I tell everyone who doesnt know Pan Am - that a 747 NEVER looked more beautiful than in Pan Am colors. That emergency life raft trainer at 11.55 was ONE LUCKY FELLA! Thank for the memories (as my Pan Am t-shirt says). Always remembered, but NEVER forgotten - Pan Am. xoxo Signed - son of former lifelong Pan Am employee;1963-1991
music/songs: 00:00 Alan Parker & Alan Hawkshaw - Take To The Sky 04:25 Alan Parker & Alan Hawkshaw - Clear Waters 05:54 Keith Mansfield - New Image 06:36 Peter Sander - Shop Floor 07:24 John Scott - Drop Out 08:43 Johnny Pearson - Rhythmic Explosion 09:59 Alan Moorhouse - Expo in Tokyo 19:02 Alan Parker & Alan Hawkshaw - Sweet Summer 20:29 Alan Parker & Alan Hawkshaw - Days of Orange Squash 21:21 Alan Hawkshaw - Action Replay 22:26 Johnny Pearson - The Ride Is Rough 23:04 Alan Parker & Alan Hawkshaw - Take To The Sky
I can't help but watch these videos and remembering the 22 year old kid who in 1977 had a world opened up to him, he could only dream of, and given the education of a lifetime with paycheck inclusive. I miss you Pan Am so much. :-(
Thank you so much for posting this video. This represents all that air travel used to be. I don't know if we will ever have another Pan Am again ( the closest is probably Emirates), but this certainly brings back fond memories. Gotta love 1970.
Pan Am took me on my 1st trip to London from JFK T3... in the 80s during college. My love affair with England began then and has never ceased. Thank's Pan Am! I think of the airline everytime I am in Manhattan and see "the building" or in Miami when I visit the Dinner Key seaplane base / City Hall. Great elements of the 20th century.
Bravo!! What an excellent way to honor the truly exceptional airline that was Pan Am. Back then the flight was as memorable as the destination and no other airline made it as such than Pan American World Airways. I'm glad I got to experience Pan Am's 747 clipper class...the true meaning to the phrase "jet set."
I had completely forgotten about Lockerbie. I rode PanAm once or twice on transcons in the early 80s, just because I didn't think it would be around long. (I also rode Buzz out of Stansted on its last day in 2003.) Pan Am's stock tanked in the early 80s due to deregulation and wasteful acquisition. I seem to recall it bought another airline (National?) in 79-80 to get domestic routes that it could have obtained for free a year later.
@HalfordJetset what are the songs and how can i find them i like when the video focuses on france and the cooking and greece also i really like when they're in sydney please and thankyou !!!!
...flight 103 was the final blow.Passengers were afraid of Pan Am,due to it being a terrorist target a few times.Planes flew not even half full,and they started losing cash,right??Sad.Looking at this video,and hearing the groovy sound backing it,makes you want to revive it.I wish I could have flown on this once iconic carrier.Now I just read/see what I can on the net.....
define irony:The guy at Boeing says that the 747 was built in cooperation with Pan Am.He says it's line number 89 and 90 in front of them.Both planes were destined for United,but 90 ended up with Pan Am in 1984!Number 89 is the very plane which suffered an explosive decompression in 1989 with United.
@applesweeter Before we spend time responding to your questions. What are your answers to your questions? P.S. First time I was in Hong Kong was in 1975
@srita764 Because unlike most European or many of the other world's nations, the United States does not have an official, government supported airline. The U.S. carriers are all private corporations. Pan Am was one of the "National Service Route" carriers that the U.S. subsidized on certain (mostly Pacific Ocean) routes to provide service into U.S. possessions that would not have otherwise had any air service.
Pan Am started taking financial hits in the late fifties to mid sixties when it had to compete against other airlines that were foreign government owned and operating the same routes. Then Trippe ordered all of those 747s because he was counting on a huge surge in travel that didn’t happen quite the way Pan Am had forecast. After making the biggest plane purchase at the time Juan Trippe retired and left his successors with the task of figuring out how to integrate the new fleet of jumbo jets. Nobody that followed Trippe was quite as business savvy. Then of course the early 70’s oil crisis hit its profits hard and they had no domestic routes either. Jimmy Carter’s airline deregulation of the late 70s and Pan Am overpaying for National Airlines didn’t help either but they needed domestic routes. Pan Am just kept getting hit with bad karma and terrible mismanagement. Being strapped for cash they couldn’t keep up on important things like security and so flight 103 happened!! Come to find out the state department memo that warned Pan Am of a terroristic plot and named the specific time frame and flight destination was laying underneath a pile of papers on the security officials desk at London Heathrow. Underfunded Pan Am security and determined terrorist devils blew 103 out of the sky. That was the last financial straw. Lawsuits just recently have been settled with Libya finally accepting blame. Pan Am was a true aviation icon but what could go wrong DID go wrong. Sad.
Pan Am was the virtual American flag-carrier from the 30s to the 80s. Like Lufthansa or Air France or Air Canada. But it was never officially designated as such, although Juan Trippe kept seeking it. Nevertheless it was the class act and had a Walter Gropius building over Grand Central Terminal in New York.Deregulation and the proletarianization of air travel was what killed Pan Am.
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Doing as you say would be like saying that credit card advertisement should focus on the fact that you can buy now with the plastic card and pay later to the bank instead of focusing on the world of things you can buy and experience if you have funds to hold a credit card.
@dutchy1176 Juan T. Trippe (PAA) and Bill Allen (Boeing): JT: "If you build it, I'll buy it." BA: "If you buy it, we'll build it." This was the beginning of the 747.
I never realised that those pretty female Pan Am flight Attendants went through the same training As Navy Seals, No wonder nobody ever messed with them
Yes,but they also had too many 747s.They ordered too many new,but also bought used ones from United,etc.I wish I could've flown with them,too young to choose.I know what I know out of pure interest...
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I tell everyone who doesnt know Pan Am - that a 747 NEVER looked more beautiful than in Pan Am colors.
That emergency life raft trainer at 11.55 was ONE LUCKY FELLA!
Thank for the memories (as my Pan Am t-shirt says).
Always remembered, but NEVER forgotten - Pan Am. xoxo
Signed - son of former lifelong Pan Am employee;1963-1991
music/songs:
00:00 Alan Parker & Alan Hawkshaw - Take To The Sky
04:25 Alan Parker & Alan Hawkshaw - Clear Waters
05:54 Keith Mansfield - New Image
06:36 Peter Sander - Shop Floor
07:24 John Scott - Drop Out
08:43 Johnny Pearson - Rhythmic Explosion
09:59 Alan Moorhouse - Expo in Tokyo
19:02 Alan Parker & Alan Hawkshaw - Sweet Summer
20:29 Alan Parker & Alan Hawkshaw - Days of Orange Squash
21:21 Alan Hawkshaw - Action Replay
22:26 Johnny Pearson - The Ride Is Rough
23:04 Alan Parker & Alan Hawkshaw - Take To The Sky
I can't help but watch these videos and remembering the 22 year old kid who in 1977 had a world opened up to him, he could only dream of, and given the education of a lifetime with paycheck inclusive. I miss you Pan Am so much. :-(
Thank you so much for posting this video. This represents all that air travel used to be. I don't know if we will ever have another Pan Am again ( the closest is probably Emirates), but this certainly brings back fond memories. Gotta love 1970.
RIP Pan Am and TWA the world will never be the same again without these two.
Pan Am took me on my 1st trip to London from JFK T3... in the 80s during college. My love affair with England began then and has never ceased. Thank's Pan Am! I think of the airline everytime I am in Manhattan and see "the building" or in Miami when I visit the Dinner Key seaplane base / City Hall. Great elements of the 20th century.
Amazing , Pan Am was truly an amazing carrier.
Bravo!! What an excellent way to honor the truly exceptional airline that was Pan Am. Back then the flight was as memorable as the destination and no other airline made it as such than Pan American World Airways. I'm glad I got to experience Pan Am's 747 clipper class...the true meaning to the phrase "jet set."
Nice footage. I remember when stewardess wore those blue derby hats. Thanks for sharing!!
I was 18 working at the JFK World Port. Flying was special. Saw many celebs.
I' m from Pan' Am World! Thanks from Brasil!
Wow…great memories….❤😢
Was a great airline. First time on a airplane was on Pam Am B747 CCS to MIA
That was awesome. Those were the days when flying was fun.
I had completely forgotten about Lockerbie. I rode PanAm once or twice on transcons in the early 80s, just because I didn't think it would be around long. (I also rode Buzz out of Stansted on its last day in 2003.) Pan Am's stock tanked in the early 80s due to deregulation and wasteful acquisition. I seem to recall it bought another airline (National?) in 79-80 to get domestic routes that it could have obtained for free a year later.
Most of the songs in this video are KPM library songs.
@HalfordJetset what are the songs and how can i find them i like when the video focuses on france and the cooking and greece also i really like when they're in sydney please and thankyou !!!!
...flight 103 was the final blow.Passengers were afraid of Pan Am,due to it being a terrorist target a few times.Planes flew not even half full,and they started losing cash,right??Sad.Looking at this video,and hearing the groovy sound backing it,makes you want to revive it.I wish I could have flown on this once iconic carrier.Now I just read/see what I can on the net.....
Fantastic! 5:04, Varig!
the most respected Brazilian fly company of all the times.
I seem to recall them playing this just before the main movie.
great history here!!!
define irony:The guy at Boeing says that the 747 was built in cooperation with Pan Am.He says it's line number 89 and 90 in front of them.Both planes were destined for United,but 90 ended up with Pan Am in 1984!Number 89 is the very plane which suffered an explosive decompression in 1989 with United.
That sounds like Cliff Robertson narrating.
That trainer was exceptionally lucky...Yahoo!
-VIR092
Gotta love pretty flight attendants...
I love the music! I would love to see footage of Pan Am CEO Najeeb Halaby, too.
This rocks!
@applesweeter
Before we spend time responding to your questions.
What are your answers to your questions?
P.S. First time I was in Hong Kong was in 1975
@srita764 Because unlike most European or many of the other world's nations, the United States does not have an official, government supported airline. The U.S. carriers are all private corporations. Pan Am was one of the "National Service Route" carriers that the U.S. subsidized on certain (mostly Pacific Ocean) routes to provide service into U.S. possessions that would not have otherwise had any air service.
Pan Am started taking financial hits in the late fifties to mid sixties when it had to compete against other airlines that were foreign government owned and operating the same routes. Then Trippe ordered all of those 747s because he was counting on a huge surge in travel that didn’t happen quite the way Pan Am had forecast. After making the biggest plane purchase at the time Juan Trippe retired and left his successors with the task of figuring out how to integrate the new fleet of jumbo jets. Nobody that followed Trippe was quite as business savvy. Then of course the early 70’s oil crisis hit its profits hard and they had no domestic routes either. Jimmy Carter’s airline deregulation of the late 70s and Pan Am overpaying for National Airlines didn’t help either but they needed domestic routes. Pan Am just kept getting hit with bad karma and terrible mismanagement. Being strapped for cash they couldn’t keep up on important things like security and so flight 103 happened!! Come to find out the state department memo that warned Pan Am of a terroristic plot and named the specific time frame and flight destination was laying underneath a pile of papers on the security officials desk at London Heathrow. Underfunded Pan Am security and determined terrorist devils blew 103 out of the sky. That was the last financial straw. Lawsuits just recently have been settled with Libya finally accepting blame. Pan Am was a true aviation icon but what could go wrong DID go wrong. Sad.
14:17 all of those airlines merged or about to(United).
Pan Am was the virtual American flag-carrier from the 30s to the 80s. Like Lufthansa or Air France or Air Canada. But it was never officially designated as such, although Juan Trippe kept seeking it. Nevertheless it was the class act and had a Walter Gropius building over Grand Central Terminal in New York.Deregulation and the proletarianization of air travel was what killed Pan Am.
Had over a million mile on PA...
Travel Ideographic Videography
A large part of our mission is to provide you with the examples you need to improve your skills in video production.
The By Product of watching this Channel is the cool Places that other People have seen.
Doing as you say would be like saying that credit card advertisement should focus on the fact that you can buy now with the plastic card and pay later to the bank instead of focusing on the world of things you can buy and experience if you have funds to hold a credit card.
Take a look at "The Caribbean".
@dutchy1176 Juan T. Trippe (PAA) and Bill Allen (Boeing):
JT: "If you build it, I'll buy it."
BA: "If you buy it, we'll build it."
This was the beginning of the 747.
how come the music is so Air / Zero 7?
This comment is ten years late but I thought that too!
KURFÜRSTENDAMM, Yeah :)
I never realised that those pretty female Pan Am flight Attendants went through the same training As Navy Seals,
No wonder nobody ever messed with them
Yes,but they also had too many 747s.They ordered too many new,but also bought used ones from United,etc.I wish I could've flown with them,too young to choose.I know what I know out of pure interest...
17:00 Frankfurt
West Germany back then
bali...
A bloated Pan Am travelogue / advertisement.
HAHAH