The official inauguration of Pan American Airways’ daily airmail service from Key West, Florida to Havana, Cuba began #onthisday in 1927. What are your favorite #PanAm memories? #avgeek
This tweet was posted on October 28, 2019.
These #PanAm service pins feature the newer blue globe logo. In order 1, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 25, & 30 year pins. #
This tweet was posted on May 07, 2016.
These #PanAm service pins feature the winged globe logo. In order 1, 3, 5, 10, 15, & 20 year pins.
This tweet was posted on May 06, 2016.
This #PanAm Stratocruiser simulator helped prepare crews by simulating any emergency that could happen in flight.
This tweet was posted on December 16, 2015.
This 1948 brochure produced by #PanAm advertises "Fly to the Olympics by Clipper" for the Summer Olympics in London.
This tweet was posted on August 17, 2016.
This circa 1959 Pan American wool suit in Tunis Blue created a fresh look with sharp, angular features exclaiming the aerodynamic mood of the exciting new jet age. Do you remember this uniform? #PanAm #avgeek #MuseumFromHome
This tweet was posted on May 13, 2020.
This postcard of a painting by John T. McCoy features a #PanAm Lockheed Constellation flying over the SF Bay in 1947
This tweet was posted on April 22, 2016.
This “President Special” first-class menu produced by #PanAm features a world map illustration by Jacques Liozu.
This tweet was posted on March 30, 2016.
Though now used as Miami’s City Clerk’s Office, #PanAm's 1930s terminal still has their logo on the façade.
This tweet was posted on March 09, 2016.
Tiny Wake Island was the vital link across the Pacific, as it broke the 2,690 miles from Midway to Guam into manageable segments. When first established in 1935, the route terminated in Manila, a whopping 8,210-mile one-way journey.
#DefunctThursday #PanAm #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on August 11, 2022.
US airlines began offering alcoholic beverages after the repeal of Prohibition in 1933. Early #PanAm champagne cooler: http://t.co/M2b4IyIN
This tweet was posted on March 19, 2012.
Various attempts to cross the Pacific in the 1920s, such as the U.S. Navy’s PN-9 flying boats in 1925, and the Southern Cross in 1928, finally culminated in 1935, when #PanAm opened the first regularly scheduled air service with Sikorsky S-42 & Martin M-130 flying boats. #Airmail
This tweet was posted on June 14, 2022.
Visitors to the Aviation Museum will no doubt recognize this large #PanAm floor globe! Long before joining our collection, it was displayed in the lobby of Building One on Treasure Island during the 1939-40 Golden Gate International Expo. #52objects
This tweet was posted on April 03, 2023.