{"id":20073,"date":"2021-11-22T21:41:23","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T21:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=20073"},"modified":"2021-11-22T21:41:27","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T21:41:27","slug":"three-decades-after-closing-pan-am-lives-on-at-the-pan-am-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/new-york\/three-decades-after-closing-pan-am-lives-on-at-the-pan-am-museum\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Three Decades After Closing, Pan Am Lives on at the Pan Am Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After more than 64 years in business, the world\u2019s most iconic airline, Pan American World Airways (also known around the world as Pan Am), ceased operations on December 4, 1991. A perfect storm of terrorism, rising fuel costs, and an economic downturn resulted in the closure of the \u201cWorld&#8217;s Most Experienced Airline.\u201d However, thirty years later, the airline lives on at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepanammuseum.org\/\">Pan Am Museum<\/a> in Garden City, New York (Long Island).\u00c2\u00a0 The museum reveals below 30 achievements that define Pan Am.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On December 5, 2021 from 5pm to 7:30pm, the Pan Am Museum Foundation will host a public event to celebrate the unrivaled legacy that they all helped to build by unveiling its newest exhibit: &#8220;The Pan Am Saga &#8211; from its beginnings in 1927 to Its Slow Demise and Eventual Fall in 1991.&#8221; Cost per person is $30 and tickets can be purchased by visiting: <a href=\"https:\/\/app.etapestry.com\/onlineforms\/PANAMWORLDWINGSFOUNDATION\/timeline.html\">Pan Am World Wings Foundation<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The museum Is located at One Davis Avenue, Garden City, NY\n11530. Parking for the event is complimentary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded in 2015, the Pan Am Museum Foundation is the only\ninstitution with a permanent and physical location solely dedicated to Pan\nAmerican World Airways. With a mission to \u201ceducate and inspire future\ngenerations by preserving the diverse and historical institutional and personal\nstories of Pan American World Airways,\u201d the Museum explores the rich history\nand culture of the airline, and its people. Through permanent installments,\ndigital content such as social media and podcasts, and through partnerships\nwith other institutions the Pan Am Museum Foundation brings the under\ncelebrated history of the airline to life through educational storytelling and\nprogramming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>30 Achievements that Define Pan American World Airways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c2\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1927 First\nAmerican airline to operate a permanent international air service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c2\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1928 First\nAmerican airline to use radio communications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c2\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1928 First\nAmerican airline to carry emergency lifesaving equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c2\u00b7\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 1928 First American airline to order and purchase aircraft built to its own specification, the Sikorsky S-40.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c2\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1929 First\nAmerican airline to employ cabin attendants and serve meals aloft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c2\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1929 First\nairline to develop and use instrument flying techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c2\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1931 First\nAmerican airline to develop and operate four-engine flying boats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c2\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1935 First\nairline to operate scheduled transpacific service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c2\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1939 First\nairline to provide transatlantic passenger and mail service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c2\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1942 First\nairline to complete a round-the-world flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c2\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1944 First\nairline to propose a plan for low cost, mass transportation on a worldwide\nbasis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c2\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1947 First\nairline to operate a scheduled commercial round-the-world service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c2\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1948 First\nairline to provide tourist-class service outside the continental limits of the\nU.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c2\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1950 First\ncommercial airline to enter the Korean airlift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c2\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1952 First\nairline to use aircraft built specifically for tourist- class service on the\ntransatlantic route of the Douglas DC-6B.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c2\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1955 First\nairline to order U.S. commercial jet transports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c2\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1958 First\nairline to operate scheduled transatlantic service with American-built jets,\nthe Boeing 707.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c2\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1962 First\nairline to make 100,000 transatlantic flights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c2\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1962 First\nairline to establish a global electronic reservations system \u2014 Panamac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c2\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1963 First\nairline to operate the Boeing 707-321C pure-jet freighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c2\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1965 First\nairline to operate around-the-world jet freighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c2\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1966 First\nairline to order the Boeing 747.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c2\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1967 First\nairline to make fully automatic approach and landing in scheduled service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c2\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1968 First\nairline to transmit engine data and position information from the air to ground\nin less than a second via a data link system which routes the information to a\ncomputer in the home office and then to interested departments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c2\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1969 First\nairline to install a computer on the aircraft to analyze engine performance and\ndisplay to the crew any malfunction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c2\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1970 First\nairline to operate the Boeing 747 in regularly scheduled service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c2\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1974 First\nairline to open largest single air terminal in world (located at J.F.K. Int&#8217;l\nAirport, New York).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c2\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1976 First\nairline to take delivery of and inaugurate service with the Boeing 747 SP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c2\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1978 First\ninternational airline to introduce a new class of service for business\ntravelers and full-fare economy passengers\u2014Clipper Class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c2\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1981 First\nU.S.-flag airline to re-establish regularly scheduled flights to the People&#8217;s\nRepublic of China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After more than 64 years in business, the world\u2019s most iconic airline, Pan American World Airways (also known around the world as Pan Am), ceased operations on December 4, 1991. A perfect storm of terrorism, rising fuel costs, and an economic downturn resulted in the closure of the \u201cWorld&#8217;s Most Experienced Airline.\u201d However, thirty years [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-york"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20073"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20074,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20073\/revisions\/20074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}