In 1966, Pan American World Airways began to hire Japanese nationals in expectation of growth and expansion of its Pacific routes... #panam #avgeek #WomenInAviation #MuseumFromHome

In the 1930s, Pan American Airways embarked on a multiyear project to establish transpacific air service and created a route that included multiple island layovers... #ChinaClipper #panam #avgeek #MuseumFromHome

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... #panamerican #panam #paa #SanFrancisco #ChinaClipper #GoldenGateBridge #avgeek #MuseumFromHome

The Pan American Airways Marine Air Terminal on Dinner Key in the Coconut Grove section of Miami, Florida was considered a milestone of design in commercial aviation history when it opened in 1934... #Avgeek #PAA #panam #miami #dinnerkey #florida #MuseumFromHome

#Onthisday in 1984, the first Pan American World Airways Airbus A300B4, registered N202PA, departed from New York to Bridgetown, Barbados... #panam #PAA #panamerican #avgeek #Airbus #airbus300 #Barbados #watercolor

During the Vietnam War, commercial airliners along with their crews were chartered to fly US troops into combat zones... #FreedomBirds #avgeek #VietnamWar #panamerican #panam #paa

During the Vietnam War, commercial airliners along with their crews were chartered to fly US troops into combat zones... #FreedomBirds #avgeek #VietnamWar #panamerican #panam #paa

During the Vietnam War, commercial airliners along with their crews were chartered to fly US troops into combat zones... #FreedomBirds #avgeek #VietnamWar #panamerican #panam #paa

Pan American Airways pioneered commercial airline service to Latin America and the Caribbean in the late 1920s and early 1930s, when air travel was first developing into a viable form of transportation... #panamerican #panam #centralamerica #Guatemala #ford #ford5at #trimotor

Pan American Airways pioneered commercial airline service to Latin America and the Caribbean in the late 1920s and early 1930s, when air travel was first developing into a viable form of transportation... #panamerican #panam #centralamerica #Guatemala #ford #ford5at #trimotor

Pan American Airways pioneered commercial airline service to Latin America and the Caribbean in the late 1920s and early 1930s, when air travel was first developing into a viable form of transportation... #panamerican #panam #centralamerica #Guatemala #ford #ford5at #trimotor

Pan American Airways pioneered commercial airline service to Latin America and the Caribbean in the late 1920s and early 1930s, when air travel was first developing into a viable form of transportation... #panamerican #panam #centralamerica #Guatemala #ford #ford5at #trimotor