propliners: The Crowning Achievement. In the mid-1950's booming post-war economy air travel was growing fast.
Ernest Hemingway's personal testimonial about traveling on Pan Am to rediscover Europe, in a colorful 1956 magazine advertisment.
Another Pan Am First: B-377 Stratocruiser Clipper Rainbow (N1025V) sets a record, San Francisco to Washington, DC, March 1949.
Mr. Pacific: My Years with William Mullahey, by Neal Davis, Sr., a story based on an interview in 2009 with Mr. Lee Umphred. Read the PDF
Pan Am Way Down South, Boeing 377 Stratocruiser lands in Antarctica in 1957 (Image: John T. McCoy painting, SFO Museum, gift of PAHF). Read the PDF
Piston Apogee: Colorful Pan Am posters after WW2 promoted travel to distant destinations on the latest aircraft at that time, Connies & B-377s.
The Internal German Service was operated by Pan Am after World War Two, when Germany was prohibited from operating its own air services.
Chili Saves the Day: How Pan Am Captain Chili Vaughn did his job and more, piloting a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser overnight to Rome in 1953.
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.
Norman Rockwell's world tour sponsored by Pan Am in 1956, resulted in successful ads with sketches now housed at the Rockwell Museum.
The Berlin Airlift 1948-1949: Cold War began in 1948 and Berlin was a city under siege. Pan Am played a supporting role in the enormous airlift.
