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The first Pan American Airways scheduled passenger flight took off on this day in 1928 from Key West, Florida, to Havana, Cuba. The eight-passenger, three-engine, Fokker F-VIIa/3m made the 90-mile trip in just under 90 minutes. The one-way fare was $50 or about $887 today, adjusted for inflation. model airplane: Pan American Airways, Fokker F.VllA-3m General Machado; 1980 Gift of Jim Lund 2014.173.001 https://collection.sfomuseum.org/objects/1880318919/
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