Aviation Archive – Issue 73 Luftwaffe Fighters 1935–1945 – April 2024

Its logo became one of the most recognisable in the world and its headquarters one of New York City's landmarks. Pan Am was a byword for luxury and innovation from the Stratocruiser to the 747. Unfortunately, beginning in the 1970s, deregulation, debt and disasters harmed the bottom line and the great airline folded in 1991. Attempts to revive the brand have met with limited success.
Pan Am 1927-1991, No 71 in the Aviation Archive series, tells the story of Pan Am from the golden age of the great flying boats through the war years and the jet age until its final decline in the 1980s.