"FIRST CLIPPER CUTIES: First Pan American Airways Stewardesses ... The Honolulu Advertiser March 21, 1955 In 1955, Pan Am hired an initial class of 20 “Nisei” or second generation Japanese ...

Even in the lower berths, Pan Am Clipper passengers traveled in comfort ... During the nine-hour flight from the West Coast to Hawaii, first class passengers could stretch out in the roomy cabin ...

On November 8, 1957, during a scheduled flight from San Francisco to Honolulu a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser - a four engine ...

In 1982, Pan Am collaborated with Omniflight to provide free shuttle flights for first and Clipper class passengers. Once ...

As a boy, Juan Trippe had witnessed Wilbur Wright's 1909 flight around the Statue of Liberty; as a teenager, he learned to fly. In 1917, he left Yale to become a military pilot. He didn't see ...