#Onthisday in 1963, the Pan Am Building opened at 200 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. At the time, the 59-story tower was the largest commercial office space in the world. Have you ever visited the #PanAm Building? #avgeek
This tweet was posted on March 07, 2019.
#Onthisday the first flight of #PanAm's #Sikorsky S-40 “American Clipper” departed from Dinner Key, Florida, destined for Cristobal, Panama Canal Zone. It was the first to carry the famous "Clipper" name, which was subsequently registered as a trademark by Pan American. #avgeek
This tweet was posted on November 19, 2019.
#PanAm commemorated their 50th anniversary by celebrating the many aircraft that made travel possible: http://t.co/hnY8rPmNGp #avgeek
This tweet was posted on June 02, 2015.
#PanAm flight attendants were chic, high-fashion icons & were featured in promotions for luxury jet-age air travel.
This tweet was posted on April 13, 2016.
#PanAm had some fun with floral language in their certificate souvenir for crossing the International Dateline: http://t.co/BnomsXk9bG
This tweet was posted on August 05, 2014.
#PanAm launched Boeing 377 Stratocruiser service from San Francisco to Hawai’i in April 1949, and transatlantic service to London in June 1949 as all first-class “President” service. #WingWednesday
This tweet was posted on May 12, 2021.
#PanAm offered First & Clipper Class passengers helicopter flights to & from JFK & Manhattan & later Newark Airport.
This tweet was posted on February 10, 2016.
#PanAm pioneered 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. By 1930, the airline linked 29 Latin American and Caribbean countries and territories. #MuseumFromHome
This tweet was posted on May 01, 2020.
#PanAm pioneered commercial airline service to Latin America in the late 1920s and early 1930s. #PAA began service in Central America with the Ford 5-AT Tri-Motor, a robust, three-engine, twelve-passenger airliner affectionately known as the “Tin Goose.” #PanAmCentralAmerica
This tweet was posted on December 12, 2019.
#PanAm pioneered the multiple flight crew concept for transocean transports. Six areas of need called for a cross-trained crew of up to ten.
This tweet was posted on July 03, 2017.
#PanAm received their first Douglas #DC-3, the era's advanced, streamlined plane, on this day in 1937. http://t.co/53Xz9eRliY
This tweet was posted on October 01, 2013.
#PanAm's 54 hours in the air and anniversary celebration called for a menu just as epic as the round-the-world flight.
This tweet was posted on October 28, 2016.
#avgeeks and history buffs: follow along this week for the underwater search for the Samoa Clipper, a #PanAm aircraft that was lost in 1938 near American Samoa. Live stream via @EVNautilus: https://t.co/9cKVC3D9FB
This tweet was posted on July 15, 2019.
$955 would get you from Honolulu to Manila both today and in 1940: http://t.co/sCVhV416Pu #PanAm
This tweet was posted on November 03, 2014.
75 years to the day: #PanAm's christening ceremony for the California Clipper, held at Treasure Island: http://t.co/HNa8N1kWgm #avgeek
This tweet was posted on April 25, 2014.