Pan Am Story Showcase
The Shape of Things to Come: “Super 6’s,” manufactured by Douglas with complete cockpit redesign and Pan Am's innovative tourist-class fares.
The Battle for South American routes: Pan American Airways and the New York, Rio and Buenos Aires (NYRBA) line, in 1930.
Stewardess Hope Ryden & Pan Am's first jet Inaugural flight, NY-Paris October 1958 on a Boeing 707 (Photo: 1983 anniversary reenactment). PDF
"Flight 7 is Missing, The Search for My Father's Killer" by Ken Fortenberry. Reviewed by Peter Leslie, former Director of PAHF.
Slideshow of Pan American World Airways, Jet Age. Introduction of successful commercial jet powered aircraft, 1958-end of the 1960s.
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.
Pan Am's Base at Brownsville, during the early years. Gateway to Mexico and laboratory for instrument flying techniques.
Billboards in the grand Portuguese tradition of Azulejos, hand painted, glazed ceramic tile ads are colorful reminders of Pan Am in Portugal.
A famous Pan Am tour/2: Norman Rockwell Around the World. Rockwell traveled on Pan Am routes, making sketches for Pan Am ads.
The building of Treasure Island Terminal and seaplane base in San Francisco Bay, and the Pan Am flying boats that took part in World War Two.
Dream Boats: How Igor Sikorsky's evolution of a dream, pushing the envelope of flying boat design for Pan Am in the 1930s.
Searchable Exhibits: Use this Clipper Hall guide for a much closer look at Pan Am's sweeping history through graphics-rich exhibits & films.
"Clipper" | Members newsletters. Messages from Ed Trippe-Chair & Adam Aron-Pres. with PAHF project updates & more Pan Am news.
Pan Am in 1935: Check back for month-by-month stories of PAA people, aircraft, operations, explorations & destinations (90 Years ago series).
Repositories with searchable digital Pan Am history collections at Univ. of Miami | DPLA | Duke Univ. | HistoryMiami | SFO Museum | Smithsonian.
Meet PAA Capt. John Mattis, his uncommon variety of interests, experience & talents: His portrait by Norman Rockwell is the cover of PAHF's 2026 Calendar.
Nothing tells a story better than Ron Davies' Pan Am maps. Caribbean | Rio & Beyond | Jet Routes 1960 | Propliners 1957 | Domestic Routes 1980s.
"Staying Connected" Ed Dovers Story in film. Segment from Pan Am Historical Foundation's Clipper Hall FilmFest Fall 2023.
October 1935: Pan Am's longest survey flight arrived in Guam, with R.O.D. Sullivan commanding, while Capt. Musick received the first M-130 at Middle River MD.
Stepping-stone surveys: S-42 Pan American Clipper extended the Pacific route by one island on each flight, arriving in Guam Oct. 1935 on its fourth survey.
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Oct. 1, 1932 Juan Trippe ordered the first S-42s from Sikorsky Aircraft. S. Paul Johnson details the plane's features and construction in March 1934.
Riding the Jetstream: A different kind of wind was waiting in the stratosphere, while aviation kept pushing the envelope towards higher flight levels.
Racing down the South American East Coast: Starting on the "Lindbergh Trail," the new route became the foundation for Pan Am's spectacular growth.
A video history on the beginnings of international aviation in Miami: The story of Pan Am Field's original Hangar Five, circa 1929.
Historic Pan Am Insignias. An array of beautiful Pan Am Insignias through the years from the Jon Krupnick Pan Am Collection.
PAHF's 2026 Calendar, free with membership.: Cover ( Norman Rockwell Museum). Back cover (Pan Am ads from Duke University collections). Extras: $20 + shipping.
Four Engines Out and Going Down: Aviation’s first forced landing, PAA's Sikorsky S-40 Caribbean Clipper piloted by Stanley J. “Red” Williamson.
Updates on the Gene Banning Collection, donated to PAHF, highlight its digitization for broader sharing through the new Clipper Hall exhibits.
Celebration of airship Hindenburg's big 1936 Atlantic travel season by German Zeppelin Co. & Standard Oil of NJ, included passenger Juan Trippe.
Christine Yano writes about her research on Japanese flight attendants at Pan Am and the background for her book, Airborne Dreams.
Norman Rockwell's world tour sponsored by Pan Am in 1956, resulted in successful ads with sketches now housed at the Rockwell Museum.
Flying to Berlin during the Cold War: The dust had hardly settled after the Third Reich had been crushed by Allied armies when the Cold War began.
