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#avgeekThis tweet was posted on January 17, 2023.
Bonnie Jones Moon worked for #PanAm from 1972 to 1989. Of her time with #PAA, she says she loved, “being part of a flight attendant corps that included so many smart, resourceful, funny, educated, sophisticated, dedicated, talented, and committed women and men.” #MuseumFromHomeThis tweet was posted on October 14, 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.
Operating a Boeing 727, the last Pan American World Airways flight took off from Barbados to Miami, Florida, #onthisday in 1991. What are your favorite memories of Pan American? #avgeek#panam#PAAThis tweet was posted on December 04, 2019.
Yvonne V. Olivier began working as a #stewardess for #Pan merican in 1946. Check out this #YouTube#oralhistory in which she recalls an anecdote about #JuanTrippe, founder of #PanAm, and differences in beverage service between the #PAA divisions. https://t.co/wSkTovkWji This tweet was posted on June 17, 2018.