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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."
A menu dated 1934 from Pan Am's flying boats
Image from page 9 of Pan Am Clipper, Vol. 12, No. 4, July 1986. Caption reads: "First job of the day was to type the menus."
Passengers dining aboard the Sikorsky S-42 in the 1930's
Image from page 9 of Pan Am Clipper, Vol. 12, No. 4, July 1986. Caption reads: "Dining was course-by-course on the Sikorsky S-42 in the 1930s."
The "Flagship Berlin", a DC-4 aircraft flown by American Overseas Airways during the Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949
Image from page 10 of Pan Am Clipper, Vol. 12, No. 3, May 1986. Caption reads: "American Overseas Airways, which merged with Pan Am in 1950, flew the famous DC-4 "Flagship Berlin" during the historic Berlin Airlift, seen here in an old photo taken at…
Photograph of Captain Jack Bennett, pilot of the first commercial airlift into Berlin commencing the historical Berlin Airlift
image from page 10 of Pan Am Clipper, Vol. 12, No. 3, May 1986. Caption reads: "Pan Am Captain Jack Bennett flew the first commercial aircraft into Berlin at the beginning of the Berlin Airlift, and flew the last commercial plane to leave Berlin when…
Photograph of Pan Am's "Yankee Clipper", a Boeing B-314 flying boat
image from page 7 of Pan Am Clipper, Vol. 11, No. 7, Sep. 1985. Caption reads: "The Yankee Clipper, a Boeing B-314 flying boat which served Bermuda from 1939 to 1945."
Photograph of Pan Am's "Bermuda Clipper" a Sikorsky S-42 flying boat
image from page 7 of Pan Am Clipper, Vol. 11, No. 7, Sep. 1985. Caption reads: "The Bermuda Clipper, a Sikorsky S-42 flying boat, made the inaugural flight to Bermuda from New York on June 18, 1937."
Photograph of the christening ceremony of Pan Am's "American Clipper", a Sikorsky S-40 flying boat christened by Mrs. Herbert Hoover on Oct. 12, 1931
image from page 7 of Pan Am Clipper, Vol. 11, No. 7, Sep. 1985. Relevant text reads: "Mrs. Herbert Hoover is shown here christening the S-40 "American Clipper" on October 12, 1931 at the Naval Air Station, Washington, D.C."
Map: "We've Got the World On a String Stretched in a Great Circle"
image from page 8 of Pan Am Clipper, Vol. 11, No. 6, Sep. 1985. Map depicts route established by Pan Am termed the "Great Circle Route"
Passengers boarding the Dixie Clipper for her inaugural transatlantic flight in 1939 (top) and Pan Am's Yankee Clipper (bottom)
Images from page 8 of Pan Am Clipper [newspaper], Vol. 10, No. 5 May 1984. Caption 1 reads: "First Flight. Passengers board "The Dixie Clipper" for the world's transatlantic passenger service inaugurated on June 6, 1939. The flight hopscotched from…