Historical Pan American Airways System and Pan American World Airways Photo Gallery - click on image to enter Photo Gallery by Don Boyd at pbase.com

Historical Pan American Airways System and Pan American World Airways Photo Gallery - click on image to enter

Almost all of these images are from the Florida State Archives but some are from other sources. I removed dust spots and lines, adjusted the levels and contrast, and removed JPG artifacts from each image and then downsized them for display in this gallery. There are a considerable number of newer Pan American photos on our aviation stock photo website at https://pbase.com/airlinerphotos/35mm_panamerican .

Former National and Pan American World Airways employees are invited to join a new National/Pan Am Alumni website at: http://panamnationalalumni.ning.com/

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1917 - Naval Air Station Dinner Key, Miami before Pan American started operations 10 years later	1929 - Pan American Field, Miami	1929 - Fokker Tri-Motor at the dedication of the new passenger terminal at Pan American Field	1929 - Fokker Tri-Motor at the dedication of the new passenger terminal at Pan American Field	1929 - Grand opening of the new terminal for Pan American Airways System at Pan American Field, Miami
1929 - First flight of the air mail express on Pan American Airways System	1929 - Arrival of first airmail from Panama, Pan American Airways System	1929 - the Burdine Fashion Show group posing in front of a Pan American Airways System aircraft in Miami	1930 - Pan American World Airways Ford Trimotor 5AT mail plane at Miami	1930 - Air mail delivery being picked up from Pan American Airways System Sikorsky S-38 Flying Duck
1930 - Pan American Airways System flight operations at Dinner Key	1930 - Passengers boarding Pan American Airways System Consolidated Commodore at Dinner Key	1930 - Early group travel to Nassau on Pan American Airways System at Dinner Key	1930 - Pan American Airways System - 1st flight of the Air Mail Express	1930 - Pan American Airways System Consolidated Commodore inflight
1930 - Pan American Airways System Consolidated Commodore passing over piers of Miami yachting clubs	1930 - Pan American Airways System Consolidated Commodore at Dinner Key	1930 - NYRBA / Pan American Airways System Consolidated Commodore at Dinner Key	1930 - Interior cabin of a Pan American Airways System Consolidated Commodore	1930 - Passengers onboard a Pan American Airways System Consolidated Commodore
1930 - Passengers disembarking from a Pan American Airways System Consolidated Commodore at Dinner Key	1930 - the first flight of Pan American Airways System's Sikorsky S-40 NC-80V "American Clipper" at Dinner Key	1930 - Passengers disembarking from Pan American Airways System at Pan American Field, Miami	1931 - Pan American Airways System Sikorsky S-40	1930 - Pan American Airways System Sikorsky S-40 at Dinner Key
1931 - Pan American Airways System Sikorsky S-40 on the ramp at Dinner Key	1931 - Interior view of the Pan American Airways System Sikorsky S-40 aircraft NC-80V "American Clipper"	1931 - Interior view of the Pan American Airways System Sikorsky S-40 aircraft NC-80V "American Clipper"	1931 - passengers onboard Pan American Airways System Sikorsky S-40 NC-80V "American Clipper"	1931 - Interior of Pan American Airways System Sikorsky S-40 NC-80V "American Clipper"
1931 - Passengers boarding Pan American Airways System Sikorsky S-40 NC-81V "Caribbean Clipper" at Dinner Key	1931 - Three Pan American Airways System Sikorsky S-40's flying over Miami	1931 - Passengers boarding a Pan American Sikorsky S-40 at Dinner Key	1931 - Pan American Airways System Sikorsky S-40 in the water at Dinner Key	1936 - Pan American Airways System Sikorsky S-43 NC16927
1933 - Pan American Airways System base at Dinner Key	1933 - Pan American Airways System base at Dinner Key	1933 - Pan American Airways System at Dinner Key	1933 - Pan American Airways System Sikorsky S-40 at Dinner Key, Miami, Florida	1930s - Ladies boarding a Pan American Airways System S-42 flight at Dinner Key
1934 - Entrance to Pan American's Dinner Key base	1934 - Igor Sikorsky, famed airplane designer, with Captain Edwin Musick, pioneer of Pan American Airways System	1934 - Pan American Airways System Sikorsky S-42 NC-822M "Brazilian Clipper" taking off in Biscayne Bay	1935 - Pan American's base at Dinner Key	1935 - Pan American Clipper disembarking passengers and mail at Dinner Key, Florida
1935 - Pan American Airways System Sikorsky S-42 maintenance at Dinner Key	Mid 1930's - Pan American Airways System Sikorsky S-40 Southern Clipper at Dinner Key	1936 - Pan American Airways at Dinner Key, Coconut Grove	1938 - Pan American World Airways at Dinner Key	1938 - Pan American Airways System Consolidated Commodore flying boats at Dinner Key
1938 - Pan American Airways System Consolidated Commodore NC-669M and Dinner Key	1938 - Pan American Airways System Fairchild 71 and downtown Miami	1938 - Pan American Airways System Sikorsky S-42 NC-823M with car and passengers	1940 - Pan American Airways System Sikorsky S-42 at Dinner Key, Miami	1940 - Pan American Hangars and 36th Street Terminal at Pan American Field, Miami
1940s - Passengers on a Pan American Boeing 307 Stratoliner	Early 1930's - Pan American Fokker Tri-Motor mail plane at Pan American Field, Miami	1940 - Pan American B-307 Stratoliner NC19902 "Clipper Rainbow" taxiing at Miami Municipal Airport	1940 - Pan American B-307 Stratoliner NC19910 "Clipper Comet" taking off at Miami Municipal Airport	1941 - Pan American World Airways DC-3-228F NC33611
1941 - Pan American Sikorsky S-42A Flying Boats at Dinner Key	1942 - Pan American Field at Miami	1940s - Pan American Field, Miami	Early 1940s - Lines of pilots heading for their planes at Dinner Key	1942 - 36th Street Terminal at Pan American Field, Miami
1942 - Pan American Field 36th Street Terminal	1942 - 36th Street Terminal at Pan American Field, Miami	1942 - Dinner Key - Pan American flying boat base and U. S. Coast Guard Air Station on right	1942 - Lutrelle Conger (left) and two co-workers at Pan American Airways System	1940's - Lutrelle Conger and her co-workers at Pan American Airways System in Miami
1940's - closeup of Lutrelle Conger and her co-workers at Pan American Airways System in Miami	1940's - Lutrelle Conger and her co-workers at Pan American Airways System in Miami	1940's - Inez Conger Skelton at work at Pan American Airways System	1940s - Miss Lutrelle Conger and co-workers on teletype machines at Pan American Airways System in Miami	1942 - Miss Lutrelle Conger (waving) and co-workers outside Pan American Airways System hangar
1943 - Pan American Airways President Juan Trippe speaking at new hangar dedication at Pan American Field, Miami	1943 - crowd listening to Pan American President Juan Trippe at new hangar dedication	1946 - 36th Street Terminal at Miami International Airport	1940s - Pan American aircraft at Miami International Airport	1940s - Pan American terminal and hangars at Miami International Airport
1946 - Pan American World Airways Lockheed 049 Constellation N88837 "Clipper Challenge" at Miami	1947 - boys admiring Pan American's first flight site in Key West	Late 1940s - Pan American C-46F Curtiss Wright Commando N74172 being loaded at Pan Am hangar 5, Miami	1949 - Cuban officials unveil Pan American monument at Key West	1949 - Crowds waiting to see Pan American's Boeing 377-10-26 Stratocruiser N1023V "Clipper America" at Miami
1949 - Crowds waiting to see Pan American's Boeing 377-10-26 Stratocruiser N1023V "Clipper America" at Miami	1949 - Mechanics working on Pan American Boeing 377-10-26 N1028V "Clipper Flying Cloud" at Miami International Airport	1949 - Passengers walking across the ramp to board a Pan American DC-4	Early 1950s - Loading cattle onto a Pan American DC-4 at Miami - where the term "cattle class" for today's airliners came from	Early 1950's - Pan American Curtiss C-46F-1-CU N74179 at the 36th Street Terminal, Miami
1950s - Pan American's Component Overhaul Base at Miami International Airport	1950s - Pan American assembly line for aircraft engines at Miami International Airport	1950 - Pan American B-377 Stratocruiser undergoing maintenance at Miami	1950 - American Overseas B-377 N90941 and Constellation being painted in Pan American paint scheme at Miami	1950 - 2 American Overseas Airlines Boeing 377s joining Pan American's fleet
1950 - Engine maintenance on a Pan American Airways Boeing 377 at Miami International Airport	1951 - Christening of the Pan American "Clipper Hurricane" DC-4 N88898 at Miami	1951 - two Henry J's being loaded onto a Pan American Cargo Clipper C-46 at Miami	1952 - aerial view looking ESE at the 36th Street side of Miami International Airport	1953 - Adam G. Adams and J. Douglas MacVicar dedicate the Pan Am historical marker at Miami
1953 - a crowded Pan American lobby at the 36th Street Terminal, Miami	1953 - Dedication of historical marker at Dinner Key for Pan American and the U. S. Coast Guard	1960's - Pan American DC8-32	Early 1960s - The Pan Am "Taj Mahal" on NW 36th Street, Miami	Early 1960s - Pan Am Ticket Counter at the 20th Street Terminal
1962 - Pan American Division Manager William F. Raven at inaugural of new MIA-SJU-LIS route with B707-121 N711PA in background	November 1962 - Pan Am's original terminal at Pan American Field/Miami International Airport being demolished	1964 - Pan Am's maintenance base on the north side of MIA	1964 - Pan American B720-030B N783PA "Jet Clipper Bonita" at Miami International Airport	1968 - Pan American's "Taj Mahal" and hangars on north side of Miami International
1979 - Pan Am Boeing 747 taking off from runway 27R at Miami International Airport	1981 - Pan Am DC10-10 N68NA "Clipper Star Gazer" taking off on runway 12 at Miami International Airport aviation airline photo	1982 - Pan Am DC10-10 N67NA Star of Hope taking off on runway 12 at Miami International Airport aviation airline photo	1982 - Pan Am DC10-10 taking off from runway 12 at Miami International Airport aviation airline photo	1983 - a Pan Am DC-10 climbing out over Miami after takeoff from runway 12 at MIA
January 1984 - Pan Am DC10-30 N84NA "Clipper Glory of the Skies" taking off in the early morning at Miami International Airport	1986 - Pan Am B747-212B N723PA "China Clipper II" taking off from runway 27R at Miami International Airport	1986 - Pan Am B747-SP21 N533PA "Clipper New Horizons" "Flight 50" pushed back from the gate at Miami International Airport	1986 - Pan Am B747-SP21 N533PA "Clipper New Horizons" "Flight 50" taking off at Miami International Airport	1986 - Pan Am B747-SP21 N533PA "Clipper New Horizons" "Flight 50" taking off at Miami International Airport
Dec. 4, 1991 - the last Pan Am flight worldwide (B727-221/Adv N368PA Clipper Goodwill) taxiing to the gate at MIA (story below)	Pan Am Lighter

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Tom Briggs		07-Jun-2019 20:20
FASCINATING LOOK AT PAN AM OVER THE YEARS. MY WIFE WAS A FLIGHT ATTENDANT FOR PAN AM, STATIONED IN BERLIN, FROM 1970-1973 AND WE WERE GIVEN A ROUND THE WORLD TRIP FOR TWO, COMPLETE WITH INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL RESERVATIONS THROUGHOUT, FOR OUR WEDDING. IT'S STILL HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THIS FLAG CARRIER HAS DISAPPEARED (ALONG WITH TWA). FLYING TODAY IS A BIT DIFFERENT ……………….

Dov		03-Nov-2018 20:04
This is a wonderful Gallery. With all the Pan American history books I bought, I have got more interesting images to view in this gallery. I remember several flights I took with the Pan Am newly introduced Boeing 747. It was a memorable experience to fly for the first time on a wide body "jumbo jet". I also watched the sadly demise of this great airline. Thanks for sharing. VV

M.C. ROSIE ROSENSTEIN		29-Mar-2017 00:38
GREAT YEARS WITH PAN AM M.C. ROSIE AND ANNE ROSENSTEIN-BOTH WITH PAN AM THEN ANNE WENT WITH UNITED WHEN LONDON WAS SOLD TO UAL RETIRED IN SPRING HILL FLORIDA

Guistavo Arias		08-Apr-2016 21:11
Captain Keneth Newton Poe, ex PAA, was the pilot of DC-4 (C-54 serial number 10469), C-114 of Avianca (also ex PAA), that crashed NW of Bogotá, at Cerro El Tablazo, on Feb 17, 1947 en route Barranquilla-Bogotá. It was the worst commercial plane accident in the world at he time, with 53 people dead.

Juan L. Garcia		13-Sep-2015 01:52
I forgot to mentioned, last flight with Pan American (charter flight by the US Government) bringing back US Troops to the United States from Desert Shield/Storm, departed 13 June 1991, from Al khobar,, Saudi Arabia via Rome, John F. Kennedy airport and final destination San Juan, P.R.

Juan L. Garcia		12-Sep-2015 20:29
very interesting pictures. It brings me beautiful memories, I worked for Delta Airlines and our counter was right next to Pan American Airways at San Juan, Puerto Rico. Years 1969 Also, I was one of the first to fly PanAmerican 747, San Juan/New York. Juan L. Garcia, San Juan, P.R.

Kim		31-Aug-2015 20:18
Thanks for sharing this interesting gallery! BV

Mark Lincoln		28-Apr-2015 19:12
Sara most of Pan Am's archives are held by the University of Miami. The ads created by D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles are at the Duke University Libraries (library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/advie).

prefect		21-Aug-2014 19:34
Very interesting gallery.

Margaret		27-Jun-2014 23:35
I worked fir Wilbur L. Morrison, Executive Vice President of Pan am after he retired in Miami. He had a ifiice in Coral Gables. IN the early 80's, he was quite old, but always shiwed uo to the office. He had loads of stories, and his roladex was filled with some interesting people, incliding Charles Linberg's widow! He was an interesting lovely man.

Bailey Hughes		12-Mar-2014 18:38
I dated a few PanAm hotesses in New York City; Flew PanAm everywhere in the 60s; Worked on building the first jetways at JFK in the world! Flew off the PanAm Bldg many times where I worked to JFK! Where is the PanAm hostess Alumini now as retirees?

Sara Matte		16-Nov-2013 16:21
what happened to all the archives of Pan Am commercials from 1978 to 1986 when panam sold fleet to United and what became of all the records of employment for those years?

Don Boyd		15-Aug-2013 04:51
Sue, if you scan it and send me the scan I would like to post it on this page. If you want to sell it I would sell it on eBay's collectibles section and let people try to outbid each other for it and you'll get more money for it. Don .

Sue		13-Aug-2013 21:46
I also forgot to put in the bottom left hand corner it says The System of the Flying Clippers.

Sue		13-Aug-2013 21:43
I was cleaning out my parents home and ran across a certificate from Pan Am American World Airways System from 1947 of my grandfather stating he had cross the equator. I don't know if this would be a collector item of not but thought it was cool.

HANS SCHNUECKEL		06-May-2013 21:01
I AM LOOKING FOR A PHOTO OF JUAN TRIPPE'S PRIVATE AIRPLANE A B-23 PARKED AT TAMIAMI AIRPORT IN MIAMI.IF SOMEBODY CAN HELP PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH ME VIA E-MAIL.HANSIGS@GMAIL.COM THANKS ....HANS

Al Brown		13-Mar-2013 21:26
If you know Joe Jolly (New Orleans) Ticket Office let me know. albrownjr1955@gmail.com

William Lento Sr		23-Feb-2013 06:22
I wprked At the Pan Am Worldport at JFK in the late 70s as a security guard. The worldport was a fantastic terminal & it will be again

ed		21-Feb-2013 18:01
A friend of mine, Sally Dix's Father was a pilot of the flying boats / clippers before and during the war -- any reminisences or photos? He was based many places including Brownsville, San Francisco and Laguardia ed

Bob		05-Jan-2013 00:17
My father started working for Pan Am at Dinner Key in 1943 as motor pool driver and later became the supervisor for the Latin American Division. I remember visiting the Dinner Key operations, the 36th Street operations, and watching the repairs to the various Pan Am aircraft in the 36th Street hangers. I did fly out of the 36th Street terminal in 1953 or 54. I would go to the 20th Street tower and watch the air traffic controllers work and someone else said no though of terrorists. I also, had the opportunity of flying on a Pan Am cargo flight from Panama City, Panama to Miami. As the only passenger I was able to spend most of the time in the cockpit listening to the pilots.

John Rizzo		04-Dec-2012 17:42
My last panam flight was in the mid 1980's jfk-dakar senagal.B-742,moderate chop the last hour going in to dakar.Little girl in the seat next could not stay still and elbowed me in the ribs and no other seats were available.That's how I remember it.JR

ELDON POE		04-Jul-2012 07:14
MY COUSIN KENNETH NEWTON POE FLEW FOR PAN AM IN THE 1940S. ANYONE REMEMBER HIM, HAVE PHOTOS?

Tim Hoffman		30-May-2012 23:11
My grandfather Leonard Thomas "Red " Underwood started with Pan Am in '28 or 29 the first year they arrived in miami from Key West My mother has a letter signed by Juan Trippe promoting him to mech anics helper at asalary of 50 cents an hr for a 48 hr work weekhe lived in the groveand was also in the Navy reserves in the Grove'My dad also worked for Pam Am '49 -'87 as mechanic Bill Hoffman and I played baseball for the Pam Am Clippers who traveled throughout cental america playing baseball and were based out of Miami @the PARC Pan Am Recreatoin Club @ Approx NW 45 ave and Nw 9 streetwhich was operated by my dads cousin Dick Cannon

Don Boyd		24-May-2012 05:44
Ruth, thank you for posting your information, that was very interesting. Don

Ruth Barlow		24-May-2012 03:23
In September, 1944, my husband, Bill Barlow,23, and I, Ruth Thompson Barlow,22, worked at Pan-Am in Miami. I worked in the office under Frank Echevarria; another girl and I were sorting out files from Brownsville, TX, office; which had been closed. Bill was a mechanic on Pan-Am's incoming planes from the war zones in Africa and Europe.

Ray		22-Jun-2011 16:31
In 1967 or 68 i took the pan am flight 1 i think it was around the world, LA to honolulu, honolulu to tokyo, tokyo to hong kong, hong kong to new delhi, new delhi to ankara, turkey via istanbul i think, ankara, turkey to rome, rome to london, and london new york. i only stayed over (you could schedule stopovers back then) in honolulu, tokyo, ankara, london was just flying thru the other cities. i did get off the plane in hong kong but did not stay over.

otie		10-Jun-2011 00:10
don, i recently purchased slides with pictures of pan am clipper goodwill. the family was traveling to bermuda in '59,'60,'61 time period. if i send them to you can you post them on your site? your website seems the perfect place for them. is it possible to send back the slides, i am using them for an art project. thanx otie

otie		09-Jun-2011 23:57
don, i recently purchased slides with pictures of pan am clipper goodwill. the family was traveling to bermuda in '59,'60,'61 time period. if i send them to you can you post them on your site? your website seems the perfect place for them. is it possible to send back the slides, i am using them for an art project. thanx otie

alan dinsmore		01-Jun-2011 00:26
A real treat to find this site and the early PAA pics. My father, Captain Marion E. Dinsmore joined Pan American with their purchase of American Overseas Airlines. He transferred to MIA in 1951 and retired as a 727 Captain in 1973. He passed away in 2010 at age 96 with an aviation career that spanned from his solo in 1937 until a few years after retirement when he continued as a private flight instructor. I remember the old terminal, standing up over the ramp and the many tours I had of the Miami maintenance facility.

David L. West		21-Nov-2010 04:21
I was an eight year-old child aboard Pan Am flight 811 from LA to Sydney via Honolulu and Nadi, Fiji on Feb. 3, 1963 and back on 812 on May 30, 1963. I still keep the ticket receipts and recall the entire voyage aboard the Boeing 707 quite well. I had the fortune and pleasure to have boarded dozens of Pan Am 707s from the early 1960s right through 1980 and I really miss the white and blue! Keep the memories of the greatest airline in aviation history alive!

Maria Farias Barnett		15-Nov-2010 03:58
Just returned from Brownsville TX where Robert Hedrick is bringing back "Pan American Airways...starting with Cargo and 2011-12 with Pax. He invited some of us former PanAm employees...had heads of state from Mexico and a rep that Rick Perry send and politicians from South Texas. I flew for the Best Airline in the World from 1958 to 1973 out of Miami....There have been some News Releases of this event.

Beth Dofny		07-Jul-2010 01:42
My father, Bill Mitchell, was the manager of the Pan American Guest House in Trinidad about 56, 57 until his death in 1958. Did anyone know him.

Lee Martines MEHS '57		03-Feb-2010 05:35
In 1960 I began employment with Pan-Am as a data processing machine operator in their accounting facility. Shortly thereafter it was announced that the facility would be closing and moving to the newly opened Pan-Am building in NYC. Knowing that there was no way I was going to move to NY, and not having enough seniority to be able to transfer to Patrick AFB in Melbourne Beach, FL where Pan-Am haad a support contract, I decided to rebel against joining the union, which was required after my trial period., thus saving initiation and back membership fees. It took six months to process my dismissal on grounds of failure to join the union, at which time I accepted employment from Riddle Airlines. At Riddle, our offices were at one end of a storage hangar which was very interesting to walk through on break, as Riddle was primarily a freight carrier and the hangar was usually full of South American monkeys, birds, and large cats being shipped throughout the country. Also crate after crate of baby chicks. There would sometimes be the occasional coffin covered with flowers and race cars being flown to Nassau for the Governor's Cup Races. I stayed at Riddle for two years until I beat the draft by enlisting in the Air Force.

Jane Thomas		20-Dec-2009 22:33
Re Cyirl Goyette - my mother was as stewardess for Pan Am in mid forties, and has a "funny" certificate signed by Cyril Goyette, received for flying from Trinidad to Belem and crossing the equator.

jim vitale		20-Aug-2009 01:08
sissy de maria i flew with Cy in 1971-3 in Dominican Republic.He was a great guy and taught me how to "really " fly a big airplane. i think a young Cy is in one of the pictures in Laguardia terminal . it's a group shot.

Rick Stager		13-Mar-2009 19:07
Thanks very much for making this site, and for the wonderful pictures. We lived down Malaga Ave. from the Goyettes in the 1940s and I would love to hear from Adrian or Michele (nee Goyette) after all these years, one must be Sissy De Maria’s mom.

John Stearns		25-Feb-2009 17:57
My wife worked for Postal Telegraph in the Pan Am terminal at DinnerKey in 1937-38. I started with Pan Am in the "motor shop" at dinner Key in 1938. Wish we could find a picture of inside terminal, north side of the globe at that time. Wonderful to see your pictures.

Don Boyd		23-Feb-2009 20:20
Scott, the old images are too small in size and resolution for making decent sized prints. They're great for display here on this site, and I have enlarged some of them just to do that, but they are not suitable for prints. Now if you're referring to the photos on my aviation stock photos site then they can be scanned to humongous sizes as I've done for several of my customers. Don

Scott Barkley		23-Feb-2009 19:05
Dear Don, I am reworking some of the retail stores at MIA and would be interested in incorporating some of your terrific shots. I did this process when at Bass Pro Shops and people love it. What is the protocal involved with this? Thank you, Scott

Tom Davis		19-Feb-2009 21:18
I visited the Pan American Terminal at Dinner Key many times when I was a kid. I was greatly impressed with the "Globe of the World" turning in the main terminal and we watched the Clippers come and go all through WWII along with military seaplanes. My Dad (Gordon Thomas Davis, Sr.) was a Photographers Mate 1st. in the Navy stationed at Boca Chica Naval Air in Key West and used to come home on the weekends in a Navy PPY and Sometimes a PBM. My Mom, Sister and I would pick him up at Dinner Key. When he couldn't get a ride with the Navy, he would hitch a ride with the Army Air Corp. More than a few times I remember we picked him up at Amelia Airheart field as he came flying in from Key West in a B-25 Bomber. Later Dad was transferred to Richmond Naval Air Station where the sub hunting "Blimps" flew out of. Then called it The LTA (Lighter Than Air) Division. Dad flew recon as a Phoographer and also doubled as a Gunner on the single Browning .50 Cal Machinegun on board these submarine hunting blimps. Anyone out there remember the Richmon Naval Air Station Fire fire? Best to all; TOM DAVIS

Don Boyd		09-Feb-2009 15:24
Sissy, every old Pan American photo that I have is up on the site and I'm sorry to say that I don't recall the photo you are speaking of. Perhaps someday it will show up somewhere and I can then display it. Don

sissy de maria		09-Feb-2009 14:31
Hi Don, My grand father was one of the original clipper pilots and later chief pilot for Pan Am, Captain Cyril Goyette. There is a famous picture of him as a young navigator looking over the charts in the cockpit with a glass canopy roof before he was a captain. Do you have that picture anywhere? I would love to show it to my children. Sissy De Maria

Don Boyd		11-Jan-2009 03:52
Thank you for posting your comments, Ken. There aren't many folks still around who witnessed Pan Am's clipper operation at Dinner Key. And thank you to all the other fine folks who have commented here in the past, I appreciate it. Don

Ken Harrison		10-Jan-2009 23:22
Don, When I was in school at Gainesville in the late 30/s would visit my brother who was married and worked for Railey Milam Hardward store. We would go down to Dinner Key an watch the Pan Am Clippers land. Guys would go out in the water. Your pictures remind me to Miami in 1960 BC (Before Castro)

Guest		18-Jul-2008 02:50
Wow! great collection of photos. My dad was a mechanic for PAA from1941 to 1986 He came from New York to the Miam airport in 1951 and stayed there until he retired after 45 years! Our whole family traveled worldwide thanks to Pan Am. What memories this brings back. Thanks

John A. Samuelson		17-Feb-2008 23:29
I forgot to mention that my wife Marie and her cousin Peggy Bogaard lived near the Dinner Key base and used to go down and they were permitted to go on the planes and make believe they were stewardesses. There were no terrorists in those days.

John A. Samuelson		17-Feb-2008 23:16
Pan-Am should have never died. My wife Marie worked for VP Wilbur Morrison at the Executive Office on N.W.South River Dr. with Margo McMenamin in the late 40's and early 50's. We built our first home nearby on N.W. 14th St. and 30th Ave. She walked to work every morning. She used to handle phone calls from famous people all over the world.

Bill Smith		17-Jan-2008 18:52
Hi Rambo, I didn't know that about you(C.G.res.) Do you remember the run we had to Mrs.Gomez's house on 22 Ave and Seacoffee St. She was the widow of a pilot who flew the Cuba routes and had walls of old pictures. She still lived in the old two story house on the corner. Too bad that's all gone now. Enjoy your retirement.

Don Boyd		14-Dec-2007 05:48
I had to move some directories around to new directories due to duplications on this site and the vistors' comments did not transfer along with the photos. Here are the comments that were posted in the original directory: ------------------------------ Mary Alice Beatty Carmichael maryalice@carmichael1.com 09-Oct-2007 20:22 My Dad, Donald Croom Beatty, flew Panagra and Pan Am in South and Central America from ca 1932-1939. He was Chief Pilot as well as Manager of the South American District for Pan Am prior to returning to the States about 1939. He is installed in several Aviation Halls of Fame as well as other Halls of Fame. At his death in 1980, I inherited approximately 3500 negatives of his, mostly aviation. I have recently been going through boxes of photographs that my Mother (deceased 1995) had marked "Pan Am" "South America", etc., and have found some marvelous photographs. She had one box labeled "not wanted by Gen. Harold R. Harris", another Pan Am "great" from the early days. I just wish Dad were here to help ID these things for us. This site with the photos is wonderful. I'm most appreciative of a cousin, Col. P----- for telling me of this site. ------------------------------ RICHARD T. POORE DEFOSSIL@AOL.COM 09-Oct-2007 17:42 Dick Poore::commend following book for PANAM historians. 'TO LOVE THE SKY' by Mary Alice Beatty. ISNN 0-932919-02-2. Her story of her youth as daughter of one of the pioneers of PANAM is South America. Excellent history, first person tales. ----------------------------- Bill Bailey mrwidgeon1948@yahoo.com 02-Oct-2007 20:40 Thanks for posting these. My Dad was a Check Airman and Instructor for PAA at Dinner Key from 1941 to 1948 and was flying the DC-3 NC 33611 on the second page. It was part of a series of publicity photos that were taken using that airplane. Later he flew the photo ship shooting pictures of the DC-4 over Biscayne Bay. During WW II he flew the Commodores, S-40s, DC-3s and several other types. I still have his log books from that time. ------------------------------- aeromarineairways PM reply \| 09-Sep-2007 15:40 Outstanding collection of photos!... I enjoyed visiting this site very much! Many Thanks! ------------------------------ EV starlites2@gmail.com 07-Aug-2007 22:41 Wow. Thanks so much for this site. My father came into the US at Dinner Key from Cuba via a flying boat in the mid 1930s. I have often wondered if there are any records of his entry. Thanks. starlites2@gmail.com ----------------------------- Joe Rambo Rambo140@netzero.net 10-Jul-2007 18:53 Hi Don. This is very special. Thank's for all your work. I was in the Coast Guard res. and flew key patrol in 59,60 looking for Cuban boat poeple off the Fearther beds near Cuba. When we spotted them we called for a cutter from Key West to pick them up. It felt good to be a part of that. I went to sw high 59 In 63 Joined MFD till 89 Spent the last 17yrs. at sta 8 in the grove. What a great place to be. Hi Jackie& Jim Cox What a great player you were. I went to school with you brother Shane the wild one. You can e-mail me at rambo140@netzero.net ------------------------------ Buck PM reply \| 08-Jul-2007 22:33 I live in a house in Coconut Grove that we were told was part of what was called the Pan Am Compound, which was a section of houses built for the first Pan Am pilots in 1926. We are looking for any information or memories that anyone might have of the Pan Am Compound or early pilots in Miami. ------------------------------ Guest 03-Jul-2007 02:14 My father started as a cleaner at Dinner Key with Pan Am. C. Grady Mixon then eventually because a flight engineer after working through all of the maintenance shops. My mother Ida May Mixon use to stand on the "oberservation Deck" of now City Hall, the Pan Am terminal, and watch my father disembark from the seaplanes...great series on Pan Am Worlds Most Experienced Airline... ------------------------------ Claudia hhfl386@aol.com 17-Jun-2007 04:28 Thanks for the great photos which rekindled my memories of Pan American and Dinner Key. My uncle, Victor A. Wright, was a crew member of the beautiful clipper ships (First Engineer on the first trans-Pacific flight). He used to take me to Dinner Key and actually take me onto the Clippers. Of course, I was quite young (about 3 years old), but I have photographs of me in the Hawaiian Clipper to keep those wonderful memories fresh. As time progressed, Pan Am moved to the 36th St. airport, and he continued to take me to the airport and through the planes. The smell of the hangars is one I would even now recognize instantly. "Going to the Airport" was part of my growing up experience in Miami, and one I greatly cherish. Your site has been a a wonderful excursion into my past. Thanks! ------------------------------ T.F.Johnson tuf_john@yahoo.com 15-Jun-2007 00:51 Fascinating trip back to days just before my arrival. My flight came by way of Stork Airlines. ------------------------------ ac PM reply \| 14-Jun-2007 17:14 Interesting. Thanks for your work. ------------------------------ Andrew John Jones PM reply \| 14-Jun-2007 05:44 Great series. worth every effort, having restored some of my dads old B&W photos of his days in India, I know the work needed. well done ------------------------------ virginiacoastline PM reply \| 13-Jun-2007 14:39 I remember PanAM! I never imagined we'd ever be without that airline. Nice to see these ------------------------------ Guest 12-Jun-2007 23:47 They look great to me on my CRT monitor at 1024 by 768 rez, much better than the few archive images I've seen that have spots, lines, overexposure, underexposure, etc. He's probably using a LCD monitor at 2048 by whatever so they're smaller on his screen. Photogs are not going to put bigger images on the net just because some folks can't figure out how to adjust their monitor's resolution. Those include people who don't know the difference between resolution and image size, ha! You've put a lot of work into getting these up on the net so don't let comments like this get you down, Don. Keep up the great work! Sam in San Diego. ------------------------------ Don Boyd PM reply \| 12-Jun-2007 20:41 Are you referring to resolution, or are you referring to image size? They are two completely different things. I resample them to 72ppi (resolution) for display on the net and resize them to what they are because of file space considerations. The original images were not that much larger to begin with. Your comment about fullest resolution (I think you mean size) is simply not true. Don ------------------------------ SJL Photography of Huntsville PM reply \| 12-Jun-2007 20:25 Great photos, but why make them so small? It's always best to post photos at their fullest resolution. ------------------------------ Tom Beech PM reply \| 12-Jun-2007 19:48 This is great... thank you so much for posting them 8-) Going to take some time to get throught each one now.. ----------------------------- David Frank PM reply \| 12-Jun-2007 16:55 These are great photos, brings back great memories, a former employee. ----------------------------- Don Boyd PM reply \| 12-Jun-2007 15:40 Patti, is the trailer behind the taxi the "limo" you were referring to? See photo in the 1931 group of the passengers boarding a S-40 in front of the hangar. Don ----------------------------- Guest 10-Jun-2007 17:07 love this site . very different photos . does anyone happen to know what happened to the passenger limo that took passengers to the barge at dinner key . or can someone tell me about it . thank you - patti e mail is : Paamigo@aol.com ------------------------------ 6544 page views since 07-JUN-07 (view full statistics)

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