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Pan American Airways' "Cannonball" air route to Africa, established in 1941
Image from page 11 of New Horizons, Vol. 11, No. 12, September 1941. Caption reads: "America's newest international air route...as revealed by the President's announcement..."
Map: "A Northern Passage, San Francisco to Honolulu taken from Flight Chart Log of the China Clipper, May 10-11, 1936 - J.H. Tilton"
image from page 24 of New Horizons, Vol. 11, No. 8, May 1941. Caption reads: "Winds make the longest way round the shortest."
Pan Am GMRD employees performing tests of equipment on Pad 19 at Cape Canaveral, circa 1965
Image from page 7 of GMRD Clipper, November 1965. Caption reads: "Above, Complex 19 mechanics Ted Brickley, left, and Charles Rizzo conduct tests on vent stack blower."
A Pan Am GMRD employee performing maintenance on Pad 14 at Cape Canaveral
Image from page 6 of GMRD Clipper, November 1965. Caption reads: "George Ponader puts muscle behind wrench to tighten bolt in service structure transfer table at Pad 14."
cover of GMRD Clipper, April 1965
cover of GMRD Clipper, April 1965. Caption on p.2 reads: "Raised to the top of the Titan II launch vehicle, the Gemini capsule is mated at Complex 19. The first Gemini manned flight and Pan Am's Missile Propellants role in it is the subject of this…
image from cover of GMRD Clipper, June 1964
image from cover of GMRD Clipper, June 1964. Caption on p.2 reads: "GT-1, the first of Gemini's three-step program to orbit a two-man capsule later this year was successfully launched in mid-March. Read Pan Am's part in Project Gemini beginning on…
A recruiting ad for Pan Am's Guided Missle Range Division, circa 1963
Image from cover of GMRD Clipper, April 1963. Caption on p.2 reads: "The cover shows a cross section of the broad sweep of Pan American activities on the Atlantic Missile Range. The design is one in a series of recruiting ads run by Pan Am in…
Pan Am employees performing work at the Guided Missile Range Division at Cape Canaveral
Pages 8-10 from GMRD Clipper, July 1959. Left caption reads: "More round-the-clock services performed by GMRD employees include medical and ambulance standby for each missile launch and out-patient dispensary treatment, and operation of generators…
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."
Pan Am personnel at Ascension Island Missile Range Base
Image from page 22 of GMRD Clipper, April 1959. Caption reads: "Range Bases Manager Sid O'Neil, left, congratulates H. F. Floyd, and Ascension Base Manager H. C. Jipson, right, congratulates Dick Sherman at three year pin presentations held recently…