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Out of the one hundred and one Sikorsky S-38s built, Pan Am acquire thirty-eight of the versatile aircraft, the last of which was retired in 1940. #AvGeek #Sikorsky #PanAm This tweet was posted on May 25, 2022.

The amphibious Sikorsky S-38 in both the S-38A and S-38B versions, affectionally called the “Flying Duck,” became the mainstay of Pan American Airways’s fleet, laying the foundations of the Caribbean and Central American networks in 1929 and 1930. #AvGeek #Sikorsky #PanAm This tweet was posted on May 25, 2022.

The Pan American Airways Marine Air Terminal on Dinner Key in Miami, Florida, was considered a milestone of design in commercial aviation when it opened #onthisday in 1934. The building served as #PanAm’s base for operations throughout the Caribbean, Central, and South America. This tweet was posted on March 25, 2022.

#Onthisday in 1949, Pan American World Airways received their first delivery of a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser. #PanAm launched #Stratocruiser transpacific service from San Francisco to Hawai’i in April 1949, and transatlantic service to London in June 1949. #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 31, 2022.

Featuring images taken in Central America by #PanAm's public relations & advertising manager in the winter of 1930–31, “Pan American Airways in Central America” is on display pre-security on the departures level of Terminal 3 and online at https://t.co/cMoTZAe4Q1 #PAAinCA #avgeek This tweet was posted on November 01, 2021.

RT @panamhistory: Experience a bit of aviation excitement, circa 1929: “A Quick Trip to Havana”, a very short film about a trip on a #PanAm… This tweet was posted on November 01, 2021.

Taking off from Idlewild airport in NY #onthisday in 1958, #PanAm became the first airline to inaugurate scheduled transatlantic commercial jet service on a Boeing 707. 111 passengers boarded the jetliner, named “Clipper America,” bound for Le Bourget Airport, Paris. #avgeek This tweet was posted on October 26, 2021.

Read “Lessons from Pan Am Flight 845” to learn how those actions kept all passengers and crew alive and how they influenced subsequent emergency trainings. Check it out on our website: https://t.co/mD9uaqKWOe #blogpost #Panam #avgeek #crewlife #hero This tweet was posted on August 31, 2021.

“There really wasn’t time to be scared. We were just too busy.” Our newest #blog post describes. through the career documents of Flight Attendant Jane Thoe, the actions of the crew of #PanAm World Airways Flight 845 in the first major accident involving a Boeing 747. #avgeek This tweet was posted on August 31, 2021.

#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.

By late 1945, #PanAm realized the superiority of the DC-4 over the Boeing 314 flying boat and began to operate the airliner on both transpacific and transatlantic routes. #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 07, 2021.

Designed by Wellwood E. Beall, it distinguished itself by shear size, three vertical stabilizers in the tail, and cantilevered seawings that doubled as fuel tanks. #WingWednesday #avgeek #PanAm This tweet was posted on March 17, 2021.