ERA | EXPLORATIONS
H. Donald “Doc” Singer: Pan Am’s Salesman at Dinner Key & Humanitarian Extraordinaire, Parts 1&2 by Eric Hobson, iIlustrations by Vic Zimmer.
Kingman Reef 1,100 miles from Hawaii, a stop on Ed Musick's survey flight to Auckland in 1937 where the Pan Am base was the SS North Wind.
Mission to China, Parts 1-4 by Eric Hobson. 1932-1938, Juan Trippe enlisted the help of the talented Harold Bixby to map out PAA's Pacific routes.
Pan Am's First Marine Base at Dinner Key Miami was a two-story houseboat that served as terminal until a more permanent structure was designed.
Canton Island, Pan Am's Critical stop-over in the Pacific, remained pivotal as a technical stop on the way to Australia and New Zealand.
A short history of Wake island before the Air Age was introduced by Pan Am & the consequences of US involvement in WW2, followed by modern-day peace.
A Grown-Up Job: Flying the Pacific vs. Flying in Latin America. Reminiscenses of the pilots of PAA's flying boat era, from S-38s to M-130s & B-314s.
After a record-breaking flight to Europe, it must have been trying to veteran flying boat skipper Capt. Charles Lorber to wait to land on the return home.
Dream Boats: How Igor Sikorsky's evolution of a dream, pushing the envelope of flying boat design for Pan Am in the 1930s.
Lighter than Air by Doug Miller: When Juan Trippe of Pan Am explored the possibilities of airships and the technology that might have been.
The Pan Am Globe, the main attraction at Pan Am's Dinner Key Miami seaplane base: Today it's newly installed at the Miami Worldcenter.
Panagra Capt. Stephen Dunn, forced in a storm to fly his Sikorsky S-43 "blind" across the Isthmus of Panama, never reached Cristobal.
Pan Am in 1935: Check back for month-by-month stories of PAA people, aircraft, operations, explorations & destinations (90 Years ago series).
Bill Taylor Interview (1993): His story as an engineer on the M-130 China Clipper while flying home across the Pacific, Dec. 1935 on her 1st transpacific flight.
The 1939 arrival of the B-314 California Clipper survey flight, on a new route to Auckland, the first flight to NZ since the loss of Samoan Clipper in 1938.
The 2nd Pan Am Pacific Survey flight, June 1935: Pilot Ed Musick & his crew celebrate their arrival at the remote Midway Atoll, 1,254 miles beyond Hawaii.
Adventure of a lifetime: Building the transpacific air route opened the door to a career that led John Borger to the pinnacle of aviation engineering.
Celebration of airship Hindenburg's big 1936 Atlantic travel season by German Zeppelin Co. & Standard Oil of NJ, included passenger Juan Trippe.
