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- Collection: Cleared to Land: The Records of the Pan American World Airways, Inc.
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Photograph of launch of the Atlas rocket in 1958
image from page 7 of GMRD Clipper, December 1958. Caption reads: "Pads need cleaning and repainting immediately after each launch, such as Atlas, right, to prevent rust, and Pad Services men do the job. Mechanics, electricians and janitors also move…
Photograph of the ROTI missile-tracking camera at Cape Canaveral
cover image from pp. 1-2 of GMRD Clipper, January 1959. Caption reads: "Framing the sky like a giant Trojan helmet, a ROTI missile-tracking camera peers toward Cape Canaveral. Pan Am and RCA men work together on 17 coastal Domestic Satellite sites in…
Satellite bases along Florida's East coast, operated by the Guided Missile Range Division
Image from page 4 of GMRD Clipper, January 1959. Accompanying text reads in part: "It is common knowledge that Pan Am operates and maintains the 5,000 mile Atlantic Missile Range for the Air Force, stretching from Canaveral to distant Ascension in…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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."