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Don Boyd | all galleries >> Memories of Old Hialeah, Old Miami and Old South Florida Photo Galleries - largest non-Facebook collection on the internet >> Miami and Florida AVIATION Historical Photos Gallery - Airports, Airlines, Aircraft - All Years - click on image to view >> Historical Pan American Airways System and Pan American World Airways Photo Gallery - click on image to enter > 1951 - Christening of the Pan American "Clipper Hurricane" DC-4 N88898 at Miami
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1951 Florida State Archives

1951 - Christening of the Pan American "Clipper Hurricane" DC-4 N88898 at Miami

Miami International Airport, Florida


There was no story about this in the description. This Douglas DC-4, c/n 10435, was originally "Clipper Archer" and served in Pan American's fleet from 1946 to 1963.

The DC-4 had 44 seats, flew at 215 mph, had a 73,000 lb. max gross takeoff weight and a 2500 mile range. Pan Am used the DC-4 to replace its Boeing 314s on the California-Honolulu route which cut the flight time in half from 20 hours to 10 hours and the ticket price from $278 one-way to $195 one-way. The DC-4 marked the transition from flying boats to land based aircraft for overseas flights.


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