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#OnThisDay in 1960, Pan American World Airways received their first Douglas DC-8, the "Clipper Mandarin", registry number N803PA. Pan American received 19 of the 25 aircraft they had ordered, all of which were DC-8-32, an intercontinental version of the aircraft. Pan American's DC-8-32s were in service until 1971. Did you ever fly on one of Pan Am's DC-8s? Image: Pan American World Airways advertisement, Saturday Evening Post, Douglas DC-8, 1960. Gift of Barnaby Conrad III. 2001.038.164.115 a b
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"Wherever in the world you want to go...the world's largest fleet of over-ocean Jets is at your service...the Pan Am Jet Clipper Fleet" Pioneering jet travel with the Boeing 707, and later the 747, Pan American World Airways emphasized its position as the "World's Most Experienced Airline".
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The Pan Am Historical Foundation was established #onthisday in 1992 by a group of former Pan American employees to preserve and promote the unique heritage of Pan American World Airways, Inc. and its incomparable contributions to the technology, convenience, safety and excitement of commercial aviation.
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#Onthisday in 1970, the world's first ever scheduled Boeing 747 wide-body jet service was flown by Pan American World Airways with Captain Robert M. Weeks in command.
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This circa 1940 advertisement for Pan American Airways advertises their "regularly scheduled service to 55 countries."
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This poster produced by McDonnell Douglas illustrates the commercial aircraft they had produced over nearly fifty years, from the DC-1 to the DC-10.
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Douglas developed the DC-8 jetliner during the mid-1950s as a competitive design to Boeing’s 707 jetliner.
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