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The Boeing 747 (top) and 747SP (bottom) flown by Pan Am
Images from page 20 of Pan American World Airways Annual Report for 1977. Upper caption reads: "747. The mainstay of our fleet. Pan Am was the first airline to order the 747, which went into service in 1970. Pan Am now operates 34 747s, more than any…
The Biscayne Manufacturing Co., circa 1890
During the winter of 1890, Ralph Munroe formed the Biscayne Manufacturing Co. and built a factory for the canning of local fruits. The facilities were subsequently used as an experimentation station for the development of a "sisal hemp industry." He…
The Atlantic Missile Test Range
Image from page 4 of GMRD Clipper, July 1959. Caption reads: "The Atlantic Missile Range (map above) spans S. Atlantic from Cape Canaveral 5,000 miles southeastward to Ascension Island."
The air route known as "The Hump"
Map from page 7 of brochure entitled "Ten Thousand Times Around the World: How 17 Years' Experience Made Possible the Story of the Clippers At War"
The "Sleeperette" - a full-length recliner available aboard Pan Am's Strato-Clippers and other aircraft
Image from page 2 of brochure entitled "Pan American World Airways Introduces Another First in Air Travel Comfort...The Sleeperette Compartment" containing tourist information about interior aircraft amenities. Caption reads: "The Sleeperette gives…
The "Pan American Clipper" landing on the Shannon River in Ireland in 1937
Image from page 1 of Pan American Air Ways, Vol. 8, No. 6, June 1937. Caption reads: "Where the River Shannon Flows. At the mouth of the storied Irish river,the "Pan American Clipper" glides to a rest - triumphantly - at the end of the first survey…
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…
Table comparing specifications of the various aircraft in Pan Am's fleet in 1981
Table from page 12 of Pan American World Airways Annual Report for 1981.