Pan Am Flying Boats
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A Pan Am Sikorsky S-43 'Baby Clipper' on a take-off run.
A Pan Am Sikorsky S 40 registration NC80V in flight.
A Pan Am Sikorsky S42 in-flight over San Francisco bay with an incomplete Bay Bridge below.
A color postcard of a Pan Am Martin M130 flying boat over San Francisco.
A Pan Am Martin M130 flying boat in port on November 10, 1935.
A color photo of a Pan Am Martin M130 flying boat.
A Pan Am Sikorsky S40 flying boat at Pan Am's Dinner Key flying boat base.
A seat map for the Pan Am Boeing 314 flying boat. The number one compartment is at the front of the plane.
A color postcard of a Pan Am Boeing 314 flying boat in-flight.
The Pan Am Yankee Clipper a Boeing 314 flying boat in hanger scaffolding at the Marine Air Terminal Hanger, LaGuardia Airport, New York.
At the outbreak of WWII Pan Am leased its fleet of flying boats to the US Navy and repainted them in camouflage for missions in combat regions.
After WWII Pan Am's fleet of flying boats were rapidly retired as surplus military DC4s and Constellations became available to the airlines. Seen here is a Pan Am DC4 departing LaGuardiia airport, New York while a Boeing 314 flying boat rests at anchor.
1930s A Pan American Consolidated Commodore in-flight.
1940 A Pan American Consolidated Commodore tail number N669M at Pan Am's Dinner Key hanger in Miami.
1930s A Martin M130 flying boat docked at Pan American's Dinner Key flying boat base in Miami.
1930s A beached Pan American Martin M130 flying boat with an automobile of the era giving size perspective to the aircraft.
1936 A Pan American Martin M130 flying boat flying over Alcatraz prison on departure from San Francisco.
1930s A Pan American M130 flying boat docked at an Asian port of call.
1930s A Pan American Martin M130 flying boat over San Francisco fuel tanks.
1930s A Pan American Martin M130 flying boat over the wharfs of San Francisco.
1930s A Sikorsky S-40 at the covered passenger boarding walkway at Pan American's Dinner Key Miami flying boat base.
1930s A color postcard showing two Sikorsky S-40 flying boats at Pan American's Dinner Key flying boat base in Miami.
1930s A Pan American Sikorsky S-42 being fumagated at the Dinner Key flying boat base on return from a Latin American trip.
1930s A Sikorsky S-42 at Pan American's Dinner Key flying boat base.
1930s A Pan American Sikorsky S-42 flying boat is beached for maintenance with a car of the era in the foreground.
1930s A postcard of a Pan American Sikorsky S42 flying boat on a takeoff run from Baltimore. Pan American operated service from Baltimore to Bermuda in conjunction with England's Imperial Airways.
1930s A postcard of a Pan American Sikorsky S42 flying boat in the Baltimore harbor. Pan American operated service from Baltimore to Bermuda in conjunction with England's Imperial Airways.
1930s A Pan American Martin M130 flying boat on wheels. The wheels were used to move the aircraft into and out of water for maintenance.
1930 A Pan American Sikorsky S42 flyng boat with engines running prepares to depart Pan American's Dinner Key flying boat base in Miami.
1929, Pan Am acquired a small fleet of Consolidated Commodores through its acquisition of an airline named New York-Rio-Buenos Aires or NYRBA.
A Pan Am Boeing 314 about to lift off the water.
1930s A postcard with a drawing of a Sikorsky S-42 docked.
1930s A Sikorsky S-40 flying boat docked at the Miami Dinner Key Terminal.
1930s Three Sikorsky S-42 flying boats on land for maintenance.
1940s A Boeing B314 flying boat takes on customers with one engine running.
1939, March, Three Boeing B314 flyiing boats are docked in Seattle prior to deilvery to Pan American.
1939 The famous Pan American 'Yankee Clipper' moored at Foynes, Ireland with ground staff on the ledge by the main entrance door.
1940 A Pan American Boeing B314 moored at Foynes, Ireland. Ground staff look on from the boarding dock.
1940s A unique photo of a Boeing B314 on the maintenance ramp at New York, LaGuardia Airport.
1940s A color shot of a Pan American Boeing B314.
1940s The public observe a Pan American Boeing B314 from a safe distance. In the late 1930s and early 1940s the giant flying boats of Pan American were of great interest to the public for their size, technoligy and exotic ports of call.
A Boeing B314 docked. This photo may have been taken prior to delivery to Pan American during final assembly in Seattle, Washington.
1940s A giant Pan American Boeing B314 flying boat lifts off the water.
1940s The public observe a Pan American Boeing B314 from a safe distance. In the late 1930s and early 1940s the giant flying boats of Pan American were of great interest to the public for their size, technoligy and exotic ports of call.
1940s A Pan Americian issued postcard of the Boeing B314 flying boat.
1940s Mechanics service a Boeing B314 flying boat at the dock.
1940 When WWII broke out in Europe Pan American painted large American flags on both sides of the bow of the entire BoeingB314 fleet. This prevented the aircraft from being shot down by German patrol planes over the Atlantic. Once America entered the war the US Government leased the fleet from Pan American and painted them all with camoflage colors for the duration of the war.
1940s A color postcard of a Pan American Boeing B314 taking flight.
1940s A large group poses by a Pan American Boeing B314.
1940s A Pan American Boeing B314 in a hanger for night service.
A Pan American Boeing B314 moored in San Francisco.
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