ERA | PAN AM POST WAR
Ground Controlled Approach in Gander Part 2. Blue Jay, Operations, Equipment, People, by Robert Pelley with thanks to Gander Historical Society.
Life in a Clipper. The old Pan Am S-42 Brazilian Clipper was about to take off on a new life in 1947, thirteen eventful years after her first flight.
Pan Am Ops in Gander/2 by Robert Pelley: Taking a close look & shedding light on the history of Gander Airport and its operations in the 1940s & 1950s.
All Saved! A Rescue at Sea. In the early morning hours of Oct. 17th, 1956, halfway from Honolulu to San Francisco, Cap. Richard Ogg was losing altitude.
Riding the Jetstream: A different kind of wind was waiting in the stratosphere, while aviation kept pushing the envelope towards higher flight levels.
Ernest Hemingway's personal testimonial about traveling on Pan Am to rediscover Europe, in a colorful 1956 magazine advertisment.
Mr. Pacific: My Years with William Mullahey, by Neal Davis, Sr., a story based on an interview in 2009 with Mr. Lee Umphred. Read the PDF
Dramatic water ditchings and crew training that's invaluable, includes Pan Am's Boeing-377 "Sovereign of the Skies."
July 25, 1958: Captain Robert Dean Postlewaite and the story of Pan Am Fight 150. The trouble began around 8 pm on a Pan Am DC-7C to Europe.
Maxim's-A Parisian Tradition. Dining on the Pan Am President Special, 1957, restaurant service extending 65,000 miles & embraced 82 lands.
1946: UNRRA needed to continue its airlift service to China & Pan Am got the contract.flying the Great Circle Route saved hours of flight time.
Pan Am's Clipper Glamour: Stewardess Alice Lemieux embodies Pan Am's allure during the famous 1947 'Round the World Constellation flight. Read the PDF
