JUAN TERRY TRIPPE, THE FOUNDER OF PAN AMERICAN. Notice in Miami Terminal February 2, 1929.

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JUAN TERRY TRIPPE, THE FOUNDER OF PAN AMERICAN

Notice in Miami Terminal

February 2, 1929

Fokker F-7 at Havana

Boeing 314 at Dinner Key

The cockpit instrument panel of the Boeing 314 circa 1939

Boeing 314 Dixie Clipper

Charles Lindbergh in front of a Sikorsky S-38 prior to the departure with the first Miami-Belize airmail

May 1, 1930.

Captain Edward Musick and crew arriving in Pearl Harbor from San Francisco on the first leg of a Transpacific survey flight to Manila November 1935. The aircraft is

NC-823M Pan American Clipper a Sikorsky S-42.

Pan Am Terminal Brownsville TexasOriginally built as the Pan Am terminal in 1931 this building is still in use

Consolidated Commodore NC-669M

Clipper at Dinner Key

Inspecting the Clipper

Arrival of the first commercial transatlantic passenger flightBoeing 314 NC18605 Dixie Clipper arriving at Lisbon from Port

Washington, NY June 29, 1939carrying 22 passengers and 12 crew members.

1935 Passenger Schedule of China National Airlines Corporation

A Pan Am subsidiary

The famous Douglas DC 2 1/2 of China National Aviation Corporation. A DC-3 belonging to China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC), a Pan Am

subsidiary, was damaged in a Japanese air attack. The aircraft was repaired using the right wing of a damaged DC-2. The resulting airplane, nicknamed

the DC-2 1/2, was used in the evacuation to Burma.

Sikorsky S40 American Clipper departs Miami Dinner Keyfor the inaugural flight to Cristobal, Canal Zone November 19, 1931

Sikorsky S42 Brazilian Clipper arrives in Rio de Janieroto be christened by the wife of Brazilian President Vargas August 18, 1934

Clipper America, first commercial airliner to serve Operation Deep Freeze, arrives McMurdo Sound, Antarctica October 15, 1957

Lockheed Constellation Clipper America arriving over San Franciscocompletes the first commercial Round-the-World passenger flight June 29, 1947. The

flight, from New York La Guardia to San Francisco International, was completed in 92 hours, 43 minutes over 12 days landing at 17 cities in ten countries on the 20,000

mile trip. Weekly eastbound and westbound schedules were flown thereafter

Boeing 314 Dixie Clipper landing at Lisboncompletes the first transatlantic passenger flight June 29, 1939

Pan American S-38 Clipper arrives over the Canal Zone with the first Airmail from Miami, Colonel Lindberg commanding, February 6, 1929

Martin M130 Philippine Clipper arriving in Hong Kong to establish the first commercial air service between North America and Asia October 23, 1936

Routes of the Flying Clippers

Menu for the Shah of IranAmong the many prominent

people who have traveled on Pan Am are a number of world and

national leaders

Douglas DC-6B N5121V "Clipper Splendid"London Heathrow November 1959.

Where I started with Pan Am, May 1962.

Boeing 707 Clipper America N711PA outward bound from Idlewild (now JFK) for Paris

on the first American scheduled transatlantic jet passenger flight October 26, 1958.

Clipper Constitution arrives over Tokyo after flying 5478 miles non-stop from Los Angeles, April 25, 1976

Lockheed L1011-500 Clipper National Eagle arrives in Caracas from New York on its inaugural flight, May 1, 1980

Three Boeing 747s at Pan Am WorldPort JFK

Boeing 737-200 N387PA "Clipper Tiergarten" (IGS System)

Boeing 747-121 N750PA "Clipper Neptune's Favorite" at Frankfurt,

Airbus A310-222 N801PA "Clipper Berlin"Frankfurt May 1986,

My home of 20 years

Airbus A310-222 N803PA "Clipper Munich"London Heathrow August 1989

Boeing 727-235 N4736 "Clipper Dashaway“ April 1986 IGS System

Douglas DC10-30 N82NA "Clipper Aurora"Frankfurt c. 1984

Boeing 707-321

Route map from the 1933 timetable

Worldwide routes as of 1985. This route map reflects the integration of National Airlines and its extensive route structure feeding Miami. The map also reflects the

location of Pan Am's Intercontinental Hotels subsidiary.

Ariana B-720

The Mechanics

The Mechanics Ariana Maintenance Secretaries

My daughter with the Intercontinental Hotel doorman

Saying goodbye, I have gathered enough green stamp, transferred to

Istanbul

Kabul, Afghanistan Ariana Airlines

a Pan Am Subsidiary

Greta, special Pan Am sales rep.

Greta in front of sales office

Leningrad crew

Alla at the sales office

At my desk, at the city office

Leningrad Sales Office

From Left to right, last row. Natasha Dobriakova, Alla Ilina, Yevgeny Suknovalov, Sergei Zybin, Vladimir Stesenko. Left front, American Express Rep.

Transferred back to Frankfurt, replaced by Ms. Alisa Kotletsova

Final Pushback of a Pan Am 747 "Clipper Juan T. Trippe"New York Kennedy Jet Center

Final Pushback of a Pan Am 747 "Clipper Juan T. Trippe"New York Kennedy Jet Center

Travel Card, entitled to first class

The final route map issued by Pan Am with the sale of the European routes the airline was planned to shrink back to something like its early beginnings in Latin America. This was the planned structure had Delta followed through on its promises to the reorganization. Pan Am never flew this set of routes as it never emerged

from bankruptcy and ceased operations on December 4,

1991.

PAN AM MADE THE GOING GREAT

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTEN

THE END

DECEMBER 4, 1991

MY CAREER BEGAN IN LONDON-HEATROW AND ENDED IN FRANKFURT

MAY, 1962 - DECEMBER, 1991

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