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

Can you imagine a roundtrip flight from the Philippine capital of Manila, to California taking 15 days? In 1935, the first scheduled transpacific airmail flight took 8 days to reach Manila from Alameda, and 4 days to come back, for a total of 123 flight hours. #avgeek #PanAm This tweet was posted on December 06, 2019.

Operating a Boeing 727, the last Pan American World Airways flight took off from Barbados to Miami, Florida, #onthisday in 1991. What are your favorite memories of Pan American? #avgeek #panam #PAA This tweet was posted on December 04, 2019.

#Onthisday the first flight of #PanAm's #Sikorsky S-40 “American Clipper” departed from Dinner Key, Florida, destined for Cristobal, Panama Canal Zone. It was the first to carry the famous "Clipper" name, which was subsequently registered as a trademark by Pan American. #avgeek This tweet was posted on November 19, 2019.

Long before #PanAmerican used Midway Atoll as an island stop in the 1930s-50s on their transpacific route, Laysan #albatrosses had used the island for breeding. They even became the island's unofficial mascot. Midway is now part of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. This tweet was posted on November 06, 2019.

The official inauguration of Pan American Airways’ daily airmail service from Key West, Florida to Havana, Cuba began #onthisday in 1927. What are your favorite #PanAm memories? #avgeek This tweet was posted on October 28, 2019.

In 1923, Igor Sikorsky founded the #Sikorsky Aero Engineering Corporation. The S-42, was developed to meet #PanAm's requirement for a large, long-range, trans-oceanic flying boat. Shown here is the Pan Am Clipper S-42 in flight over SF in 1935. https://t.co/MPq52tNOXk #avgeek This tweet was posted on October 16, 2019.

Coming in 2020, we will be presenting a photo exhibition on Pan American Airways in South America. Have you ever been to South America? #avgeek #PanAm #TravelTuesday This tweet was posted on October 15, 2019.

Pan American World Airways’ 1948 advertisement in the Saturday Evening Post promoted the luxury of Sleeperette service to Australia and New Zealand. Have you ever been to Australia or New Zealand? #TravelTuesday #PanAm This tweet was posted on October 08, 2019.

The first #PanAm delivery of a Douglas DC-3 was #onthisday in 1937. With its aerodynamically superior design the DC-3 revolutionized the airline industry in the late 1930s and was the first airliner to make a profit from passenger service Did you ever fly on a DC-3? This tweet was posted on October 01, 2019.

Today is #WorldTourismDay! Where in the world would you like to go?#avgeek #panamerican #tourism This tweet was posted on September 27, 2019.

#avgeeks and history buffs: follow along this week for the underwater search for the Samoa Clipper, a #PanAm aircraft that was lost in 1938 near American Samoa. Live stream via @EVNautilus: https://t.co/9cKVC3D9FB This tweet was posted on July 15, 2019.

RT @panamhistory: Officially delivered to #PanAm on 07-02-1976, #Boeing747 N658PA Clipper High Flyer was acquired from Boeing in 1971, stor… This tweet was posted on July 02, 2019.