#OnThisDay in 1960, the Pan American Worldport terminal opened at Idlewild Airport, now called John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City.
This image was posted on May 24, 2016.
#Onthisday in 1927, Cy Caldwell took off for Havana from Key West in a Fairchild FC-2, inaugurating #PanAm's first ever service. #AvGeekThis tweet was posted on October 19, 2016.
#Onthisday in 1929, Charles Lindbergh piloted a Ford 5-AT Tri-Motor, named "Mexico" and painted with C.M.A. and Pan American Airways markings, on the first southbound airmail service from Brownsville Municipal Airport in Brownsville, Texas, to Mexico City, via Tampico.
This image was posted on March 10, 2019.
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#Onthisday in 1929, Panagra (Pan American-Grace Airways Inc.) was formed. As a joint venture between W. R. Grace & Co., a shipping and mining company founded in Peru, and Pan American Airways, each held half of the new airline’s stock. #Panagra#PanAm#AvGeekThis tweet was posted on January 25, 2023.
#Onthisday in 1929, the Brownsville Municipal Airport in Brownsville, Texas opened. Learn about its #PanAm history: https://t.co/Yd0gg9c2PuThis tweet was posted on March 08, 2016.
#Onthisday in 1929, the first Fairchild 71 was delivered to Pan American Airways. This rare photo of NC9726 was taken shortly after the aircraft was delivered to Pan American; it was then transferred to the PAA subsidiary airline Mexicana de Aviacion. #AvGeek#PanAm#Fairchild71This tweet was posted on January 31, 2023.
#Onthisday in 1929, the first Fairchild 71 was delivered to Pan American Airways.
This image was posted on January 31, 2023.
#Onthisday in 1935, a Pan American Airways flying boat named #ChinaClipper lifted off the surface of SF Bay, and strained into the sky, and opened the age of regular transpacific commercial air service. https://t.co/MPq52tNOXk #panamThis tweet was posted on November 22, 2017.
#Onthisday in 1939, #PanAm established the first regular air mail service across the Atlantic. This tweet was posted on May 20, 2016.
#Onthisday in 1939, #PanAm inaugurated their first regularly scheduled & sustained passenger air service across the Atlantic. #avgeekThis tweet was posted on June 28, 2017.
#Onthisday in 1941, Pan American Airways’ Captain John Tilton departed San Francisco for the first airmail service to Fiji.
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#Onthisday in 1949, Pan American World Airways received their first delivery of a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser. #PanAm launched #Stratocruiser transpacific service from San Francisco to Hawai’i in April 1949, and transatlantic service to London in June 1949. #avgeekThis tweet was posted on January 31, 2022.