Dinner Key 1930s

The Berlin Airlift 1948-1949 made the difference between freedom & oppression, helping Berlin to survive. Link to the legacy of the CandyBomber & the 75th Anniversary to be held July 2023 at Wiesbaden

"Across the Pacific". Moreno/Lyons Productions in Association with The Pan Am Historical Foundation: Info on Streaming options & DVD

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Richard Edes Harrison: A New Worldview. Photo: A Pan Am 1945 company calendar image by Richard Edes Harrison (PAHF Collection).

Celebrating 50+ Extraordinary Years! Dream of a Lifetime - A Pan American B-747 in flight.

"A Grown-Up Job" - Piloting Flying Boats in the Pacific. 1930s photo of Pilot Bob Howard taking a star shot aboard a Pan Am Boeing 314.

“I may lose battles, but no one will ever see me lose minutes.” Pan Am's Dassault Falcon 20 Business Jet Promotion & Napolean's Carriage

Pan Am Lockheed Constellation in Vienna 1946, first flight after WW2. Read about Pan Am's postwar UN Clippers.

How Derek Barnett created a new look for a venerable Piper Cherokee.

Joe Britton photographed in his PAA Africa Orient Uniform, and the superb models of the planes that he flew, created by his son in honor of his memory. Read Joe's story by his children, John C. Britton and Jean Britton Glenn .

"Pan Am's First Lady: The Diary of Betty Stettinius Trippe" -- a beautiful hardcover filled with Pan Am history, published in 1996 by Paladwr Press and available on our website $20/free shipping to US. (Please inquire about international orders).

Pan Am's First Art Deco Marine Seabase was built at Dinner Key, now Miami City Hall

On February 4, 1946, Pan Am made its first transatlantic flight with a “Connie,” setting new speed records in the process.

Juan & Betty Trippe arrive in Rio with other passengers on the dirigible Hindenburg, after a flight across the Atlantic, 1936

Pan Am’s Art Deco Marine Air Terminal at LaGuardia today features the evocative WPA Mural "Flight" by James Brooks and a newly installed B-314 "Yankee Clipper" Model commissioned by the Pan Am Historical Foundation thanks to ongoing support from our members & donors!

Mission to China, Part 4: The final chapter of Eric Hobson's deep dive into the story of Harold M. Bixby. Photo: M-130 Philippine Clipper over Macao in 1936 (Courtesy of Jon Krupnick Collection).

Pan Am Ad featuring Douglas Super-6 Clipper Rainbow Tourist Fares to Europe, 1950

Treasure Island Fabled Gateway: Artist concept of Treasure Island as an intermodal airport for land and seaplanes (Image: Jon Krupnick Collection)

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Color footage of Dinner Key Seaplane Terminal in the 1930s, Courtesy of Ed Strong

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Al Topping Interview

1st Transatlantic pax flight

Fate of the Star of Hope

Winston's Wild Ride

Across the Pacific PBS& DVD

A Dangerous Game: Berlin

Iran Adventure

A New Clipper at the MAT

Dream of a Lifetime

747 Carries On

Sikorsky's Dream Boats

Closing a Great Circle

Eyes in the Sky

Pan Am - First Person Accounts

PAA, Century of Flight

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Juan Trippe Bio (1970)

Repurposing 747s

The Pan Am Jets

Mission to China Part 1

6 Decades of Soaring

The Jumbos are Coming!

Snapshot of a Young Airline

The Brownsville Base

Riding the Jetstream

Eras of Pan Am

History Pathways

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