Whatever its flaws, “Pan Am” had me hooked from the beginning, with a computer-generated opening shot of a fresh-from-the-factory Boeing 707 as it rolled up to the Pan Am Worldport, the flying ...

Pan Am declared bankruptcy following stresses caused by the 1973 oil crisis, and the lawsuits that followed the bombing of ...

One of the more intriguing shows of this fall’s tepid television season is “Pan Am,” which focuses on a gaggle of young stewardesses — as they were called then — flying for the ...

The first Pan Am 707, tail number N711PA, ... Flying Lessons. Her book latest book,The Crash Detectives, published by Penguin, is about Malaysia 370 and other aviation mysteries.

Pan-Am, the airline forever associated with the 707, ordered 20 707s and, at the very same time, 25 DC-8s. What was holding Boeing back was the fact that the 707 was narrower and slightly smaller ...

From 1927 to 1991, Pan Am was a titan in the airline industry, with its hands in everything from seaport-dwelling flying boats to some of the first Boeing 707 and 747 jetliners and a cameo in the ...

The ensemble of "Pan Am" also includes Mike Vogel and Michael Mosley, who, as the airliner's dashing pilot and co-pilot, hold forth in the cockpit — a genuine 707 cockpit rescued from an ...

In 1931, Pan Am developed specifications for flying boats with a range of 2,500 miles. ... the second 707 built. Pan Am advertised the 707 with the tagline: “Jet Clipper Magic: ...

By the 1960s, the “Jet Age” was booming and Pan Am became known for its advanced fleet of jet airliners, including the Boeing 707 and 727, and the Douglas DC-8.