Sunday, April 27, 2014

PAN AM TIMELINE NEWS

Pan American Airways replaced its Boeing 314 Flying Boats on the California-Honolulu route with the DC-4s. The daily flight took about 10 hours, compared with the flying boat's 20 hours.

Pan American WORLD Airways, the official name as of 1950, introduced all-tourist class Rainbow service on its first DC-6B, Clipper Liberty Bell on May 1, 1952. Pan Am's DC-6Bs carried 82 to 88 passengers.