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Pan Am’s Pacific route was extended to Macao and Hong Kong in 1937, making the total flying distance from San Francisco 8,746 miles. #DefunctThursday #PanAm #AvGeek This tweet was posted on August 11, 2022.

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.

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.

In the early 1930s, Pan American Airways began planning for service across the oceans. San Francisco, which is 160 miles closer to Hawai’i than Los Angeles, was the chosen terminus for the Pacific route that required multiple island stops. #DefunctThursday #PanAm #AvGeek This tweet was posted on August 11, 2022.

By 1930, the Pan American Airways System linked twenty-nine Latin American and Caribbean countries and territories with regularly scheduled airmail, passenger, and cargo flights. #DefunctThursday #PanAmerican #PanAm #AvGeek #AviationHistory This tweet was posted on August 04, 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.

The history of one of the United States’ most storied airlines, Pan American Airways, stretches back to 1927 and will be a multi-part #DefunctThursday. Founded in 1927 by Juan Trippe, #PanAm grew rapidly, purchasing or partnering with numerous competing airlines along the way. This tweet was posted on August 04, 2022.

Adverse publicity from an ill-planned ad campaign, along with stiff competition on the California corridor from other airlines ultimately led Pacific to seek out a merger with Bonanza Air Lines and West Coast Airlines to form Air West in 1968. #DefunctThursday #PacificAirlines This tweet was posted on July 14, 2022.

In 1958, the carrier rebranded itself as Pacific Air Lines, and updated its Navajo-inspired thunderbird logo to a bright and modern, red, white, and blue depiction. In 1965, Pacific began leasing two Boeing 727 jet airliners and placed orders for four more. #DefunctThursday This tweet was posted on July 14, 2022.

Pacific Air Lines began as a business endeavor to train pilots during World War II. Based in San Francisco, the airline began commercial commuter passenger operations as Southwest Airways in 1946. #DefunctThursday #PacificAirlines #AvGeek This tweet was posted on July 14, 2022.

From 1978 to 1984, Ozark flew DC-9s almost exclusively as they phased out their older aircraft. In 1986, Ozark was purchased by Trans World Airlines (TWA). #DefunctThursday #Ozark #AvGeek This tweet was posted on July 07, 2022.

By the end of the 1950s, the airline had rapidly expanded into 35 cities. In 1966, Ozark entered the jet age and purchased several Douglas DC-9 aircraft, and added destinations all over the country. #DefunctThursday #Ozark #AvGeek This tweet was posted on July 07, 2022.