ERA | PAN AM POST WAR
Norman Rockwell's world tour sponsored by Pan Am in 1956, resulted in successful ads with sketches now housed at the Rockwell Museum.
Dramatic water ditchings and crew training that's invaluable, includes Pan Am's Boeing-377 "Sovereign of the Skies."
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.
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.
Ernest Hemingway's personal testimonial about traveling on Pan Am to rediscover Europe, in a colorful 1956 magazine advertisment.
Maxim's-A Parisian Tradition. Dining on the Pan Am President Special, 1957, restaurant service extending 65,000 miles & embraced 82 lands.
Piston Apogee: Colorful Pan Am posters after WW2 promoted travel to distant destinations on the latest aircraft at that time, Connies & B-377s.
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's Clipper Glamour: Stewardess Alice Lemieux embodies Pan Am's allure during the famous 1947 'Round the World Constellation flight. 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
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.
Pioneering Flight Simulators: Flight training had entered a new era when Pan Am was preparing to launch their new Boeing B-377 Stratocruiser.
Ground Controlled Approach in Gander Part 2. Blue Jay, Operations, Equipment, People, by Robert Pelley with thanks to Gander Historical Society.
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.
