Episode 11: The Legacy Endures 30 Years After Closing, A Conversation with Ed Trippe
Send us Fan Mail In this episode we commemorate the sad 30th Anniversary of Pan American World Airways ceasing operations on December 4, 1991. To mark this special milestone, we are joined by Ed Trip...
3 Des 20211h 30min
Episode 10: The Pan Am Building, A Landmark of New York City
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we explore the history of the Pan Am Building in New York City. This 59-story skyscraper is located at 200 Park Avenue and shares a lot with the beaux-arts icon, and...
22 Nov 20211h 19min
Episode 9: JFK's WorldPort, Global Bargain Hunters, and a Jet-setting Mom
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we will be exploring the history of the Pan Am WorldPort, and Unit Terminal Building (UTB), which was located at Terminal 3 within John F. Kennedy International Airp...
15 Nov 20211h 1min
Episode 8: A Lifetime of Romantic Adventure…From Flying Boats to Jumbo Jets
Send us Fan Mail In this episode we are joined by a very special guest: Pan Am Captain Dave Bridges, Centenarian. He celebrated his 100th birthday earlier this year and he just might be one of the old...
1 Nov 20211h 4min
Episode 7: Supersonic Transports, An Angry JFK, and Flying the Line
Send us Fan Mail In this episode we will be exploring the 1960s race for the first supersonic passenger aircraft between the United States, the Soviet Union, and a British-French partnership. Then we...
21 Okt 20211h 30min
Episode 6: Hijackings and the Dawn of Global Terrorism
Send us Fan Mail In this episode we explore the coordinated terrorist hijackings of four passenger airliners all bound for New York on the same day on September 6, 1970. The events were a watershed m...
24 Sep 20211h 26min
Episode 5: Missiles, Hotels, and Rebranding an Icon
Send us Fan Mail In this episode we explore two of the subsidiaries of Pan Am: the InterContinental Hotels Corporation and the Pan Am Guided Missiles Range Division. Yep, you read that right, the ai...
13 Sep 202150min
Episode 4: Evacuation of Saigon, Wings of Freedom Mission
Send us Fan Mail In this episode we are joined by Allan Topping, a Pan Am employee who evacuated almost 500 people out of Saigon days before the city fell. On April 24, 1975, at the conclusion of th...
2 Sep 20211h 19min
