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- Collection: Cleared to Land: The Records of the Pan American World Airways, Inc.
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Sikorsky S-38 amphibious airplane flown by Pan American Airways
Image from page 4 of Pan American Clipper, Vol. 28, No. 10, May 8, 1968. Caption reads: "The Sikorsky S-38 amphibian was designed to meet Pan Am's expanding needs in Latin America."
Space Shuttle Columbia at Kennedy Space Center in Florida just prior to liftoff
Image from page 17 of Pan American World Airways Annual Report for 1981. Caption reads: "Space Shuttle Columbia at Kennedy Space Center in Florida just prior to liftoff. Pan Am World Services provides design modifications, range support and medical…
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.
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…
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 "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 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 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 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…