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Operating a Boeing 727, the last Pan American World Airways flight took off from Barbados to Miami, Florida, on December 4, 1991. Pan Am made aviation history on numerous occasions; among the famous firsts, the airline was the first to inaugurate scheduled service from the United States to the Caribbean, Asia, Oceania, and Europe. What are your favorite memories of Pan American? Image: San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Terminal Building, c. 1958. SFO Museum Collection. 1997.52.044.012
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Boeing (1916 to ..)
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Pan American Airways.
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Pan American World Airways (the company)
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