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- Collection: Cleared to Land: The Records of the Pan American World Airways, Inc.
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U.S. Army troops returning home aboard the Clipper Home Sweet Home after serving in the Persian Gulf War
Image from page 1 of Pan Am Clipper, Vol. 17, No. 2, Mar. 1991. Caption reads, in part: The time, 9 A.M. The place, the JFK WorldPort. The date, Friday, March 8. It was the first arrival in New York of U.S. troops returning from the Persian Gulf. The…
U.S. Army cadets training at Pan Am's Navigation School at the University of Miami
Image from page 24 of brochure entitled "Ten Thousand Times Around the World: How 17 Years' Experience Made Possible the Story of the Clippers at War". Caption reads: "Passing in review - the 20th graduation class of PAA's Navigation School,…
Two Pan Am stewardesses hold flags from countries serviced by Pan American World Airways
Written on verso: "East Meets West on Global Flights: Flags representing some of the countries served by Pan American round-the-world services are held by two pretty stewardesses. Carol L. Woodward of Dearborn, Michigan, USA, left, holds the flags of…
The WAVES lend a helping hand at Pan Am's Transatlantic headquarters base at New York's LaGuardia Field
Page 28 of New Horizons, Vol. 14, No. 6, April 1944. Upper caption reads: "The WAVES lend a helping hand as a Coronado is hauled from the water." Lower caption reads: "(L) Capt. McLaughlin gives a few pointers on the Coronado to the Lady Sailors.…
The Telemetry Building, Station 9 at Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
Image from page 13 of GMRD Clipper issue from September 1958. Caption reads: "Telemetry Building at Mayaguez, Station 9, is shown against dark sky." The Mayaguez station was the 9th of 12 stations that comprised the Eastern Test Range.
The Philippine Clipper, one of Pan Am's M-130s, brought some of America's first reports of the war front back from Wake Island
Image from page 14 of brochure entitled "The First 50 Years of Pan Am" summarizing the airline's history and services. Summary of accompanying text: The Philippine Clipper, a Martin M-130 flying boat, was gunned down by the Japanese on Wake Island…
The Pan American flag flies over the new Guatemala City Airport, which housed Pan Am's offices in 1937.
Images from page 20 of Pan American Air Ways, Vol. 8, No. 8, Sep. 1937. Caption reads: "The recently completed air terminal for Guatemala City, "La Aurora' airport is one of the finest in the Western Division. Its beautiful Administration Building,…
The GMRD reporting structure
Image from page 8 of GMRD Clipper issue from March 1958 accompanying article entitled "ABC's of Our Defense". Major Kenneth Grine explains common abbreviations and organizational structure - GMRD which stands for Guided Missile Range Division reports…
The first stewards aboard the Sikorsky S-42 flying boats flown by Pan American Airways
Image from page 9 of Pan Am Clipper, Vol. 12, No. 4, July 1986. Caption reads: "On the Sikorsky S-42 Flying Boat, thermoses were used to keep foods both hot and cold."
The evolution of Pan Am's Flying Clippers
page 44 of brochure entitled "A World of Neighbors" containing tourism info for travelling abroad