Pan Am Piston Aircraft
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A Pan Am DC 4 on the ramp.
1940s A Pan Am DC 4 arriving at Honolulu.
1946 A Pan Am DC 4 coming in nose first for a landing.
In 1946 Pan Am utilized this aircraft on proving flights to Europe before re-establishing regular service.
Pan Am had several different configurations for its fleet of DC4 aircraft.
A Pan Am Boeing 377 'Stratocruiser' in maintenance scaffolding.
1950s A Pan Am Boeing 377 'Stratocruiser' in flight over a cruise ship.
1950s Pan Am Boeing 377
1950s A Pan Am Boeing 377 in-flight over lower Manhattan.
1946 A wooden mockup of a Pan Am Boeing 377 allowed the company to plan for in-flight customer testing & planning.
1949 March 5 Margaret Truman Christening a Pan Am Boeing 377 at Washington National Airport.
1956 A brief description of the aircraft types in service.
1950 the Boeing 377 that the Boeing company used for certification testing in their company colors was turned over to Pan Am after all testing and certification were completed.
1956 A Pan Am DC6-A all cargo aircraft in the loading process.
Pan Am offered several different configurations on the Boeing 377
1950s A Pan Am Boeing 377
1950s A Pan Am Boeing 377
1950s A Pan Am Boeing 377
A Pan Am Boeing 377
A Pan Am Boeing 377 repainted in the livrery adopted in 1958 for the introduction of the jets.
A Pan Am Boeing 377
Pan Am Boeing 377 Tail number N1025V on the ramp in Tokyo, Japan.
A Pan Am Boeing 377
Pan Am Boeing 377 Stratocruiser tail number N1024V Clipper Bald Eagle on the Los Angeles ramp in January of 1952.
Pan Am Boeing 377
Pan Am Boeing 377
Pan Am Boeing 377
Pan Am Boeing 377
Pan Am Boeing 377
A Pan Am Boeing 377
A Pan Am Boeing 377
Pan Am Boeing 377
1950s A Pan Am Boeing 377
1950s Pan Am's Boeing 377
1950s Technical drawings for the berths on Pan Am's Boeing 377
1950s A Pan American DC 6 in-flight.
1955 Pan Am DC7 tail number N777PA Clipper Jupiter Rex.
1950s A Pan Am stewardess greets customers boarding a Pan American DC 7 for a night flight.
1954 Pan Am DC6 tail number N6531C Clipper Viking on the ramp in Kinshasa. Photo is courtesy of Connie Heggblom and can also be seen on Airliners.net
1948 Pan Am Lockheed Constellation tail number NC88837 Clipper Challenge parked on the ramp at New York, LaGuardia Airport. This photo is courtesy of Connie Heggblom and can also be seen on Airliners.net
1948 Pan Am Lockheed Constellation tail number NC88837 Clipper Challenge parked on the ramp at New York, LaGuardia Airport. This photo is courtesy of Connie Heggblom and can also be seen on Airliners.net
1948 A Pan Am Convair 240 parked with stairs in place. This fleet of small aircraft were based in Miami and flew short haul trips to the Caribbean and Central America. This photo is courtesy of Connie Heggblom and can also be seen on Airliners.net
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