I joined the foreign service in 1978 as a 23 year old. My job was to travel the world and install, maintain and repair communications equipment at U.S. Embassies around the world. We had a rule that we had to fly American carriers whenever possible so I flew a lot, A LOT, with Pan Am. Thats when you wore a suit and acted like a human when you flew. They were also very good about providing discounts to us for personal travel. I sent my wife home from Karachi, Pakistan in 1983 for Thanksgiving for a small amount of money. I always had a soft spot in my heart for Pan Am and hated to see them go out of business.
In 1963, at the age of 10, I flew on a Pan-Am DC-7B from Paris to NY with a refueling stop in Thule. What I remember was the stewardess taking me up to the cockpit and allowing me to ask the pilot repeatedly what would happen if one of the engines fell off... I treasured my Pan-AM wings pin for many years... Pan Am Series - Part XXXVIII: The DC-7C | JPB TRANS CONSULTING, LLC
Yes, when in elementary school the stewardess would always carry me a little African American boy up to the cockpit to visit with the flight crew...and these memories are still priceless.
After flight 103 that went down over Lockerbie Scotland, they just couldn't recover after that and the fuel costs. PAN AM had some of the finest commercials in the 60s and 70s. The tunes and the music behind them, I can still hear them in my mind. It made you want to fly and it showed the public that there was pride in the company.
Pan Am flight 103 crashed in Dec.1988 in the Scottish town of Lockerbie due to a bomb placed inside a radio cassette player that had been placed in the front luggage compartment of the plane. That act of terror claimed the lives of over 250 people on board and killed eleven people on the ground. The many lawsuits filed against Pan Am and the huge settlements awarded to the victims families really brought an end to Pan Am.
‘Bout 3-4 years after Mr.Trippe stepped aside,the OPEC mess hit & most of the time PanAm was flying half-empty on its jumbos.....numerous terrorist attacks added more insult 2 injury in later years. Lockerbie IMO,was just the final straw!!!!
@Jim Allen The reason they stopped the chopper landings was a major bloodbath accident on the landing pad back in the 70's. Chopper tipped over, blades went flying all over the place and the entire pad was drenched in blood. I still remember reading about in the New York Daily News. Really sad.
One thing I love about all of these "Recollection Road" videos is the comments. I feel as if I know all of you, no matter where you live or who you are. You all make America great!
In the mid 70s, Pan Am had a special fare: Around the world in 90 days for $999.00! You could fly anywhere Pan Am flew and have 90 days to complete your trip. If you started in San Francisco and headed east, you had to keep going east until you finished your trip back in SF, or if you started west, say to Hawaii, you had to keep going west! I circumnavigated the globe four times within a year or so and stopped in countless countries and spent a day, a week or a month in each one! It was a lot of fun, and I never had the opportunity to do it again!! What a riot!! Those were the days!!
I never flew as a child, but my parents did. It was a big deal --- they dressed up for the flight, looked forward to great food & cocktails & cigarettes. It sounded to my young mind like they were traveling on a fancy nightclub.
It was really like that, an affair to look forward to. I remember travelling in the 80s and early 90s and there was still an aura about flying. Now? No more.
I worked for TWA from '73 to '77 while I was in college. Being a photography nut, I was able to use my flight benifits to fly from Orlando to the Ginza (Tokyo) and straight back for $55 dollars. Saved several hundred dollars in lenses, bodies, etc. Those were the days!
The last flight I took..... I was wedged in like a sardine..... man next to me had serious armpit stink and hogged the armrest. I huddled next to the window to avoid any contact. Passenger in front of me hit the seat back lever which made the entire experience claustrophobic.
I remember back in the early 80s my family and I flew Pan Am to Italy, I was just a kid back then but it really was an exciting event for me. They truly tried to make us feel comfortable for a long flight to Europe. Rip Pan Am thanks for the memories 🤔
My first flight on Pan Am was a 747 from World port at JFK to SJU in 1972. I was 9 years old. Imagine that, a 747 on that route. It was my dad and 2 of my brothers and we were all wearing a suit and tie. There was no better way to fly at the time. Back then the flight was as memorable as your destination and Pan Am made the going great.
Great pictures, people dressed seeming well just for airplane / jet travel. I do remember Pan-Am well, as I flew them several times in my young adult life in the early 1970s. Again, thank you very much for these short subject presentations.
I flew many times as a child during the 60's and 70's due to my father being in the military. It was a whole other world. Service and hospitality and gracious travel. The best stewardesses were Lufthansa. Lovely and beautiful and kind. Outstanding service.
The airline that flew The Beatles to the states, landing Feb. 7th 1964 at Idlewild airport in N.Y.C. Two days later, the pop music world was changed forever.
I took a Pan Am flight to Europe back in 1971. It was very nice. I remember when Pan Am was considered the greatest airline in the world and was a representative of America to the world. Sad that it is gone. Progress destroys many in its wake. Would be nice if it was somehow slowed down a bit.
Both My Grandfather and Uncle Worked for Pan Am in The 60”s and 70”s! I Remember their Uniforms and Going to Visit Them at SFO when I was a Kid! My Uncle would Bring Home Plastic Airplanes with The Logo on it, I remember the Leather Suitcases and Bags! Great Memories!✨
My first flight was in 1969 on Delta. I was 16. There was so much room compared to now, and even though we only traveled 1000 miles, we were served snacks and a meal.
I had the privilege of flying Pan - Am many times , to date there is not another airline carrier that holds a candle to Pan - Am A truly great American company sadly missed by those of us who flew with the iconic airline .
I few Pan Am frequently, as a teen, through the 1970s. It was top notch; very comfortable, safe, professional, and enjoyable. And, the stewardesses gave away load of freebies: the blue flight bags, playing cards decks, wired ear phones, and gold plastic wings (pin) for little kids. They offered etched drinking glasses (a $1.00 each to keep) with adult beverages and ceramic coffee mugs (again $1.00 each to keep). Wish I had all that stuff today. Pan Am is the best airlines (of 100s) I've ever flown. This is a great vid, thanks for posting.
...the key element that started the demise of the airline industry as I remember it was the deregulation of the industry in 1978; this released the fare structure of the industry, and removed subsidies that the industry was receiving to maintain service on unprofitable routes; we now have the flying bus service that we enjoy today.
I worked for them many years in many cities. I still have all my old (different departments) uniforms & many relics. I'm glad I traveled while I was younger & traveling was still nice. I only subject myself to air travel today if its an emergency.
Yes! We dressed up to fly. I always looked my best and it was exciting. They treated us very good even in coach. Free pillows and blankets. It was a totally different experience.
Dad worked at Pan Am in San Fransisco. We flew many times to places like Tokyo, Bangkok, Sydney on 707's. Mom made sure I was dressed up whenever we went to the airport. I remember when Pan Am bought their first 747 and it was parked next to HW 101 with lights shining on it. Nearly caused a bunch of accidents as no one could believe the size of that thing. Juan Tripp was brilliant. Pan Am was never the same after he left.
Back when flying had some class. Now they're just flying cattle cars. Oh, you want to actually bring a suitcase? Well...let me just get out the calculator and see how much extra that'll cost ya. Another great video. I can't get enough of them. Two requests, In-n-Out and Farrell's Ice Cream Parlors.
Farrell's, yes, because it's long gone but In-N-Out is thriving. I have never been to an In-N-Out in any city where the drive-thru line wasn't 40-50 cars deep -- even at midnight.
@@jacksons1010 I was going to say, flying anywhere back then was a king's ransom. And actually I like that I can get on a plane in T-shirt and jeans, which is more comfortable than having to squirm in a seat with a suit on.
@@ArtificialBanana ...the Howard Johnsons, the Hilton, and the Bell System videophone were all on the space station itself. The Panama space-based was an Orion III model.
This was an era where flying was a luxury event. Today it is a necessary and common transportation mode. That means looking for the best price to accommodate your trip which is why the frilly amenities are gone.
We flew a few times during the 60s. It was a big deal. We wore our best clothes. My dad always wanted me to be a stewardess when I grew up. Very glamorous job back then
As a kid in the 60's, i can remember looking up in the sky as Pan Am 707's would descend into Detroit Metropolitan Airport. The big blue ball of Pan Am would be emblazoned on the tail of those aircraft as they flew by. I could only imagine where those aircraft originated from to bring passengers into Detroit's airport.
That was back when you wore a suit to fly. I remember Pan Am well. Great airline! Still have one of those bags. Back then, that was a carry on, not what we have now.
I grew up in1960s NYC near La Guardia and Kennedy airports. There was a Pan Am helicopter shuttle between the Pan Am tower and Kennedy airport that flew over my home in Richmond Hill, Queens about 200feet in the air between them.
Not sure how I didn't see this one. Pan Am represents what used to be great about America. Sadly, when I think of PanAm, I now think of that dang movie Catch Me if You Can.
I was stationed in Frankfurt Germany for nearly 3 years. Every September I got a letter from Pan Am Airlines telling me I had a round trip ticket to Ft.Worth Texas whenever I wanted to use it. My Father paid for it every year and I went home for Christmas every year. They were a wonderful airplane and I wish they were still in business.
I flew Pan Am from San Francisco to Guam, in September 1969, aboard a Boeing 707, with stops in Honolulu, and Wake Island. I was 14 at the time, but I remember the food was actually pretty good, and they fed you about every 3 hours. At that time they didn’t search you for weapons. All they cared about was did you have a ticket? Only time I flew with Pan Am, but I remember it as great!
I was 5 the first time I ever boarded a plane. The airline was Pan Am. The stewardess took me to the cockpit and the pilots were real friendly and gave me plastic wings with the Pan Am logo to pin to my shirt. I've been flying ever since ✈🌐
Growing up in Japan, Pan Am's "RTW" (Round-the-World) flights (PA 001 & 002) were our mainstays in the 1960's, flying between Tokyo and Europe. Departing Haneda in the evening, we would have dinner on the flight to Hong Kong, then it was a shorter flight to Bangkok. My sister and I would sleep through several hops including (depending on the day of the week) Rangoon, Saigon, Calcutta, New Delhi, Karachi, Teheran and Beirut. We would usually break up the trip in Beirut, stay at the Phoenicia Hotel overlooking the Mediterranean, and take a separate flight to Rome (PA 109/110). I would occasionally be invited into the cockpit during stopovers and being told of the duties of the 4 crew members of the B707 - captain, co-captain, navigator and flight engineer. Come to think of it, I was once in the cockpit during a flight, in which I saw the navigator with a slide rule giving coordinates to the pilots on a slip of paper with scotch tape (there were no Post-It's in those days). During a midnight stopover in Karachi, I accompanied the flight engineer as he made his rounds checking the underbelly of the aircraft with a flashlight. Going up the ramp, I saw that a stewardess was feeding a mangy looking dog. In Rangoon, arriving early one morning flying back to Japan, there were many Burmese people trying to get a look at the plane through metal fencing off the tarmac. On another occasion, there were puffs of smoke in a distance as we took off from Tan Son Nhat airport in Saigon, most likely signs of a battle as it was during the Vietnam war.
I learned to fly because of the People I met at Pan-AM and TWA I miss them all very much even to this day!! It makes me very sad to see the best of America gone!! All of our best days are behind us not in front!! America has lost everything !! :-((
I was lucky enough to fly Pan Am when I was a kid. Got wings from the flight crew, visit the captain in the cockpit, had a pan am flight bag, playing cards and lots of other goodies too. It was special back then, you actually felt lucky to fly and the airlines were so happy to have you. Today, the glamour of air travel is long gone unless you are lucky enough to fly on a private jet. TSA, constant reminders about security, long lines, cramped seats, unruly passengers, crappy or no meals... its something I try to avoid.
My mother worked for Pan Am and we had to fly standby. We usually upgraded to First Class by paying only $50. We had to wear dresses when we flew. I miss flying First Class on Pan Am. They were a great American airline.
Boeing upgraded to the 787, also called "The Dreamliner". Egypt has a fleet of them. America makes them, but few are given to Americans to fly in. Maybe the American-owned transatlantic flights from JFK might have them. However, most are given to other countries. It is a fabulous aircraft and a true work of art.
I wonder how many people met Frank Abagnale jr. When Pan Am was flying. Now it's the name of a B-Class railroad from Maine to New Hampshire,Vermont,Massachusetts and New York.
What everyone forgets is that until the 70s, flying was very expensive. All that luxury and style cost. People dressed up because it was a rare event that paid a ton for. It was like going to the fanciest restaurant. Now we all go as slobs because we all can afford it--like McDonalds
Minor correction to title - Pan Am, not Pan-Am (no hyphen). Also the 747 cabin photo from 3:41-3:53 isn't a Pan Am aircraft. They never used that type of seat or those seat covers on their 747s. And the 707 cabin photo from 4:37-4:43 also isn't a Pan Am aircraft. It's a well-known early Boeing PR photo taken in a mockup before the 707 fuselage was widened from the original design with 5-across economy seating to permit 6-across and match the DC-8 which was launched with a 6-across fuselage. The reference to Delta buying Pan Am near the end isn't quite right. Delta didn't buy all of Pan Am, only their Europe routes, the Pan Am Shuttle (NY LaGuardia - Bostom/Washington) and their JFK terminal.
I received my first passport at 8 in the 70s and Pan Am was my favorite followed by Eastern. I miss the old days, but it’s also never been cheaper to travel. Get out there!
Took PanAm in 1989 from SF to someehere in Switzerland and return via Milan. Cost about $500. Had a coupon from Sharper Image for an upgrade on PanAm flights. The staff in SF rudely wouldn't accept the coupon. But the very nice staff in Milan didn't have a problem and my friend and I flew 1st class through to SF. Love ya Italy!
Was lucky enough to have flown Pan Am in Summer of 1972. I was a 7 year old kid. It was a transpacific flight from Manila in the Philippines to Los Angeles. I still have with me my junior flyer pin which during that time was made of metal.
Their image in the 60's as a global airline was pristine and very cool. And the stewardesses had to be young and pretty. At 30 they "hit the wall" in the industry. Very nice.
And they had to be single. If they got married, they had to quit their job. Their employer told them what underwear, shoes, hairdo, and make-up to wear. And subjected them to weekly weigh-ins. If you gained more than a couple of pounds, you were suspended until you lost them.
Knew a customer, Jack Burke?, that started flying for Pan-AM at age nineteen in 1939. He had to have his parents sign a waiver release as a condition of employment. I remember him saying he was initially stationed in Alaska. He flew the world and retired 747 Captain after forty one years of safety in 1980. Amazing.
Yes I totally agree with you, also traveling back then was an event I remember people used to dress up to go on flights and cruises. Now it just seems like class has left our society today 🤔
@@frankrizzo4460 ...well, I sort of had to; dad worked for United, and the dress code was required for family pass travel, even in coach; I still dress up for flights today as a matter of rote.
And then in the 60's and 70's there was Continental Airlines with the "Golden Tail", planes with gold colored tail sections. Their theme song had the line "we really move out tails for you". The stewardesses were referred to as "the proud lass with the brass ass". Met one at Butch McGuire's in Mt. Prospect, Illinois in '72, dated for a year or so and she got transferred to SFO - and yes, about the tail thing - - - - -
Literally champagne and caviar dreams, in the air, no less. With no domestic flights. Yeah, that wouldn't last forever. When Pan-Am died, I remember being shocked it was still around - I associated that airline with images seen here in this vid: Kennedy, "space-age", pillbox hats, snazzy uniforms - a pre-modern (for me) era. But for Trippe's time, place, and airline, it all made a sort of sense for a while. The employees look proud of their jobs in these pictures, even in the ads.
I miss the romance of air travel, but not the annoying, unpleasant details, such as the security lines, 50 million rules, and the TSA agents. And the fact that all you get with shorter flights nowadays are a granola bar and a small cup of soda.
That's how I feel. Just not worth it. Last time we flew down to FL they confiscated Play-do off of my son. Stupid, I unknowingly had lighters in my bag. Then the whole show thing. Just a drag.
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Flying then was a glamorous treat; today like riding a Grayhound Bus.
LOL, try riding a greyhound bus today.
Greyhound is not glamorous. I've ridden on their bases numerous times.
Still
Glamorous with foreign carriers like Singapore Airlines and Emirates.
@@bingbong7777 and Qatar Airlines. EgyptAir just bought a new fleet from the USA. The Middle East and Northern Africa still have a lot of glamour :)
Lmfao.....u know ur old when u think riding a greyhound bus is still glamorous lmfao
I joined the foreign service in 1978 as a 23 year old. My job was to travel the world and install, maintain and repair communications equipment at U.S. Embassies around the world. We had a rule that we had to fly American carriers whenever possible so I flew a lot, A LOT, with Pan Am. Thats when you wore a suit and acted like a human when you flew. They were also very good about providing discounts to us for personal travel. I sent my wife home from Karachi, Pakistan in 1983 for Thanksgiving for a small amount of money. I always had a soft spot in my heart for Pan Am and hated to see them go out of business.
In 1963, at the age of 10, I flew on a Pan-Am DC-7B from Paris to NY with a refueling stop in Thule. What I remember was the stewardess taking me up to the cockpit and allowing me to ask the pilot repeatedly what would happen if one of the engines fell off... I treasured my Pan-AM wings pin for many years... Pan Am Series - Part XXXVIII: The DC-7C | JPB TRANS CONSULTING, LLC
Yes, when in elementary school the stewardess would always carry me a little African American boy up to the cockpit to visit with the flight crew...and these memories are still priceless.
After flight 103 that went down over Lockerbie Scotland, they just couldn't recover after that and the fuel costs. PAN AM had some of the finest commercials in the 60s and 70s. The tunes and the music behind them, I can still hear them in my mind. It made you want to fly and it showed the public that there was pride in the company.
Pan Am flight 103 crashed in Dec.1988 in the Scottish town of Lockerbie due to a bomb placed inside a radio cassette player that had been placed in the front luggage compartment of the plane. That act of terror claimed the lives of over 250 people on board and killed eleven people on the ground. The many lawsuits filed against Pan Am and the huge settlements awarded to the victims families really brought an end to Pan Am.
‘Bout 3-4 years after Mr.Trippe stepped aside,the OPEC mess hit & most of the time PanAm was flying half-empty on its jumbos.....numerous terrorist attacks added more insult 2 injury in later years. Lockerbie IMO,was just the final straw!!!!
@Jim Allen The reason they stopped the chopper landings was a major bloodbath accident on the landing pad back in the 70's. Chopper tipped over, blades went flying all over the place and the entire pad was drenched in blood. I still remember reading about in the New York Daily News. Really sad.
@Jim Allen - Actually, run by men who were REALLY BAD managers. They failed in their jobs, and so did Eastern and Pan Am. FACT.
@Derek Jackson - If only you knew what you are talking about. You don't. Quite obviously.
One thing I love about all of these "Recollection Road" videos is the comments. I feel as if I know all of you, no matter where you live or who you are. You all make America great!
I agree with your comment. I love it when people share their memories and experiences on these videos!
Beautiful comment! Back to you!
Nice to meet you. Please, thank you, pardon me, your welcome. Oh, and smile and a handshake. Im seventy. I remember.
So many of us remember the old days - we're wishing they could return 👍
It's comforting to know that others have similar memories that I have. This is a wonderful channel.
In the mid 70s, Pan Am had a special fare: Around the world in 90 days for $999.00! You could fly anywhere Pan Am flew and have 90 days to complete your trip. If you started in San Francisco and headed east, you had to keep going east until you finished your trip back in SF, or if you started west, say to Hawaii, you had to keep going west! I circumnavigated the globe four times within a year or so and stopped in countless countries and spent a day, a week or a month in each one! It was a lot of fun, and I never had the opportunity to do it again!! What a riot!! Those were the days!!
My uncle had a wonderful career as a Pan-Am Pilot.
Lucky guy.
Pan Am was gone before I started to fly. I would have loved to have worked for them. Your uncle was blessed.
@@nilecrocodile4155 yes he was
@@stringalongmike1953 yes he was
Was he a military pilot?
I still have my card that gives me a ride to the moon on PAN AM, back in the sixty the were so great miss them
It was considered an honor to fly and everyone acted on their best behavior!
I never flew as a child, but my parents did. It was a big deal --- they dressed up for the flight, looked forward to great food & cocktails & cigarettes. It sounded to my young mind like they were traveling on a fancy nightclub.
@Da Big Kahuna Catfish It was a different time, even in church we wouldn't have been caught dead wearing jeans or, worse, shorts.
Yu guys are forgetting it was more expensive too
It was really like that, an affair to look forward to. I remember travelling in the 80s and early 90s and there was still an aura about flying. Now? No more.
@Da Big Kahuna Catfish *You're
Yes as a child, I traveled by air with my parents and we all dressed in church outfits and boy was it fun.
Flying was so much fun in the 1960s.
First flight was from NY to London. I was barely 6.
Cheers .
Want to re-live the fun, just watch the TV series Pan Am because, it always brings back so many good memories for me.
I worked for TWA from '73 to '77 while I was in college. Being a photography nut, I was able to use my flight benifits to fly from Orlando to the Ginza (Tokyo) and straight back for $55 dollars. Saved several hundred dollars in lenses, bodies, etc. Those were the days!
WOW!!!!!!
Gulf war vet. Flew home in 1991 on one of the last flights for Pan Am. 747.
Thank you for ur service.
Went from this glamorous enjoyable epic experience to a friggin Nightmare. The glory days of America. ❤️🇺🇸
The last flight I took..... I was wedged in like a sardine..... man next to me had serious armpit stink and hogged the armrest. I huddled next to the window to avoid any contact. Passenger in front of me hit the seat back lever which made the entire experience claustrophobic.
I remember back in the early 80s my family and I flew Pan Am to Italy, I was just a kid back then but it really was an exciting event for me. They truly tried to make us feel comfortable for a long flight to Europe. Rip Pan Am thanks for the memories 🤔
My first flight on Pan Am was a 747 from World port at JFK to SJU in 1972. I was 9 years old. Imagine that, a 747 on that route. It was my dad and 2 of my brothers and we were all wearing a suit and tie. There was no better way to fly at the time. Back then the flight was as memorable as your destination and Pan Am made the going great.
Great pictures, people dressed seeming well just for airplane / jet travel. I do remember Pan-Am well, as I flew them several times in my young adult life in the early 1970s. Again, thank you very much for these short subject presentations.
Yeah! Flying used to be a BIG deal. Now it's a (slightly) faster bus. 🤷♂️
I flew many times as a child during the 60's and 70's due to my father being in the military. It was a whole other world. Service and hospitality and gracious travel. The best stewardesses were Lufthansa. Lovely and beautiful and kind. Outstanding service.
The crew is still first-rate on Lufthansa today. I took them a few years ago and they are one of the best.
The airline that flew The Beatles to the states, landing Feb. 7th 1964 at Idlewild airport in N.Y.C. Two days later, the pop music world was changed forever.
I took a Pan Am flight to Europe back in 1971. It was very nice. I remember when Pan Am was considered the greatest airline in the world and was a representative of America to the world. Sad that it is gone. Progress destroys many in its wake. Would be nice if it was somehow slowed down a bit.
Oh how I MISS this airline!!!!! It was the epitome of class and service.
Both My Grandfather and Uncle Worked for Pan Am in The 60”s and 70”s! I Remember their Uniforms and Going to Visit Them at SFO when I was a Kid! My Uncle would Bring Home Plastic Airplanes with The Logo on it, I remember the Leather Suitcases and Bags! Great Memories!✨
The bankruptcy was lightening fast. Saw a fleet parked at Miami International. 1991.
God I don't want to be old but wish I could live a few years in that time , must have been something else
Yes sir, it was. I would give up everything I have now to go back to the 60s and even the 70s.
@@gregggoss2210 It's not that you really want to go back. It's more you want to be that young and vibrant again.
you have no idea
You surely missed something wonderful....I would love to go back to that time...it was amazing!
My first flight was in 1969 on Delta. I was 16. There was so much room compared to now, and even though we only traveled 1000 miles, we were served snacks and a meal.
I had the privilege of flying Pan - Am many times , to date there is not another airline carrier that holds a candle to Pan - Am A truly great American company sadly missed by those of us who flew with the iconic airline .
I few Pan Am frequently, as a teen, through the 1970s. It was top notch; very comfortable, safe, professional, and enjoyable. And, the stewardesses gave away load of freebies: the blue flight bags, playing cards decks, wired ear phones, and gold plastic wings (pin) for little kids. They offered etched drinking glasses (a $1.00 each to keep) with adult beverages and ceramic coffee mugs (again $1.00 each to keep). Wish I had all that stuff today. Pan Am is the best airlines (of 100s) I've ever flown. This is a great vid, thanks for posting.
I don't know which I liked better.. the great video itself or the fabulous jazz music! JOB WELL DONE on both counts!
...the key element that started the demise of the airline industry as I remember it was the deregulation of the industry in 1978; this released the fare structure of the industry, and removed subsidies that the industry was receiving to maintain service on unprofitable routes; we now have the flying bus service that we enjoy today.
I worked for them many years in many cities. I still have all my old (different departments) uniforms & many relics. I'm glad I traveled while I was younger & traveling was still nice. I only subject myself to air travel today if its an emergency.
I miss the Pan Am TV show that aired on ABC a few years back. Wish it was still on the air.
Yes! We dressed up to fly. I always looked my best and it was exciting. They treated us very good even in coach. Free pillows and blankets. It was a totally different experience.
Dad worked at Pan Am in San Fransisco. We flew many times to places like Tokyo, Bangkok, Sydney on 707's. Mom made sure I was dressed up whenever we went to the airport. I remember when Pan Am bought their first 747 and it was parked next to HW 101 with lights shining on it. Nearly caused a bunch of accidents as no one could believe the size of that thing. Juan Tripp was brilliant. Pan Am was never the same after he left.
Back when flying had some class. Now they're just flying cattle cars. Oh, you want to actually bring a suitcase? Well...let me just get out the calculator and see how much extra that'll cost ya. Another great video. I can't get enough of them. Two requests, In-n-Out and Farrell's Ice Cream Parlors.
Farrell's, yes, because it's long gone but In-N-Out is thriving. I have never been to an In-N-Out in any city where the drive-thru line wasn't 40-50 cars deep -- even at midnight.
Flying is much, much cheaper now...and yet we gripe about baggage charges. We’re spoiled!
@@ilovegoodsax - Wow. That's really neat.
@@jacksons1010 I was going to say, flying anywhere back then was a king's ransom. And actually I like that I can get on a plane in T-shirt and jeans, which is more comfortable than having to squirm in a seat with a suit on.
@@JL-sm6cg Late 60s / early 70s it was about the same price as Greyhound. So no, not that expensive by then and still great service.
The space shuttle in the film 2001: A Space odyssey, released in 1968, has a Pan Am logo.
With a Howard Johnson's inside.
@@ArtificialBanana ...the Howard Johnsons, the Hilton, and the Bell System videophone were all on the space station itself. The Panama space-based was an Orion III model.
Given time, I have no doubt Pan Am would have made it to space.
This was an era where flying was a luxury event. Today it is a necessary and common transportation mode. That means looking for the best price to accommodate your trip which is why the frilly amenities are gone.
"As a child I can remember those Pan Am pins and travel bags".
I flew PanAm to Britain in the 70s. World class! Trip was way more enjoyable then trips today.
At about 1:30 that Pan AM building in Coconut Grove is now Miami City Hall.
We flew a few times during the 60s. It was a big deal. We wore our best clothes. My dad always wanted me to be a stewardess when I grew up. Very glamorous job back then
Thank you!
As a kid in the 60's, i can remember looking up in the sky as Pan Am 707's would descend into Detroit Metropolitan Airport. The big blue ball of Pan Am would be emblazoned on the tail of those aircraft as they flew by. I could only imagine where those aircraft originated from to bring passengers into Detroit's airport.
I'm remember as a child and a teenager going on Pan Am flights to many places. Those are some of the Fondest Memories of my early life
No one wore pajamas, flip flops or t shirts. And there were no drunker brawls. Stewardesses were tall and beautiful.
That was back when you wore a suit to fly. I remember Pan Am well. Great airline! Still have one of those bags. Back then, that was a carry on, not what we have now.
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Many, many, fond memories of flying Pan Am and some not so fond...Still, I do miss it.
Those were the days when cruise ships had wings. Such a great time to have flown just for the experience.
747s were gigantic with two stories and bars. Very fun to fly on.
I grew up in1960s NYC near La Guardia and Kennedy airports. There was a Pan Am helicopter shuttle between the
Pan Am tower and Kennedy airport that flew over my home in Richmond Hill, Queens about 200feet in the air between them.
They were the best in the airline business.
A fond look back at Pan Am Airlines. When jet planes were luxurious, nowadays they're nothing but cattle boats with wings. 🛩️
Not sure how I didn't see this one. Pan Am represents what used to be great about America.
Sadly, when I think of PanAm, I now think of that dang movie Catch Me if You Can.
My childhood friend's father worked for Pan Am back in the 60s & 70s.
2001, A Space Odyssey, and a trip to Space Station V on the Pan Am clipper! Anyone else remember it?
You can either rent or buy that movie right here on You Tube. I have the movie I bought on here myself.
I was stationed in Frankfurt Germany for nearly 3 years. Every September I got a letter from Pan Am Airlines telling me I had a round trip ticket to Ft.Worth Texas whenever I wanted to use it. My Father paid for it every year and I went home for Christmas every year. They were a wonderful airplane and I wish they were still in business.
Pan Am really was the best
Yep always enjoy a great weekend watching the Pan-Am short lived tv series.✈️
I flew Pan Am from San Francisco to Guam, in September 1969, aboard a Boeing 707, with stops in Honolulu, and Wake Island. I was 14 at the time, but I remember the food was actually pretty good, and they fed you about every 3 hours. At that time they didn’t search you for weapons. All they cared about was did you have a ticket? Only time I flew with Pan Am, but I remember it as great!
Until 9/11, you could buy a ticket at the gate and get on.
Flying today like a Jerry Springer program, with no way to escape!
I was 5 the first time I ever boarded a plane. The airline was Pan Am. The stewardess took me to the cockpit and the pilots were real friendly and gave me plastic wings with the Pan Am logo to pin to my shirt. I've been flying ever since ✈🌐
Growing up in Japan, Pan Am's "RTW" (Round-the-World) flights (PA 001 & 002) were our mainstays in the 1960's, flying between Tokyo and Europe. Departing Haneda in the evening, we would have dinner on the flight to Hong Kong, then it was a shorter flight to Bangkok. My sister and I would sleep through several hops including (depending on the day of the week) Rangoon, Saigon, Calcutta, New Delhi, Karachi, Teheran and Beirut. We would usually break up the trip in Beirut, stay at the Phoenicia Hotel overlooking the Mediterranean, and take a separate flight to Rome (PA 109/110). I would occasionally be invited into the cockpit during stopovers and being told of the duties of the 4 crew members of the B707 - captain, co-captain, navigator and flight engineer. Come to think of it, I was once in the cockpit during a flight, in which I saw the navigator with a slide rule giving coordinates to the pilots on a slip of paper with scotch tape (there were no Post-It's in those days). During a midnight stopover in Karachi, I accompanied the flight engineer as he made his rounds checking the underbelly of the aircraft with a flashlight. Going up the ramp, I saw that a stewardess was feeding a mangy looking dog. In Rangoon, arriving early one morning flying back to Japan, there were many Burmese people trying to get a look at the plane through metal fencing off the tarmac. On another occasion, there were puffs of smoke in a distance as we took off from Tan Son Nhat airport in Saigon, most likely signs of a battle as it was during the Vietnam war.
I learned to fly because of the People I met at Pan-AM and TWA I miss them all very much even to this day!! It makes me very sad to see the best of America gone!! All of our best days are behind us not in front!! America has lost everything !! :-((
I was lucky enough to fly Pan Am when I was a kid. Got wings from the flight crew, visit the captain in the cockpit, had a pan am flight bag, playing cards and lots of other goodies too. It was special back then, you actually felt lucky to fly and the airlines were so happy to have you. Today, the glamour of air travel is long gone unless you are lucky enough to fly on a private jet. TSA, constant reminders about security, long lines, cramped seats, unruly passengers, crappy or no meals... its something I try to avoid.
Everyone remembers the travel bag with the Pan=Am logo.
You need to do one on the Schwinn bicycle co. That started in Chicago
My mother worked for Pan Am and we had to fly standby. We usually upgraded to First Class by paying only $50. We had to wear dresses when we flew. I miss flying First Class on Pan Am. They were a great American airline.
Like their sky blue shade logo and paint scheme, stood out and is timeless for an airline.
The 747 was the best airplane ✈️ ever. The ones we have now are like sardine cans compared to them.
Boeing upgraded to the 787, also called "The Dreamliner". Egypt has a fleet of them. America makes them, but few are given to Americans to fly in. Maybe the American-owned transatlantic flights from JFK might have them. However, most are given to other countries. It is a fabulous aircraft and a true work of art.
I actually had a set of jacks ( mid 70's) that was a duffle bag with the label of PAN AM.... Memories also of SFO seeing them take off🛫🛫🛫
I wonder how many people met Frank Abagnale jr. When Pan Am was flying. Now it's the name of a B-Class railroad from Maine to New Hampshire,Vermont,Massachusetts and New York.
That thief and overrated bastard. Sorry for my language. He becomes famous because he stole from Pan Am and tricked them. He’s a criminal.
Pan Am had a comercial: Pan Am makes the going great.
I still have two of them flimsy plastic records. They use to play them tunes non stop whiled boarding
What everyone forgets is that until the 70s, flying was very expensive. All that luxury and style cost. People dressed up because it was a rare event that paid a ton for. It was like going to the fanciest restaurant. Now we all go as slobs because we all can afford it--like McDonalds
Great video. Halcyon days of air travel. Flew on a Pan Am 747 Clipper in 1975. Great experience. 🇬🇧🙋♂️
Minor correction to title - Pan Am, not Pan-Am (no hyphen). Also the 747 cabin photo from 3:41-3:53 isn't a Pan Am aircraft. They never used that type of seat or those seat covers on their 747s. And the 707 cabin photo from 4:37-4:43 also isn't a Pan Am aircraft. It's a well-known early Boeing PR photo taken in a mockup before the 707 fuselage was widened from the original design with 5-across economy seating to permit 6-across and match the DC-8 which was launched with a 6-across fuselage.
The reference to Delta buying Pan Am near the end isn't quite right. Delta didn't buy all of Pan Am, only their Europe routes, the Pan Am Shuttle (NY LaGuardia - Bostom/Washington) and their JFK terminal.
1982 i worked part-time at Yokota AB Japan for a company know as Flying Tigers load planning 747 cargo planes converted from old Pan Am aircraft
I flew on PA in the late 80s. I liked it a lot!
Flew on Pan AM exactly 52 years ago today! My mom woke us up and we hopped on my first airplane ride... to Hawaii.
I was 5.
I remember the Pan-Am building in New York City. It was right next to Grand Central Station. It's still there but not the Pan-Am building any more.
I received my first passport at 8 in the 70s and Pan Am was my favorite followed by Eastern. I miss the old days, but it’s also never been cheaper to travel. Get out there!
Took PanAm in 1989 from SF to someehere in Switzerland and return via Milan. Cost about $500. Had a coupon from Sharper Image for an upgrade on PanAm flights. The staff in SF rudely wouldn't accept the coupon. But the very nice staff in Milan didn't have a problem and my friend and I flew 1st class through to SF. Love ya Italy!
My first flight was on TWA in 1962 Chicago to Paris on a Boeing 707.
Of course let's not forget PanAm and Lockerbie Scotland an absolute tragedy in every sense of the word
My father flew Pan Am out of Kennedy at least every 3 months for his job..still remember the blue carry on Pan Am bag he had..
February 1962 - Atlanta GA to Miami FL to Freeport Grand Bahamas
The title card puts a hyphen between Pan and Am. I think there’s no hyphen; it’s “Pan Am”
Was lucky enough to have flown Pan Am in Summer of 1972. I was a 7 year old kid. It was a transpacific flight from Manila in the Philippines to Los Angeles. I still have with me my junior flyer pin which during that time was made of metal.
When America was the classiest peace on earth.
Their image in the 60's as a global airline was pristine and very cool. And the stewardesses had to be young and pretty. At 30 they "hit the wall" in the industry. Very nice.
And they had to be single. If they got married, they had to quit their job.
Their employer told them what underwear, shoes, hairdo, and make-up to wear. And subjected them to weekly weigh-ins. If you gained more than a couple of pounds, you were suspended until you lost them.
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...Pan American World Airways, the most beautiful name in the sky; Trans World Airlines comes in a close second.
Pan-Am, the name has always been in my heart.
Flew PanAm Sydney-Jakarta-Hong Kong-Tokyo-Osaka and return B707/747 1975, great memories.
When I was in the military, Pan Am took me where I didn't want to go...BUT, they did bring me home
Thank you for your service, sir!
Knew a customer, Jack Burke?, that started flying for Pan-AM at age nineteen in 1939. He had to have his parents sign a waiver release as a condition of employment. I remember him saying he was initially stationed in Alaska. He flew the world and retired 747 Captain after forty one years of safety in 1980. Amazing.
"Pam Am, the wings of man"
When the stewardesses were smokin' hot and flying was an adventure in itself.
When flight attendants were called stewardesses. Men need not apply.
...remember: coffee, tea, or me?
Yes I totally agree with you, also traveling back then was an event I remember people used to dress up to go on flights and cruises. Now it just seems like class has left our society today 🤔
@@frankrizzo4460 ...well, I sort of had to; dad worked for United, and the dress code was required for family pass travel, even in coach; I still dress up for flights today as a matter of rote.
And then in the 60's and 70's there was Continental Airlines with the "Golden Tail", planes with gold colored tail sections. Their theme song had the line "we really move out tails for you". The stewardesses were referred to as "the proud lass with the brass ass". Met one at Butch McGuire's in Mt. Prospect, Illinois in '72, dated for a year or so and she got transferred to SFO - and yes, about the tail thing - - - - -
The only advantage to flying vs. the Greyhound is that the misery is over more quickly
Literally champagne and caviar dreams, in the air, no less. With no domestic flights. Yeah, that wouldn't last forever. When Pan-Am died, I remember being shocked it was still around - I associated that airline with images seen here in this vid: Kennedy, "space-age", pillbox hats, snazzy uniforms - a pre-modern (for me) era. But for Trippe's time, place, and airline, it all made a sort of sense for a while. The employees look proud of their jobs in these pictures, even in the ads.
This video reminds me of the movie Catch Me If You Can with Leonardo DiCaprio and those beautiful Pan Am flight attendants
I miss the romance of air travel, but not the annoying, unpleasant details, such as the security lines, 50 million rules, and the TSA agents. And the fact that all you get with shorter flights nowadays are a granola bar and a small cup of soda.
That's how I feel. Just not worth it. Last time we flew down to FL they confiscated Play-do off of my son. Stupid, I unknowingly had lighters in my bag. Then the whole show thing. Just a drag.
Taking a Greyhound Bus with wings nowadays.
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