Tweets about Pan American Airways We've posted 350 Tweets about this airline

Although the #Sikorsky S-40 served #PanAm well through the 1930s, it was often noted for its lack of aerodynamic efficiency due to its many struts and support wires. Charles Lindbergh famously referred to it as a “flying forest.” #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on January 28, 2019.

The #Sikorsky S-40 was developed in response to requests from #PanAmerican Airways’ president Juan T. Trippe for a high-capacity flying boat. Capable of carrying 38 passengers, the cabins were spacious and luxuriously appointed with mahogany paneling. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on January 28, 2019.

Our collection features 2 photos of Lady Drummond-Hay, an English journalist, in Wake Island circa 1936, on a #PanAmerican transpacific adventure. Her profession as a journalist and her love of aviation enabled her to document many great events in aviation history. #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 23, 2019.

RT @panamhistory: #PanAm completed the 1st Jumbo service w/ a #B747 passenger flight from #JFK to #LHR. “Clipper Young America arrives in L… This tweet was posted on January 22, 2019.

In late 1945, #PanAmerican realized the superiority of the DC-4 over the #Boeing 314 flying boat and began operating the airliner on transpacific routes and, by 1948, on transatlantic routes to Europe. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on December 26, 2018.

Clara Adams was a wealthy widow and able to take part in some of the most important flights in aviation history. Here she is with other passengers waiting to board the inaugural flight of the #PanAmerican Hawaii Clipper in 1936. #womeninaviation #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 12, 2018.

Learn more about early transpacific aviation in "China Clipper" on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum. https://t.co/MPq52tNOXk #chinaclipper #avgeek #panamerican #PAA This tweet was posted on November 29, 2018.

When the inaugural transpacific #PanAmerican Airways #clipper transpacific airmail service from California to Manila flight landed #onthisday in 1935, the welcoming ceremony was attended by estimated 250,000 people. #avgeek This tweet was posted on November 29, 2018.

RT @panamhistory: October 31, 1958: N712PA Clipper Washington became the fourth #B707-100 to be delivered to #PanAm and flew in the fleet u… This tweet was posted on October 31, 2018.

An iconic New York City landmark, the #StatueofLiberty was dedicated #onthisday in 1886. She's celebrated here in a 1980s #PanAm destination poster. Have you ever been to the Statue of Liberty? #avgeek This tweet was posted on October 28, 2018.

OnThisDay in 1958, the first scheduled #PanAmerican #Boeing 707 transatlantic commercial jet service was launched from Idlewild Airport, New York. Have you ever flown on a Boeing 707? #avgeek This tweet was posted on October 26, 2018.

#Onthisday in 1927, Cy Caldwell took off for Havana from Key West in a Fairchild FC-2, named La Niña, with seven bags of mail, inaugurating #PanAmerican Airways' first service. #avgeek This tweet was posted on October 19, 2018.