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It is the site from which Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) initiated trans-Pacific airmail service on November 22, 1935. A flying boat named China Clipper made the first trip, and the publicity for that flight caused all flying boats on that air route to become popularly known as China Clippers.
Pan Am initiated trans-Pacific airmail service on 22 November 1935; and began carrying passengers in October 1936. Pan Am requested Boeing to design a longer range flying boat to improve service offered by the original Martin M-130s; and Boeing completed NX18601 with the canceled Boeing XB-15 wing design and a single vertical tail fin on 1 June 1938.
Built at a cost of $417,000 by the Glenn L. Martin Company in Baltimore, Maryland, it was delivered to Pan Am on October 9, 1935. [2] It was one of the largest airplanes of its time. On November 22, 1935, it took off from Alameda, California on commission to deliver the first airmail cargo across the Pacific Ocean. [ 3 ]
Pan Am also used Boeing 314 flying boats for the Pacific route: in China, passengers could connect to domestic flights on the Pan Am-operated China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) network, co-owned with the Chinese government. Pan Am flew to Singapore for the first time in 1941, starting a semi-monthly service that reduced San Francisco ...
Pan Am Brands, which owns the former airline’s licensing rights, will fly a special Pan Am-branded private jet on a 12-day trip from New York City in June 2025.
It was all about the service.
Bartelings and the Pan Am Museum’s hope to create a flight for Miami is based on the city’s importance in the airline’s history. After starting in Key West in 1927, the airline moved ...
Pacific Clipper: 1939–1950: Flew from Auckland to New York in 1941–1942. [48] Purchased by the American government following the entry of the U.S.A into World War II, but operated by Pan Am. Sold to Universal Airlines 1946, American International Airways 1947, World Airways 1948. Scrapped in approximately 1951. NC18603: 314: Yankee Clipper ...