Pan Am Story Showcase
The 2nd Pan Am Pacific Survey flight, June 1935: Pilot Ed Musick & his crew celebrate their arrival at the remote Midway Atoll, 1,254 miles beyond Hawaii.
Mission to China, Parts 1-4 by Eric Hobson. 1932-1938, Juan Trippe enlisted the help of the talented Harold Bixby to map out PAA's Pacific routes.
TransAtlantic 2019 & 2024: The amazing DC-3s that flew the Atlantic from the US to Europe for the 75th (& the 80th!) anniversary of the Normandy Invasion.
R.E.G. Davies' life's work as world's foremost airline historian and curator of Air Transport at the Smithsonian, by Dr. Robert Van der Linden.
Pan Am in 1934 by month. Colorful history of Pan American Airways operations & stories of its people, aircraft and far-flung destinations.
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.
Quotes by Juan Trippe, 20th-century visionary & founder of Pan American World Airways during his time at Pan Am in the 1930s - 1960s.
You're invited! Get info & tickets to Pan Am Museum Foundation's Gala, "I'll Take Manhattan," October 8-10, 2026.
Echoes of Wake Island, by Bonnie Gilbert tells the story behind her 2012 book, "Building for War" and the civilian contractors and marines on Wake Is.
Exciting books-old and new-on Pan American World Airways: Classic history & reference, pictorial, biography, fiction & non-fiction.
Berlin Airlift 1948-1949: West Berlin, a city under siege in the Cold War. Pan Am flew cargo to points in West Germany for transfer of aid to the city.
Pan Am Ops in Gander/2 by Robert Pelley: Taking a close look & shedding light on the history of Gander Airport and its operations in the 1940s & 1950s.
The M-130 China Clipper was the first out of the gate, but it was the Philippine Clipper that saw WW2 up close on Wake Island in 1941 for Pan Am.
Hawaiian ships are shaking and shoulders quivering to a brand new island dance-the “Clipper Hula”-dedicated to Pan American Airways).
Iran Adventure: Pan Am Capt. Harvey Benefield recounts experiences while piloting a Pan Am 747 in the 1979 American Evacuation from Iran.
After years of on-again-off-again geopolitical negotiations, passengers flew the Atlantic on Pan Am B-314 Dixie Clipper (Photos by Betty Trippe).
A Legend: Edmund “Eddie” Allen, Test Pilot. His calm intelligence heard in a radio interview during his first Boeing 314 Clipper test.
Clipper Cargo background notes: A timeline of the history of Pan American World Airways Cargo operations 1930-1940.
Juan Trippe, JFK & the Supersonic Transport: JFK was about to unveil America’s answer tocompetition and develop an American SST.
"Clipper" | Members newsletters. Messages from Ed Trippe/Chair & Adam Aron/Pres. PAHF project updates. Pan Am news & events.
Link to Clipper Hall "Birth of the Superjet" galleries. The story of how Pan Am & Boeing teamed up to create the world's first widebody jet — Pan Am's 747.
1936 Notes: airchild F-91 Jungle Clippers, S-43s, M-130 Hawaii Clipper & SS North Haven Expedition II. PAA's new terminals on Southern routes.
Dining in the Sky, Like Nothing on Earth: America’s fascination with gourmet food on planes began with Pan Am’s ‘Round the World' Flight in 1947.
Worldport Dedication, December 5, 1973 at JFK. Pan Am’s iconic Jet Age terminal was enlarged to accommodate the latest Pan Am aircraft, the B-747s.
The Commodore and the President, from John C. Leslie's memoir: Arranging Pres. Roosevelt's daring WW2 flight to Casablanca on B-314 Dixie Clipper.
Searchable Exhibits: Use this Clipper Hall guide for a close look at Pan Am's sweeping history through graphics-rich exhibits & films.
Pan Am's U.N. Clippers, in those early days of the U.N., Pan Am played a key role with its capable new aircraft, the Lockheed Constellation L-049.
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.
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).
"When Passengers Were News." Pan Am's flying clipper ships were a lifeline in June 1941, prior to United States' involvement in World War Two.
Enlightening details of the 20 May, 1939 mail-only flight that opened Pan Am's Port Washington-Marseilles service with Capt. La Porte commanding.
As WW2 began in Europe, PAA Pilot Charles Lorber landed his B-314 in Bermuda and British censors & marines removed all mail bound for Germany.
Clipper Pioneers News: Home of Pan American World Airways Retired Pilots and Employees, 1927-1991, keeping Pan Amer's connected.
CNAC #100: Former Historic Flight Foundaton's DC-3 made history during WW2 with Pan Am-affiliate China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC).
Marine Air Terminal (MAT) at LaGuardia, still in operation, was New York's first true airport where Pan Am's Clipper ships flew.
