ERA | INTO THE JET AGE
"I don't remember being as excited as this about a flight." Stewardess Jane Luna Euler recalls her Pan Am flight that returned the Beatles home .
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.
In 1964 Pan American installed a brand new technology in its jet fleet -- the inertial navigation system, with benefitted from NASA's technology.
Pan Am North Stars Steel Band: Tony Williams, master of steel pan music, top Steel Band in the Caribbean, combined forces with Pan Am.
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 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).
The Worldport and the Jet Age: From Inception to demolition, Pan Am's iconic jetport that opened May 1960 at New York's JFK.
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.
Stewardess Hope Ryden & Pan Am's first jet Inaugural flight, NY-Paris October 1958 on a Boeing 707 (Photo: 1983 anniversary reenactment). PDF
Flying to Berlin during the Cold War: The dust had hardly settled after the Third Reich had been crushed by Allied armies when the Cold War began.
The Pan American World Airways Building, NYC: Images from a variety of perspectives showing its dramatic edifice on Park Avenue.
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.
