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
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
