Pan Am Express was a subsidiary of Pan American World Airways primarily focused on connecting passengers to Pan Am's hub at JFK, but also provided regional services in many other areas of the U.S., as well as the Bahamas and Europe. Did you ever fly on #PanAm Express? #avgeek
This tweet was posted on June 01, 2019.
Pan Am's 1935-46 Clipper fleet (aka "flying boats") was named in honor of 19th C. merchant sailing ships. http://t.co/Xr4pqNUo #AVgeeks
This tweet was posted on March 28, 2012.
Pan Am's China Clipper SFO-HNL service was so deluxe (and lengthy) that the plane had a passenger lounge! http://t.co/NdbE51sz #avgeeks
This tweet was posted on October 12, 2011.
Pan American Airways 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.” #PAAinCA #avgeek
This tweet was posted on November 01, 2021.
Pan American Airways inaugurated its first scheduled passenger flight on January 16, 1928, with an eight-passenger Fokker F.VIIa/3m. Flying from Key West, Florida, to Havana, Cuba, the 90-mile trip took just under 90 minutes. #PanAm #PAA #avgeek
This tweet was posted on January 17, 2023.
Pan American Airways ordered six of the original version and six more 314A variants, three of which were sold before delivery to the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). #WingWednesday #avgeek
This tweet was posted on March 17, 2021.
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. #PAAinCA #avgeek
This tweet was posted on November 01, 2021.
Pan American Airways was awarded a lucrative airmail route contract from Key West, Florida to Havana, Cuba, in 1927. Unforeseen circumstances led them to hire outside pilot Cy Caldwell and his Fairchild FC-2 inaugurating Pan Am's first service #onthisday in 1927. #PanAm #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on October 19, 2022.
Pan American Airways was awarded the overseas airmail route from Key West, Florida, to Havana, Cuba, with a deadline to start by October 19, 1927. #Onthisday in 1927, Cy Caldwell took off for Havana from Key West in a Fairchild FC-2, named La Niña, with 7 bags of mail. #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on October 19, 2021.
Pan American Airways’ inaugurated first scheduled passenger flight on January 16, 1928, with a Fokker F-VIIa/3m. Flying from Key West, Florida, to Havana, Cuba, the plane made the 90-mile trip in just under 90 minutes. The round-trip fare was $100 or $1,486.75 now. #avgeek
This tweet was posted on January 16, 2020.
Pan American Airways’ public relations and advertising manager Daniel Rochford photographed the company’s routes through Central America, documenting the fledgling airlines’ foray into countries with marginal aviation infrastructure.
#avgeek #MuseumFromHome
This tweet was posted on January 12, 2021.
Pan American World Airways and Qantas Airways favored the Boeing 707 jetliner for long-range international routes. These airliners did not need to stop as frequently and layovers in New Caledonia and Canton Island were no longer required. #AirmailDownUnder #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on November 09, 2022.
Pan American pioneered commercial airline service to Latin America and the Caribbean in the late 1920s and early 1930s. In less than 3 years, Pan Am’s routes increased from an inaugural 261-mile Miami-Havana line to over 19,000 miles. #DefunctThursday #AvGeek #PanAm
This tweet was posted on August 04, 2022.
Peek inside a 1950s Boeing 377 Stratocruiser to see the state-of-the-art cockpit w/seats for 5 crew members: http://t.co/u3n2wdXG8R #avgeeks
This tweet was posted on March 21, 2013.
Peeking in a 1940s-50s Quantas Constellation model plane shows a comfy sleeping berth & lots of little details: http://t.co/DBEckAVf #avgeek
This tweet was posted on November 08, 2012.
Philippine Air Lines (PAL) was established in 1941. By 1948, PAL was flying DC-6s from Manila to @flySFO via Guam, Wake Island, and Honolulu. Have you ever flown on Philippine Air Lines? #avgeek
This tweet was posted on February 26, 2020.
Philippine Air Lines (PAL) was founded #onthisday in 1941 by various businessmen, including Andrés Soriano, who was the president of the San Miguel brewery. #avgeek
This tweet was posted on February 26, 2019.
Pics of planes taking off from runways of water never gets old around here. http://t.co/Rr1Q6MmQZJ #avgeek
This tweet was posted on September 30, 2014.
Plane & simple: a peek into a drawer filled with miniature model planes! #avgeek http://t.co/SKlwx4MyBI
This tweet was posted on November 12, 2013.
Playing cards, because of their size and weight, were ideally suited for use on airliners. Carriers distributed uniquely designed decks with the airline’s logo, and the latest service promotions. Do you have a favorite card game? #avgeek #MuseumFromHome
This tweet was posted on April 28, 2020.
Pleasure hops & flights to Crissy Field are recorded in our 1929 Mills Field aircraft register: http://t.co/WT92oEd4OR #tbt #avgeek
This tweet was posted on June 05, 2014.
Prepared in its San Francisco kitchen, United’s hearty entrees included broiled ham steaks with pineapple and whipped potatoes. The set was in use until 1970.
#AirlineMealSets #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on December 05, 2022.
Prior to 1935, the 2,400 miles from San Francisco to Honolulu represented the world’s greatest water gap along any viable aerial trade route. The next stop, Midway Island, lay 1,300 miles northwest of Hawai’i.
#DefunctThursday #PanAm #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on August 11, 2022.
Queen of the Skies: The Legacy of the Lockheed Constellation Airliner is on display in the Aviation Museum. #avgeek
This tweet was posted on November 25, 2015.