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User currently offlineGnomon From United States, joined Jun 1999, 922 posts, RR: 4
Posted (3 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 844 times:

Looking for a good written history of Pan Am. Since there are so many out there, do you have any specific recommendations?

Thanks in advance!


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User currently offlineACDC8 From Canada, joined Mar 2005, 6309 posts, RR: 26
Reply 1, posted (3 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 836 times:

I recommend Pan Am: An Aviation Legend by Barnaby Conrad III. It covers the whole history on Pan Am with an emphasis on the flying boat era. Lots and lots of great pictures and old advertisements.


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User currently offlineDtwclipper From United States, joined Oct 2003, 6621 posts, RR: 30
Reply 2, posted (3 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 824 times:

Start with:

The chosen instrument: Pan Am, Juan Trippe, the rise and fall of an American entrepreneur
by Marylin Bender

and

An American saga: Juan Trippe and his Pan Am empire
by Robert Daley

[Edited 2005-03-29 15:50:05]


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User currently offlineWesternA318 From United States, joined Oct 2004, 4273 posts, RR: 16
Reply 3, posted (3 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 740 times:

What ever happened to Pan Am: An Airline and its Aircraft? I just bought a copy on eBay a few weeks back, marvelous read.


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User currently offlinePanAmerican From Germany, joined Oct 2003, 378 posts, RR: 5
Reply 4, posted (3 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 727 times:

I can recommend:
Skygods - The Fall of Pan Am by Robert Gandt
It also covers the early history and is written by a former PA Pilot. I enjoyed reading it a lot.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1888962119/002-1810071-6260017

Have fun reading.

 Smile PA


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User currently offlineWesternA318 From United States, joined Oct 2004, 4273 posts, RR: 16
Reply 5, posted (3 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 675 times:

Mmm, I just finished re-reading Skygods, a very nice book.


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User currently offlineA999 From Norway, joined Mar 2004, 218 posts, RR: 0
Reply 6, posted (3 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 630 times:		 Support Airliners.net - become a First Class Member!

PAN AM-An airline and its aircraft.
By R.E.G.Davies; published by Orion Books/Crown Publishers,Inc. N.Y.

User currently offlinePanAm747 From United States, joined Feb 2004, 4026 posts, RR: 6
Reply 7, posted (3 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 522 times:		 Support Airliners.net - become a First Class Member!

I am not familiar with any of these books (unfortunately), but of related interest, go to http://www.airchive.com and look at the old Pan Am route maps. Not a whole lot of information, but certainly a concise history of where the Grand Dame of airlines used to fly!  cloudnine 


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User currently offlineMxCtrlr From United States, joined Nov 2001, 2485 posts, RR: 51
Reply 8, posted (3 years 8 months 1 week 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 437 times:

A great on-line resource is www.panam.org.

MxCtrlr  bouncy 


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