ERA | PAN AM POST WAR
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.
The Berlin Airlift 1948-1949: Cold War began in 1948 and Berlin was a city under siege. Pan Am played a supporting role in the enormous airlift.
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 and the Race to Space. Pan Am was deeply involved in America’s move towards space by the 1950’s & was a prime contractor to the U.S. Air Force.
Chili Saves the Day: How Pan Am Captain Chili Vaughn did his job and more, piloting a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser overnight to Rome in 1953.
Dining in the Sky, Like Nothing on Earth: America’s fascination with gourmet food on planes began with Pan Am’s ‘Round the World' Flight in 1947.
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.
Another Pan Am First: B-377 Stratocruiser Clipper Rainbow (N1025V) sets a record, San Francisco to Washington, DC, March 1949.
Ground Controlled Approach in Gander, Part 1 - A Very Serious Game of Hide and Seek, by Robert Pelley, a long-time military and aviation enthusiast .
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.
Dramatic water ditchings and crew training that's invaluable, includes Pan Am's Boeing-377 "Sovereign of the Skies."
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
