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A Vietnam Vet Reminiscence and Pan Am

A Vietnam Vet's Reminiscences. Richard Upchurch was in Military Aviation for 21 years and retired in 1992: His Pan Am Vietnam memories. PDF.

Read more: Vietnam Memories

6 1 2 Magic Hours CSpan

6-1/2 Magic Hours. Film produced by Pan American World Airways, Inc. on jet age flights. American History TV, C-Span, transcript.

Read more: TV: 6-1/2 Magic Hours

Dassault Falcon image from Pan Am promotional brochure, U Miami Special Collections

“I may lose battles, but no one will ever see me lose minutes.” Pan Am's Promotion of the Dassault Falcon business jet.

Read more: Imperial Inspiration

The Pan Am Worldport & the Jet Age

The Worldport and the Jet Age: From Inception to demolition, Pan Am's iconic jetport that opened May 1960 at New York's JFK.

Read more: The Jet Age/Worldport

Worldport design from Gottscho Schleisner Collection Library of Congress

Worldport Models. Pan American Airlines, Long Island City. 1957 Mar. 6. Gottscho-Schleisner Collection, Library of Congress.

Read more: Worldport Models

Pan Am and Vietnam blog pic

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).

Read more: Pan Am & Vietnam

Bill Seeman PanAm Progress Report blog

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.

Read more: PAA's Flying Cartoonist

Pan Am North Stars media

Pan Am North Stars Steel Band: Tony Williams, master of steel pan music, top Steel Band in the Caribbean, combined forces with Pan Am.

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Pan Am building color blog

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.

Read more: Air Rights: PanAm Bldg

Jack Meade

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."

Read more: Basic Choices

Worldport Design 1960

Pan Am's Worldport Design, in 1960, a slideshow of architectural drawings and images of the Jet Age from the Pan Am Historical Foundation archives.

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Inflight movie Pan Am 747 concept drawing 1967 blog

Movies Aloft: History of Pan Am's inflight movie entertainment over the years, and the popular introduction of Pan Am's Theatre in the Air, 1965.

Read more: Movies Aloft

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