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Pan American Airways inaugurated its first scheduled passenger flight on January 16, 1928, with an eight-passenger Fokker F.VIIa/3m. Flying from Key West, Florida, to Havana, Cuba, the three-engine plane made the 90-mile trip in just under 90 minutes. The one-way fare was $50 or about $868 now. #PanAm photograph: Pan American Airways, Fokker F.VIIa/3m, Cuba inaugural flight; 01/16/1928 Gift of the Captain John B. Russell Family 2012.149.0864
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