Pan Am Story Showcase
EVENTS: World Wings International, Pan Am's diverse flight attendant group with a great history of 60+ years of philanthropic works.
Slideshow of Pan American World Airways, Jet Age. Introduction of successful commercial jet powered aircraft, 1958-end of the 1960s.
Pan Am |July 1935. Constructing a base for Pan Am's August S-42 survey flight was a difficult challenge on the isolated atoll of Wake Island.
Martin M-130s: John Borger, first hired as a Junior Engineer to work on the North Haven Expedition in 1935, had a long, stellar career with PAA.
A Brief History of Pan Am, by Pan Am historian and Pilot Gene Banning with photos of the accomplishments of Pan Am through six decades.
A list of Aircraft in Pan Am's fleet: Pan Am's Aircraft, Clipper Manufacturers and Names by Type and Airplane, 1934-1991. Read the PDF.
Air Travel for All. As early as 1943 before the end of the World War, and long before jets, Juan Trippe was thinking about future tourist class travel by air.
You're invited to Pan Am Museum's Gala, Seattle 9/4/25! Info & Tix: Across the Pacific-From the B-314 to the Queen of the Skies, the 747.
"Pan Am - Personal Tributes to a Global Aviation Pioneer" a beautifully-compiled commemorative book by Jeff Kriendler & James Patrick Baldwin.
Lessons Learned: In the 1927 Dole Race to Hawaii, tragedy provided valuable lessons for the transpacific future of Pan American Airways.
July 25, 1958: Captain Robert Dean Postlewaite and the story of Pan Am Fight 150. The trouble began around 8 pm on a Pan Am DC-7C to Europe.
The day Geo. E. Warren III watched the last B-314 in 'Warpaint' and its final landing and take off in Miami with his dad, a PAA flying boat mechanic.
Reporter Dan Gilmore's eyewitness account of the first flight to link the US and Soviet Union on regularly scheduled service. July 15, 1968.
The children of Pan American pilot Joe Britton share his biography & a fabulous collection of Pan Am models created by their late father.
In 1964 Pan American installed a brand new technology in its jet fleet -- the inertial navigation system, with benefitted from NASA's technology.
A deep-sea search that's ongoing: Air/Sea Heritage's hunt for PAA S-42B Samoan Clipper, piloted by Ed Musick and lost in a 1938 crash in Samoa.
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.
Iran Adventure: Pan Am Capt. Harvey Benefield recounts experiences while piloting a Pan Am 747 in the 1979 American Evacuation from Iran.
Richard Edes Harrison was not just a gifted illustrator, he proved to be an innovative and inspired cartographer for Pan Am, with a new worldview.
Havana day trips, Panama Canal flights, Western Division responsibilities in Brownsville. Pan Am continued to attract new passengers in 1932..
August 15, 2025 Deadline: Abrams-Banning Research Grant Application, sponsored by Pan Am Historical Foundation & Univ. Miami Special Collections.
An engaging historical novel: "Pacific Musick, Personal Life of Captain Ed Musick, Chief Pilot of Pan American Airways China Clipper" by Ross Detwiler.
Explore the lists. Here's a chance to link directly to audio, video and photo selections throughout the PanAm.org site.
Oct. 1, 1932 Juan Trippe ordered the first S-42s from Sikorsky Aircraft. S. Paul Johnson details the plane's features and construction in March 1934.
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.
"Clipper" | Members newsletters. Messages from Ed Trippe-Chair & Adam Aron-Pres. with PAHF project updates & more Pan Am news.
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-related Books for Kids: Nick Grant Adventure Novels | Historical Aviation Comics | The China Clipper | Timmy Rides the China Clipper.
Mystery Still With Us: the disappearance of Martin M-130 Hawaii Clipper on July 29th, 1938, and an ongoing search by the The Lost Clipper.
Canton Island, Pan Am's Critical stop-over in the Pacific, remained pivotal as a technical stop on the way to Australia and New Zealand.
Searchable Exhibits: Use this Clipper Hall guide for a much closer look at Pan Am's sweeping history through graphics-rich exhibits & films.
Lighter than Air by Doug Miller: When Juan Trippe of Pan Am explored the possibilities of airships and the technology that might have been.
Pan Am in 1935: Check back for month-by-month stories of PAA people, aircraft, operations, explorations & destinations (90 Years ago series).
NYC's 1965 Landmarks Preservation Law preserved the Interior at the MAT, LaGuardia with its Art Deco Design and stunning WPA Mural by James Brooks.
Maxim's-A Parisian Tradition. Dining on the Pan Am President Special, 1957, restaurant service extending 65,000 miles & embraced 82 lands.
Life in a Clipper. The old Pan Am S-42 Brazilian Clipper was about to take off on a new life in 1947, thirteen eventful years after her first flight.
Pan Am-Alumni Japan Events & News: Osaka Reunion-March 2025 had two students from Konan Univ. who wrote graduation theses on Pan Am.
Clipper Pioneers: Home of Pan American World Airways Retired Pilots and Employees, 1927-1991, keeping Pan Amer's informed & connected.
Pan Am & the Civil Reserve Air Fleet: When “Uncle Sam” called, “Pan Am was there," arguably one of the most involved US airlines in airlift services.
