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#Onthisday in 1939, Pan American Airways established the first regular air mail service across the Atlantic. Passenger service followed a month later. The route included service from Port Washington, New York, to Marseilles, France, via the Azores and Lisbon, Portugal. The trip took around 36 hours of flying time for a complete total of 51 total hours with layovers. A round-trip ticket cost $675, equivalent to over $11,000 today. Image: Pan American Airways, Boeing 314 “Dixie Clipper”, 1939. Gift of the Pan Am Association. 2000.058.0511.002
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This post mentions the following things involved with the SFO Museum collection:
Boeing (1916 to ..)
This company is from the United States
Pan American Airways.
It is related to
Pan American World Airways (the company)
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