Article: Pan American Clippers; the golden age of flying boats.(Brief article)(Book review)

Article: Tales of Pan American World Airways. (services in ...
Alaska Business Monthly;  July 1, 1991 ;     700+ words ...Tales Of Pan American World Airways Today ... and around the world. Pan American World Airways, once ... Southeast Alaska aviation. Pan American Airways was the first ... Clippers, also called flying boats. Round-trip fare ...

Article: Pan American World Airways, Inc.
International Directory of Company Histories;      700+ words ...Pan American World Airways, Inc. Pan Am Building ... its over six decades in operation, Pan American World Airways, Inc. was one of America ... route. In 1928 the company merged with Pan American Airways and Atlantic, Gulf and Caribbean ...

Article: The Pan American Clippers
Plane and Pilot;  September 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... HISTORY OF AVIATION. These flying boats from a long-gone era forever ... but sleek, ultra-modern Pan American Clippers-off the drawing ... Juan Terry Trippe launched Pan American Airways. Savvy at business ... November 19, 1931. Soon, Pan American air routes covered 20,308 ...

Article: Sir John A. slept here.(Heritage)(Shediac Inn )
The Beaver: Exploring Canada's History;  February 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... the thirty-room, three-storey hotel regularly entertained the rich and famous as they arrived on the Pan-American flying boats that travelled between New York and Europe. Clark Gable, Greta Garbo, and the Netherlands' Queen Wilhelmina ...

Article: SFO celebrates anniversary of China Clipper's air voyage
Oakland Tribune;  November 5, 2005 ;     447 words ... ... marking the inaugural flight of Pan American Airways' famous China Clipper ... and lectures from experts. Pan American Airways' flying boats played a significant role ... include recollections from the Pan American flying boat crew, a flight ...

Article: SFO marks 70 years since the first trans-oceanic flight
Oakland Tribune;  November 5, 2005 ;     456 words ... ... the inaugural flight of the Pan American Airways' famous China Clipper ... and lectures from experts. Pan American Airways' flying boats played a significant role ... include recollections from the Pan American flying boat crew, a flight ...

Encyclopedia entry: flying boats
The Oxford Companion to World War II;      700+ words ...flying boats were employed by all the major combatants ... sea rescue . Unlike float planes , flying boats land on the water on their fuselage ... twin-engined Consolidated Catalina flying boats, or PBYs as the US Navy initially designated ...