Episode 45: National Airlines
Send us Fan Mail Pan American World Airways acquired National Airlines in 1980 and preserving the history of National is now the responsibility of the Pan Am Museum and we take this duty seriously. I...
21 Feb 20241h 39min
Episode 44: Capt. Robert Ford and the Long Way Home
Send us Fan Mail In this special episode we will be exploring the incredible life of Pan Am Captain Robert Ford, a trailblazing flying boat aviator that found international fame with an unscheduled fl...
8 Jan 20241h 15min
Episode 43: Terror at the Rome Airport, December 1973 Attack
Send us Fan Mail This is a special memorial edition of this program and recognizes the 50th anniversary of the Rome airport attack. We are joined by two survivors that were on a Pan Am plane that was...
15 Dec 20231h 37min
Episode 42: Operation Babylift: The 1975 Saigon Evacuation
Send us Fan Mail In this episode we explore Operation Babylift, the historic April 1975 evacuation of more than 3,000 Vietnamese war orphans just before the fall of South Vietnam. We are joined by Tho...
22 Nov 20231h 20min
Episode 41: The Stewardess Labor Movement of the 1960s and 1970s
Send us Fan Mail In this episode we are joined by Nell McShane Wulfhart, author of the book The Great Stewardess Rebellion: How Women Launched a Workplace Revolution at 30,000 Feet. Nell is a frequen...
29 Sep 20231h 2min
Episode 40: Tom Betti and a Rock Song About History
Send us Fan Mail In this episode we are turning the tables…the interviewee becomes the interviewer. Guest host Phillip Keene interviews the host of The Pan Am Podcast, historian Tom Betti to bring our...
18 Aug 20231h 9min
Episode 39: Madeline Smith and a Romance in the Sky
Send us Fan Mail In this episode we are joined by 98-year-old Madeline Smith and her daughter Valerie Smith O’Grady Skinner. Both were Pan Am flight attendants…Madeline joined the airline right aft...
30 Juli 20231h 8min
Episode 38: Dan Colussy, Pan Am's President and Chief Operating Officer in the 1970s
Send us Fan Mail In this episode we are joined by Dan Colussy who served as Pan Am’s President and Chief Operating Officer in the 1970s. Dan will share his experiences of working in the airline indust...
11 Juni 20231h 26min
