ERA | INTO THE JET AGE
Thanksgiving 1965: After 30 years, Pan Am's famous Pacific propeller flights ended with the flight of Pan Am DC-7C "Ocean Rover" from Pago Pago.
Pan Am's B-707 “Clipper Star of Hope” later flew for Korean Airlines as KAL 902. In 1978 it was brought down over the USSR & Pan Am rescued survivors.
In 1964 Pan American installed a brand new technology in its jet fleet -- the inertial navigation system, with benefitted from NASA's technology.
6-1/2 Magic Hours. Film produced by Pan American World Airways, Inc. on jet age flights. American History TV, C-Span, transcript.
Basic Choices by Jack Meade on his engineering work at Pan Am: "My experience with the world's best airline was a hallmark in my aviation career."
Pan Am's Lockeheed L-1011 TriStar by R.E.G. Davies, illustrated by Mike Machat (John T. McCoy painting Courtesy of SFO Museum collection, gift of PAHF).
The Worldport and the Jet Age: From Inception to demolition, Pan Am's iconic jetport that opened May 1960 at New York's JFK.
“I may lose battles, but no one will ever see me lose minutes.” Pan Am's Promotion of the Dassault Falcon business jet.
PANAMAC: Pan Am’s Game Changing Computer System, by Taegan Obermeyer-Loder. It revolutionized the way the airline handled data.
Air Rights: The Pan Am Building, NYC: Now over 60 years old, it has gained fans and maintains a strong presence over Grand Central in Manhattan.
Mary Lou Bigelow's first-person account: When she was a Pan American World Airways stewardess she documented Pan Am's history in films.
The Pan American World Airways Building, NYC: Images from a variety of perspectives showing its dramatic edifice on Park Avenue.
The Beatles arrive at JFK on a Pan Am 707. Stewardess Jill Kellogg's account of their first trip to the US in February 1964 and newsreel footage Read the PDF
Pan Am service to Vietnam began May 1953. By 1970, 5 scheduled flights a week flew to Vietnam from the US (also serving stops across the Pacific).
Saving Pan Am's Incomparable Ads: Peter Leslie's trip to Portugal in 2018, to support tile billboard preservation efforts around Portugal.
Pan Am colleagues knew Cap. Bill Seeman as a "can’t-wait-to-see-what’s-coming-next" cartoonist: The story and images of his unique talents.
Stewardess Hope Ryden & Pan Am's first jet Inaugural flight, NY-Paris October 1958 on a Boeing 707 (Photo: 1983 anniversary reenactment). PDF
UFO Mystery on a 707 Proving Flight by Jack Meade, with a surprise explanation after a flight by Pilot Dick Vinal from Puerto Rico to JFK.
