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  • Candy Bomber during the Berlin Airlift,
  • Our latest Project: Across the Pacific Now on PBS! The New Pan Am documentary series by Moreno/Lyons Productions in Association with The Pan Am Historical Foundation.  Read more about broadcast times / streaming / purchases & Watch the trailer.
  • Pan Am Historical Foundation membership, join us, renew, and help support PAHF's projects
  • Richard Edes Harrison: A New Worldview. Photo: A Pan Am 1945 company calendar image by Richard Edes Harrison (PAHF Collection).
  •  Dream of a Lifetime - A Pan American B-747 in flight
  • Pan Am Pilot Steve Bancroft (center) with Ernest Hemingway(r), UMSpecCollections, Photo courtesy Ro
  • “I may lose battles, but no one will ever see me lose minutes.” Pan Am's Dassault Falcon 20 Promotion & Napolean's Carriage Pan Am's Dassault Falcon 20 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 the he flew, created by his son. Read Joe's story by his children, John C. Britton and Jean Britton Glenn .
  • Pan Am's First Lady, by Betty Stettinius Trippe
  • Pan Am's Art Deco Marine Seabase at Dinner Key, now Miami City Hall
  • Lockheed, Constellation, Connie, Pan American Airways, Pan Am, Clippers, transatlantic
  • Juan & Betty Trippe arrive in Rio with other passengers on the dirigible Hindenburg, after a flight across the Atlantic, 1936
  • Pan Am’s former Art Deco Marine Air Terminal at LaGuardia today.
  • Mission to China, Part 4: The final chapter of Eric Hobson's deep dive into the story of Harold M. Bixby.  Photo: 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)

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

Did you know that your membership supports ongoing PAHF Pan Am history projects? Join/Renew today! Or make a gift of membership. Receive our annual wall calendar, newsletters, and more  (Photo:  Pan Am Boeing 747 circa 1970 Courtesy Aeroart)

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)

Candy Bomber during the Berlin Airlift,
Our latest Project: Across the Pacific Now on PBS! The New Pan Am documentary series by Moreno/Lyons Productions in Association with The Pan Am Historical Foundation.  Read more about broadcast times / streaming / purchases & Watch the trailer.
Pan Am Historical Foundation membership, join us, renew, and help support PAHF's projects
Richard Edes Harrison: A New Worldview. Photo: A Pan Am 1945 company calendar image by Richard Edes Harrison (PAHF Collection).
 Dream of a Lifetime - A Pan American B-747 in flight
Pan Am Pilot Steve Bancroft (center) with Ernest Hemingway(r), UMSpecCollections, Photo courtesy Ro
“I may lose battles, but no one will ever see me lose minutes.” Pan Am's Dassault Falcon 20 Promotion & Napolean's Carriage Pan Am's Dassault Falcon 20 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 the he flew, created by his son. Read Joe's story by his children, John C. Britton and Jean Britton Glenn .
Pan Am's First Lady, by Betty Stettinius Trippe
Pan Am's Art Deco Marine Seabase at Dinner Key, now Miami City Hall
Lockheed, Constellation, Connie, Pan American Airways, Pan Am, Clippers, transatlantic
Juan & Betty Trippe arrive in Rio with other passengers on the dirigible Hindenburg, after a flight across the Atlantic, 1936
Pan Am’s former Art Deco Marine Air Terminal at LaGuardia today.
Mission to China, Part 4: The final chapter of Eric Hobson's deep dive into the story of Harold M. Bixby.  Photo: 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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PAHF Winter 2021-22 Clipper Newsletter

Winter 2021-22 Clipper

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Al Topping with his new book "Wings of Freedom". Purchase now! Also Caps available!

Al Topping Interview

Dixie Clipper Port Washington June 1939 Blog

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Across the Pacific PBS& DVD

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Mission to China Part 1

Six Decades of Soaring: A Video Tribute To Pan Am (PAHF Film Archive). How it came about

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