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PAN AM's EXPLORATIONS
Photos: The first small planes soon gave way to ever larger craft, spanning ever longer distances. As the 1930's began, Pan Am's small fleet of land planes was complemented by newer, bigger and faster flying boats. Constantly expanding route networks soon spread out from bases in Miami and Brownsville to encircle the Caribbean, and then the whole of Latin America. By mid-decade, the ultimate hurdle was bested, and Pan Am's "Clippers" were crossing the vast Pacific, while Pan Am subsidiary airlines flew in China and Alaska. By the decade's end, the ultimate flying boats, Pan Am's fleet of Boeing B-314s were linking all the continents in the Northern Hemisphere.
  • Pan Am Poster by George Lawler, Flying to South Sea Isles
  • Pan Am Boeing 314 California Clipper Over San Francisco, 1939
  • Sikorsky S-42 View Foreward from Hatch
  • Pan Am Sikorsky S-42 Wing and Motor in Flight
  • Pan Am's Ed Musick and Crew of the First Transpacific Survey Flight, 1935
  • Pan Am Inauguration of Transpacific Flight by China Clipper Flying Boat, 1935
  • Pan Am on Wake Island Offloading Caterpillar Tractor 1935
  • Pan Am Chief Pilot Edwin Musick
  • Pan Am Scene at Flying Boat Base Bahia, Brazil, 1936
  • Pan Am 1935 Ad: Fly to Nassau or Havana
  • Pan Am Ad 1934, South America Tour
  • Pan Am: Two Sikorsky S-38 Amphibian Aircraft in Cuba, 1930s
  • Pan Am Ground Radio Operation, 1930s
  • Pan Am Passengers Clearing Customs in South America, 1934
  • Pan Am Sikorsky S-40 Flying Boat and its Luxurious Interior
  • Dramatic Photo of a Pan Am Sikorsky S-40 Flying Boat in Flight

Pan Am Poster by George Lawler, Flying to South Sea Isles

Pan Am Boeing 314 California Clipper Over San Francisco, 1939

Pan Am Sikorsky S-42 View Foreward from Hatch

Pan Am Sikorsky S-42 Wing and Motor in Flight

Pan Am, Two Sikorsky S-38 Amphibian Aircraft in Cuba, 1930s

Pan Am Ground Radio Operation, 1930s

Pan Am Passengers Clearing Customs in South America, 1934

Luxurious Interior of a Pan Am Sikorsky S-40 Flying Boat

Dramatic Picture of a Pan Am Sikorsky S-40 Flying Boat in Flight

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