These Pan Am guys where incredible pilot’s. In the 70’s I flew a little with a retired guy that flew DC-2 and -3’s to and from South America. He married a stewardess who told stories of playing dice with passengers on the floor of the plane while they flew along at night. He finished his career in the right seat of the Boeing 720. What was largely known as the 707. Wish I could have picked his brain more. Earlier in the video they showed the pilot holding a clipboard and for some reason it surprised me that it looks just like one from today. As a pilot, I’d be pretty concerned about flying through those mountains so low as mountain waves caused by high speed airflow can bring a plane down easy enough. Again, incredible pilot’s!
23:11 showing Lencois Maranhenses National Park in MA, Brazil... WOW! Pan Am and Panair do Brasil built the airport currently in use in São Luis, MA, Brazil at that time!
At the very end @ 38.09 Charlies Lindbergh has a short cameo. He was the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an airplane. He flew his plane the Spirit of St. Louis in May of 1927 across the Atlantic Ocean solo. Afterwards he went to work for Juan Trippe the owner of Pan Am.
Belém do Pará,em 1935!!!! Eu me emocionei ao ver minha linda cidade na época! Parabéns por ter colocado em nossas memórias tal visão! Espetacular!! Lindo! Incrível! Eu amo minha cidade,Belém do Pará!!!
@@angelprezcarametro7253 The aircraft has landing lights in the nose , has a small vertical stabilizer, and lacks a tail filet, all spotting features of the DC-2. Nothing wrong with someone pointing out the correct type of aircraft.
@@sarjim4381 Thanks. Good detail, I do not know much about planes, so I welcome the three differentiating details you provided. (Sorry, I did not quite understand what you meant by your additional comment "Nothing wrong with someone pointing out ....").
Great video and love the early planes. The video starts off with a Sikorsky S40. It looks to me like the flying boat at 22:04 is a Consolidated Commodore or Admiral. The twin engine plane that flies over the Andes does look more like a DC2. But the narration starting 32:20 confuses me. Passengers are warm and don't need oxygen. But they are in a non-pressurized cabin. Any idea what's up or why? (I can think of why - they have back up Oxygen, and they don't want to say the plane is not pressurized, so they accentuate the positive?)
They're being coy on the oxygen, as at that altitude it comes into play at least as a supplement, but no cabin pressurization existed on commercial airline flights until 1940 with the limited production Boeing 307, not becoming common until after WW2 with the entry into broad commercial service of the Lockheed Constellation. I doubt film audiences of 1935 would know what pressurization was.
I don't remember these days but I do remember 1964, when many of the sights were the same. The planes were faster but little had changed in the ground. Times seemed much simpler then, when I was six years old...
In the pressing mills they had no way to stop the press. They had 1 man that stood by with a sharp machete ready to chop off an arm if a hand got in the press.
U2b still employs the same brutal technology today. Only difference is that today's machetes are referred to as Algorithms and TOS "Aggreements". 😈Say nice things, like Susan and her nice friends say, or her flying monkeys will chop your work away 👿
Hola porque...porque las mujeres en este tiempo eran tanto bellissimas y benevoles? La gente me se parecen bien carinosas y trataban se mutualmente con graciosa cordialidad...
Awesome video, came here just to see some vintage planes. Ended up getting a massive history lesson on South America!
These Pan Am guys where incredible pilot’s. In the 70’s I flew a little with a retired guy that flew DC-2 and -3’s to and from South America. He married a stewardess who told stories of playing dice with passengers on the floor of the plane while they flew along at night. He finished his career in the right seat of the Boeing 720. What was largely known as the 707. Wish I could have picked his brain more. Earlier in the video they showed the pilot holding a clipboard and for some reason it surprised me that it looks just like one from today. As a pilot, I’d be pretty concerned about flying through those mountains so low as mountain waves caused by high speed airflow can bring a plane down easy enough. Again, incredible pilot’s!
*These pan Am guys were incredible pilots
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Nice video of times gone by. The twin boom 4 engined flying boat was a Sikorski S40.
Thank you for the information. The video commentary is remarkably unhelpful.
No doubt built right at Sikorsky in CT
Great footage of the venerable Douglas DC-3 and the Consolidated Commodore flying boat, among the many aircraft Pan Am used at that time.
Not a DC-3, but a DC-2. The DC-3 did not enter service until 1936. It first flew December 17, 1935.
The Commodores were acquired when PAA bought NYRBA.
Good video. I enjoyed it even though it is a few years old. :) It is fun to see South America from another era.
23:11 showing Lencois Maranhenses National Park in MA, Brazil... WOW! Pan Am and Panair do Brasil built the airport currently in use in São Luis, MA, Brazil at that time!
At the very end @ 38.09 Charlies Lindbergh has a short cameo. He was the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an airplane. He flew his plane the Spirit of St. Louis in May of 1927 across the Atlantic Ocean solo. Afterwards he went to work for Juan Trippe the owner of Pan Am.
Many people had crossed the Atlantic on airplanes before Lindbergh did. He was the first to do it 'solo' ( alone).
@@joselassalle5906 NO!!!!!! He Was The First To Fly Across The Atlantic Stop Rewriting History!!!!!!! Charles Lindbergh Is The First One Period!!!!!
Belém do Pará,em 1935!!!!
Eu me emocionei ao ver minha linda cidade na época!
Parabéns por ter colocado em nossas memórias tal visão!
Espetacular!!
Lindo!
Incrível!
Eu amo minha cidade,Belém do Pará!!!
Superb video.. thanks for sharing....!!
The airplane shown around 29:00 is not a DC-3, but a DC-2.
edtghostjhf You must be fun at parties
In my parties he is welcome!
Yes, it could be a DC 2 because of the year of the film. Apparently DC 3 appeared in 1936.
@@angelprezcarametro7253 The aircraft has landing lights in the nose , has a small vertical stabilizer, and lacks a tail filet, all spotting features of the DC-2. Nothing wrong with someone pointing out the correct type of aircraft.
@@sarjim4381 Thanks. Good detail, I do not know much about planes, so I welcome the three differentiating details you provided. (Sorry, I did not quite understand what you meant by your additional comment "Nothing wrong with someone pointing out ....").
love the old footage and video
Me too !!!
Salvador in 1935, at 25 min 50 sec. Nice to see!
Great video and love the early planes. The video starts off with a Sikorsky S40. It looks to me like the flying boat at 22:04 is a Consolidated Commodore or Admiral. The twin engine plane that flies over the Andes does look more like a DC2. But the narration starting 32:20 confuses me. Passengers are warm and don't need oxygen. But they are in a non-pressurized cabin. Any idea what's up or why? (I can think of why - they have back up Oxygen, and they don't want to say the plane is not pressurized, so they accentuate the positive?)
They're being coy on the oxygen, as at that altitude it comes into play at least as a supplement, but no cabin pressurization existed on commercial airline flights until 1940 with the limited production Boeing 307, not becoming common until after WW2 with the entry into broad commercial service of the Lockheed Constellation. I doubt film audiences of 1935 would know what pressurization was.
Congratulations, That was a great video, i am from Honduras and it would be nice if you could get something about Honduras, thanks
That's a nice shot of a Clipper Ship from 2:40 onward.
Interesting footage of 80+ years ago. Especially Sikorsky & Consolidated flying boats of the early 1930s.
from PR to Miami, only 8 hrs by Plane
But still much faster than a boat. It was the Concorde of its day. 😊
Wonderful vintage film
Nice video, things seamed less rush rush then.
That's realy something when only a few years previous steam was modern times
I don't remember these days but I do remember 1964, when many of the sights were the same. The planes were faster but little had changed in the ground. Times seemed much simpler then, when I was six years old...
Great film
Quem tiver saudade da Pan Am nos anos 70 e 80 veja um vídeo em Português PAN AM Vendas Brasil
Como conseguiram filmar essas coisas??🤔
Que buen video, educativo y de información. Me gusta la aviación. Saludos
In the pressing mills they had no way to stop the press. They had 1 man that stood by with a sharp machete ready to chop off an arm if a hand got in the press.
U2b still employs the same brutal technology today. Only difference is that today's machetes are referred to as Algorithms and TOS "Aggreements".
😈Say nice things, like Susan and her nice friends say, or her flying monkeys will chop your work away 👿
Why don't they make promo vidoes like this anymore??
Flying anywhere today is a chore, not an exciting adventure
@@k7jeb It’s Not Chore It Is An Exciting Adventure You Meathead!!!!!
The traffic cop at 14:36 is hilarious! "Crude but effective" as Mr. Spock used to say.
Great PanAm.
I wonder how many planes crashed back then? Or how many planes they had hijacked 🤔?
Hola porque...porque las mujeres en este tiempo eran tanto bellissimas y benevoles? La gente me se parecen bien carinosas y trataban se mutualmente con graciosa cordialidad...
*Who is watching in 2023?* 🙋♂️
Uma maravilha!!!
9:31 Sadhus
Espetacular!!
PANAGRA, baby!
DC-2
😃😃😃
:)
"Of all the virtues gratitude has the shortest memory" No matter what you have done before, you are only as good as your last gig! PanAm who?
lol . . . . 3 years ago, but what the heck . . . . . .
YOU knew to say PanAm . . . . . . hello?! . . . . > ;)
One more like than this video gets 600 likes!
Animal tortured😔carrying heavy things..
Documentary of exploitation.
So irritated by the "we kick natives when we want to" narration...
That's truth.Nothing to be irritated
Am I missing something? I did not hear or sense that in this movie?
@@Robbi496 troll post